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October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Award
Thanks GOCE! Northamerica1000(talk) 18:11, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Jewish Ideas Daily
Hi. I subscribe to this site, so I knew where to look for some sources you might not have seen. I can and will add more. But you might want to take another look and reconsider. Cheers.WaterwaysGuy (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello WaterwaysGuy. Per the sourcing you have found, I have withdrawn the nomination for deletion and closed the discussion as speedy keep at Articles for deletion/Jewish Ideas Daily. Thanks for demonstrating this topic's notability, and also for improving the article. Northamerica1000(talk) 22:22, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Article Rescue Squadron/Rescue list
Article Rescue Squadron/Rescue list, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron/Rescue list & and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Article Rescue Squadron/Rescue list during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. IRWolfie- (talk) 18:24, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. I am no longer a member of the project, and I have decided to abstain from the discussion. Whatever the community decides regarding the future of the list will be the way it goes. Northamerica1000(talk) 20:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I added a previous MfD box to the top of the discussion. Northamerica1000(talk) 21:26, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thank You
I am probably not your favorite editor at the moment, but I would like to thank you for your contributions to the Editor Retention project page during the month of September. Good work.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:47, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your participation in WikiProject Editor Retention. This is a worthy project, and now (as of this post) there are 102 members. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:59, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Courtesy note
I thought I'd just drop you a note to explain something you might have viewed as a bit of an anomaly. Today I commented on Articles for deletion/Harlow skatepark (one of yours) noting my involvement with WikiProject Skateboarding as a reason for not lodging a !vote. Last week, though, I !voted Keep on Articles for deletion/Blind Skateboards (also one of yours) but without any such caveats. It was closed today as Keep after my comment and one other. I thought you might think my lack of a declaration in the first one was a bit strange/bad faith. Truthfully, your Blind Skateboards AFD prompted me to re-write that article and then query why so many of it's "friends" were in bad shape. I ended up at the WikiProject and have since launched an effort to "revive" the Project. I'm not sure if these two AFDs were just part of your routine patrol or whether you have a particular interest in skateboarding-related articles. If it's the latter, your expertise would be most welcome at that Project. Anyway, just thought it could do with some explaining. Cheers mate, Stalwart 111  03:44, 7 December 2012 (UTC).
 * Hello Stalwart111, and thanks for all of the information. I appreciate your work and ideals to revive WikiProject Skateboarding, and thanks for creating the new Harlow Town Park article. Harlow skatepark was nominated for deletion for not meeting WP:N. Perhaps a merge into the new Harlow Town Park article would be in order, since the Harlow skatepark topic may not have enough coverage to merit a standalone article. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:48, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the barnstar - very nice of you! It's going to be a team effort - just a matter of getting a team now. Ha ha.
 * Yes, the nomination was certainly justified. It would be good to keep the info in some form but there is certainly an argument to be made that it does not need its own article. We'll see what others say but I'm keen to get it to a better point in whatever form it takes. Cheers, Stalwart 111  08:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC).

Fozzy Group
Hello there. I had a look at your DYK nomination for Fozzy Group, and by my count it's just under the 1500 character count. Any chance you could expand it? Moswento talky 10:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅. Thanks for the notification, and check out Fozzy Group now; its been expanded with sourced content. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:03, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Fozzy Group
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Pelco Page - Primary Source Help
Hello I tried to create and submit a article on Pelco Inc or Pelco by Schneider Electric now.. (www.pelco.com). I realize the importance of primary source documents to ensure there is no manipulation of information or false information posted on the most accurate encyclopedia ever made! I have tried since my initial submission to find more reliable sources but I am uncertain if they meet your criteria even after reviewing the rules provided. For example this news website: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/10/31/2139523/clovis-based-pelco-to-take-on.html talks about the integration of Pelco to Schneider (Is this site worthy of citation?) In college this would not fly as a primary source or reliable source for the majority papers I would write. Conversely, there is almost no physical literature, .edu's or .org's with information about Pelco's early history, and a lot of questionable content out there describing Pelco's more recent history. From what I read, Wikipedia also prefers not to have many sources from the company's website to help prevent advertisement/business oriented pages..So I tried to stay away from using their content, but I'm at a loss as to where to find more reliable content on Pelco than their actual website. Any suggestions / advice would help very helpful. I would like to create this page because I've been in the security camera business for awhile, I feel like Pelco has been a big part of the american security industry and that the brand will die out sooner than later and I think its worthwhile information. All advise / suggestions would be great, Thank you! Aruegger (talk) 15:07, 11 December 2012 (UTC) Andrew


