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DYK for 1935 Jérémie hurricane
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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's, whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from, a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of.

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Astronomical Society of New South Wales
Greetings! I have drafted an article on the Astronomical Society of New South Wales, at User:Gronk Oz/Astronomical Society of New South Wales

However, when I tried to move it into mainspace I got the message that you have previously deleted an article with the same name, and that I should contact you about that first.

I can't see the old article, nor the reason for its deletion, so I am in the dark here. Is there any reason that should prevent me from moving the page to mainspace? --Gronk Oz (talk) 03:10, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Not that I can see. The article was deleted following an AfD discussion, but your version seems much improved. Are you physically unable to move the page? I've never encountered that warning before, but it might be that admins are exempt... who knows. Let me know if you need any help, and nice work on that new article. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Brilliant - thanks. I did manage to follow the link to the AfD (after leaving my original note) and I see that it was just a stub.  So I will go ahead and be BOLD...  Thanks for the help.  --Gronk Oz (talk) 03:35, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Odense
Hi, I was wondering if you could add a climate table like you see in general city articles for this?♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:22, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yup, sure thing. I'll have it done either this evening or tomorrow morning. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 14:11, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Well I added a basic table, but I'm having a hard time finding good sources (probably not helping that I don't speak a word of Danish). It definitely needs to be refined... I'll do what I can. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:38, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for that, much appreciated. No worries, I'm sure it'll be further expanded!♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1935 Jérémie hurricane
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Your GA nomination of 1935 Jérémie hurricane
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Request
Hello, Can you look here when time allows you to when time allows you to? with my best Regards --  Mohamed Talk 09:00, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Revoke talk for User:東條英機です
I think you forgot to do so, so I thought I would mention it here. Dustin ( talk ) 04:14, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, done. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 04:15, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello!!
Hi, I would like to ask for your nomination to become an administrator and would appreciate it very much. Any other feedback is also most appreciated. Thank you!!!! Arumpostasest — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arumpostasest (talk • contribs) 21:01, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, there's no chance you would be appointed an administrator at this time. Just focus on becoming a productive editor for the time being. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 21:32, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!
I'm about to call it a day, and don't want to end it with a silly discussion over a dull topic. I do feel insulted, but trust you meant no harm. Cheers, and I hope to see you around sometime again. Best wishes.--

MarshalN20 T al k 03:15, 14 July 2014 (UTC) 
 * I meant neither harm nor insult—honestly. I'm sorry to have addressed you personally where perhaps I shouldn't have. For better or worse, the particular flag in question is exceedingly dull and impersonal, and while I don't think we'll be able to agree on where objectivity becomes insensitivity, I gladly accept your kitten and might even let you hold it once in a while. :) Thanks for the kind gesture, and I look forward to working with you in the future. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:41, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
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Rollbacker
Hi. I would like to ask you if you can review my request for rollback status. I need the status so I can use some tools against vandalism. Regards :) --M4r51n (talk) 18:50, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I hate to be so tedious, but you've only made something like 15 additional edits since your initial request. I see that you're well-meaning, but I'm hesitant to assign rollback rights to anybody with fewer than four or five hundred edits. I believe there are several non-rollback scripts whose anti-vandalism capacities approach the efficiency of rollback itself; have you tried any of them? I don't distrust you by any means, I just need to see a bit more experience on your part to validate my trust. Thanks for understanding, and I look forward to changing my mind in the very near future. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 19:37, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll definitely try some of the scripts. Have a nice day --M4r51n (talk) 20:44, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

User: and rollback
Well, it seems I can't even paste his username?

Thank you for your hard work with a great many permissions requests, and for your open-mindedness with regard to granting rollback to a repeated requester whose name I have trouble reproducing here.

