User talk:James086/Archives/2013

Levity Entertainment Group (Edit to our page)
Dear James086,

Yes we've made updates company bio which is why we've erased the rest of the old description.

If there is any problems or concenrs I can be reached at vdamato@leg-corp.com.

Regards,

Vincent d'Amato — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.106.41.130 (talk) 19:00, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

WHY U CANCEL MY EDIT
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P.S. it was a joke — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.239.180.103 (talk) 17:19, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

FIFA Club World Cup Article
Hello James, I'm writing to you because there's some user (username: God Football) who keeps editing the FIFA Club World Cup article (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FIFA_Club_World_Cup&action=history).

The problem is that he wants to put a title called "Argentine violence", when truth is there was just one team (Estudiantes de La Plata) the only one to perform this violent acts, therefore I think a better title would be "Estudiantes de La Plata violence", because like I've said, I think it's quite unfair to generalize a whole country for one dodgy team.

And also when I've asked him for sources to back up his statement, he just accused me of "vandalism".

Well, I hope you could do something with this, at least protect the article, to stop this constant editing back and forth.

Greetings,

190.179.245.230 (talk) 23:04, 24 December 2012 (UTC) Leonardo.

Thanks!
Thanks for letting me know about reverting the edit to "Bell Pepper" from this IP. My son was experimenting with Wikipedia. We've had a nice little talk about it now. Cheers, Dom — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.180.106 (talk) 07:55, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

About Link added
I added that link because it has a review of New Zenbook Prime which may be helpful for users looking for Asus Zenbook. If it seems like a spam i am sorry about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosen01 (talk • contribs) 12:07, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

FIFA Club World Cup
Hi there, can I ask why you've indef protected this article? The only edit warring is coming from one editor who is currently blocked. GiantSnowman 13:21, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've noticed your article talk page post, we should continue this there. GiantSnowman 13:37, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, he's back at it so I've blocked him indefinitely. I'd appreciate if you'd review in case I've been too harsh. GiantSnowman 13:57, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks - you might be interested in this. GiantSnowman 17:23, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * True, but I'm wary of seeming involved - it could look like I've blocked an editor whose AfD I voted against. GiantSnowman 17:35, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, though it hopefully shouldn't go that far! GiantSnowman 17:43, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Voila. GiantSnowman 19:19, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

in regards to removal of aleksandr gurevich
The reason for the removal is to input a new individual whose credentials supercede those of the individual in the original article and can be of more use to the wikipedia community. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.139.172 (talk) 19:39, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi

I am a big fan of Sharon, Lois & Bram & Sigourney Weaver. I started to know Sharon, Lois & Bram when I was at my nabers house they had Sharon, Lois & Bram Live! in your Living room Concert tape I borowed it from her al ot of times. That was the year 2004. So I am wondering haw you could put a new and more pictures of Sharon, lois & Bram on the Elephant show Wikipedia and Sharon, Lois & Bram Wikipedia, and Sigourney Weaver as well. I putted some more imformation about Sharon, Lois & Bram. I Know that Sharon & Bram Sung in Cornwall Ontario at the port theater. I don't remember when.I met Sharon & Bram in the summertime in july 28 2012 in Concert in renfrew ontario I ask them both alot of Questions. Shron is very beutaful still. Lois is fine she living in toronto know. I love Dresses that Sharon & Lois where in Concert Live! in your Living room. I am wodering if you could put a picture of Sharon, lois & Bram in Cocert it is caled Sharon, Lois & Bram Live! in your Living room on Wikipedia.

Thank you so much for you time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.148.178.163 (talk) 20:02, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Jasmine was daughter of an Arab King according to the artcile so she was ethnically Arab.--5.201.199.95 (talk) 20:16, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Peter Urban
Hi James086. Your hatnote edits to all the Peter Urban articles do not turn out to be fixes, unfortunately. For the future: please check in those cases if is complied with WP:HOWTODAB. You do not need to fix these ones again because I removed them all per WP:NAMB. The full article titles are not ambiguous. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 13:46, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed I hadn't read the guideline regarding disambiguation links. Thanks for cleaning up after me, James086 Talk  13:53, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

