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DYK for American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter
Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:
 * was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
 * was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
 * was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
 * was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
 * was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:


 * was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
 * has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
 * claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of, who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:58, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Wait a minute....

 * Dear comedienne: It seems crow stew is improtant.


 * An early reference to crow stew in the United States appears in an account of Prince Achille Murat.


 * The modern, sour cream-based crow stew appears in several publications, including Nebraskaland (1933) and Outdoor Indiana (1936).


 * In an April 4, 1982 Chicago Tribune article titled, “Money can put the Sox, Cubs on top”, the Chicago-based sports writer Dave Condon predicted that the Chicago Cubs baseball team would defy expectation and have a winning season.


 * So, a comedy sketch by one person, does not make a history. Please check the history of the edits as several other editors developed the article beyond the comedy sketch and made it into a readable article. Just because something is funny does not make it Wikipedia Notable. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 February newsletter
Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:
 * , primarily for an array of warship GAs.
 * , primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
 * , due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with, this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:
 * , whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
 * , whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
 * and, who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
 * , who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by : did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:51, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Note
Hi, sorry to bother you... I noticed that the material you added in this edit seemed to be copied from the NYTimes article it was citing. I thought I might remind you that copying text verbatim and even close paraphrasing is not allowed on Wikipedia. See WP:Copyright violations for the full policy. ~Adjwilley (talk) 16:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Enjoy the Wikilove I sent you for the pointer. I was trying to get to the meat without straying into contentious territory but I will go back and change it.Geraldshields11 (talk) 01:53, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and thanks for the cheeseburger. I could tell it was in good faith, and I appreciate your response. Happy editing ~Adjwilley (talk) 02:28, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Recetly, I got flame-baited and I am a little gun-shy when making meaningful edits to controversial subjects about importaint cultural events. That is why I stayed so close to the source material. Please would you help in this matter based on your edits, I think you could improve my scribblings into golden prose. Geraldshields11 (talk) 16:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry, I missed your reply here until now. I completely understand wanting to stay really close to the source material when editing controversial subjects, and I'm pretty sure I have made the mistake of paraphrasing too closely myself when something is disputed or controversial. I'm afraid I don't have "golden prose" but I'd be happy to share my thoughts on updating information on controversial subjects like Manning. Generally I start by reading at least half the news article, paying the closest attention to the first paragraph (where the meat is). Then I try to summarize what I've read into a single neutral sentence that states the main facts presented in the article. I check to make sure the sentence doesn't sound too much like anything said in the article, make sure I'm avoiding flashy headline-type language, and then add the sentence to the article. In my opinion any single news article shouldn't warrant more than a single sentence in a Wikipedia article (per WP:Weight, WP:Recentism, etc.). Anyway, sorry for the belated reply, and I hope this helps a little. Good luck! ~Adjwilley (talk) 02:49, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Free Iraqi Army for deletion
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 * As of 25 May 2013, the article still exists. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:54, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Kwak Pom-gi for deletion
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 * The article was edited further to improve it. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:35, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * As of 25 May 2013, the article still exists. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:54, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum pages
Thanks so much for your work on the Smithsonian American Art Museum page! It looks great! I'm still gathering resources for it as well as the Luce and Lunder Centers - hoping to have more for you by the end of today. I owe you an American Art barnstar (once I make one!). Bathlander (talk) 19:39, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Geraldshields11 (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 March newsletter
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate  (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr, on the European hare , on the constellation Circinus ( and ) and on the Third Epistle of John. All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

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Sorry this reply is late, but I just recently saw the message you left me about the Free Iraqi Army. I'll see if I can expand on it.--Aa2-2004 (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 April newsletter
We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and  claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place and second place  both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