However, please could you evaluate whether the following three blind reverts (straight rollback, no edit summary) are indeed unambiguous vandalism, or perhaps may be a point of view:

If the latter, please consider reversing your decision of granting rollback to the editor concerned.

thanks! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:12, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * No good deed goes unpunished. Thanks for the heads-up. I've taken care of it. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:49, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue C, July 2014
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Your RfA vote
Thanks for your vote at Requests_for_adminship/AlanM1. It isn't showing up in the count, though, because of the missing Support at the beginning. Thanks! —&#91;  Alan M 1  (talk) &#93;— 17:34, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks accurate to me, and I don't think that should matter anyway. If it does, I've been throwing away my votes for years I'm afraid! Best of luck. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 19:55, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Re: cloudy days
Good point. I meant cumulonimbus. Or maybe I was just testing the meteorological knowledge of the BN regulars in which case you pass. Andrevan@ 01:49, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

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Aarhus
Hi Julian, any chance you could add a climate table and section for Aarhus like you did with Odense?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:46, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure thing... I'd still like to find some more substantial sources, but I'll do what I can. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 19:57, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Did you find any decent sources?♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:08, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

1976 Canary Island UFO Article on AFD
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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
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Wikiproject REHAB
Hi Juliancolton. I'm trying to bring back the Wikiproject REHAB and was wondering whether you would join the project. We need someone like you who has experience with blocking and dealing with vandals. Please help me help others and therefore Wikipedia. Mirror  Freak  17:56, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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GA Cup
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For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

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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.

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter
In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. , who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

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GA Cup -Round 1 Newsletter
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GA Cup Newsletter Correction
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Oi
Okay the first edit you reverted was a test edit but seriously? Your now reverting all my edits? WE USE THE SHORT DASH NOT THE LONG DASH STOP!!! Fvaok (talk) 04:30, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
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GA Cup - Round 2
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WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is, who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. , 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. , WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

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 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
 * wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
 * wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
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"Leroy Jenkins" is a World of Warcraft meme, it is a name/term given to a person who rushes into a situation without consulting others, arguably making the situation worse. Just perusing Sarek's RfA and saw your question has thus far gone unanswered. Tarc (talk) 03:32, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

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That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge,  led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

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That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge,  led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

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 * developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
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Thank you for quality articles on hurricanes, writing, collaborating, copy-editing, such as 1910 Cuba hurricane 1941 Florida hurricane, Typhoon Chataan ..., and for "your efforts to extend and improve the communication levels of Wikipedia", - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (4 February 2009, 23 March 2009, 1 April 2009)!

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Thank you for today's long-forgotten hurricanes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * How ya doin there JC? — Ched : ?  08:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

YHFBM
You have Facebook messages .. lol. Just wondering what you thought about various camera stuff. — Ched : ?  16:05, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Need some advice
Please see North American Piedmontese cattle which recently passed a GA review, but I think maybe a step or two is missing in the close. As nominator, I did not receive the GA promotion notice on my TP. Please let me know what steps were skipped so when I start reviewing, I won't make the same mistake. Thank you in advance. <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em;color:#A2006D">Atsme &#9775; Consult  19:59, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
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No big deal
Dear Juliancolton, I saw you recently deleted your essay User:Juliancolton/No Big Deal. It saw its redlink at RFAADVICE. I think its a valuable and important essay to keep around. Especially since its been around for quite some time. I hope you don't mind but I restored its content at User:Mkdw/No big deal and replaced the link at RFAADVICE. If you have any objections, please let me know. Mkdw talk 21:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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Picture of a spaceship
Hey JC,

I sent you a picture I was interested in you analyzing. (it's a spaceship to me .. lol) — Ched : ?  17:20, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

April 2015
This is your only warning; if you make personal attacks on other people again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. don't be so mean :( Frood 00:43, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Yeah? Well. Your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elderberries!!! Frood 00:49, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Your sister browses with Google Chrome. — Ched : ?  01:17, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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Question about Good Article policy
I'm currently reviewing 2000 German Grand Prix's Good Article candidacy. I found a few minor problems with the article. Would it be a conflict of interest for me as the reviewer to make the changes I pointed out to the article?-- Nascar   king  15:40, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
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Roxanne Dubé
Hi there. I'm contacting you, as I'd like to re-create the Roxanne Dubé article. There's been a lot written about her in the past few days, as her two children were alleged to have been involved in some well-publicized criminal activity. There seemed to be enough written about her prior to this to at least create a stub. Also, I'm mindful of WP:BLPCRIME, and have no intention of adding more than a sentence about her two kids. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:34, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Magnolia677. I wouldn't personally re-create it based on alleged crimes of people related to the subject, but it's not my decision of course. Even if this recent coverage pushes her/her family over the brink of marginal notability, I'd always rather have one less nonessential BLP to worry about. Just my opinion. :) –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 16:26, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

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We are preparing to take a closer look at Featured articles promoted in 2004–2010 that may need a review. We started with a script-compiled list of older FAs that have not had a recent formal review. The next step is to prune the list by removing articles that are still actively maintained, up-to-date, and believed to meet current standards. We know that many of you personally maintain articles that you nominated, so we'd appreciate your help in winnowing the list where appropriate.

Please take a look at the sandbox list, check over the FAs listed by your name, and indicate on the sandbox talk page your assessment of their current status. Likewise, if you have taken on the maintenance of any listed FAs that were originally nominated by a departed editor, please indicate their status. BLPs should be given especially careful consideration.

Thanks for your help! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 19:35, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of December 1960 nor'easter
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article December 1960 nor'easter you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of West Virginian -- West Virginian (talk) 11:40, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of December 1960 nor'easter
The article December 1960 nor'easter you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:December 1960 nor'easter for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of West Virginian -- West Virginian (talk) 12:20, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of December 1960 nor'easter
The article December 1960 nor'easter you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:December 1960 nor'easter for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of West Virginian -- West Virginian (talk) 10:41, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 May newsletter
The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus. Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
 * was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
 * took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
 * worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! , and  16:35, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Your USRD featured articles
Hi! Recently, there has been a Wikipedia-wide initiative to audit older featured articles, and we were wondering if you were keeping an eye on yours to make sure that it remains a quality article. While a lot of us monitor all USRD featured articles for poor quality edits, we might miss factual issues where we are not familiar with the road. The discussion is at Wikipedia_talk:Unreviewed_featured_articles/sandbox. Hope all is well! --Rschen7754 03:58, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Gonzalo
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hurricane Gonzalo you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Gonzalo
The article Hurricane Gonzalo you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hurricane Gonzalo for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 20:01, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CX, May 2015
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You've got mail!
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2015 GA Cup
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I feel bad....
buffing up all these southern constellations that you can't see from up there in the northern hemisphere...so have buffed Ursa Minor for GA/FA push too. (chuckle) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:14, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Cristobal (2014)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hurricane Cristobal (2014) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 01:21, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Cristobal (2014)
The article Hurricane Cristobal (2014) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hurricane Cristobal (2014) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 15:41, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

GOCE June 2015 newsletter
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Advice for younger editors
Your name was given as a reason for reverting an edit of mine on the above page. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Guidance_for_younger_editors#Second_discussion

I removed what could be the worst possible advice for a young person on the internet, which is to privately contact an unknown (to them) person for help. No responsible person would ever give this advice. If ever this were to lead to the youg person getting into trouble (bullying, harasement, sexual exploitation) because of this advice, quite apart from the harm it would cause them, it would seriously damage Wikipedia. Social neworking sites have been forced to make major changes because of harm caused to youngsters using their services. Wikipedia is safe because all communications are visible to all users. Suggesting private email contact removes this inherrent protection is crazy. Martin Hogbin (talk) 22:48, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXI, June 2015
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2015 GA Cup
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Today's featured article/July 15, 2015
Julian, I could use your help on this one ... the current character count for the lead is 705, and the usual minimum for the TFA column is 950. Which bits in the first section strike you as the most interesting ones that aren't present in the lead? - Dank (push to talk) 08:37, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Nevermind ... I've read it through again, and there's not a lot I can pull in. - Dank (push to talk) 01:55, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * ping. - Dank (push to talk) 16:56, 11 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Nicely pictured storm, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXII, July 2015
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2015 GA Cup - Round 2
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Wikipedia library Newspapers.com renewal
Your free one-year account with Newspapers.com will end on August 20 2015. Newspapers.com has offered to extend existing accounts by another year. If you wish to keep your account until August 20 2016, please add your name to the Account Renewal list here. I'll let Newspapers.com customer support know, and they will extend your subscription. If you don't want to keep your account for another year, you don't have to do anything. Your account will expire unless I hear from you that you want to keep it. All the best, HazelAB (talk) 12:28, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

List of Cara Delevingne's modelling appearances page
Hi, was just wondering why the page was deleted when there were still equal numbers of delete and Userfy on the discussion page. Thanks, CaraDele (talk) 16:35, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't follow. Userfy means moving to your userspace, which you appear to have requested, and nobody on that AfD thought keeping the article in the mainspace was a viable option. What would you have rather seen done? –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 16:44, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Barbara Massey Rogers
Do you realize that I added today that a building was named in her honor? I would have appreciated another re-listing because of it.Zigzig20s (talk) 01:38, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * What was the significance of the building? I call my bathroom the Jake the Snake Arena, doesn't make it notable. On a serious note buildings are routinely named after benefactors which seems to be the reason it more then likely was named after her. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 02:03, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Agree with the above. Unfortunately, I see no indication that your addition contributed significantly toward establishing the subject's notability. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:14, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's not a bathroom in a private residence. It's a major building on a university campus. It sounds like you have a bias against philanthropists, but just because you don't like it, doesn't mean content should be deleted. There were many references.Zigzig20s (talk) 02:20, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I really don't and I apologize if it came off that way. I helped write El Pomar Foundation, philanthropy is all well and good in my opinion. Can you provide sources to me? I would be willing to review, I would like to see an article added and I do believe that as an experienced wikipedian you did what you thought was a good addition I have been in the same position. Recently I had an AFD about a person that had six years of coverage including international coverage Articles for deletion/Tahera Ahmad. Interesting stuff. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 02:28, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The references are now LOST because the article was deleted. There were many. Did you not see them? Every sentence had in-line references.Zigzig20s (talk) 02:33, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * No I'm sorry I didn't. I am going to go ahead and let this go in light of | retaliation. I have reason to believe that at this time you may not be in a space to collaborate on this issue. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 02:35, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I replied on the other talkpage about the other stub, which has nothing to do with Barbara and sounds like a news release (see there). I am ASTOUNDED that you did not bother to look at the more than 10 references in a start-status article about a prominent investor and philanthropist whose name is immortalized on a college campus, etc.Zigzig20s (talk) 02:46, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Zigzig20s, I'd be happy to restore a copy of the deleted article into your userspace, but only temporarily (BLPs have no place stagnating in dusty corners of the wiki). Consensus at the AFD was clear, however, and you'd need some kind of review process before properly reinstating the page. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:44, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * OK. That may be an opportunity for the deletors to read the references at the very least. I'm sure we could find more about Barbara too.Zigzig20s (talk) 02:46, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Juliancolton would it be considered WP:INVOLVED to ask you to look into the actions found at Dead & Company. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 02:54, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's off topic. Hell, your behavior is unpleasant. I want nothing to do with you: leave me alone now please!Zigzig20s (talk) 03:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Other then giving you a barnstar for ten years service and nominating an article for AFD what is inappropriate. Take a minute wipe the butthurt off and get back to collaborating. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 03:17, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Vacation5
Template:Vacation5 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:50, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Against the Current
Good Evening,

I noticed you deleted an article on the band "Against the Current". I feel as though "Against the Current" should have an article on Wikipedia. Yes the article was laking some information and Creditable Citations but I can fix all that. I have been digging up a lot of information on them recently as I am working on a fan site for the band and I do have stuff to contribute that would address the issues with the article as well as provide a ton of citations from credible sources.

How can I go about updating the page that was deleted? I see someone recreated the page yesterday with next to no information and that page is now marked for a speedy deletion. Is it possible to edit the original article and get it approved / reinstated?

Or should I drafted an entire new article and submit it for approval?

Please let me know what I can do to help out and get this article back up and not have it deleted again.

Thank You

ChrisDuCharme (talk) 02:25, 11 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi, Unfortunately, Articles for deletion/Against the Current (band) ended with a consensus for deletion, chiefly on the basis that the group is simply not notable enough for inclusion within Wikipedia. To reinstate the article, you'd need to submit a request at Deletion Review; with enough reliable sources, participants there may decide to overturn the deletion. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:05, 11 August 2015 (UTC)