User talk:John Carter/Archives/2012/October

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)

Please comment on Talk:Lord of the Dance (hymn)
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DYK nomination of Karl Beth
Hello! Your submission of Karl Beth at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 02:43, 24 September 2012 (UTC) (Note: definitely a different person from the user who wrote the above section; no idea I'd taken a name so close to an existing one!)


 * I thought for sure you'd see my reply, coming so close after your comment, but I guess you haven't. Consider this a ping to return and address the remaining issues. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 17:49, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

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Monthly Update
Here :-)


 * Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Craiova, Biruitorul, 24 September 2012
 * Nerses IV the Gracious, John Carter, 24 September 2012
 * Church of St Candida and Holy Cross, BarretB, 26 September 2012
 * St Laurence's Church, Morland, Peter I. Vardy, 28 September 2012
 * St Mary's Church, Longfleet, Bermicourt, 03 October 2012
 * Chor von St. Bonifatius, Gerda Arendt, 03 October 2012
 * St Andrew's Church, Penrith, Peter I. Vardy, 06 October 2012
 * Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver), Bloom6132, 08 October 2012
 * Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops), Bloom6132, 09 October 2012
 * St Columba's Church, Warcop, Peter I. Vardy, 09 October 2012


 * St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale, Peter I. Vardy, 10 October 2012


 * W. E. Biederwolf, John Foxe, 13 October 2012

There were a couple a Bach Cantatas as well but they weren't WP:X.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 20:43, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

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User:EdwardsBot/Spam
Hi. Your recent EdwardsBot delivery is for October 2012, but the header reads September 2012.

It looks like the last three deliveries (August, September, October) have also not included a timestamp, while the July delivery did. When a talk page section has no timestamp, archive bots will not know when the post was made and consequently won't be able to archive these sections. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:41, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Blanchardb is a good example of the archive bot + lack of timestamp phenomenon. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:58, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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DR/N PING for John Carter! Help requested!
Hey John, could you handle a dispute at DR/N. The article Australian Christian Lobby has a detailed dispute regarding wording, bias and other major issues that may require an editor with experiance and interest in these areas. I could do this one, but I am interested in getting more volunteers to help out as much as possible to widen the pool of active volunteers at DR/N!--Amadscientist (talk) 03:27, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Karl Beth
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:06, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Conservatism
I think it is about time to go to WP:RFAR but this is something I've not done before. Actually, other than the odd comment when involved, I've tried to stay away from. I have a list of 65 involved people (from the MFD and that discussion) that would likely be considered involved, but I'm hoping you could help by crafting the RFC itself. I am thinking User:RGloucester would also be helpful. As you have more experience with the process, I'm thinking that you taking the lead (with help from others, of course) would be the best chance of getting it accepted. Ping me. Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 21:38, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

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