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May 2013
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Daniel Werfel
Hallo Gerald, in your edits to Daniel Werfel you've changed the lead sentence away from the standard Wikipedia model of "X is a ...", which is so helpful when seeing articles in google hits lists etc where only the opening line or so is visible. Where he graduated from isn't his cause for notability. I've tweaked the article a bit to put his current/forthcoming appointment into the lead and tried to make the text less time-sensitive. Pam D  09:30, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the change.Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * Hey Gerald! I'm so happy to see you signed up to join the project - welcome. You can dive into our to-do lists here. You can find some Korean related content here. Be sure to watchlist your favorite to-do lists, as they will continue to grow as new content gets added to the WDL website. Also, you can always search the WDL website for something that you're interested in. And be sure to share your outcomes here. If I can help with anything just ask and welcome aboard! SarahStierch (talk) 13:58, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

June 2013
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DYK for Shuanghui
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World Digital Library-Wikimedia Partnership Newsletter
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 * We have an easy way to now cite WDL resources. You can learn more about it on our news page, here.
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WikiCup 2013 June newsletter
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.

Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to  for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, and  being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.

A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. 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. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:26, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Help with Sales taxes in the United States article
Hi Geraldshields11, I'm looking to add a new section on Internet sales taxes to the Sales taxes in the United States article. I've drafted up a short section and I'm looking for other editors to review it because I've included some criticism of the recent Marketplace Fairness Act from The Heritage Foundation, where I am an employee.

I see that you are a member of WikiProject Taxation and thought you might be interested in looking at this. If you'd like to help out, the request is on the article's talk page here. Thanks! Thurmant (talk) 21:19, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I will take a look at it. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:43, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I made the changes. Geraldshields11 (talk) 11:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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Hello Gerald we met before at Smithsonian edit-a-thons, most recently at the Luce-Lunder one. I noticed that you copyedited the Margaret Boozer article and that you are part of the Guild of Copy Editors and so I was wondering if you could assist me with something. I have been working on the List of Presidents of Colombia, and I was waiting to find some place to ask for help on copyediting (I didn't know the Guild existed until I saw the talk template you placed), but I grew frustrated and posted the revamp and went ahead and also submitted it as a candidate for featured list: Featured list candidates/List of Presidents of Colombia/archive1. As I was hoping and expecting, the issue of copyedit was brought up, but only a few suggestions were provided, which I already addressed, but the reviewer said that I should find someone else copyedit it. So if you could take a look at it and copyedit it or provide some guidance on where and how to go about having it copyedited I would appreciated it. I also came directly to you because I know you have knowledge of history and government, and with your interest in North Korea I figured you are already familiar on how to communicate foreign systems of government/administration in a more standard context, and this list is full of non-standard issues that although I tried to explain, may be addressed in a different matter. mijotoba (talk) 07:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Dear mijotoba, I would be more than honored to help create a good article, such as the List of Presidents of Colombia. My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 12:53, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

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Anna Wintour
I appreciate the effort although given all the attention I've paid to that article through the years there probably won't be much work for the Guild to do.


 * As I noted in my edit summary, I removed the fact tags from the intro per WP:LEADCITE. Since those aren't extraordinary claims (at least I don't think they're not), they were not used as facts for a DYK hook and they are repeated with citations in the body of the article, there's no need for footnotes there.


 * The other fact tags aren't really necessary, either, since the facts in question are supported by the next cited source (every sentence does not to be cited; see WP:CITEKILL).


 * It was clear from context that "New York" means "New York City" when refer to where Vogue is based. I live in upstate New York and I doubt anyone thinks that confusion would exist.
 * But, to the non-native English speakers, it might mean some area of upstate New York. So, a little clarity never hurt. After all, hopefully, the entire planet's population will eventually use Wikipedia as a source.Geraldshields11 (talk) 23:59, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


 * If you're going to wikify people's names that we don't presently have articles on, like Annabel Hodin, it's usually better to create the articles first. I didn't get the article to A-class status by leaving a lot of redlinks in it. I also took the "the" from "freelance journalist Jon Bradshaw", as he's been dead for quite some time and if he ever had that kind of prominence it has long faded.


 * I restored your "In 1981" to "the next year" (actually, "the following year", now) because that leaves two consecutive grafs beginning "In YEAR ...", which looks sloppy. Nor is it terribly confusing; the last year mentioned is 1980.