for the best of wikipedia
hello people my name is ..... well tell me one good reason why i should any how i love wikipedia is not safe many changes have been stupid changes they dont even make sense at all you should really keep an eye out a really close eye out because there are many people out there ready to start pranking tack out the little editing thing its for the best i mean no one trusts wikipedia any more — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.19.203 (talk) 04:16, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

changes need to be made
hello people of the world,no body trusts wikipedia because of the edit sign take it out i repeat take it out many pranksters out there are ready to prank no body i repeat no body trusts wikipedia its either delete wikipedia or TAKE OUT THE EDIT SIGN its a choice make it and choose wisely — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.19.203 (talk) 04:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

dear,editor
hello, james086 you can reply to my sections its fine with me dont worry i dont bite just joking dont be afraid reply with another section — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.19.203 (talk) 04:40, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Question regarding deletion
Hi James - was there a discussion regarding the deletion of IP talk pages based on stale warnings? Normally these are simply blanked or archived if necessary. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:27, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I came here for the same reason. It was my understanding that user talk pages are almost never deleted.  Was there something specific about these pages that required deletion, when blanking would have removed the stale warnings? Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:30, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * In your edits, you cite Old IP talk pages (which is an essay, not policy), but that reccommends deletion of old IP pages on a case-by-case basis, and set up a number of criteria to be satisfied before an IP talk page should be deleted. Unfortunately, at the speed at which you deleted them, using Twinkle, it seems to me that it is impossible that you could have evaluated them indiviudally using those criteria.  In fact, I'm concerned that both these deletions and the project evaluations you did, using AWB, appear to be bot-like actions.  Are you actually doing these edits manually, and are you giving them the evaluations that they're due? Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:41, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have to admit that I find it concerning that an essay is being used in order to actually carry out large amounts of page deletions. The deletion policy is quite limited to what can be unilaterally deleted without discussion. I think it would be beneficial to start an RFC as to whether the essay should be incorporated in to a new CSD category as opposed to using it as a basis for deletion. Are you ok if I bring this up for discussion at WP:AN (the essay as a basis for deletion, not your actions specifically)? I think it's important to get additional input prior to carrying out any further deletions. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  19:05, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I am ok with you bringing it up on AN if you wish. I was deleting as it is faster than blanking them and it almost the same effect. The pages that have any serious history to them are left untouched, I don't even blank them. The way that I delete them is by copying this database report to my sandbox and manually reviewing the pages. I then remove the pages which are not suitable for deletion and save the page, thus only those suitable for deletion remain (you can see those that weren't deleted on the database report as they are still blue links). Then I delete all that appear on the page at once. I started doing this task as when vandal patrolling I have received messages from users confused about old warnings that weren't relevant to them. As for the computing reviews, again, I review each article manually before assigning importance and quality assessments, I don't have the technical skill to write a bot/script to do it automatically. I use AWB because it opens the talk page in another window so that I can easily have both open at the same time and it automatically opens the edit box for me to change the template. I won't be partaking in either of these activities until this discussion is resolved. James086 Talk 14:54, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The obvious difference between blanking and deleting is that blanking preserves the history for everyone to see, should it be necessary, whereas only admins can see a deleted page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 14:46, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The reason I think it's ok to delete them is because viewing the history of warnings is not necessary. It's never progressed beyond a L3 warning and it's not a long term pattern where they get to L2 and stop (in those cases I leave the page untouched). These users haven't been blocked, they don't have any of the sharedIP templates, haven't participated in a discussion and they haven't edited nor been sent a message in over a year. Most of the time it's a single vandalism warning that will almost certainly not apply to the next person to read it. Yes blanking would allow other users to view the history, but the information that can be gleaned from the history is unlikely to be of any relevance and certainly it would be hard to confirm that it's the same person returning after a year+ of inactivity. There's certainly no reason that people shouldn't see the history, it's just useless information after this amount of time. I can blank pages instead if that would make you more comfortable (it will take longer but the repetitive editing checking/editing is calming for me). I would however like to continue with this task as I think it's helpful to unregistered users. James086 Talk  17:54, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I think you're making quite a number of assumptions about what will and won't be useful information in the future. Are you checking to see if the IPs are static?  In that case the information would be useful in determining a pattern of behavior, in exactly the same way the history of warnings for a named account would be. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:38, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm assuming the warnings won't be useful because a year on it's not safe to assume that it's the same editor. Even if the IP is static (I don't check) people change ISPs relatively frequently so unless there is a pattern of editing, the same topic for example, it can't be assumed that a new vandal is the same one as from years ago. Their contributions remain untouched and you can't accurately ascertain a pattern from the warnings without checking the contributions anyway. Those with a page full of warnings who seem to be returning again and again are not deleted. James086 Talk  12:10, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * How are you determining those who appear again and again when you're deleting 3 or 4 pages per minute? Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:36, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I make a list of candidates for deletion then sort through them all. I don't delete any until I have removed the unsuitable ones, then I delete the remaining list all at once using Twinkle. It takes me about 45 minutes to look through every talkpage on the list. Twinkle then takes about 10 minutes to delete all that's left. You can see this here, it took me 46 minutes to sort through them all and remove the ineligible pages. I'm still viewing multiple pages per minute but it's very quick to identify the ones that are just a single vandalism warning which the vast majority are. Next Wednesday there will be another list generated and I can demonstrate if you like (go through and identify those that I would/wouldn't delete). James086 Talk  15:15, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