 * Hello Aruegger. Primary sources are usable to verify information in articles, but independent third-party secondary sources are the standard for building Wikipedia articles . See also: WP:42. Company-produced information, such as press releases and PR are typically considered primary sources. The Fresno Bee article you provided above is a fine usable secondary source. A great place to start in finding sources is Google News archive and Google Books. Check out these search links, and note that by removing the quotation marks and changing the criteria in the search box around on the resulting pages, additional results can often be yielded:


 * Here are some secondary sources I found after some source searching:
 * "Pelco poised for growth ..." Fresno Bee.
 * "PELCO EXPANDING CLOVIS PLANT." Fresno Bee.
 * "PELCO HAS GROWTH IN ITS SIGHTS." Fresno Bee.
 * "PELCO, SONY JOIN FORCES TO BUILD TV PRODUCTS." Fresno Bee.
 * "Olympics to use Pelco camera." Fresno Bee.
 * — Hope this helps out! Northamerica1000(talk) 20:44, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/The Users (band)
Are we losing you to the dark side, NA?!?! Well, at least we convinced you on that one.--Milowent • hasspoken 22:31, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Turns out that The Users (band) was proven to at least meet WP:N, so I withdrew the nomination. I avoid taking sides or viewing Wikipedia as partisan, because I feel it can typecast and stereotype editors in negative manners. These types of preconceptions can then lead to prejudice. I'm actually very cautious about articles I nominate for deletion, because it's dysfunctional to make faulty nominations that waste people's time. If more people actually followed WP:BEFORE, AfD would be a much more functional area of Wikipedia. Northamerica1000(talk) 22:41, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Food and Drink Barnstar
Wow, thanks! I am surprised anyone noticed about Pule cheese. Bearian (talk) 17:34, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks again for creating the article about this rare cheese. I saw it when I was patrolling new pages. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:03, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Blood donation in Bangladesh
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 * ✅. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mercedes-Benz W142
Hello! Your submission of Mercedes-Benz W142 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! — Maile (talk) 20:12, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ...as of this post. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ...as of this post. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Heroine
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 * ...as of this post. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ...as of this post. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of DailyFlag for DailyBread
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 * ✅. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:48, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

MMA Event Notability
You are invited to join the discussion at WT:MMA. Kevlar (talk) 19:01, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
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Rattie Ratz
I see you are working on cleaning up this article. I was going to do the same but I will wait until you are done to avoid edit conflicts. --MelanieN (talk) 01:02, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm done for now, have at it! Northamerica1000(talk) 01:06, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Mañana, maybe. --MelanieN (talk) 05:05, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the nice work you performed to improve the article. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:30, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Team effort - not the first time. --MelanieN (talk) 03:33, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

AFD renomination
An article that you have edited has been nominated for AFD, and you may wish to comment. Articles for deletion/List of defensive gun use incidents (2nd nomination) Gaijin42 (talk) 14:48, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:12, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

AFD for Harlow skatepark
Hi mate, just thought I should let you know that Harlow skatepark (which you nominated for deletion) has now been merged and redirected to Harlow Town Park as a result of this discussion. A note has been placed at Talk:Harlow Town Park with details of the AFD result and merge. A good result I think. Cheers, Stalwart 111  23:51, 16 December 2012 (UTC).
 * That worked out fine, and now all of the information is in one place. The topic didn't appear to have enough sources to qualify for a standalone article. Best, Northamerica1000(talk) 02:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly right. Cheers, Stalwart 111  11:33, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

New message!
You have a new message here Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Hidden_Cave --Tito Dutta (talk) 00:02, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello Titodutta: thanks for the notification; I've added an alternate hook at Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Hidden_Cave. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:08, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Forgot me dear Sir? See my second barnstar here? I have posted a reply at DYK template page! --Tito Dutta (talk) 03:22, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. I revised the Alt1 hook at the above-linked nomination. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:27, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello, I have replied there! --Tito Dutta (talk) 03:32, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Northamerica1000(talk) 03:36, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You are welcome! --Tito Dutta (talk) 03:41, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