 * As for the placement of punctuation within quotes, we use logical punctuation per WP:LQ. If it's in the quoted matter, it's in the quotes. If not, it's outside. I also think that there's no constant rule about whether you set off adverbial phrases like "In 1985" with commas consistently or not—it's really a matter of taste and how you want the sentence in question to be perceived. As noted at MOS:COMMA modern practice is to keep the number of commas down, anyway. Also, it seems we have a difference of opinion on the serial comma.


 * Per MOS:CURRENCY there is no need to use "USD" when US dollars are referred to routinely: " The exception to this is in articles related entirely to EU-, UK- or US-related topics, in which the first occurrence may also be shortened (€26, £22 or $34 respectively), unless this would be unclear."

Not all your edits had to be reverted, though. I do appreciate that your heart is in the right place, and thank you for your effort. Daniel Case (talk) 19:22, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I am happy that you appreciate that my heart is in the right place. Let us work together to make good articles with great cites.Geraldshields11 (talk) 23:58, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's currently leads overall, while Pool B's  is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,, with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by, and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by, and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

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John Koskinen
Hi, glad I could help. I guess you like the man? I hope he can fix the IRS, we sure need it fixed. Kennvido (talk) 20:51, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I do not know the person. I hope he improves the organization. After all, he knows physics. 21:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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You had a bunch of Dab links and I had some time, so I fixed them for you. You can delete the reminders on this talk page now, because I did not. I hope you don't mind what I did for you. Kennvido (talk) 21:35, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I am impressed by the initiative. Lets work together to make good articles with great cites. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm all for that my friend. And fix the ones that needed fixin'! Would you like me to remove the Dab links on this page?Kennvido (talk) 21:51, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * No, there are more important Wikipedia articles to improve. Please would you take a look at the Soraya Tarzi article. I worked to add more cites. Lets make that a project to work together to make into a good article and get it nominated. Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:16, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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I want to make a wikilink to the English language page of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings when I post the below paragraph on the Japanese and Chinese talk pages of the corresponding article. Also, I want to sign the talk page and the signature block directs editors to my English language user page.

Dear fellow Wikipedia editors: I am improving the English language article about Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings. Please, when you have free time, translate the article and add text to the English article. Thank you in advance. My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:44, 8 August 2013 (UTC)


 * The reference to read is H:IW, and the link from another language wiki would look like this...


 * Use that same prefix, "w:en:" to link to your talk page here. Joys! –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 19:01, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Geraldshields11, I would be more than happy to send you the presentation via email. I have used a few images in the presenation that I'm unsure of the copyright, so I don't think I would be able to upload it to commons without removing the images. Let me know what you would prefer. I'm really glad that people enjoyed the wikipedia event I organised, I would love to get more involved in Wikipedia if you have any suggestions. Here is the event page Meetup/UQ --Geneticcuckoo (talk) 04:43, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Catharina Koopman
Hello Geraldshields11,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Catharina Koopman for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Writ Keeper (WK to move) &#9863;&#9812; 13:58, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Ways to improve Catharina Koopman
Hi, I'm Livitup. Geraldshields11, thanks for creating Catharina Koopman!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thanks for adding this article, but it is too closely copied from the reference source. 75% of the Wikipedia article is copy/pasted from the source. If you have other sources, please expand the article, otherwise I will nominate it for deletion.

