User talk:Igordebraga/Archive4

Wasting Light GA
I will be reviewing this article, so I am giving you notice and a link to the page. Looks like an interesting and informative article so far. :) Toa  Nidhiki 05  23:02, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Just as a note, I have already noted a few prose issues on the article. I'd like to get these corrected before advancing so I don't have to go back and double-check later. :) Toa  Nidhiki 05  23:22, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Alrighty, passed. Good job! Toa  Nidhiki 05  02:10, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Black Ice
Can you fix the ordinals? Each should have same values/style.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * These still haven't been done. What are the correct values?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 18:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Jaws FAC
Hey, thanks for the Barnstar. At your invitation, I added my name as a co-nominator--at this point, I'll probably be more helpful in that role than as a reviewer. (Also, I think you might have jumped the gun on the two-week-waiting period by a day-and-a-half...maybe with a new co-nominator on board, it'll be easier for the delegates to let it ride.) Looking forward to it--I feel we've got one of the best pieces on Jaws anywhere now. DocKino (talk) 05:02, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Binaural (album)
Hey! I have reviewed the article and put the review on hold in order for some concerns to be addressed. Good luck! Basilisk4u (talk) 00:38, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Comment on my proposed changes?
Hi. Thanks for the barnstar for Wasting Light. I was hoping you'd like to comment at this talk page post proposing my changes to the article 21 (Adele album). Care to comment? Dan56 (talk) 05:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Vow GA
I'll be reviewing your GA nomination for "Vow". Toa  Nidhiki 05  00:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There is a GA bot that will come and do that. :) Toa  Nidhiki 05  12:36, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright - I don't have access to a computer at this moment (hard to do code on an iPod), but I should be able to add it around 3:00 PM EST. Is that fine? :) Toa  <font color="green" face="Mistral">Nidhiki <font color="green" face="Mistral">05  14:58, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the lateness for updating - I also tagged the article under WP:Alternative music and WP:Rock music, and added a few talk header templates.
 * As for the Black Ice FA, I'll see what I can do - I'm working on some other stuff, but I could certainly help in some aspect. <font color="green" face="Mistral">Toa  <font color="green" face="Mistral">Nidhiki <font color="green" face="Mistral">05  15:23, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup/History/2012/Submissions/Igordebraga
I'm afraid I have removed Pearl Jam; quite clearly, the vast majority of the article was written last year, and your pre-nomination work on the article this year was extremely minimal. In addition to the nomination, there has to have been significant work on the article this year to be eligible for points. The other two GAs are fine. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 22:30, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's fine. Provided you've done significant work on some of the articles this year, and then the topic is nominated and promoted this year, you can claim for all of the articles in the topic which are yours. J Milburn (talk) 16:46, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 February newsletter
Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was, again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was, thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were, , and. February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from. At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk &bull; email) and The ed17 (talk &bull; email) 23:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Film's January–February Newsletter
The January 2012 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

To unsubscribe, please remove your name from the distribution list. GRAPPLE  X  00:39, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

GA review?
Hi. I see you need Foo Fighters (album) reviewed for wikicup. I need Foley Square trial reviewed. Would you be willing to team up and review each other's article? Reviewing Foley Square trial should be rather easy:  it has been through two GA reviews already:  the second review was completed, but the reviewer retired from WP before giving the final approval. The GA review page is Talk:Foley Square trial/GA2. You don't need to start a new review page: just edit that GA2 page and act as the "second reviewer". Does that sound okay? --Noleander (talk) 12:39, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for offering to finish the GA review of Talk:Foley Square trial/GA2. I'll get started on the reivew of the Foo Fighter article. --Noleander (talk) 00:33, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Congratulations ...


 * --Noleander (talk) 13:38, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Copy-edit request: The Constant
Hi Igordebraga, just a note to let you know that I've completed the copy-edit you requested for the above article. TBH I didn't have to change a great deal of the article, just a few tweaks to some of the text. I'm sorry you've had to wait so long; there doesn't seem to be much activity on the Guild at the moment! I hope it's okay, if there are any problems please feel free to contact me at my talk page. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 05:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Jaws FA
Congratulations and well done at getting this through the FAC process. The article was OK before, but now it is great! The JPS <sup style="color:purple;">talk to me  15:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * What about Annie Hall? It can't be too far off GA, having developed the production section. I've put a little to do list on its talk page. I think the main thing is improving the Themes and Reception sections. The JPS <sup style="color:purple;">talk to me  08:17, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 March newsletter
We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! , of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's, thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's, who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to, whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to, who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk &bull; email) and The ed17 (talk &bull; email) 23:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2012
MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 19:22, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Regarding GA review of 2001
Hey dont worry about the review. Article is most certain to pass. Only thing is its a very lengthy one so it takes time to go through all of it. Only minor linking mistakes are to be corrected or to be provided. Rest is all fine. Will get a GA within 4-5 days. Sry for the delay :) <b style="color:orange;">ASHU</b><sup style="color:red;">IND  18:10, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Hi.