DGU AFD
You marked the DGU AFD on the rescue list as resolved, the but AFD is still ongoing? Gaijin42 (talk) 15:21, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed it (replaced on the list). It was mistakenly moved to resolved entries. Thanks for the notification. Northamerica1000(talk) 15:30, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Hidden Cave
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Project Brands
Well done on the project creation. Nice. I'm afraid I won't join because I hate corporations and don't want to help them for free. If they want to send me an olympic swimming pool full of rubies, I'll consider it. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:08, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello Anna: thanks for the response, and if you ever change your mind, the offer to join WikiProject Brands remains as an open invitation! Northamerica1000(talk) 14:10, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Brand articles by importance


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basically G6: the correct name of the category is Category:Brands articles by importance

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Brand articles by quality


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basically G6: the title contains a typo and the category's content is under the corrected title Category:Brands articles by quality

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 * Happy Holidays! Northamerica1000(talk) 10:48, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Peer review on WP:Brands
I have six volunteer-written GAs in the review queue and about five COI projects where the client seems on-board with taking it to GA. My goal is to make GA a standard for most articles I write.

I noticed WP:Brands has a peer review to get a second opinion for GA preparation and Wikiproject Companies doesn't appear to have one. Is it acceptable to use it for individual company articles or is that off-topic, it being more about branding in general than individual brands? CorporateM (Talk) 13:29, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've created an internal peer review page at WikiProject Brands/Peer review; check it out! Regarding peer review for companies, since WP Companies doesn't appear to have an internal peer review, you should probably post your articles for discussion at Peer review. Company topics appear to be generally outside of the scope of the new WikiProject Brands project, although they are related, since many companies produce various product brands. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:12, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * aww that should work. In some cases I know it's not quite ga yet (corporate speak and such) but I need someone to provide the feedback. Peer review looks perfect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.224.134.17 (talk) 01:32, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * Happy holidays! to you too. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 13:15, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Northamerica1000(talk) 13:41, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tokyogirl79 (talk • contribs) 15:04, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Tokyogirl79. Enjoy the holidays! Northamerica1000(talk) 15:05, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * Happy holidays! Northamerica1000(talk) 15:51, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy Holidays to you!

 * Have an enjoyable holiday season! Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 16:26, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Brand project question
I see you added the brand project tag to Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic. I removed it because I just can't understand why you would tag an individual product like that. Surely HD is the brand? Of course I'm quite likely wrong so do feel free to change & clarify. --Biker Biker (talk) 11:48, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello Biker Biker. Per the Wikipedia Brand article, "Marque or make are often used to denote a brand of motor vehicle, which may be distinguished from a car model."


 * HD is the company, and it produces the Tri Glide Ultra Classic make model of trike. Essentially, the make is a brand company. (Notice how Make (automobile) redirects to the brand article.) * Additionally, sometimes there is some overlap, such as for example, golf ball manufacturers, who often sell products under the same brand name as their company name. I believe the template was placed correctly in this case. I'd like to know what you think after this explanation, so please reply. Thanks!