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WikiCup 2013 August newsletter
This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
 * , a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
 * , another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
 * , 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
 * , a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
 * , the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
 * , who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
 * , a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
 * 1) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final:, , , , , , ,. Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

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 * Congratulations to the top editors. I appricate all the effots. Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:34, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

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We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

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 * Thanks for the heads up. I am glad for the notice. I edit alot. Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:33, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 September newsletter
In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. , —who has never participated in the competition before—and follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

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Net-a-Porter
Can you please include your source for this edit that Gucci sold the company to Richemont, or remove it. I work for Net-a-Porter and know this is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cubabit (talk • contribs) 09:50, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Dear Cubabit, Thank you for the review and I am always looking for assistance in improving the vaious fashion articles. Lets work together. When I made the edit July 11 2013, I did add a cite of title=Luxury Brand Management | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | author=Chevalier, Michel | year=2012 | location=Singapore | isbn=978-1-118-17176-9 about the ownership change during the sale. Since you work for the company, please, on the talk page, tell me who sold the company to Richemont and include a proposed cite. Let us discuss the issues and achive consensus. Geraldshields11 (talk) 12:16, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I slightly modified the sentence about the 2010 sale based on a comment from a fellow editor. See above. However, I am still waiting on the fellow editor to provide more information on who sold the company in 2010; not who was the buyer. Geraldshields11 (talk) 01:28, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Dear Cubabit, Let us continue this discussion on Net-a-Porter's talk page. That way other interested editors can comment on the discussion and consensus can be achieved. Geraldshields11 (talk) 01:35, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 October newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is. Our final nine were as follows:

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


 * wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
 * wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
 * wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
 * wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
 * wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
 * wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
 * The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to, for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
 * Finally, the judges are awarding the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

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

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

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. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 01:13, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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Van Cleef and Arpels
for your information. their is no reality in the history in the en- Wikipedia concerning the real story of VCA. If you look my ID, I do so many modifications who are cancelled each time. Apologises for my poor english.Sincerely 212.155.113.250 (talk) 17:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
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DC meetup
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 * Dear  Blue Rasberry , Thank you for the advice. I believe we met, in real life, at the Cato Institute in 2013. We talked about North Korea.
 * As for the grant proposal, I plan to ask the Wikimedia DC chapter, the Wikimania 2014 scholarship committee for help to volunteer at Wikimania. If you could give suggestions on how to improve, it would be much appreciated.
 * I checked out the channel for general funding requests and it is to a blank article with no procedures to request a grant. So, if you could help, that would be great. My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:33, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The channel is fixed. Sorry. We did meet and talk about North Korea! Too bad about the recent purge of their English news archives, right? If you apply with the DC chapter's advice then I expect that I could do no more for you, but perhaps for your reference, check out what the Idea Lab does. What is your interest in OKF? I expect that they also will be at Wikimania as they are London based, and there will be an open access track at the conference.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   21:42, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
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Global Economic Map
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Avian flu
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Opportunity Rover
Hello, and thank you for your good-faith addition to the article Opportunity rover. However, Mr. Rhawn Joseph has a long history of publishing very fringe claims related to extraterrestrial life. He has authored several books, and his few "scientific papers" on the subject are in the very fringe online Journal of Cosmology, well known for its very low standard for scientific scrutiny, NO peer-review process before publication, and has even been formally categorized as a "predatory Journal". I have edited out his name and claim on this base. Also, please feel free to read this previous discussion on the work by Mr. Rhawn Joseph: Articles for deletion/Rhawn Joseph or url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rhawn_Joseph Thank you and cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 22:23, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the support. My edit was based on the notability of the lawsuit (since the American Bar Association saw fit to publish a story about the lawsuit and other papers picked it up), not on Mr Joseph's claims. After all, how many lawsuits are there to boldly go where no robot has gone before. Geraldshields11 (talk) 01:37, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your understanding and civility. It is difficult for the media not to cash in weirdness. But I am focused on the science. Because of my profession, I specialize in the biology aspect in the astrobiology-related developments of all space missions and simulations. Although it made it to the news, you know it was because its shock value, and it lacks all scientific credibility and was not submitted to the expected peer-review process before publication, as expected in biology. Believe me, I have been following the J of C and its kooks for many years. I think the "law suit" entry will serve better in the Journal of Cosmology article. If someone Googles Joseph NASA LAWSUIT (or similar) it will take them there. What do you think? Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 13:36, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, Let us move me edit to the the C of J but if moved the we must mention RJ as the plaintiff and not J of C. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:42, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Bitcoin in science fiction
Gerald -

It was a pleasure meeting you at the editing event at the Museum of Women in the Arts. The book I was referring to when you had to leave is Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I plan to read it after I get through the 3000 pages of the The Baroque Cycle. I hope we meet at future DC Wiki-events. Paulmlieberman (talk) 19:38, 1 February 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.

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Damiani
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Bill de Blasio
Hi Gerald, I removed the addition you made to the Bill de Blasio article and left a note on the article's talk page. Please feel free to discuss there if you think I made a mistake. Thanks, Pburka (talk) 13:39, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
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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.

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Books & Bytes, Issue 4
Books and Bytes Volume 1, Issue 4, February 2014 News for February from your Wikipedia Library. Donations drive: news on TWL's partnership efforts with publishers Open Access: Feature from Ocaasi on the intersection of the library and the open access movement American Library Association Midwinter Conference: TWL attended this year in Philadelphia Royal Society Opens Access To Journals: The UK's venerable Royal Society will give the public (and Wikipedians) full access to two of their journal titles for two days on March 4th and 5th Going Global: TWL starts work on pilot projects in other language Wikipedias Read the full newsletter MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. , who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; 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) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hi sir, you thanked me after my contribution in article and now there is Articles for deletion/Breil (company): Breil is notable and international celebrated company! Good luck--Pagoprima (talk) 13:42, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

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How do I wiki link this section of a talk page in to North Korean Fashion Watch?
How do I wiki link this section of a talk page in to North Korean Fashion Watch?

I want to create a wiki link that leads to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Ri_Sol-ju&action=edit&section=5

Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter. I appricate it. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:40, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * You can link to a section by typing the section name after the page name, separated by a hash character. So typing <tt> Talk:Ri Sol-ju </tt> gives Talk:Ri Sol-ju which takes you to the right place. All the gory detail is at Help:Linking. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Star?
I'm sure it's not for me... I've no contributions in that article ;) DrPZ (talk) 17:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * You contributed to the different language artice about the same person. The barnstar is for you. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:27, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I understand now. Thank you. DrPZ (talk) 22:11, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Barnstar sent to wrong person?
You have awarded me with the North Korean Fashion Watch barnstar, even though I was not part of the discussion on the Ri Sol-ju page. Was this intended for another person? Heymister14 (talk) 19:16, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Heymister14, You have contributed to North Korean topics, such as, but not necessarly including, Ri. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:25, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * However, Heymister14, did add content to the article on:


 * (cur | prev) 17:26, 24 October 2012‎ Heymister14
 * (cur | prev) 17:25, 24 October 2012‎ Heymister14
 * So, you still earned the barnstar. So, wear it proundly. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:42, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Barnstar format problem
I'm afraid there is a problem with your barnstar: the "<tt> {| style= </tt>" at the beginning needs to be closed with a "<tt> |} </tt>" at the end, otherwise the style formatting is carried on down the page like this. I have fixed it on my page with this edit, but you may want to fix the others. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:50, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear JohnCD, Thank you for the heads up and the editing of the North Korean subject articles. Geraldshields11 (talk) 15:02, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 April newsletter
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's, whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included, who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and , who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from, tiger from and The Lion King from. We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to and  for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Gerald, I only now saw your question on my proposed talk, sorry. Answer here. Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 08:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Pgallert, Thank you. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:36, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

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Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League: Duties
Hello,

I am not an editor but just an avid user, and noticed that there is a citation missing in the "Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League" article under "Duties". I followed the steps here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Addressing_the_editor_involved I'm unsure if you're the correct editor to contact, and if not, my apologies. If you do know who I should ask, please let me know.

Much of the text is taken from this report: http://hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/HRNK_Ken-Gause_Translation_5_24_13.pdf

Almost all of the sections below are copies & pasted from pg 52 of the report (exception is first line where "Democratic Republic of Korea" is replaced with "North Korea"), so I am also unsure about attributions (i.e. if it should be in quotation marks):

"Within the government, the KSYL coordinates the national youth policy of North Korea together with other youth-serving ministries, such as the Ministry of Education. The KSYL plays an important role in the planning, implementation and evaluation of this national youth policy and serves as a national youth platform to link both the governmental and nongovernmental youth-related organizations and activities in this over-all national youth policy. The league is the party’s most important ideological and organizational training ground, with branches and cells wherever there are regular party organizations. Youth league cells exist in the army, factories, cooperative farms, schools, cultural institutions, and government agencies."

"The KSYL, by restricting the ideological culture and organized groups of all youths, monitors any changes in the society’s way of thinking that may happen with the change of generations. It also organizes all youths to be actively involved in production, construction, and military service. The KSYL plays the important role of restricting any form of opposition groups or actions among the youth of North Korea."

Mcebacal (talk) 11:40, 28 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Dear Mcebacal, Thank you for the wonderful contact. You did the correct thing in giving feedback. I encourage you to continue. I will be in New York City at a Wiki conference and will likely work on the issues there.


 * Thank you and please consider becoming an editor. If you want, I can work with you. My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:28, 28 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I dug into the history of the article and can confirm that I did not add the text you referenced. Generally, I added the text that has the full citations. Please continue the looking for the issues and if you see this issue, please tell me. I think you saw my request for discussion on the articles talk page. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:19, 30 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I added a reference to the text in question. I am still at the NYC Conference and will work on the issue later. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:19, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Request edit
Category:Requested_edits

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A possible start

More later)-- S Philbrick (Talk)  20:56, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

More
I was happy to hear the positive feedback to the need to be responsive to the COI editors who are using the request edit template. I do not view the current backlog as a crisis; however, I think our approach could be improved, which will serve us well if the volume of requests grows. My main reason for wanting to get involved is that I support the notion that COI editors should not be directly editing articles. However, if we as a community want to impose that restriction, we have an obligation to be responsive to people who do observe a problem with an article, and want to respect our restrictions. We do have a working process, but I'd like to see if we can improve it, both in terms of the timing of responses and the quality of responses.

As is often the case, a collaborative discussion among interested editors is an effective way to identify ways to improve the process. My first challenge is that there is no easy way to identify the community of editors who are responding. I figured out that I can look at the completed edit templates, and check to see who edited each entry, but that is a time-consuming way to identify contributors. Once identified, there is no central place to discuss issues. That is in the process of changing. CorporateM started this page, which looks like a great start. I've also reached out to Hasteur to start thinking about how to improve our process. He was very responsive, but I put that on brief hold, partly because of the New York conference.

I plan to pull my thoughts together on how the process should work, but I know it will be better if several people are involved. I'm going to look into creating a WikiTask Force, sort of a lightweight version of a Wikiproject, but we can consider a more formal Wikiproject if that seems appropriate.-- S Philbrick  (Talk)  12:29, 31 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Dear user:123chess456, CorporateM, and Sphilbrick, I must end my work with the Conflict of Interest group due to work and life issues. Please accept my resignation effective immediately. Geraldshields11 (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry to hear this, I hope it is due to positive, rather than negative issues. -- S Philbrick (Talk)  17:37, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Great to meet you!
It was great to meet you at WikiCon this weekend. Thanks for making your pictures available and for chatting with me on Sunday. I had a great time. --LibraryGurl (talk) 16:59, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear LibraryGurl, I would love to read your thesis and understand the methods uses to investigate. Geraldshields11 (talk) 18:01, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiConference USA 2014 image
Hello, did you accidentally notify the wrong person? I can't remember ever doing anything with this image, and I don't remember ever hearing of WikiConference before. If you meant to notify me, would you please point me to the page where this image is relevant? Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 21:09, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No, sorry; I've never been to New York City. Thanks for the notification — I appreciate the fact that you're letting people know.  Nyttend (talk) 02:21, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Nyttend, Sorry, you are welcome. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:35, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, no need to apologise; it doesn't inconvenience me at all :-) I was simply afraid that someone else would miss out, that you'd notified me with something someone else should have gotten.  Nyttend (talk) 04:48, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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I fear it has stalled,not sure how to jump start it again.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  18:31, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Stub template proposal
Hello Gerald. Since you politely asked, here is a link to the discussion where I am proposing one stub template per article. Harej (talk) 19:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyediting on Kindred!
My students and I appreciate your help. You are awesome! :-)--DrX (talk) 21:44, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks
Thank you very much for the barnstar. -- Captain Assassin! «T ♦ C ♦ G» 19:36, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Captain Assassin!, You are welcome and please keep adding content to Wikipedia. Geraldshields11 (talk) 19:43, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Reformatting and expanding the List of Presidents of Venezuela
Hello, Geraldshields! I saw that, about a year ago, you participated in improvement and expansion of List of Presidents of Colombia. Having that in mind, I wondered would you be willing to help at Talk:List of Presidents of Venezuela? In my opinion, the Venezuelan article needs expansion and improvement as much as the Colombian needed a year ago, if not even more... Anyway, I'd really appreciate your help. Cheers! --Sundostund (talk) 12:38, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Sundostund, I am honored that you asked me. I will work on the Talk:List of Presidents of Venezuela. My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 15:11, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Awesome to hear that! Thank you very much, Geraldshields! --Sundostund (talk) 15:28, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's, whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from, a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of.

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. 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 Wikipedia: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. and 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you for your barnstar! It's very nice of you. --Neo-Jay (talk) 16:06, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Phantastic! :) --Neo-Jay (talk) 01:39, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Incorrect information
The Stanton Foundation in Jackson, Michigan (EIN 383448185) is not the Stanton Foundation (EIN 133598005). Your edits should be removed or corrected. I would do it myself, but I don't have the time. - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 12:37, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I corrected my edits. Geraldshields11 (talk) 01:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
 * 1) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
 * 2) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
 * 3) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
 * 4) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
 * 5) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
 * , the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
 * , the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. ,, , , , and  have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you for the notification about this program. I suggest that you add information in your notice concerning the date of the program, the location, etc., or at least a link to the page where that information is given. Thanks, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:11, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Got it now, thanks. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:16, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Message frequency
Hi. You sent four talk page messages to me and several hundred others on September 6. I find this to be excessive for a single day.

Nobody should be messaging people more than once per day. Please do not send more than one message per day. (cc: harej) --MZMcBride (talk) 13:00, 7 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Dear MZMcBride (talk, I announced a month worth of meetings. In the future, I will consolidate announcements into one message. (cc: harej). My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 12:54, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter
In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. , who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Ebola articles
Gerald, thanks for your edits. We could really use your help in developing the new articles. There's a list at the RfC. Look over the list of articles, and then weigh in on the RfC, too, if you've the time. The country articles will really take off if others will contribute. Thanks, SW3 5DL (talk) 13:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is, who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. , 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. , WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:


 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
 * wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
 * wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
 * wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
 * wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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Query
Hi. Is Category:Wikipedians in Virigina an 'intentional mistake' on your user page?

Btw, is it time to archive ... ?! Cheers, Trafford09 (talk) 18:36, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Not answered

 * :(   Trafford09 (talk) 23:33, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Answered
I am in the DC Metro region so I am in the Delmarva is my stomping grounds. I corrected the misspelling but the statement is true. :) Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:17, 29 December 2014 (UTC) {ping:User:trafford09}

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.


 * We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
 * In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
 * The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

End-of-the-year meetups
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Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Wikimedia genealogy project
Just wondering if you have any thoughts re: the idea of WMF hosting a genealogy project. If so, feel free to contribute to this discussion. And apologies if I have made this request before. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:42, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)
Hello Wikimedians! The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:


 * Elsevier - science and medicine journals and books
 * Royal Society of Chemistry - chemistry journals
 * Pelican Books - ebook monographs
 * Public Catalogue Foundation- art books

Other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today! --The Wikipedia Library Team.00:25, 18 December 2014 (UTC)


 * You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
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