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Speedy removal of The Yogscast page.
I am calling for the unlocking of The Yogscast's page. They now have 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube and are #1 in the UK. I am pretty sure that is eligible for a wiki page.

DeadlyDuck (talk) 16:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Shelley Fabares
Hi. Could you add a picture for the single "Johnny Loves Me" by Shelley Fabares? You've been a big help before. Thanks.  Caden  cool  10:27, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * done. J04n(talk page) 12:32, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you!  Caden  cool  13:06, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Artificial society
An article that you have been involved in editing, Artificial society, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. 131.211.228.179 (talk) 10:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 January newsletter
WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is, due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by, whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is, who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.
 * was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
 * was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
 * was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
 * is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
 * was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
 * was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely 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 could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:09, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Sally Biddulph
Hi. You recently deleted an article for ITV News broadcast journalist and newscaster Sally Biddulph. I'm wondering why? GMc (talk?) 01:01, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello. The article was a biography of a living person, three days after its creation it was proposed for deletion by another editor as an unsourced biography of a living person, ten days after that when it was still not sourced I deleted it. For an explanation of the policy see WP:BLPPROD. J04n(talk page) 02:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Kings and Desperate Men
Hi. Could you add a picture for Kings and Desperate Men? I think it would help to illustrate the article. Thanks.  Caden  cool  21:17, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Done J04n(talk page) 22:56, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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Online Ambassador, Spring 2012
Hi, J04n! As you may know, the Wikipedia Education Program has instilled a new set of standards that courses must meet to officially join the program for the semester. As you can see, one of the requirements is that at least one ambassador or professor is a Wikipedian, as this should give students more access to helpful information about contributing to Wikipedia and creating good content. You are listed on the Online Ambassador page; are you still interested in remaining active this semester? Some of these classes will have to remove themselves from the program should they fail to meet these standards, but we would like to ensure that new students are receiving proper support during the editing process. Please let me know if you are still interested in mentoring these students this semester and/or visit the Online Ambassador talk page to select a course that still needs an Online Ambassador. Thank you! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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MSU Interview
Dear J04n,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:06, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

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Project Punk Newsletter: February 2012 (Volume III, Issue I)
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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)

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Could you check on this ?
Hello J04n, got your name from here. Could you please check here to make sure the headers are set correctly ? Also an FYI, I think User:Rodhullandemu should be moved to the inactive list. Thanx. Mlpearc ( powwow ) 05:39, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I don't see any problems with your headers, was there something that you weren't sure about? J04n(talk page) 09:21, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for checking, I was concerned mostly about having used the correct topic and the correct "Class" level. I have not done anything with class levels and such, so if those are good then thank you for your time. Cheers.  Mlpearc  ( powwow ) 17:19, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Someone with nothing better to do may come around and change it (but who cares), unless you are going for GA or FA it's irrelevant in my eyes. Nothing to concern yourself with. J04n(talk page) 20:45, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you kindly. J04n(talk page) 12:15, 28 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)

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April 2012
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Bazooka!!!, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use your sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Hghyux (talk to me)(talk to others) 01:28, 27 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)

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Paul Petersen
Hi again. Could you please add the cover art for the Lollipops and Roses (album) by Paul Petersen? Thanks.  Caden  cool  14:12, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * All set, not that I mind adding the covers but you can do it yourself if you want. Just find the image (I usualy find what I want on Amazon.com ), save it to your desktop, put the name of the article with .jpg in the "Cover" field of the infobox, click on the redlink and follow the directions. It's really not hard and any autconfirmed user can upload pictures. I'd be happy to double check any of them that you do. J04n(talk page) 14:47, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all your help I do appreciate it. To be honest I've never understood how images work on Wiki and I've had problems in the past understanding the rules on fair use and all the rest and so thats why I've avoided anything to do with images alltogether. It's not really my thing.  Caden  cool  15:48, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Either way, I'm happy to help. J04n(talk page) 17:53, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks :)  Caden  cool  17:21, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

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Alt text
WP:ALT The purpose of alt text is to stand in for an image. Consequently, "Cover of x album" is unacceptable alt text, because this doesn't tell me what I'm missing. "A blue-tinted black-and-white photograph of Coltrane's face looking to the left, with the logo "A Love Supreme/John Coltrane" written in white bold Arial across the top." is useful, on the other hand. Does that make sense? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:58, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Please help. The John Austin (songwriter) page should not have been deleted.
The following article should not have been deleted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/John_Austin_%28songwriter%29

All of the information contained in the article "John Austin (songwriter)" is factual. John Austin meets the notability requirements, having worked with many artists of notability, and having released publicly documented works for over 20 years. Paste Magazine has written feature articles on John Austin, and JA's album "Busted at the Pearly Gates" received an honorable mention in Paste Magazine as one of the most important albums of 2002. Please contact Paste Magazine's editor-in-chief Josh Jackson to verify.

