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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter
Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:
 * was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
 * was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
 * was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
 * was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
 * was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

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 * was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
 * has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
 * claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of, who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

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February 2013 Wikification Drive
Hi there! I thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify's February Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive. We'll be trying to reduce the backlog size by over 500 articles and we need your help! Hard-working participants in the drive will receive awards for their contributions. If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Thanks!

I removed references that the last editor asked to be removed. I think this has met her criteria now! please let me know
hello! I just re-edited my article on Jeffery Straker - removing the improper references as you requested. I just wanted to make sure you were aware, in order to check it. I didn't seem to get the same notification from the page as last time, telling me that the changes had been submitted for review??? thanks. the article URL is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Jeffery_Straker

____ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Talmag (talk • contribs) 04:12, 5 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Fine=. first I wanna tell you, please sign after leaving a message. Your article is not fully ready to be re-submitted. But you can try. First you watch how to put a title on a reference. For help you can see some WP article. pages. But don't get sad. Honestly at first I also couldn't put them. But I don't understand about your last question. I can't understand what're you asking. Please now watch the article and tell me what're you really asking for.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 16:11, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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Laurie Beebe Lewis
Hi Pratyya Ghosh, This was my first Wikipedia article. So, I'm here to learn and hopefully get it published. Can you tell me what I can do to get it published? I see here that it says she's not noteworthy enough. However, Laurie Beebe Lewis a big part of the group and there are minor singers after her who have Wikipedia articles published.

Lisa Brescia, for example, does not have the professional accomplishments and recordings as Laurie Beebe Lewis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Brescia

Deb Lyons also does not have the professional accomplishments of Laurie Beebe Lewis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Lyons

Was it declined because of the lack of references? I can add easily add those.

Kindly let me know. I thank you for your time.

Regards, Maggie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maggieunz (talk • contribs) 18:04, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Downloading CanIT
I want to download CanIT. What'll I do?-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 15:39, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It is not up for download - its a closed source app that was never designed to run onto any other system (It utterly lacks any form of exception handling for example, and i went with an "If i can code a section in five minutes that is preferable over spending another 10 thinking everything trough" approach. If your just looking for a code example, huggle is open source and has a more solid programming basis.  Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 19:10, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

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Congrats... You joined the corps of Teahouse hosts
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 * Hi. I got your email. If the rules are going to be changed, it has to be discussed on-Wikipedia, but we certainly won't be changing the rules in any significant way now that the competition has started. We have discussions towards the end of the year about rules changes, and things are normally tweaked a little bit every competition. Your idea is a sensible one, and it's certainly something that can be discussed later in the year. Keep your eye on the newsletter; I'll send out a message when new ideas are being discussed. In the mean time, reviewing and cleaning up articles at AfC may be a good way to earn DYK points. J Milburn (talk) 14:13, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

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I am somewhat concerned that a ghost town that existed for probably 5 years at the most requires a map of australia locator and template as large as that.... Darwin, Tasmania... is there any reason why a place of that context requires a template that cannot ever be adequately utilised? sats 23:29, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

RfA: thank you for your support
PG, thank you for your support during my RfA. If I survive the last 24 hours of !voting, I hope that I can be of service to you whenever you need admin assistance in the future. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:16, 11 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, that did not end as hoped, but I hope you were not too disappointed in me as a candidate. It was certainly a "learning experience."  Cheers.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:21, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Re: WP:WWF
Hi! If you wish to have the awards system changed i think it's best to bring it up on the project talkpage, so as to get input from more members of the project. My personal opinion is that the awards for "ranking" should be left as is. Instead I had a though, maybe additional awards could be created, say "platinum" and "diamond" for 150 and 200 articles wikified?

All the best, and thanks for your contributions to WikiProject Wikify and Wikipedia :) benzband  ( talk ) 19:46, 11 February 2013 (UTC)


 * User:Geremy.Hebert has kindly created such barnstars, which you can check out at the awards page.  benzband  ( talk ) 17:02, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

BPL portal & Cricket UB
আপনাকে না বলে আপনার ক্রিকেট ইউজারবক্স টা সরানোর জন্য দুঃখিত। আমি মূলত Userboxes/Location/Bangladesh এই পেজে দেওয়ার জন্য সরাইছিলাম। এখন আপনি যদি আমার দেওয়া নামে আবার সরায়ে নেন, তাহলে খুশি হব, না নিলে আপনারটার মত আরেকটা তৈরি করা লাগবে ।

মূল কথায় আসি, পারলে বিপিএলের পোর্টাল এর মান উন্নয়ন করেন (এইটা, এই নিয়ে ২য় বারের মত অপসারণের নোটিশ দেয়া হইছে।)--Leemon2010 (talk) 23:01, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * বাংলায় জিজ্ঞেস করলেন বলে বাংলায়ই জবাব দিচ্ছি। প্রথমত অই ইউসার বক্স-এর ব্যপারে বলছি। আমার তৈরি ইউসার বক্স থাকলে কোন ক্ষতি নেই। এই পেগ দেখেন। তাহলে বুঝবেন। আর আমার তৈরি কোন ইউসার বক্স Userboxes/Location/Bangladesh-এ থাকলে আমি খিশি হব। এতে আমি গর্ব বোধ করি এই ভেবে যে অন্তত বাংলাদেশের কোন কিছু আমার হাতে তৈরি। দয়া করে সরাবেন না।

আর পোরটাল-টার ব্যপারে চিন্তা করেন না। আমি আছি। ডিলিট করতে হইলে অ্যাডমিন আমার পেগে সরায়ে দেবে। কিন্তু আমার বিশ্বাস একসঙ্গে কাজ করলে দ্রুত পরতাল-এর কাজ শেষ হবে। ধন্যবাদ।-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 10:45, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup/History/2013/Submissions/Pratyya Ghosh
I'm afraid I have removed your good article reviews. Very short reviews and quickfails are normally not eligible for WikiCup points (see WikiCup/Scoring), and all of your reviews were too short. I'm not saying that they were bad reviews- I have no opinion on that. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. J Milburn (talk) 18:56, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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re: your message
Hi Pratyya Ghosh, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek  . 69  talk 14:40, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Ma Sorrosotir Prosad !
Thank you for the wonderful strawberries... কিনতু আমার তরফ থেকে http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_(%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B2)

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BPL
Hey!

I am constantly editing the main page! I'll do the others later.

Happy editing.

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your revert
here was not helpful. Please make yourself familiar with the new interwiki feature of Wikidata. Thx. -- 109.48.76.201 (talk) 23:18, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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TAFI
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Submission
Can you review this article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Dave_Kruger 173.78.231.251 (talk) 05:23, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I've reviewed. And I've said my declining reason at the article. Edit as said. It could be accepted. And one last word, create an account for yourself. It would be better for you to edit. Happy editing.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 05:36, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

More Information where at? I thought this article was accepted. 173.78.231.251 (talk) 05:44, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I said there at the article. But I'm saying again for your help. I said add if he played any matches professional or unprofessional. Add if he made any record. And at last I'll advice you see some living sportsman's biography, like him. You'll understand.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 05:48, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

One more thing... What about this article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Cooper_Taylor 173.78.231.251 (talk) 06:06, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Very much fine. But if you can just add some of his match history or record.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 06:12, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Invitation to join the WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League
Sure, what I can help there? :) &mdash; иz нίpнόpʜᴇʟᴘ! 14:27, 19 February 2013 (UTC)


 * No problem, but may I know what we have to do first? Cos I don't know much about Bangladeshi football. Arctic   Kangaroo  14:35, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response guys. Now BPL is a franchise cricket tournament like Indian Premier League. It is a T20 Tournament. Here's the Main Article. And you see in the project page there's a task of the month. Guys I want you because I can't rate a page like low or mid importance. So can you help me. And If you give just 5 minutes to the main article, you'll know every thing. Tell me if any problem.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 14:43, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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What are you talking about? I did not vandalize anything! I was fixing what the last person did I put back the entire article from something stupid they wrote about monkeys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Violettsureme (talk • contribs) 03:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Copied material at Fred W. Turek
Please do not reinsert material cut and pasted from an internet source as you did at Fred W. Turek. I realize you did not insert the material in the first place, but you reverted my removal of the copyrighted text. I have reverted your edit. Please do not reinsert the copied material. Novaseminary (talk) 05:14, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ian Ramage
Hello, Pratyya Ghosh. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Ian Ramage, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Ian Ramage to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.

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City of Elizabeth
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WPs
Though I am not a regular viewer of BPL, I will try to contribute in the WP. Also to WP Dhaka. Thank you! --Rossi101 (talk) 21:11, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hello! Nice talking with you
Hello Pratyya,

How are you? Nice meeting and talking with another cricket fan like yourself. Hopefully we can stay in contact. Mgt98 09:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure and you're most welcome.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 14:36, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

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