 * Sources


 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 12:03, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Your call, but it's tenuous in the case of bikes IMO, I wouldn't think Triglide is a brand at all, just a model. Are you saying that you plan to tag the project on every single motorcycle article? --Biker Biker (talk) 12:13, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * In conventional usage, the make typically refers to the company and the model refers to the particular model, which in this case would would seemingly correspond with the it being a brand made by a company. Automobiles and motorcycles are somewhat different than other products in their classifications. For example, Heinz Tomato Ketchup is clearly a brand made by the H. J. Heinz Company. Regarding motor vehicles, it can be more ambiguous. Also, it appears that the Wikipedia Brand article may possibly be somewhat incorrect, because "make" typically refers to the company, while "marque" refers to "a brand or make of a product (as a sports car)" (per the Merriam-Webster link above). Lastly, I just wanted to say that Trikes are cool! Northamerica1000(talk) 12:34, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, I'm not planning on tagging every motorcycle article, because for starters many of them are not about specific brands/models. Furthermore, I'll start a discussion on the project's talk page regarding these matters. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:46, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * * Addendum: This may simply be due to the redirect target currently being the closest fit. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:26, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've started a discussion regarding these matters to obtain input, located at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Brands. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:59, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice one. I'll take a look and join in, thanks. --Biker Biker (talk) 16:01, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Re: WikiProject Brands!
I have joined! --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:07, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:10, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for joining the new project. Northamerica1000(talk) 16:26, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I, too have joined. Thanks for the invite. Quick question...what led you to me? Cheers! --averagejoe (talk) 21:43, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've invited people that are members of similar Wikiprojects, such as WP Business and WP Companies. Additionally, those that have edited brand-related articles have been notified at times. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:56, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the invitation, which I will be taking into consideration for the future. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:06, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Holiday cheer
Hello Michael: Thanks for the holiday cheer. I just noticed from your user page that you have an article (Michael Q. Schmidt). Quite surprising; I had no idea! Have an enjoyable holiday season, and a happy new year! Northamerica1000(talk) 10:18, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Brands
Hello, thanks for telling me about the new project. NordhornerII_The man from Nordhorn 21:10, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello NordhornerII. Thanks for joining WikiProject Brands, and have a nice holiday season. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:34, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Winter Wonderland

 * Happy Holidays to you and yours. ```<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black">Buster Seven  <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black"> Talk  07:10, 24 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the holiday message! Northamerica1000(talk) 09:04, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

 * Thanks for the good wishes, Feyd, and have a great holiday season! Northamerica1000(talk) 13:16, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy Festivus

 * Thanks for the happy Festivus wishes! Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 17:18, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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DYK non-response
Over 11 days ago, you were notified of issues with your nominations of Template:Did you know nominations/The Heroine and Template:Did you know nominations/Mercedes-Benz W142, but have not yet responded. As these are fundamental problems, if they are not addressed, the nominations will have to be declined. I hope you can reply at these soon to let us know your plans for getting them fixed. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:07, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK response!

 * Hello BlueMoonset. I've withdrawn these two nominations on their respective pages. I'll be referring to Did you know/Supplementary guidelines prior to making future nominations. Thanks for the reminder, and have an enjoyable holiday season. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:44, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, Northamerica1000. Thanks for getting back to me, and thanks also for nominating those articles. I'm sorry they didn't work out. Sometimes you can work with the creators/expanders to improve the articles so they meet DYK standards—the editors may have additional sources (or places in the same sources) that cover the material, or additional material that could be added (if the expansion is a little short). Alternatively, a quick Google search may turn up material that you can add yourself to satisfy citation requirements. The supplementary guidelines clarify and expand on the rules page, and were a great help to me when I started submitting and reviewing; they really should be together with the main rules, but the last person to work on combining them never finished, and doesn't show up in DYK much any more. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:55, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying. A short while ago an editor pointed out the Supplementary guidelines to me, and yes, they should be easier for people to access because this would prevent articles that don't qualify from being nominated, and also encourage them to be improved prior to nominations. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:58, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've also notified the creators of The Heroine and Mercedes-Benz W142 about the DYK nominations, and provided information about improving the articles to allow for renomination, in case they may be interested in these matters. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:36, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Arab television drama
This article is very close to meeting a basic qualification—only two paragraphs need citations. Perhaps you can urge the author to supply these, or find them yourself? Thanks, and have a very happy holiday season and New Year. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:06, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. I've notified the article's creator and asked if they are interested in adding more sources to qualify it for DYK. Here's the link to the notice: User talk:Underlying lk. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:27, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Also, there's a new hook request in Template:Did you know nominations/Blood donation in Bangladesh. Can you please take a look? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:12, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I added an alternate hook at the above DYK nomination. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:18, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Re: Invitation to Wikiproject Brands
Thanks for the invitation, but brands just aren't my area of knowledge—I was only trying to use Wikipedia to "help" (i.e. cheat) on said Logo Quiz, and I discovered that there are many brand that Wikipedia is missing. <span style="font-size:125%; font-family:David, 'Times New Roman'" dir="rtl">הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 19:09, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding, and have a good one! Northamerica1000(talk) 05:35, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Reply at the WikiProject Brands talk page
It looks like you misunderstood me; see my reply. <span style="font-size:125%; font-family:David, 'Times New Roman'" dir="rtl">הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 19:21, 24 December 2012 (UTC) ✅ (See above link). Northamerica1000(talk) 06:13, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Cookies for you!
Thanks, and enjoy the holiday season! Northamerica1000(talk) 06:10, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Feliz Navidad
Thanks, and be sure to have a happy New Year! Northamerica1000(talk) 06:11, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

