User talk:John Carter/Archives/2014/August

Pseudoscience clarification request archived
The original discussion can be found here The archive can be found here For the Arbitration Committee -- S Philbrick (Talk)  01:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.
The following message left on my talk page may be of interest to you too:

"This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help find a resolution. The thread is "Historicity of Jesus". Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! MrScorch6200  (talk &#124; ctrb) 20:36, 3 August 2014 (UTC)"

Martijn Meijering (talk) 00:21, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Dorje Shugden controversy
An article that you have been involved in editing, Dorje Shugden controversy, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Chris Fynn (talk) 19:22, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

ANI Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Fearofreprisal (talk) 23:42, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Edits to existing comments on talk pages
I saw you made this edit:

It would help, when you make more than a trivial edit to a post, if you'd follow the guidelines in WP:REDACT, and append a new timestamp (e.g.,  using five tildes) after the original timestamp at the end of the post.

Thanks.
 * Signatures are generally considered even more important and I consider it nothing less than hilarious that someone has the gall to lecture to others about basically minor mistakes of others while indulging in even bigger mistakes themselves.John Carter (talk) 14:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you and a question
Thank you for the barnstar. I was wondering whether you have encountered any Wikipedia list of religious groups who disclaim any name? A category might also be appropriate. The non-denominational articles, category and lists include groups that do not, or no longer, shun names, and so might be confusing to readers searching for groups where aversion to names is a notable characteristic. There are quite a few of them: spanning the gamut of established groups like some Bon animist traditions to NRM groups like Jim Roberts' Brethren. I was thinking a list might be useful for directing people to relevant articles, but suspect that if anyone would know if something along this line already exists, it might be you. &bull; Astynax talk 23:37, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

email
Evensteven (talk) 20:35, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Historicity of Jesus
Hi there. I see your message, but no email has arrived from you. Please email me at wdford@global.co.za  Wdford (talk) 22:45, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
 * 1) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
 * 2) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
 * 3) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
 * 4) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
 * 5) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
 * , the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
 * , the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. ,, , , , and  have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)