User talk:Pine/Archive 5

Thank you
Thank you for your notes at Wikipedia Signpost/2014-02-19/Featured content about Portal:Star Trek and Portal:Freedom of speech, most appreciated, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:16, 22 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note ! --Pine✉ 05:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * You're most welcome, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

FYI
To continue getting deliveries of the Signpost you'll need to move your page into a talk namespace (User talk: would be most appropriate). Best, - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 14:48, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * My Signpost delivery page is a user talk page. I think you need a vacation! --Pine✉ 07:24, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hehe, that I do :) MassMessage is complaining about something though -- on the spamlist, is it listed as a talk page? - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 15:39, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * it's User talk:Pine/Signpost. The bot may have not handled a redirect which I've now removed. --Pine✉ 20:27, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Pine,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:ESO Centaurus A LABOCA.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 17, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-03-17. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 February newsletter
And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
 * , a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
 * , another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:


 * , who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
 * , who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
 * , who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 4
Books and Bytes Volume 1, Issue 4, February 2014 News for February from your Wikipedia Library. Donations drive: news on TWL's partnership efforts with publishers Open Access: Feature from Ocaasi on the intersection of the library and the open access movement American Library Association Midwinter Conference: TWL attended this year in Philadelphia Royal Society Opens Access To Journals: The UK's venerable Royal Society will give the public (and Wikipedians) full access to two of their journal titles for two days on March 4th and 5th Going Global: TWL starts work on pilot projects in other language Wikipedias Read the full newsletter MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Signpost discussion report
Hi. I haven't seen one of these lately so I thought I'd try to write one for the upcoming edition: Wikipedia Signpost/2014-03-05/Discussion report. Your thoughts? Also pinging. -   t  u coxn \ talk 02:12, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * thank you. There haven't been DRs because FC was seriously backlogged and we were short on people to work on it so I was working on those reports instead. You can be the lead writer for DR if you and u|The ed17 want. --Pine✉ 05:14, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer. I would rather write this section less often than every week. I don't know if that would help. -   t  u coxn \ talk 05:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That's fine, Tucoxn&mdash;we'll take all the help we can get. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:25, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

FP candidates of Wells Cathedral
Thanks for your note. I had given up on Featured picture candidates/Wells Cathedral east end and didn't know you could renominate. I do have Featured picture candidates/Wells Cathedral in the reflecting pool in the grounds of the Bishops Palace currently under consideration.&mdash; Rod talk 07:59, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Pine,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 24, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-03-24. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:06, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Scotch pine
The pic "Looking up at the branches of a Pinus sylvestris tree" on your user page is a very fine photo. You could nominate it as an FP, since it appears at Scots pine (Scotch pine is the U.S. version of the name, in my experience). Sca (talk) 15:21, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Sca. I have nominated it for FP before but it failed Criterion 7. I have added an English caption but the technical quality of the photo is not great. A photo of the same subject with better technical quality would be a good FPC. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 07:34, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

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Arbitration request motion passed
An Arbitration Clarification request motion passed. You contributed to the discussion (or are on the committee or a clerk)

The motion reads as follows:


 * By way of clarification, the formal warning issued by Kevin Gorman was out of process and therefore has no effect. The provisions of WP:BLPBAN will be reviewed by the Arbitration Committee and where necessary updated.

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Signpost Featured Content
Pine, you're removing jokes from the APRIL FOOLS issue. Don't make the captions more direct - the whole thing needs to be silly. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:06, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Adam Cuerden I'm ok with silly for this issue, but at least the caption should reference that the picture is an FP. Can you make a reference to impressionism and the artist or the article? --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 06:10, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Is that really necessary? We don't even label all side images as FPs normal weeks, only articles and lists. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:19, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Adam Cuerden I think linking the word "art" to the article would be good. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 06:24, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Good idea! Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:23, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Adam Cuerden I like what you're doing with the article. I took a similar approach to the FAs where I could find opportunities. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 07:58, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Just need to get the image descriptions done. That's going to be difficult. I have one more story idea, but it's not very good. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:56, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. , who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

