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Your GA nomination of Craig Kieswetter
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2006 UAW-Ford 500
Hi Harrias, the above article has been back at FAC for about a week now. I understand if you're busy, but if you have the time, I'd greatly appreciate you giving it another look. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:46, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for England cricket team Test results (1877–1914)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:16, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Adam Dibble
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List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna
Hi. I'm about to move the article to the prep area for DKY. I do have a recommendation though; while the text explains that the three years highlighted yellow in the table are the three years he won the championship, the coloring should probably also be mentioned in the table's key. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:56, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

How about something like this
''Between 1877 and 1914, when international cricket was interrupted by the First World War, England played 123 Test matches, resulting in 59 victories, 22 draws and 42 defeats.[5] For much of this period, England and Australia were the only Test playing countries and played each other every year or two. In 1888-89, England toured South Africa and played two matches subsequently deemed to be Test matches. Subsequently, the sides played each other sporadically and from 1906 fixtures were played as frequently as the Ashes series. In 1912, the three sides competed in a Triangular Tournament, which was deemed a failure, partly due to a damp English summer and in part because of the perceived complexity of the tournament. Overall, by 1914, England had played 94 Test matches against Australia and 29 versus South Africa.''

What do you think? --Dweller (talk) 09:41, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:01, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Len Braund
Hi, I'm currently working on getting the cleanup list for WP Somerset down to below 100 articles and came across Len Braund. As you have more cricket related knowledge and sources I wondered if you could address the "needs additional citations for verification" banner on that article?&mdash; Rod talk 11:28, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Scattering in a few more references to what's there shouldn't be too much trouble. I'll take a look at the weekend. Harrias talk 21:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

The results articles
Looking at the template:

there's an inconsistency between how we treat the World Wars. While we could rename the "1940-59" one to "1946-59", I think having a gap in the titles begs the question, so suggest we rename the post WWI one to "1914-39". I also think that whatever the rationale is for the breakdown of the later articles should be explained in the leads. --Dweller (talk) 11:40, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer the other way around myself, extending the pre-WWI to 1919, and then 1919–39 as is. There is no cricketing rationale for the later articles; it's just 15 year periods, as that makes the lists manageable sizes. Not that I've really started working on those properly anyway, yet. Harrias talk 21:47, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Harry Fox (sportsman)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Cricket Templates
Please cast your vote here on various templates which are garbage. Chris8924 (talk) 05:06, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks
While I'm disappointed at it being classified as a "content dispute", I'm glad you recognized the sourcing as a cite problem, which several of those in the discussion refused to acknowledge. I can't understand how anyone would want to allow such a thing. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 13:34, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

A beer for you!

 * Seconded. That was masterfully done.  Worthy of Solomon.  Thank you. --Steve Summit (talk) 14:23, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ha, cheers. I certainly could have done with a drink while I was sifting through everything! Harrias talk 16:10, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of England cricket team Test results (1920–39)
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Vandalism
The chap keeps IP-hopping and continuing his nonsense on my page and at Talk:Jesus. The latest one seems to be 176.204.46.196. I think a semi-protect on my user page might be in order so this charming person can get back to his homework. —  Cliftonian   (talk)  15:46, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it was happening pretty much as fast as I was blocking IPs! I've put a short-term semi-protect onto your user and and Talk:Jesus. If any of these need extending, shortening or otherwise, let me know. Harrias talk 15:50, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ta. Have a great rest of the weekend. —  Cliftonian   (talk)  15:51, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Harrias. Seems the troll has since moved on to my talk page instead, could I ask for it to be semi-protected as well, and same thing for Cliftonian in case it becomes a problem and Cliftonian wants it semi-protected. Jeppiz (talk) 15:55, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'd appreciate that as well. —  Cliftonian   (talk)  15:56, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Done and done. Harrias talk 15:57, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Jesus Christ. He's now at 176.204.38.188, writing this crap on my user talk archives. —  Cliftonian   (talk)  16:01, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I just noticed that. I'm at a bit of a loss; whoever this is clearly has far too much time on their hands. Harrias talk 16:04, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Similar abuse at User:DeCausa/Sandbox by, part of an intermittent attack on 's talk page, talk page archives etc that's been going on for a couple of weeks and led to protection of some pages - all expired at present, I think. NebY (talk) 16:31, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers, I've stuck a block on that IP too. I'll take a look through the history and see if there's anything we can do to try and prevent this, but a dedicated person on varying IPs can cause a lot of trouble. Harrias talk 16:35, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Yes, that's definitely the same person who I've been getting. Latterly he's been IP hopping Emirates Telecom IPs (whois gives the same name consistently: Nour Eddin I. Hamdan, but I guess that doesn't mean anything.) Until recently he was routing his IP address randomly around the globe, but the MO changed. It started in May and I'm fairly sure it's a registered user socking - just don't know which one. DeCausa (talk) 16:53, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Have you had a checkuser look at any of them to see if there is any crossover with an active user? Harrias talk 17:09, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No - my understanding is checkusers won't do that sort of 'fishing expedition'. But I'm no expert on that - do you think differently? DeCausa (talk) 17:21, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for 1978 Gillette Cup Final
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

IP block
Out of interest, did you mean to block indef? WP:IPBLENGTH. BencherliteTalk 15:37, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No. I noticed at the end of a spate of blocks of the same person IP hopping, and dropped the last block down to a week, but then got sidetracked and forgot to drop the others. Thanks to your reminder, I've just gone through and sorted the rest, cheers! <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 17:41, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'd blocked a couple earlier on for 31 hours, and added some semi-protections, then you took over, for which I ought to have thanked you earlier.  BencherliteTalk 18:49, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

User talk:Skiruba08
This page is not loading on my screen properly. Other pages are loading. --Galaxy Kid (talk) 11:31, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like they might have tried to create a page, but with html, or maybe copied source code from elsewhere (more likely). Either way, it was that user's only edit as far as I can tell, and it was in 2011, so I've deleted it. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 11:45, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * No worries. Nice work reverting them. Experience suggests that this particular bundle of trouble will reappear soon with another IP. I've re-protected 's user and talk pages, as they were harassed before. I'm more than happy to do the same for your if it becomes an issue. There is an ANI thread Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents which I've noted this on. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 11:38, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers again, is on my watchlist for some reason stalk stalk , so I'll keep an eye out <abbr title="Smiling face" style="border-bottom: none;">Face-smile.svg samtar  { t } 11:41, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
...for dealing with the IP vandal on my user pages. Much appreciated. DeCausa (talk) 15:44, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Jabberwockxxxx
Don't be shy about immediately blocking indef any of these sockpuppets with talkpage access and email revoked. 2116 was at least the 16th sock, and the ANI edit summary alone warranted aggressive action.  Acroterion   (talk)   11:38, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Cheers, I'd blocked for the personal attack on User:Curly Turkey's talk page, and then saw the rest. Didn't know that it was a sock, though I assumed as much. Will bear it in mind if I see the name around again. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 15:19, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It's hard to keep track of the socks, and I've done exactly the same thing from time to time when confronted with unfamiliar socks. It helps that some seem to be compelled to number them!  Acroterion   (talk)   15:33, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for England cricket team Test results (1920–39)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:02, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic
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"Major" cricket
Thanks - the clarification is much appreciated. Blue Square Thing (talk) 18:25, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * As an admin, why didn't you tell him he is out of order in effectively deleting a new article without going to WP:AFD? This article is not the same as the old one; it has addressed the main problem the old one had around lack of citations and therefore it is a viable article unless there is consensus at AfD which thinks not. Jack | talk page 13:56, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I saw the conversation on your talk page, which I happen to watch, and replied to that. I haven't even looked at the article; so I'm not aware of what is happening there. I was simply adding some background information that might not have been aware of. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 13:59, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All right, I accept that, but he is out of order. Jack | talk page 14:06, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Vatsal reshamwala
Am WP:AGF but this editor's entire edit history is a horrendous mess - moves and moves and moves...and what is up with his user page and his user talk? I have no idea how to go about fixing it all, but figured he had popped up on your radar and maybe you could have a go at it. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 22:13, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'd noticed. I was hoping that a talk page notice would help sort things out, but it doesn't look likely. I've undone another move and put a protection on that one, though it looks like the user page maybe should be in draft space anyway from the editing pattern. Who knows. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 22:19, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I went to put something on his User talk and noticed it really wasn't "User talk". I know some of his pages should probably be moved or whatever and would try to clean it up myself but last time I reported something like this I got scolded for not following the correct procedure (heh, which I really did try to find before I started...) Anyway, thanks (& Cheers!) Shearonink (talk) 22:40, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Redirect ANI close question
I've been asked a question about the redirect issue in the context of WP:ACE2015. In your close statement you state "I don't feel there is sufficient history of prolonged abuse in this area to warrant a topic ban." Was that your interpretation of the consensus of editors commenting on ANI, or your personal assessment of the situation? NE Ent 02:52, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That statement was specifically relating to the proposal that Neelix be topic-banned on human breasts/human body related topics, not the actual area of redirects, in which he did receive a topic ban. Everything in my close was a balance of the consensus and my personal assessment on reading through all the information. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 08:02, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This is awkward, as the last thing I'd want to do is re-open the redirect can of worms. Unfortunately, I've been asked a good faith question in the context of the election, and I feel obligated to provide an honest answer: that was not a good close. As Closing_discussions clearly states "He or she is not expected to decide the issue, just to judge the result of the debate," so in the future please close based on the consensus only -- obviously that includes evaluating the strength of the arguments presented -- I'm not suggesting a strict counting of votes. NE Ent 12:45, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Right, I've had a bit of a look back at the discussion and my close since my previous replies. On the first, third and fourth bullet points, I'm confident that my close was based upon, and in line with Closing_discussions; I did still exercise some personal judgment, but that is inline with the linked guideline, which also states "closing admins are expected and required to exercise their judgment to ensure the decision complies with the spirit of Wikipedia policy and with the project goal" and "The closer is there to judge the consensus of the community, after discarding irrelevant arguments." On the second bullet point, which your quote relates to, I probably did make a mistake. There was far less discussion on this than many of the other matters, and it appears I did 'pass my own judgment', rather than stick with the consensus in the discussion. In general, my wording was poor; I used "I don't feel", "I feel" multiple times, which does make it seem more like I was just coming in and arbitrarily applying my own judgment, rather than that of the community. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 17:45, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking the time. As I said, this is just about answering a question; that thread really needed to be closed an I appreciate that you did it. NE Ent 03:09, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1978 Gillette Cup Final
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Declaration of, vs. Conflict of Interest
Moving this from Samtar's talk page... I am perplexed by this from the CoE page: "[A CoE] is not a judgment about that person's state of mind or integrity... COI editing is strongly discouraged." What is a subject matter expert to do about contributing to a niche technical topic? "Declaration of interest" is reasonable, "Conflict of interest" is uncomfortably presumptuous and "strongly discouraged" is exactly that: direct discouragement from contributing. Is this an implied volunteering by editors to address these topics if provided facts via each page's talk page? Please advise. Thank you! Maiklsdeksters (talk) 09:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga/archive1
Hello. Could you please review this FLC, please? It's been over 20 days since I nominated. Thank you!!! Gaga Nutella talk 16:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia email re Newspapers.com signup
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DYK for 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic
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DYK for 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic
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DYK for 2015 La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
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S. Perera (Old Cambrians cricketer)
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DYK for 2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
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Perera
For what it's worth, I've been told by my ACS contact that their handbook about SL cricketers was published, limited edition as always, in 2005. As I've said before, a new edition is proposed but no idea if or when it may be published. The published edition was called "Sri Lankan Cricketers" and was complementary to other handbooks called "First-class cricket matches played in Sri Lanka" (this was published in 1987 when SL was still a new full ICC member) and an annual series called "Sri Lanka first-class matches in ccyy" which covered many years through the 1990s and 2000s. I'm told that the player handbook confirms Perera's name and date of birth, plus the fact that he was an off spinner and otherwise as per CA and CI. It does not say if he was RHB or LHB. My contact does not have this guide himself so this is third-hand information but from members of a highly reputable cricket society. I might add that they have checked the scorecard information in CA and CI against their own versions and they are verified.

I refuse to touch the article again because I have only come back to help with CRIN and NCRIC. You asked a very reasonable question about the ACS publication and rightly too as it turned out there had been a miscommunication about what had been published and what is being reworked. I object very strongly indeed to the disgusting attitude of Anselm who jumped in on your question and accused me of fabricating the information, which I was trying to obtain in response to the excellent suggestion raised by Dweller at WT:CRIC. Anselm and his sidekick Reyk are guilty of blatant bad faith but, as always on this site, they get away with it. I will not stand for that any longer so I have resigned and have already started using other media including my blog for writing about cricket. As I say, I will help with CRIN and NCRIC, but that is all.