Please put the article John Austin (songwriter) back up on Wikipedia. Thank you.

98.117.242.142 (talk) 16:57, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

This article was deleted because the administrators overlooked 3rd party reliable sources that were better actually than the administrator's research seemed to show.

Additional online references will be cited to support the notability of songwriter John Austin.

Thank you. 98.117.242.142 (talk) 19:20, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Project Punk Newsletter: May 2012 (Volume III, Issue II)
Delivered by In actu (Guerillero) on behalf of WikiProject Punk. You are receiving this because your user name is listed in Category:WikiProject Punk music members or on our participants list. If you would like to stop these sorts of updates please remove the userbox from your profile, remove the category from your profile, and/or move your name down to the Inactive/former members section of the participants list. Thanks.

Cheers,

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Comment?
I noticed your name at the WP:RS talk page, so I was wondering if you mind commenting at Talk:The Light of the Sun. Its about whether Twitter can be used as a reliable source to verify album sales. Dan56 (talk) 18:43, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

WP Punk Music in the Signpost
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Punk Music 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. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 02:17, 31 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)

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Template:Anticon
Hi J04n, As one of the parties involved in this issue, I am slightly surprised by some of your actions. There seems to be a quite experienced Wikipedia editor using revolving anonymous IPs to create and edit this template (so much so that some might regard it as trolling). I had responded by reporting one of the IPs for edit warring and had also requested temporary semi-protection for the article.

As a consensus already exists as to the inclusion of non-links (Unlinked text) in templates Navigation templates which I fully explained on the talk page, I commented that I considered adding the non-links back to the template would be vandalism, and so I reverted this users edits from that point.

I'm glad that calm has now returned to the template, but I don't really know how else I could respond to a determined anonymous IP who wants to enforce his point of view while ignoring all the comments of the other editors involved? memphisto 15:01, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

As an update, User:118.8.2.54 has now been temporarily banned after reporting me for edit warring on Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. memphisto 10:45, 2 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry that you took issue with the way I handled this situation. Let me explain my thinking: The IP was acting emotionally, I hoped that protecting the template from editing by anyone would calm him down and a constructive conversation would take place. He is very much a newbie, he took the time to learn how to make a navbox, my goal was that he would calm down and become a productive long-term editor. Again, I'm sorry if you took offense, it was not my intention. J04n(talk page) 12:30, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply J04n. I'm very unsure about the newbie bit - can a newbie create a complete navbox as their first Wikipedia edit, quote Wikipedia policies on the fly and have no difficulty reporting me for edit warring (I however ballsed up the form on multiple occasions when reporting one of their IPs!). Due to the fact that they had ignored all the advice that had been given by other editors, I had hoped that if my request for temporary semi-protection had been approved it would have encouraged the user to register an account, and we could have progressed from there. memphisto 13:13, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

More Template:Anticon
Thanks for protecting Template:Anticon. The IP uses different IP ranges, and while I do try to WP:AGF, they seems to know enough to game the system (even seems to intentionally switch IPs after three reverts to avoid WP:3RR, but maybe it's my paranoia). We have very similar issues at Genghis Tron and most likely Sole and the Skyrider Band, can you please protect them too, maybe temporarily? WP:RFP was also made for the former. --Muhandes (talk) 19:23, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ I really hoped it wouldn't come to this. J04n(talk page) 19:48, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * So did I. Thanks. --Muhandes (talk) 21:31, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

ANI
There is an issue at ANI that you should visit, where an account is signing/referring to you. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;   &copy;  01:07, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. J04n(talk page) 01:18, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Weldy Walker
Thanks for the nice note. I thoroughly enjoyed learning Weldy's story as well. Cbl62 (talk) 21:51, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Anticon-related articles (yet again)
Hello J04n, as the admin responsible for a big ol bunch of page protections, I guess I should warn you that the anon who prompted them is back in action as a registered user - see 1 and 2. Kaini (talk) 20:40, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't see anything egregious at this point. I suggest conversing on his talk page to keep everything out in the open. I have the pages in question on my watch list. J04n(talk page) 20:55, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * cool. i really just wanted to ensure that there was some scrutiny there, considering the troublesome history of the page and related pages. Kaini (talk) 22:08, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with J04n, the editor really seems to have settled down and they make reasonable edits (I still don't like the edit summaries in Japanese though). --Muhandes (talk) 20:29, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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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) 10:58, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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DiCesare Engler
Hey J04n, I just wondered if you could take a look at a new article I'm in the process of having approved. It's on concert promoters DiCesare Engler. It's in my sandbox. ThanksFlorication22 (talk) 02:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:


 * Link to Survey (should take between 5-10 minutes): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N8FQ6MM

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasit &#124; c 17:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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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)

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Anila Naz Chowdhury
Hi! Hope every thing's fine. I was searching for the article titled Anila Naz Chowdhury and found that you have deleted the article on 25 July 2011. Can I get the deleted article in User:Kmzayeem/Anila Naz Chowdhury?? -- Zayeem talk 16:20, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Moving reviews
Hi! Good work in all the reviews you've been moving. I just wanted to mention that references for reviews are to be shown as references, so when moving reviews expressed with links, you should replace the link with tags. Thanks! MrMoustacheMM (talk) 03:02, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello, while I fully appreciate that it is preferable to use inline citations to just linking the article in the review box but I disagree that just putting around a bare url is any better. Check out the the original discussion; properly formatting the reference minimizes the risk of link rot and properly credits whoever wrote the review. Leaving a bare url does neither of those things and I would argue that it is aesthetically less pleasing than just leaving it the way I've mainly been doing. Doing it the proper way is more time consuming and I assure you that I do it on the articles that I regularly work on or created, but I will not be doing it on the thousands of these that I've been moving. I also appreciate all of the hard work you do on the music related articles, we need more editors with your enthusiasm. J04n(talk page) 01:28, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, I wasn't sure if you were aware, so I thought I'd let you know, but I completely understand how much effort it takes just to move the reviews, let alone fill out a full cite web for every one! Thanks for the compliment! I've seen your work as well, and have the same appreciation. See you around! MrMoustacheMM (talk) 02:16, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

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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)

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The Underground: Issue 1 (August/September 2012)


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Opinion requested
Since I know that you edit the areas in question, I would like to point you to a open RfC that I think your opinion would be helpful   Thanx   Mlpearc  ( powwow ) 17:26, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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Album reviews in infobox
We're down to less than 3,000 now :D how long do you reckon until we've done it all? It's taken a while but the finish line's in sight. I'm thinking the last page that has the parameter removed should have some kind of milestone added to its talk page to commemorate the project being completed. Haha  Del ♉ sion 23  (talk)  19:45, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * We may have a it done by Halloween, Thanksgiving at the latest. It'll be nice when we can finally deprecate the field. J04n(talk page) 00:18, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

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For the Fallen Dreams
Could you upload an album cover for the For the Fallen Dreams album Wasted Youth, please? Wasted Youth (For the Fallen Dreams album) 69.232.180.60 (talk) 08:43, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ J04n(talk page) 16:57, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

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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) 19:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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lee wray
just noticed you have deleted my wiki entry i didnt create the page on myself but was wondering how i can get it back up thank you

lee — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leewray (talk • contribs) 23:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of List of family relations in American football for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of family relations in American football is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of family relations in American football (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Sock puppetry
Hi, hope everything is fine. I'm suspecting that the User:BengaliHindu is creating multiple accounts to distort the consensus in some AFDs here. How should I tackle it?? -- Zayeem (talk) 07:01, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

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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)

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Betcha Bottom Dollar
Thank you for uploading the cover art. :) - JuneGloom    Talk  01:29, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

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AB Award

 * Quite welcome! (I'm like Johnny Appleseed.) -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 22:47, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you move some pages please?
Being As An Ocean should be moved to Being as an Ocean and their album Dear G-d... (Being As An Ocean album) needs to be moved to Dear G-d. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.136.164 (talk) 13:41, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho


 Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

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Ethan Jamieson
Why did you report my page about Ethan Jamieson, not cool man. Not cool at all. He's unbelievable. You should of just left it. It wasn't offensive and it most certainly wasn't "vandalism". This isn't on at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GobNoblin (talk • contribs) 21:01, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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Images
Hey there. I see that you are adding cover art to albums. I think that because of a quirk of the Mediawiki software and the way you are adding them the articles all start turning up in Category:Articles with missing files. It is not too much of a big deal. I can get the pages purged from the category. Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:47, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean, that's bizarre, I've added thousands of album covers with the same method and never had this problem. J04n(talk page) 23:54, 23 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I have been working on the category for a few months now and notice them coming through. Every so now and again I get the articles that have no problems removed from the category. I apparently takes quite a while for some of the changes to ripple through the system. If an edit is done to one of the offending articles it is cleared from the category. Wikipedia - isn't it great! -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:59, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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