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Template:Did you know nominations/Criminal law in the Taney Court
Thanks for the reminder. I have reviewed. Savidan 22:48, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Niels Kaas
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DYK reviewing and promoting
Hi Presidentman, thanks for helping out at DYK. Just a reminder that you shouldn't be promoting nominations that you approved (particularly not in the same edit!), per WP:Did you know/Preparation areas. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 13:07, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think this refers to Template:Did you know nominations/Elf Yourself, but that's not right either: I asked the DYK volunteer (you) to wait for further edits to the hook. Please undo your move to the prep area so the hook might be tinkered with. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 14:42, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You approved this article, so therefore I promoted it. Thanks. - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 14:45, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, even with the check mark, promoting a nomination not even 11 hours old despite the specific request of the reviewer who wants the nominators to consider something is not appropriate. We owe a certain amount of deference to the reviewer when building a prep area, and for something as simple as a request for a short delay, there's no good reason not to honor it. I have pulled the article back as Drmies has requested. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:31, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I thought the note was quite clear. You were also very quick on the draw at Template:Did you know nominations/Barack Obama on Twitter and could have addressed the concern I raised. More comments followed your approval, and I note that the article isn't done--there are copyedits to be done (the dates are inconsistent, and the ones that follow the US format lack commas after the year). Drmies (talk) 16:51, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You were also too fast on Template:Did you know nominations/Samantha Richards. Part of reviewing and signing off means copyediting--this indicates that this was necessary. Drmies (talk) 17:01, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

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Typo in Cayla Francis DYK hook?
Hi. The DYK hook for Cayla Francis, which you approved, appears to contain a typo. The hook says: "... that Australian Opal and Logan Thunder center Cayla Francis chose to player basketball over netball because she preferred the contact aspect of basketball?"  I think player should be play (i.e., "chose to play basketball"). This hook is currently in prep area 1 and probably won't make it to the main page for another couple of days, so there should be time to fix it (assuming you agree that it should be fixed and that I'm not missing something here). — Rich wales 03:54, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * And/or replace "the contact aspect of basketball" with "contact", or "playing a contact sport", to avoid verbosity/repetition. Drmies (talk) 03:56, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It looks like it's been fixed (player -> play). And I realize I had the ability to fix it myself, but I didn't want to step on the toes of the DYK "regulars".  —  Rich wales 04:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * So that means it's too late for the hook, which is a bit clunky? Too bad. Drmies (talk) 04:04, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I fixed the typo in the prep area before you receiving the message. - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 10:23, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

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 * Hi Presidentman: when you're back online, I wonder if you could go there and say which of the DYK requirements you checked those nominations for? I think I see on what basis you closed the others as failed, but with the ones you passed, since you didn't itemize, it's hard to know whether, for example, you checked the articles for copyvio or overly close paraphrasing. If you forgot a couple of the things a review is supposed to include, someone else can check those so we are sure they're all indeed good to go. Thanks! Yngvadottir (talk) 19:29, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

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Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 04:23, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012
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WikiProject Christianity September 2012 newsletter
<div style="font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Membership report The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 344 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Floating Boat, User:Dewey420, and User:Jpacobb. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

From the Editor Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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Church of the month by User:Diliff The Chapel of Keble College, Oxford

Contest of the month We currently have a remarkable lack of Wikipedia-Books. Right now, Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.

Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. Last month's challenge articles were Karl Beth and Nerses IV the Gracious. Both articles are currently candidates for the DYK section of the main page. This month's challenge articles are the Stub-class article James Hastings and the not yet started Rudolf Sohm, A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.

Calendar Thie coming month (mid-September through mid-October) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of the Martyrs of Korea, Saint Matthew, Vincent de Paul, Michaelmas, Saint Jerome, Theresa of Lisieux, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Teresa of Avila.

Featured content and GA report Since the last report, Albertus Soegijapranata, and Reginald Heber were promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester was promoted to Featured List, and Jackie Hudson, Joyce Kilmer, Divine command theory, Bosa of York and Argument from morality were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul, All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, Albert Ndongmo, If We Are the Body, List of places of worship in Tonbridge and Malling, Kulubnarti church, All Saints Church, Ulcombe, Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey, Igny Abbey, Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Brăila, Places of Worship Registration Act 1855, Collegiate Church of San Gimignano, and St Matthew's Church, Burnley. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Wikimedia Foundation report As some of you may have seen, the Simple English Wikipedia has been experiencing some difficulties lately. This particular entity could be of great value to several individuals who are trying to learn English. As some of you who do speak foreign languages know, one of the most easily available, and, in general, useful learning aids for people is a text they know already, which allows them to focus on the specific words of the new language. Various recorded readings and translations of the Bible are among the best examples of this. Any efforts to try to enhance this vital means of informing a large segment of our readership is more than welcome. People interested in helping develop it are encouraged to leave a note regarding their specific articles of interest at the Christianity noticeboard. It would be wonderful if we could report some significant contributions to this sister site next month. And, of course, if we do have something to report, those involved would receive our greatest thanks.

Christian art

The Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona.

Spotlight WikiProject Calvinism is one of our more important subprojects. It is specifically devoted to developing content relating to the Calvinist tradition, and the primary point for development of content relating to the Pilgrims, Presbyterians, Reformed churches, Congregational church, Reformed Baptists, and Low church. We definitely encourage everyone to do what they can to help this project develop the content relating to this extremely important Christian tradition.

I believe ... that human nature is insufficient for salvation, and the grace of God is required to do so. I believe that God has preordained who will and will not achieve salvation. I believe that Jesus's atonement was sufficient for the purposes for which it was done. I believe that God's grace is of such power that it can overcome any person's resistance. I believe that those whom God has chosen for salvation will, by the undeniable power of God, persevere in God's grace. I am a Calvinist.

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