This holiday season...
Hello Theopolisme: Enjoy the Festivus season, and have a happy New Year! Northamerica1000(talk) 06:12, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rebellion Beer Company
Hello! Your submission of Rebellion Beer Company at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Pgallert (talk) 20:41, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. I've replied at Template:Did you know nominations/Rebellion Beer Company. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:39, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2012
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"The way ahead"


Hello North

Thanks for your recent wishes of goodwill.

In my usual hopeless (grumpy?) way I didn't

manage to quite get it together to send

anybody anything Christmassy this year,

so instead, here's a transcendent piece of

sky and a goodwill message for the new year.

Happy 2013!

PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 18:45, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello PaleCloudedWhite. Thanks for the nice message, and have an enjoyable New Year. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 23:56, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Image licencing
Hi Northamerica1000. I noticed you were currently collaborating on Science in the Middle Ages. Of the three images I checked in that article, all were incorrectly licenced. Two used the PD-old tag on its own, or in conjuction with the PD-art tag. Pd-old is insufficient to cover the United States. Instead, a PD-100 tag can be used where the author died in 1911 or before (soon to be 1912). The third, File:Map of Medieval Universities.jpg, should be deleted. The 1923 edition of Shephard also need different licencing. As the Commons category indicates: "editions published after 1922 should be marked as PD-Old-70 and PD-US-not renewed, as 1923 is too new for works to be PD-old in the US." I haven't yet changed this. I also haven't looked at the remaining images. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 11:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the information. I actually haven't performed any edits to the Science in the Middle Ages article as of this post, but I may do so in the near future. It was listed at Science collaboration of the month in attempts to keep the collaboration going. Regarding the images in the article, if this is what needs to be done, go for it! Regarding the file that you state should be deleted, check out Files for deletion, where you can nominate it. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:39, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I changed my mind, it is the third file (Shephard 1923) that I refer to immediately after. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 11:41, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, over the past several months, I've made attempts to improve participation at the Science collaboration of the month and have worked to keep it going. Since it appears that you may be interested in it, just a reminder that you should please feel free to propose nominations at any time there. This doesn't obligate you or anyone to work on the articles. Just a friendly note, and happy editing! Northamerica1000(talk) 11:43, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I do a lot of image-related work on Wikipedia, including image reviews at MILHIST A class and FAC. My point was really to show you what might need to be fixed in future collaborations. Happy editing. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 11:55, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for the input, and feel free to stay in touch. Cheers! Northamerica1000(talk) 11:58, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Horticulture
Done with bells on my feet. No trouble at all. Happy New Year, North! Nelsondenis248 (talk) 13:37, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking in at WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM. Northamerica1000(talk) 15:33, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Nomination of DailyFlag for DailyBread for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article DailyFlag for DailyBread is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/DailyFlag for DailyBread until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Kevin McE (talk) 19:18, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
--Tito Dutta (talk) 16:49, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Umm, SUBST:BASEPAGENAME... --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:50, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Try out .  Northamerica1000(talk) 16:51, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright! --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:55, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Kewl. Northamerica1000(talk) 17:01, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

...and a happy New Year to you and yours! Northamerica1000(talk) 17:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Re: Happy New Year
Happy New Year! There should be a template at Template:Happy New Year which is missing currently! --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:09, 31 December 2012 (UTC) Same here! Very best wishes. Coretheapple (talk) 16:37, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Check out Template:Happy New Year 2013, and thanks for the suggestion! Northamerica1000(talk) 16:41, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and have a great 2013! Northamerica1000(talk) 16:41, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Great work on the template and thank you for the New Year message! Have a great 2013! Stalwart 111  20:49, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy new year!
...2012 hasn't been one of my best years but I've got few memories that I'll always want to relive. I'm sure you had a wonderful year and hope for the best in 2013. Cheers! &mdash;  Yash [talk] 17:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. As they say, every year above ground is a good year! Northamerica1000(talk) 17:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC)