User talk:MC10/Archive 17

Talker26 invite
Would you like to visit my user? Talker26 (talk) 14:37, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you're asking, but fine. — mc10 ( t / c ) 04:45, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Expert review
Hello there,

given the interest you expressed in strategy:Proposal:Expert review, I wanted to bring Expert review to your attention. At this point, it captures the current efforts in this area. There are some obvious ways in which you could help:

1) There's an existing proof-of-concept JavaScript displaying expert reviews for articles for which they are available. That script could be significantly improved, and potentially be promoted to gadget status.

2) We need to develop the product specifications for what expert review in Wikipedia should look like (starting with the simplest implementation that makes sense). The Meta page has some initial draft notes, but mock-ups, thoughts and additional documentation would be much appreciated.

3) We should think about what the most effective and scalable ways are to mobilize large groups of experts to participate in review processes, and to validate their credentials. There is an opportunity right now with the APS, which has just launched a Wikipedia initiative, and is willing to ask its 20,000 members to help with expert assessments. But we should think about the longer term as well.

Your participation in these and other areas would be much appreciated. Hope to see you on Meta,--Eloquence* 01:40, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive news
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Template:Vandalism information
Hey Mc. What does adding""here do? Thanks! — Spike Toronto  20:26, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

P.S.   One more question: how did you get   to apply to your whole talk page? I’ve been trying to figure that out for some time to save typing it all the time. Thanks! — Spike Toronto  20:30, 20 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The extra-css parameter is for templates where adding an extra-css parameter allows for additional customization of the Wdefcon. As for the plainlinks, I just used a . Divs apply for the entire section it covers, not just the single line, like span. See span and div and the w3schools page on div for more information. Cheers, — mc10  ( t / c ) 06:16, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I’ve placed  at the top of my talk page. It’ll be great not to have to type   so often! As for the   parameter, I still don’t get it. You added it the template, but what “additional customization” was there? Thanks! — Spike Toronto  06:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I added a customization myself for my particular template. — mc10 ( t / c ) 21:20, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I wish I knew as much about all this stuff as you do. Thanks MC! — Spike Toronto  21:46, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:37, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Added template for SuggestBot
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GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion
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 * Thanks, The Master of Mayhem. — mc10 ( t / c ) 03:41, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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Account Creation Improvement Project
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Best wishes, SvHannibal (talk) 15:58, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:45, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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Use of
In case you haven't twigged, if you put on a line by itself you get two blank lines instead of one. The example page puts it at the end of the previous paragraph after the full stop but I tend to put them just before an image or box when required as I just did in WP:POLICY. Dmcq (talk) 09:06, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

In fact thanks for getting me as were to look at this again. The clear template works work exactly as you desire without needing to be appended or prepended to something else. Dmcq (talk) 12:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I did not realize that was not the same as clear; I thought that both inserted   elements with , but apparently, I was wrong. As such, I have replaced the  templates with clear templates, which should do the same thing. Cheers, — mc10  ( t / c ) 18:20, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello from MOTD
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WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:00, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Hellohello222
You warned a new user using a level 3 warning template. His crime against humanity? Making this edit, which you identified as vandalism, despite the fact that it is clearly a good faith edit. Please try to take more care with new users; the alternative is that huggle and twinkle will become a carrot on a stick - removed from you, and perpetually just out of reach. Ironholds (talk) 22:20, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * My apologies, I did not mean to warn the user for their good-faith edits, especially with a level-three template. I have subsequently apologized to the user. — mc10 ( t / c ) 05:02, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that - I think it goes a long way. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 11:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

list of portmanteaus
Hi there,

I received a message saying that my recent additions weren't constructive....can you please clarify why? I find it a little hard to believe that harmless word 'moobs' can't make the list, yet 'f***tard' passes muster. It seems to me to be a matter of personal opinion and not constructiveness.

Look forward to hearing from you,

60.250.99.41 (talk) 05:38, 13 April 2011 (UTC)Confused&Bewildered


 * That entire list needs to be cleaned up, after further look. It appears that someone else has already re-added most of your additions; perhaps that was you? The list should only contain words that are actually widely used, and not just made up by some high schooler. To be honest, I have never heard of most of the words on the list; they seem contrived. But feel free to contribute to the article. — mc10 ( t / c ) 05:51, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

User:MC10/AjaxQuickDelete.js
User:MC10/AjaxQuickDelete.js is turning up in CAT:CSD. Please remember to escape curly braces using  in JavaScript code. Thanks, — This, that, and the other (talk) 07:56, 18 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright, thanks for telling me. — mc10 ( t / c ) 18:24, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to and  who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:23, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

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