GOCE March drive wrapup
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April 1
Reverted you. I presume you're not familiar with Baby Got Back (a.k.a. I Like Big Butts) by Sir Mixalot. You basically removed the entire point of the caption, by turning a direct parody of a well-known song into... um... I don't think there was actually a joke after that, honestly. Still, if you missed it, others will - I've linked to the song. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:30, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, this isn't going in the direction of being less likely to offend readers, so I took you up on the suggestion to make a better joke. I wrote a caption similar to how I summarized some of the FAs with selective use of facts. Let me know what you think. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 18:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I like the description - and have grabbed it - but I don't see what on earth's offensive about parodying one of the most enduringly popular songs of the early 90s. I just don't see how it could offend anyone, or, at least, anyone that wouldn't be offended by the picture on its own. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:25, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * If you can explain how it's offensive, I'd be willing to compromise, but, I just can't see a problem... Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Adam Cuerden the article Baby Got Back notes that at "the time of its original release, the song caused controversy with its outspoken and blatantly sexual lyrics about women" although the song was popular anyway. I think the Signpost should stay away from any unnecessary references to that song, and I think the alternative captions I proposed are in the spirit of April Fool's without being offensive. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 07:33, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * That time was nearly 25 years ago. Society moved on. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:39, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm going to ask for a third opinion. can you tell us what you think? Thanks, --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉  06:49, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

- I'm not Risker, but I am a third opinion. When a children's film like Shrek is comfortable parodying the song, I question just how prurient we must be. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:01, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost/2014-04-09/Featured content
I've roughed in the 9th's FC. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:09, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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POTD notification
Hi Pine,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Skylab and Earth Limb - GPN-2000-001055.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 27, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-04-27. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:05, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

This Month in Education: April 2014
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Books & Bytes - Issue 5
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Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-16/Featured_content
Over to you. I've done all the documentation, rearranged pictures (I try to avoid very tall ones, as they break the formatting), did the descriptions for the new picture, list, and topic, and we just need some descriptions of the FAs to finish it up. It looks good at both 800px and 1400px wide - pictures go slightly too low at 1400, but that'll be fixed when the additional descriptions are added. Didn't put up a Sega image, as I'm pretty sure we just had one in a recent FC. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:09, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Rich Farmbrough case clarified
The arbitration clarification request, either involving you, or in which you participated (Rich Farmbrough) has resulted in a clarification motion by the Arbitration Committee

The Clarification can be found at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rich_Farmbrough and the complete discussion can be found at Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rich_Farmbrough For the Arbitration Committee,-- S Philbrick (Talk)  16:28, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Arbitration committee decision regarding Amendment request: Rich Farmbrough
The Arbitration Committee has declined to support an amendment requested by Rich Farmbrough.

Archived request For the Arbitration Committee, -- S Philbrick (Talk)  20:43, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

My Wiki* name
Hi there - nice to meet you. Regards, Ariconte (talk) 01:18, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost/2014-04-30/Featured content
I suspect at least half the entries aren't there yet, but I've started it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:31, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Noted. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 06:17, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's, whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included, who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and , who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from, tiger from and The Lion King from. We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to and  for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

HELP!
Wikipedia Signpost/2014-05-07/Featured content is only half-done (the setup half) and we're to publish tomorrow... Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:34, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Pine,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Starburst in NGC 4449 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 27, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-05-27. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:14, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Wil Wheaton photo discussion
Hi. Can you offer your opinion in the consensus subthread of this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 18:18, 9 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your participation and your explanation for not expressing opinion. It's been a few days now. In your opinion, is there now a consensus for a photo? Thanks again. Nightscream (talk) 01:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your ping. I have closed the discussion. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉ 07:57, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

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