Just rated it a B, the article is Very Good, only thing i saw missing is some references in the lead section, even if the information is references elsewhere, the lead section should always be references since holds the fundamentals of the article. Other than that is a great article, good luck with the nomination. Zidane tribal (talk) 08:25, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Ra.One
Hello, I think we've never met before :). I came across your name while I was reviewing Tron: Legacy for a GAN (and it looks almost certain to fail a second time). I have been working very extensively on Ra.One (a GA) for quite some time, in the hope of pushing it to FA status soon. I submitted it for an FAC but it failed it due to a few issues. I think I have rectified many of them (though a few more are being talked over). I would be very happy if you would take an in-depth look at the article and give your analysis about the article's weak points. Its a measure to make the article as perfect as possible prior to its second FAC (aimed for April 26). I'd be much obliged :). Thanks in advance! ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 17:45, 21 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hmm, thank you for the suggestion. I don't think GA reviewers are supposed to edit much in the articles being reviewed. Of course I don't expect the article to jump to GA level this fast, but as far as I can see, the progress of work is pretty good. There are issues left, which hopefully can be cleared up in an extended hold. I don't want to force a third GA review (which may never happen), so i'll be lenient. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 17:38, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Apologies and thanks
I apologize if my edit summary seemed to curt - as I am sure that you know there is only so much room on that line. The new compare screen that started yesterday does not have the light green color scheme to show which sections were altered so I was having difficulties tracking what you had removed. Thus, I appreciate you taking the time to go back and add an edit summary. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 20:27, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * FYI some of what I was writing about above is being discussed here Village pump (technical). Included is a way to change back to the old style screen which I will be doing so I shouldn't have the problem that caused my reversion of your edit. Of course, you may have no interest in this but I thought I would let you know just in case. MarnetteD | Talk 20:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 April newsletter
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's  coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both and, the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article,  earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by  to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank and, for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk &bull; email) and The ed17 (talk &bull; email) 23:13, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
The article 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2001: A Space Odyssey (film) for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? <b style="color:orange;">ASHU</b><sup style="color:red;">IND  09:14, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Tron: Legacy
I just want to say thanks a billion for helping me out on this article. It's really makes this task considerably easier. :) —DAP388 (talk) 23:10, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Black Ice (album)
Hi, Igordebraga, I've just started the copy-edit you requested for the above article at the GOCE request page. Please feel free to correct or revert my edits if I do something I shouldn't. I'm sorry you've waited so long for the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:57, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Done - Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 05:27, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
I posted a review for your article on the talk page. Burningclean <sub style="color:red;">[speak]  08:19, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

No Code GA review
The No Code GA nomination has been put on hold. It's another well-researched and enjoyable article but there's just a few issues—mostly references—that need addressing before I can pass it. The issues are listed at Talk:No Code/GA1. Idiotchalk (talk) 19:25, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 May newsletter
We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is, whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader,, is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by, our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user,, claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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) 23:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Licence to Kill
Hi Igor, Can you have a look at a couple of recent edits made on Licence to Kill for me? (I've already reverted twice, so can't do any more) If you think the edit is ok then let me know and I'll let it stand. there's some nonsense on the Talk Page about it too. Cheers - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 13:44, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

X-Men: First Class
Thanks for nominating this article as a GA if there are other steps to take for it to be nominated I think we might be ready. :) Jhenderson  7 7 7  14:28, 7 June 2012 (UTC)