If you wish to update Perera's article, then please go ahead. The article needs to be renamed as well, btw, and moved perhaps to Suresh Perera (cricketer, born 1970) to disambiguate him from the Test player of the same name. All the best for 2016. Jack | talk page 09:28, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hello and happy new year
Hello Harrias, a very happy new year to you. I am messaging you to request your help. I had recently written to User:Johnlp for reviewing a good article nomination that I had submitted William Walker (Australian cricketer). He gave me your name, also forewarning me that you may not have time. Still, I decided to write to you hoping you might be able to review my nomination. I also noticed that you have a few good article nominations pending to be reviewed by others. May I go ahead and review your good article nominations too? Thank you. Xender Lourdes (talk) 13:12, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks interesting, I'll definitely take a look and hopefully give that a review in the next week or so. You're more than welcome to review any of my nominations! <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 16:27, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Harrias. Xender Lourdes (talk) 10:15, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello again Harrias. I wanted to tell you that I got my first DYK on the Wikipedia main page today. The article is William Walker. Looking forward to your guidance through the GA review. Xender Lourdes (talk) 04:37, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello (again). Today I got my first good article. Sorry for pestering you but just thought of leaving a note as I just wanted to share with the editors who have helped me settle in. Xender Lourdes (talk) 16:32, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Are you for real?
Call yourself an admin? You are a joke. An absolute joke. You are totally incompetent and obviously unqualified to hold any position of responsibility. I suggest you resign. If arseholes like you can pose as admins on this site, then I will do what so many others have done and vote with my feet. GnGn (talk) 16:56, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

FLC source reviews
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 * I'll see what I can do. I'd meant to start on these earlier in the week, but my daughter has been ill all week, so I've not had a great deal of free time unfortunately. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 16:58, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

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? update needed for List of Somerset County Cricket Club grounds
Hi, I don't know if you noticed but an update banner has appeared on List of Somerset County Cricket Club grounds (those related to grounds for the completed 2015 season) - making it appear on Somerset WP cleanup list. As you are much more knowledgeable than me on this area I wondered if you could take a look?&mdash; Rod talk 17:39, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries, it shouldn't be too much work to get it up to date; I'll hopefully take a proper look at the weekend. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 18:05, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Major cricket - possible merge
Hi. Given the closure of Articles for deletion/Major cricket (2nd nomination) as non-consensus I'd like to consider a possible merge of the Major cricket article to History of cricket - see the discussion I've started at Talk:Major cricket. Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:34, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:2014–15 Premier League PFA Team of the Year
Template:2014–15 Premier League PFA Team of the Year has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.  Green Cricket   TALK  14:41, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

La Liga and PFA teams of the Year
Have your views plse.  Green Cricket   TALK  14:43, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Your views
Hi Man! plse have your views at the template which is considered for discussion Template:ICC Test cricketer of the year  Green Cricket   TALK  14:50, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic
The article 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Relentlessly -- Relentlessly (talk) 19:02, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Harry Fox (sportsman)
The article Harry Fox (sportsman) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Harry Fox (sportsman) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Xender Lourdes -- Xender Lourdes (talk) 05:41, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Reviewing your article was a great learning experience for me too. Thank you. Xender Lourdes (talk) 05:45, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello Harrias
Just a gentle note that I have completed the suggestions you gave at Talk:William Walker (Australian cricketer)/GA1. Do please guide me on what else needs to be done. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 19:44, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna


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 * Does not satisfy GNG for a standalone article on the separate subject. The person's wins are already listed in his own article.

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Nomination of List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna for deletion
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deleting page?
hey why did you delete Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation?

They are having more and more news coverage everyday, if you needed more links, I can add them Just today, there were two: http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/02/10/-calgary-filmmakers-gear-48-hour-anti-racism-film-fest.html

and

http://www.thegauntlet.ca/festival-combats-racism-with-short-films/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maadaab (talk • contribs) 21:40, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Masters Champions League merge proposal
Following an AFD that was recently closed as "keep", I have proposed that 2016 Masters Champions League be merged into Masters Champions League. I am sending you this notification as you participated in the AFD discussion. Discussion of the proposed merge is here. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 02:00, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Oxford Handbooks Online
Hello! My login isn't working for Oxford Handbooks Online—could you please take a look? Is it possible that my account was activated before that site was added to the package? czar 23:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for 1905 International Tourist Trophy
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 15
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Hello :)
Hi Harrias, just another gentle reminder about the GA review of William Walker. I had done all the changes recommended by you and was awaiting further guidance. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 10:19, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism by IP
Harrias, the IP that you'd blocked is back in action. &mdash; Vensatry (Talk) 18:45, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter


That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by, and two each by , , , and. Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by. Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with completing nine.

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WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. ,, and .--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Hi Harrias congratulations you won an Amazon voucher of £25 in this year’s Take the lead’s lucky dip. Could you please email me at karla.marte@wikimedia.org.uk to send the prize your way? Thank you. --Karla Marte(WMUK) (talk) 14:13, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Talk:William Walker (Australian cricketer)/GA1
Harrias, just a note that the nominator responded to your review a while ago, in case it had slipped from your radar. If you could stop by at your next opportunity, that would be wonderful. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:25, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello Harrias. As usual, a sweet and gentle reminder to finish the review, if possible, of the William Walker article. By the way, it's wonderful that the Ayrton Senna wins list has been nominated for FLC by you. That's the first thing that came to my mind when I commented in the AfD. And about the GA review, really looking forward to hear from you. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 10:43, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mandy Mitchell-Innes
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Template:Did you know nominations/Ghost (Mystery Skulls song)
Harrias, it looks like the one QPQ remaining for this nomination is now only used on this template and not anywhere else. If you're satisfied that this is true, and if there were no other issues you were concerned about, could you please restore the tick? (If not, then could you add those concerns to the nomination?) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:15, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna
Hey dude, your FLC is languishing somewhat. Would you like me to pick it up? I'm looking at doing a similar list for Schumacher... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * That'd be great if you could. I'm all but gone from here at the moment. Not an intentional thing, but for whatever reasons I just don't have either the time or the drive for the site right now. <b style="color:#00cc33">Harrias</b> talk 14:29, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mandy Mitchell-Innes
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Your GA nomination of 2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
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Your GA nomination of 2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
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Your GA nomination of Mandy Mitchell-Innes
The article Mandy Mitchell-Innes you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Mandy Mitchell-Innes for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MPJ-DK -- MPJ-DK (talk) 01:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 16
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Your GA nomination of 2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
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OUP
Hi Harrias. Some weeks ago I applied for access to OUP's online resources but haven't heard back from anyone till now. I was wondering if the approval procedure is still active (User:Nikkimaria told me that you handle at the moment the requests). As one of those who are very interested in OUP's resources, I would appreciate it if you could have a look at the pending requests. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Cheers, --Dada (talk) 20:15, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1905 International Tourist Trophy
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Your GA nomination of 1905 International Tourist Trophy
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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter


Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by and one by ), four Featured Lists (with three by ), and 53 Good Articles (six by  and five each by, , and ). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by and five by ). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. scored 265 base points, while and  each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, and, broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Cornwall Combination


A tag has been placed on Template:Cornwall Combination requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is not actually the same as the other template noted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page explaining how this one is different so as to avoid any future mistakes (<tt> </tt>).

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page's talk page, where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. ~ RobTalk 09:16, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Morkel beings
Hello,

A question, if I may, since you're a keen cricket article editor. I'm working on Jacky Morkel, who, as well as playing rugby 100 years ago, supposedly played first class cricket. The problem I have is that the sources are in conflict. Cricket Archive shows a set of records and applies them to John Morkel, while cricinfo applies them to Jan ("Jacky") Morkel, the subject of the WP article.

How do you suggest I proceed?

FunkyCanute (talk) 13:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

The West Country Challenge
Hi, Are you going to join in at: WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge. I'd particularly appreciate your help with getting the right things included in the core articles & missing articles lists at this stage as we are still preparing for the contest.&mdash; Rod talk 19:28, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Enid Bakewell
Thanks for the correction. I was led astray by her Cricinfo page as linked to in the infobox, which lists her major teams as England, East Midlands and Nottinghamshire. JH (talk page) 21:09, 9 May 2016 (UTC)