What is the purpose of the exercise? Beyond My Ken (talk) 15:18, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Preventing confusion for anonymous users. For example this user sent me a message. Also while vandal-patrolling there are IP talkpages that I come across with years worth of warnings that I archive (rather than delete because they have lots or final warnings) to prevent confusion. James086 Talk  17:13, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, stuff like that happened to me before I had an account, but it can be easily cleared up with an e-mail, or by blanking the page. I guess I'm just not seeing that the small amount of potential benefits outweigh the loss of information.  If the WMF isn't sending out messages saying that data storage is becoming a problem, I'd be inclined to say that these pages should not be deleted, and simply be blanked.  Since there's no policy that requires deletion, and blanking solves the only specific problem that you identified, I rather think you should discontinue this activity. Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:40, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Blanking instead doesn't bother me, I'll do that in future. As an aside, deletion doesn't free up space on the webservers, it just "hides" the revisions. James086 Talk  00:32, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Of course, if that wasn't the case, admins wouldn't be able to undelete! Sorry about that, some loose thinking on my part. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:10, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No need for an apology, it doesn't make your point less valid, that the same task can be achieved by blanking the pages instead of deletion. I'll leave you a note on your talk page next time I do a list of talkpages (blanking not deleting) if you'd like so you can see what I blank. James086 Talk  12:27, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Norman Selfe GA review
Well spotted with the reference checking! I've gone through and made changes based on your advice and commented back at the review page Talk:Norman Selfe/GA1. Cheers, Wittylama 06:56, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for review :-) Out of interest - and not asking you to do a whole new review - what do you think it would take to get it to FA standard? Wittylama 05:09, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

I feel I must apologise.
I greatly apologise for my actions I took towards Nick Cleggs page. Thank you for giving me another chance. - Dave.P — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.141.199.12 (talk) 19:36, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Your edits in the article NIMBY
Thanks for restoration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.185.6.1 (talk) 19:56, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Question about deleting my edit
I updated seaworlds page, yet you deleted it. I didn't do anything wrong and I love seaworld, yet was updating some information on why others do not like it! 86.161.30.197 (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Can you accept my request to become a reviewer?
I really want to help wikipedia and clear the backlog on pending changes articles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Reviewer Thanks! — Ross coolguy<font color=#AA02DD>CVU 21:00, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
— <font color=#FF6200>Ross <font color=#0101DF>coolguy<font color=#AA02DD>CVU 21:23, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

noreferrer RFC
Hi James,

There was a bit of early confusion on the noreferrer RFC, where support and oppose had opposite meanings from usual. I have corrected this by swapping the sections. This means your "Oppose" !vote is now a "Support". The support section is described as "Wikipedia should enable noreferrer, so that referers are not sent to external sites".