 * That sounds like a interesting project. I would be in when I don't have other projects. Jhenderson  7 7 7  16:08, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Queer GA
I am reviewing your good article nomination for "Queer". While I have not done a prose check or individual citation check, all other sections have passed. Barring any major issues with citations I expect this to pass and have a good shot at FA-status in the future. :) <font color="green" face="Mistral">Toa  <font color="green" face="Mistral">Nidhiki <font color="green" face="Mistral">05  15:45, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I've noted three grammar errors that need fixing. After those are corrected I will pass the article as I didn't see any real citation issues. <font color="green" face="Mistral">Toa  <font color="green" face="Mistral">Nidhiki05  15:44, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like everything checks out, so I'll pass it.
 * Yeah, these reviews sure do take a while now; I have seven articles waiting to be reviewed. Glad I could review this and get it out of GAN for you and good luck on your future articles. You're doing a great job improving Garbage's articles into solid, high-quality articles. :) <font color="green" face="Mistral">Toa  <font color="green" face="Mistral">Nidhiki05  03:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Backspacer
Excellent work with the expansion work on this Pearl Jam article!  Lugnuts  (talk) 19:02, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * GA As you can see, I was behind the unsuccessful GA before and I'd be happy to co-nom this time. If you look at the edit history, I started the article and have done a decent amount of work on it (although the bulk was by -5-.) —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:15, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries Adding me to the GA (if you want) is simple: once the GA page has been created, I can tack on my name and explain that I'll be there for any help that's needed to push it over the edge. It's also a courtesy to inform any other major contributors to the article and I think that -5- is the only other one. I'm 99% sure he won't be interested in working on the article and 100% sure he'll be happy that you're seeing it through to GA status. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:47, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

In Your Honor
Hi.

Sorry to be repetitive but just like with Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace just rated it a B, but the only thing i saw missing is some references in the lead section, even if the information is references elsewhere, also, the "Development and recording" section is quite large and it might tick off some MOS purist. Other than that, a sample is a nice way to make the article look FA-ish. Zidane tribal (talk) 01:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I see is already a GA. Congratulations. Zidane tribal (talk) 19:27, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Help Survey
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re: GA reviews
Got the review for In Your Honor in the bag and I'll start on Backspacer shortly. Could I get a return favor by having you take a look at Alive or Just Breathing? Burningclean <sub style="color:red;">[speak]  21:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the review! You do pretty darn good with reviews. I haven't done an extensive edit in a few years and before work on this article, I hadn't even logged in in over two years I believe, so I'm a bit rusty haha. Burningclean <sub style="color:red;">[speak]  21:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

That's how I got started reviewing too. My featured article nomination for Alice in Chains certainly taught me a lot. Oh, by the way:


 * ) Burningclean  <sub style="color:red;">[speak]  02:07, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm done with your new review suggestions as well. Thanks for showing me to some new info. Burningclean <sub style="color:red;">[speak]  02:56, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Awesome. Thank you very much. I did one edit and then passed In Your Honor. I've started researching for my most ambitious project yet, but I plan to take a lot of time on it. In the meantime would you be up for a collaboration on one of my favorite albums? Burningclean <sub style="color:red;">[speak]  08:33, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Stupid Girl (Garbage song)
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Stupid Girl (Garbage song) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. <font face="Arial" size="2em"> Statυs (talk) 00:18, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

X-Men: First Class
Hello. The good article review of X-Men: First Class, which you nominated, has begun, and I shall be the reviewer. I hope you are not cooped up in real life since this article has real potential :). Best of luck. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 06:22, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I can continue the review only when you give an indication that you have done whatever points were listed in the first set of comments. Once you do that, I shall gladly update. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 06:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I have updated the review. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 17:19, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Please do not keep reminding me about this. Yes, it is in my watchlist, so whether you believe it or not is up to you. I have a couple of important articles that need my attention, and balancing both is difficult. If you have a very urgent need to complete the review, I may ask another reviewer to continue. If that's fine with you, then please say so. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 05:31, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for helping one of my starting creations become a good article by nominating it. :) Jhenderson  7 7 7  19:30, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Pearl Jam discog and MOS:DTT
Hi Igordebraba, great work so far on the fixes. As for MOS:DTT, well the key is the row and col scopes which make the table accessible to screen readers. Have a look at any recently promoted FL to see what I mean (you'll need to edit the table to see the code). The Rambling Man (talk) 14:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The only obvious thing now is where the releases that didn't chart are actually referenced, e.g. Live at Easy Street, "Man of the Hour", etc. Good work on the MOS:DTT stuff by the way. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:03, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 June newsletter
Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's, who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's, whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's, with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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) 10:57, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Paul McCartney FAC
The Paul McCartney article has now been thoroughly copyedited top-to-bottom by numerous editors including User:Lfstevens, a member of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. If you can find the time in your busy schedule, please consider stopping by and taking a look, and hopefully, !voting. ~ GabeMc  (talk 04:20, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2012
MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 21:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

X-Files season 2 GT
I just wanted to inform you that The X-Files (season 2) is up for Good Topic. Thought you might be interested, as you managed to get one (or more... I think more) of the articles up to GA!--<font face="Arial Black"><font color="#B22222">Gen. Quon <font color="#708090">(Talk)   00:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees  in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's  follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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) 22:25, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Getting Wikimedians to the Olympic Games
Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 04:40, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 August newsletter
The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
 * 1) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
 * 2) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
 * 3) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
 * 4) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
 * 5) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
 * 6) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
 * 7) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
 * 8) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle:, , , , , , and. We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, 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) 00:16, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Signpost
This appeared on my talk page a day or so ago: as one of the stalwarts of recent development, I think your comments would also be welcomed! - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 07:46, 11 September 2012 (UTC)


 * WP James Bond in the Signpost


 * The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject James Bond for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Goodbye, Mr. Bond. -Mabeenot (talk) 17:26, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Igor - good answers for The Signpost! Thanks for your support for Fleming at FAC too - I'm hoping that we'll get him through this time. We should be OK, he did OK last time and he's been through the MilHist A review too, which really did him some good. I'm working on another, non-Bond article at the moment (John le Mesurier), but once he's done I'd like to get James Bond (film character) written up. I started a week or so ago, but some idiot stuck an AfD tag on it as they didn't understand what the James Bond in film article was supposed to be about and thought it was a duplicate. I want to get that article up - and to GA status again, but I'll need to do it in userspace first, so I've started putting something together here User:Schrodinger's cat is alive/sandbox before going live again. Dr Blofeld is is also getting involved, so it'd be good to get that all polished off next. After that I wouldn't mind getting Dr. No up to FA, and I think it could be done. So does Dr. Blofeld - he'd be keen to see it up there too and it'd be good to have you up helping, if you feel like joining in? Cheers - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 20:40, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

X-Files Scans
Sure thing. I'll try to send the scans later this week. I know that one way to get a star on an article is to add a "Themes" section. The Philosophy of The X-Files is available as a free preview on Google Books, as is parts of Myth X, which could come in handy. I can also look through some of my archives for reviews, if you'd like.--<font face="Arial Black"><font color="#B22222">Gen. Quon <font color="#708090">(Talk)   16:44, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 September newsletter


We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. currently leads, followed by, and. However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, 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) 19:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Bond
A front page mention today for Dr. No - see the "On this day..." section. Nice to see the first one we all worked on up there! Cheers - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 12:58, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2012
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Fleming
You're right about the effort for the front page - and I've dropped him in there. If you feel like commenting, please go ahead TFA requests. Cheers - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 19:21, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's been agreed to run Fleming on Oct 23 (tomorrow), which is great news, although I'm a bit nervous of it being there now! Cheers - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 05:15, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

A page you started has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Igordebraga!

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"This is a great page you've made! Most new pages are just a few words and no references. Great job :)"

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DYK for Skyfall (song)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Tauá
I was unclear whether you were just approving the new hook here, or whether you had done a complete DYK review of both articles and was approving them. Can you please clarify on the talk page? Note that Rosiestep does, by my reckoning, owe a quid pro quo review for the article on Jovita Feitosa, so the approval tick will have to wait until that is completed (unless she does it before you get there), but with your clarification, the nomination can proceed as soon as she does. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:29, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 October newsletter
The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to, our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: (2007),  (2008),  (2009),  (2010) and  (2011). Our final standings were as follows:



Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.


 * The featured article award goes to, for four featured articles in the final round.
 * The good article award also goes to, for 19 good articles in the second round.
 * The list award goes to, for three featured lists in the final round.
 * The topic award goes to, for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
 * The did you know award goes to, for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
 * The news award goes to, for 10 in the news items in round 3.
 * The picture award goes to, for two featured pictures in round 2.
 * The reviewer award goes to both (14 reviews in round 1) and  (14 reviews in round 3).
 * Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to.