Please re-check your !vote to ensure it accurately reflects your view now I have swapped the sections. Sorry for any inconvenience. – PartTimeGnome (talk&#160;&#124; contribs) 01:14, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for granting me the rollback permission. I will use rollback only as stated in Rollback feature. Forgot to put name 04:05, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Reviewer rights
Thanks for approving me, and thanks for your note. It's good to be able to help out. Cloudbound (talk) 17:29, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

To james
98.175.70.114 (talk) 19:06, 15 January 2013 (UTC) Hi James, I just post on the North Cross School an article that talks about one of our special days, I may ask you to put that again since it is actually a real event that its been celebrated since 2 years ago on honor to our international students. Please add it again, and if you have any questions ask me. 98.175.70.114 (talk) 19:06, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry I deleted the item was only to copy the item. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.18.150.34 (talk) 19:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for...
granting me Reviewer rights, Mr James! Cheers, Hop n hop  (on the arctic ice) 13:19, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Clive Emsley
Hi James, having recently attended a lecture by Professor Emsley on his new book "Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief" I can quite categorically say that it is most certainly a relevant part of his page, as it is one of his works, in line with the others listed. I would be most grateful if you could rectify your removal of the addition of a link to the book's page on the Open University website as soon as possible.

82.1.195.191 (talk) 23:12, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Request
Please undelete User:The Transhumanist/Nav header contents, a page you deleted for me years ago.

Thank you. The Transhumanist 12:42, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Emily
The name Emily has been used for thousands of years. The hebrew version, Emmunah, means faith, or otherwise, hope. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.90.29.45 (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Zionist always remove any edit to wiki
Why zionist always remove any edit to wikipedia if it touch on Israel(the new man made state)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.247.73.137 (talk) 15:08, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanx
I am a a blogger on immigarationmatters/ukeducationforall.com, just learning how wiki is working, thanx for ur input, hope to contribute a lot in near future — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.208.122 (talk) 17:18, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't see why in your opinion my contribution to the Delta State (TV Series) page is not constructive. It is in my opinion that it's very constructive. I also don't understand how you have the authority to police additions in the manner and that your personal approval is required.

204.244.186.125 (talk) 22:49, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Removal of addition to Delta State (TV Series)
I'm confused. I don't understand why it's in your opinion that my addition to the page is not constructive. It is in my opinion that it's very constructive as there's next to no other information on the internet about this TV Series. I also fail to understand how you're able to police such additions and that your personal approval is required. Clsmooth2 (talk) 22:51, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

How are my edits constituting to vandalism?
Subject says it all.

Merrychristmas254 (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello
greetings... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.180.22.141 (talk) 18:38, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

That..s OK!
No problem, greetings and thanks for your contributions and all users and administrators of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.180.22.141 (talk) 18:46, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Svetlana Nemolayeva
Svetlana Nemolayeva is a well known Russian actress, so I removed that prod. When you see an article on a Russian creative like that, be sure to check to see if there is a ru or uk wiki version, and search the Cyrillic spelling. Cheers.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken 00:01, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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WT:Requests for adminship/2013 RfC/1
Brilliant. - Dank (push to talk) 19:51, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Cray XK7
KTC (talk) 08:03, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Blue foot chicken edit
Hi James

Not sure what you mean about 'reverting' my correction. The author of the article implies that something sneaky was done and that is not the case. I am the person who actually picked up the eggs (it was a case not a pallet); I am breeding them; and no one tried to hide anything from anyone. I would appreciate it if at least you could remove or edit this sentence:

"Luckily, a forgotten pallet of eggs was snuck to a local breeder."

I wrote: "This information is inaccurate. I have PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE about these eggs. Nothing was 'SNUCK' anywhere. The eggs were not forgotten and there are other breeders in CA that have these birds. I don't know who wrote this article but perhaps they should have checked with the 2 breeders they cite before publishing to get their facts straight."

Thanks

Cracked me up...
The ONE time that wasn't actually vandalism... J Milburn (talk) 22:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2013 WikiCup!
Hello, James086, 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 10:54, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No, I'm afraid their not eligible. In future rounds, articles worked on in earlier rounds are eligible- the rule is that they have to be from this year. J Milburn (talk) 12:43, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

William Blake
I understand you undid an edit on the William Blake wiki page. I do not know if there has been a mix up as I have never made an attempt to edit said wiki page. I don't even think I've ever visited it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 54.247.140.128 (talk) 00:19, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