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:29, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

TFA
soon, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Big Hoops
The article needs a lot of work. I've left some initial comments, but you really need to show fast promising results or it will result in a fail. Good luck!-- CallMe Nathan  &bull;  Talk2Me   22:52, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Season 3
Sorry I missed you for "DPO"! Don't hate me! :P--<font face="Arial Black"><font color="#B22222">Gen. Quon <font color="#708090">(Talk)   23:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, sorry it took me a billion years to send you the documents, but here's all the other pages I have for "Synchrony" if you'd like them: https://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJhb2VOR0YzMWxvSWNUQw --<font face="Arial Black"><font color="#B22222">Gen. Quon <font color="#708090">(Talk)   18:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * By any chance do you a lot of experience with copy-editing/proofreading? Bruce Campbell (talk) 03:48, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Cher/archive1
Olá, tudo bem? Vi que você é brasileiro e tem um nível avançado de inglês, então me senti a vontade pra falar contigo. Eu trabalhei durante alguns meses no artigo da cantora Cher e, há menos de um mês, o sugeri para artigo destacado. A maioria dos usuários destacou o bom conteúdo do artigo, porém houve consenso geral sobre as inconsistências nos pronomes e na redação em geral. Como meu nível de inglês é bastante iniciante, fiz o melhor que pude pra manter a redação o mais profissional possível, mas obviamente ainda há bastante erros. No entanto, todo o trabalho "duro" já foi feito: o conteúdo está completamente referenciado com fontes fidedignas e a pesquisa já está concluída. Os pontos em que o artigo peca são a redação e a formatação das referências. Posso (e vou) cuidar sozinho do último, mas, em relação a redação, não há muito que eu possa fazer. Posso contar com a sua ajuda? Sds, Lordelliott (talk) 02:08, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Bond
Hi Igor, I hope all is going well for you. You may be interested to see the latest Bond article to arrive: James Bond (film character) and the revamp to and the older production history page James Bond in film. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 04:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

James Bon
Hi Igor, You asked why I hadn't put the James Bond (film character) article up for GA? this is the reason: a rather bitter little attempt to delete it from an editor who appears not to have read the articles in question and who seems not to be motivated by a desire to improve the encyclopaedia. Feel free to have your say in the matter... Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 03:16, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)
Hi, Igordebraga, I've begun the copy-edit you requested for the above article at the GOCE Request page. Please feel free to contact me, or to correct or revert my changes if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:23, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Done - please feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:10, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Talk:American Gangster (film)/GA1
I have placed a hold on the nomination at Talk:American Gangster (film)/GA1. I will review the progress within 7 days and make a determination of the status of the nomination.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:51, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 starting soon
Hi there; you're receiving this message because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup. This is just to remind you that the 2013 WikiCup will be starting on 1 January, and that signups will remain open throughout January. Old and new Wikipedians and WikiCup participants are warmly invited to take part in this year's competition. (Though, as a note to the more experienced participants, there have been a few small rules changes in the last few months.) If you have already signed up, let this be a reminder; you will receive a message with your submissions' page soon. Please direct any questions to the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! J Milburn 19:49, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Synchrony
I've started this GA review. The article looks like it's in good shape, but a few prose fixes are needed to proceed. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:05, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2013 WikiCup!
Hello Igordebraga, and welcome to the 2013 WikiCup! Your submissions' page is here. The competition begins at midnight UTC. The first round will last until the end of February, at which point the top 64 scorers will advance to the second round. We will be in touch at the end of every month, and signups are going to remain open until the end of January; if you know of anyone else who may like to take part, please let them know! A few reminders: *The rules can be found here. There have been a few changes from last year, which are listed on that page. *Anything you submit must have been nominated and promoted in 2013, and you need to have completed significant work upon it in 2013. (The articles you review at good article reviews does not need to have been nominated in 2013, but you do need to have started the review in 2013.) We will be checking. *If you feel that another competitor is breaking the rules or abusing the competition in some way, please let a judge know. Please do not remove entries from the submissions' pages of others yourself. *Don't worry about calculating precisely how many points everything is worth. The bot will do that. The bot may occasionally get something wrong- let a judge know, or post on the WikiCup talk page if that happens. *Please try to be prompt in updating submissions' pages so that they can be double-checked. Overall, however, don't worry, and have fun. It doesn't matter if you make the odd mistake; these things happen. Questions can be asked on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 18:18, 31 December 2012 (UTC)