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

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

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


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

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

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Revision Deletion
Hi, I was wondering could you help me with a revision deletion of changes to an entry, "JJ72" under my username on 5th february. They are clearly false and defamatory to the person involved and regrettable. I would be very grateful if you could help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianfleming87 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks so much
Much appreciated James. You are a lifesaver! Thanks for the link. I will definitely check it out. I'd like to get involved with the community in a more positive way in future. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orkface1 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I've now also suppressed some of these, per policy, as they went over the edge on being potentially libelous - A l is o n  ❤ 17:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

superninja231
are you a Adam for this website — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superninja231 (talk • contribs) 14:06, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello, why delete "Petit Noya"
"Petite Noya" is a folk song with no known author for near 200 years and you deleted the article that explained the lyrics in Calo-Catala wich is the original language it was written, and the Catalan, Castillan spanish and English version I translated myself because I speak the four languages indicating that I am braking a copyright law. I would like to know why since it didn't violate any kind of copyrights.

Please, verify first then delete.

Thanking you in advance...

Buddy Ve!!! Buddyeve (talk) 17:16, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Herman Postma
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1947 in Pakistan
What I made that is right,1947 is very important in Pakistan as Pakistan was created in 1947,remember before 1947 Pakistan had no existence.I only meant in 1947 Pakistan came into existence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.232.0.252 (talk) 16:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

1 more serious mistake Pakistan became a sovereign state only in 1956,not in 1947,in 1947,it was created. Pakistan was created in 1947. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.232.0.252 (talk) 16:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Undeletion request
James - please put the Rackwise page back on wikipedia. The content posted therein about that entity was NOT an advertisement but was informational about this company. Otherwise, you MUST equally and neutrally remove the wikipedia entries for HP, BMC, CA, IBM/Tivoli because these companies too provide similar wording.

Thank you. Ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed.higgins (talk • contribs) 22:58, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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Just to let you know that this ip is part of a group that belong I believe to o2uk mobile network. I am on Giffgaff PAYG which uses the o2 network. The ip changes everytime I connect and the whole range appears to be shared in the the same manner. Therefore I (and I assume many others) regularly see messages not intended for me. This is just for your information, not a complaint, I love Wiki :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.227.179 (talk) 18:54, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for informing me, I have tagged the IP address as a shared one so that people can keep that in mind in future. James086 <sup style="color:#006400;">Talk  13:19, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Re Clarence Larson at DYK
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re: Your message to me.
I have no idea as I did not visit Lee Tim-sing's page ever. Was my account compromised or how did you trace it to me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolastang (talk • contribs) 09:04, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:55, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

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My change to the riots page
I think it was constructive to point put that the riot-inciter doesn't understand how the UK political system works, as it is posited by many that a cause of the violence was a disengagement with society, lack of education, and political apathy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.38.171.169 (talk) 17:54, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Neutrinos
Hello, my test to change radiation to radiations was somewhat of a test, but grammatically speaking it is correct. When speaking of multiple variations of radiation, the correct statement would have been "two types of radiations".

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I'm Sorry
I'm Sorry for the Benidorm thing xD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.52.9.58 (talk) 18:34, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Speeding Ticket Page
Hi James,

I am confused as to why you would remove the link where I cited the information from, but you would keep the content that I added?

If you are not aware, Avvo is a free legal resource that has over 130,000 active and participating attorneys. Given that speeding tickets are a taxonomy of criminal defense, it seems only logical to me that using material from a bona fide legal resource would only enhance the page?

Please let me know how we can resolve this matter; whether that means fixing the reference citing or removing the text that you are deeming as spam.

Best,

Jake Martin Jakemartin206 (talk) 18:38, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Ok, so if I use this YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVnxwHdnB0w which features Dan Samas a Speeding Ticket Attorney, which was featured on KOMO News, would that be appropriate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakemartin206 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for breaking rules
Sir please undelete my page 'The National Beats'. I'm sorry for the external link as it is my first article here so I have made this mistake. I'll be aware of it from the next time. --Suzane007 (talk) 06:46, 16 March 2013 (UTC)Suzne007

Closing IFDs
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redirects to Park So-yeon (singer)
You've deleted two redirects I made, Pak So-yŏn and Bak So-yeon as "implausible." I made the redirects because they are alternate Romanizations of her name. Both are listed on the main page in the "Korean Name" box. — rybec 04:38, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks! James086 <sup style="color:#006400;">Talk 22:35, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.181.159.199 (talk) 17:18, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Aella
Hey James086 - how do you do? I saw that you are active right now, and as an administrator I wanted your opinion on the following. User User:Pouria Richardson (contribs: Special:Contributions/Pouria_Richardson) has been editing articles only related to a company named Aella. What do you suggest? Accents 17:31, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot - I'll do just as you suggested on my talk tonight and tomorrow. One quick thing - I have this cute IP vandal on Corner Brook Regional High. A decent amount of damage was done that I had to manually edit the article from previous versions. I've submitted for semi-protection on Requests_for_page_protection - do you think that was necessary? User vandalized three times today, so I gave him a final notice on his talk - IP has a history of vandalism. Best, Accents 17:45, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Nevermind - I'll just report to AIV if vandalism continues. Thanks for all your help! =] Accents 17:49, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
I just wanna thank you for transfer of Cultural Property of Great Importance into Cultural Heritage of Serbia. This was old template, before unification of that entire subject into our WikiProject, and i was unable to do it manually. Thanks again! :) -- WhiteWriterspeaks 20:30, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ahah, that sound so simple. I used copy, open, replace, save method... :) Be well! -- WhiteWriterspeaks 22:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks also
The barnstar is awesome! I just want to get all of our topic articles to GA status, so I wanted to do my part, hopefully others will tweak them and get them through GA. We are a great group, and so are you. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:52, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Shweta Wahi
Please take a look at WP:Help desk. This was clearly a bungled move - it should have been transferred to another editor's sandbox, not mainspace. I'm a bit concerned about the competence of the editor who "helped" with this matter, but I'm not sure if administrative intervention is justified. Roger (talk) 09:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I left a link to the HD discussion at the talk page of the article so James086 was also aware of it. -- Ushau97 talk 09:37, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

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

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

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

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Gujarat Arts & Science College
I just found out that above article has been deleted for copyright infringment. This is very strange as I had already mentioned in article's talk page that the website referred was official website of Government of Gujarat and other sources were from Gujarat Gazetteers. So there were no copy rights issue but even than the article was deleted. Can you just review the deletion as I think - there is some error as explained above - Jethwarp (talk) 03:02, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S. I have re-created page citing literary sources available on on-line books. Jethwarp (talk) 03:52, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Ok, I got your point it was my oversight that I did not see copyright mark at bottom thinking it is a Goverment website but I later created Gujarat College as most of the online books refrences were in that name. It is a very old institution of India and second educational insitution founded in gujarat. There are many books which confirm this and so citing their refrences I had recreated the page. Can you point out, please, where did I violate Wiki policy this time and also can you please userfy the page so I can improve upon it Jethwarp (talk) 06:31, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Comment regarding Metaforic page
Can you please tell me why you deleted the Metaforic page? It is a valid company and relevant security technology. Please put the Metaforic page up and live with a note to not take it down anymore. thank you. 17:07, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Halo
Can you delete the existing Characters of Red vs. Blue article so we can move the list there? It is not really list like anyway, it's and article about the characters of Halo, or should be. Then we can start putting together the Red vs Blue media list. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:21, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Let's use Characters of, that seems to be more common and encyclopedic sounding :) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Greatest Hits: Chapter One
Hi there. There's currently a discussion on the talk page of Greatest Hits: Chapter One (Kelly Clarkson album). Could you swing by and provide an insight on it? Thanks. Chihciboy (talk) 00:06, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Articles for creation/Vulcan-Hart
James086, I appreciate that the article I submitted for creation was deleted for copyright violations, but it is unclear to me how I can proceed to generate a company-based informational article that doesn't violate these stipulations. I am an employee of this company, and was directed to generate this wiki by our Director of Marketing, and did so in accordance with the structure and content I found in other articles of the same nature for other brands associated with my company.

Please refer to the wiki's below, which were generated by others in my position, and whom I referenced in creation of the Vulcan-Hart entry. I have looked and have been unable to identify specific guidelines for corporate-base entries like mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Electric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITW_MIma_Packaging_Systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Corporation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyungbluth (talk • contribs) 15:08, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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SA Airways Museum Society
Hi, I am new to Wikipedia. I posted an article about our aviation museum, South African Airways Museum Society. Literally within minutes or so afterward it was deleted. I assume the software detected some text that indicates the content was not suitable. I would like someone to read my article and advise what I must remove - to me it is not of a commercial nature or promoting the sale of a product i.e. commercial. It is purely explaining how our museum operates and how we generate funds for our preservation efforts. Please advise to whom I can submit the article for them to make the changes so I can submit it again. Jaws01 (talk) 20:13, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

St Bedes
Obviously you didn't attend the reunion on Saturday night, Alex Wilson was an outstanding alumni who has recently fallen on some hardship, in relation to his health, one of the comments made at the reunion was that he would love to make it as a famous alumin at st bedes, this was our way of granting his final wish — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.135.147.22 (talk) 10:41, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Metaforic
Hi. I recentkly created the metaforic page here but you deleted it. It's been deleted a number of times and so I'm wondering if you could help me understand what I should do or what I'm doing wrong? thank you! Scottishwiki (talk) 10:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Project for RfA nominators
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Halo Cryptum
I started the GA review for Halo: Cryptum; it looks almost ready for promotion, but I'd like your thoughts on a few very small points. Thanks for your work on it! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:35, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Mapping the Global Economy
Hi James086, I am looking for volunteers to re-create the link below for all 196 countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/Economy_of_the_United_States The goal of this project is to map out the global economy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcnabber091 (talk • contribs) 03:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Halo FAC
Is there anything we can do to address the raised concerns before the nomination is achived? It seems a shame to let it die. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 10:41, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Request
I just noticed this image was deleted: File:Virgin Islands Council CSP.png. I reworked the article to add the deleted text back in. Could you please restore the image? --evrik (talk) 20:08, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --evrik (talk) 21:02, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

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Halo: Primordium and Halo: Silentium
I have created them! When you get back, please take a look, we could use two more Good Articles. Also, I put a list of references that may be useful for either topic in a to do list on the talk page of the Halo Primordium article. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:45, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

omg.
thanks for doing such a kind deed. as this is a school computer, many other pages may have been vandalized, but this will help start fixing said problems. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.249.172.125 (talk) 07:57, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Peer review/Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn/archive1
Sorry this didn't get a review in the PR period, but if you bug me I'll try to get to it this week. I know the content but I haven't actually read the article or contributed to it so I might be able to give a more neutral opinion on this one :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 13:52, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Farzaneh Taidi Wiki Page
Hello,

I'm an American university student writing a research paper on the film Not Without My Daughter. One of the subsections of my paper deals with the Iranian actress Farzaneh Taidi, who acted in the movie. I noticed her Wikipedia page was deleted January 18th of this year, and I was wondering if you could provide details as to why that happened.

6alebGam3iy (talk) 04:26, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks in advance.

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

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

A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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) 16:27, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

David Reinhardt
Why did you remove the David Reinhardt page I created, and instead redirect it to his grandfather, Django Reinhardt?

Here's the French version:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reinhardt

´ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.215.164.73 (talk) 01:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Red Vs Blue
Come back! We have Matt Leto at GAN, and we have to combine those Red vs blue articles! We need you back on the frontlines! :) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 18:46, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Cagliari.png
I request revert the deletion as it was replaced by a inferior file by newbie (File:Cagliari Calcio logo 2012.png) Matthew_hk  <font color="Blue">t  c  09:28, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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

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

A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:37, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Alexander Ferdinand
Alexander Ferdinand was not the monarch. Infobox royalty applies only to kings and princes ruling.--79.173.1.148 (talk) 17:10, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I encourage you to block this editors edits. Infobox royalty are for all royalty not just monarchs. The current discussion is to merge infobox monarch to infobox royalty not for the former to supplant the other. See articles on British royals for examples of their use.--The Emperor&#39;s New Spy (talk) 18:16, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 July newsletter
We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's currently leads overall, while Pool B's  is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,, with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by, and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by, and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:07, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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

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

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

Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 06:27, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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

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

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:49, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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Red vs. Blue
Episode 5 has just been released. Can you or someone add it the article, I tried but it didn't work the way I wanted it to. Thanks. Kujo524 (talk) 01:07, 16 July 2013

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

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


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

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

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

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 01:35, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Fountain of youth page
I have not been on that page recently so I am very confused as to how I could have edited it. Either way I apologise for the mistake. 81.156.179.99 (talk) 19:58, 18 November 2013 (UTC)