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ITN: 2011 Daytona 500
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The Signpost: 21 February 2011
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Removal of tag
Hello, you removed the Category:Planned Parenthood tag from the article on Nasreena Ibrahim which I had recently added. I believe this tag to be appropriate, since, as it says in the article, the subject is involved with the Society for Health Education, the national affiliate for the International Planned Parenthood Federation in the Maldives. Would you mind either clarifying your objection or replacing the tag? WMO Please leave me a wb if you reply 04:59, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

alidade
"Not to be confused with Adelaide." -- haha i love it. This has inspired me to tell the story of how someone lost their alidade in Adelaide. see http://purpledeadnettle.blogspot.com/2011/02/alidade-and-adelaide.html Decora (talk) 17:41, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

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 23:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2011
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University School
University School Marketing Department 16:39, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Spencer, you are making edits to the University School page that are not correct. There are more than 12 CCIS member schools. We are a founding member of the International Boys' School Coalition. The information on our page is correct. What do we need to send to you so you can stop reverting our changes? If this is posted in the incorrect place, my apology in advance. Respectfully, the Director of Marketing for University School (located in the Greater Cleveland area with 2 campus locations) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcpleasant (talk • contribs)

The Signpost: 7 March 2011
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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 01:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 April 2011
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The Signpost: 11 April 2011
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The Signpost: 18 April 2011
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CSD U1
Please speedy delete as CSD U1.
 * User:Ebe123/morebits.js
 * User:Ebe123/twinklefluff.js
 * User:Ebe123/qui/1a.js

EBE123 talkContribs 19:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Hilary Weston
I received a spam e-mail (shown at end) linking to the Hilary Weston wiki as 'proof' it was her. I wanted to change the article to have a warning to this effect, but do not know the appropriate way to go about this, as you seem to have reverted the change. I am not implying that she is doing this and do not wish to do so. I just think there should be something on the page as a warning to those who may not realize what is going on. How can I make this change / ensure this happens, or is what I am trying to do inappropriate?

Regards, 169.228.162.216 (talk) 23:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Email - DONATION FOR CHARITY WORKS

I found your profile in an Orphanage/Charity directory with your contact information attached to it.Taking into consideration your status and result oriented profile I consider a perfect choice to achieve result in this project.

I am Hon. Hilary M. Weston, a cancer patient and the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Canada, serving from 1997 to 2002. I am donating the sum of $3.2 million United State Dollars to you for charity works in Your Country. I want you to use it and help the underprivileged and widows since I cannot do it myself due to my cancer problem, my doctors have revealed that I will not last long. I hope you accept my kind gesture. I wait for your reply for details.

For more information's please read this site link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Weston

Hon. Hilary M. Weston. mrshilary101@w.cn

-- Please reply me via my personal E-mail. (mrshilary101@w.cn) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.228.162.216 (talk) 23:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Help with Coro Page
Hello, I am working on updating the Coro page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coro_(non-profit_organization), but it has been tagged twice for sounding like an advertisement. I made multiple adjustments after the first ad tag (I read the article on how articles may sound like advertisements), but the individual who tagged it as such did so again.  I am happy to make further changes, but do not know what to change.  If you are able to help I would greatly appreciate it. Wikiforyou82 (talk) 19:16, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2011
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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 19:30, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 2 May 2011
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help request
I'm trying to use of those templates that make a not appear at the top of a page saying something like "this page is about blah, if you're looking for blah blah, go here". I'm used to editing in WP when it comes to correcting grammar or orthography or adding actual text, but I don't know how to use templates and I think it's high time I learn. Can you help me out with a simple step by step. I already tried the pages on templates and I didn't understand them. Asinthior (talk) 22:23, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Spencer, thanks for coming to my aid. What I did in the end was find a page that had a similar phrase at the beginning and copied it. The page in question was Meal Ticket. I also created a new page for the expression and made a note in the discussion page explaining why I created the page and asking for help.
 * There are a couple of things I'd like to do. Put one of those boxes that say the article is a stub and asking for help, and trying to contact editors that may have some linguistic expertise to put more info in the article.
 * By the way, how did you manage to make a small ad appear so that I knew I had a message? Or does that always happen when someone posts in my talk page?
 * Any help with all the stuff I'm trying to do is most welcome. Asinthior (talk) 00:22, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for your help. I'm looking into all the links you posted on my page. It'll take me a while but I'll get to it. See you around.Asinthior (talk) 12:37, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 May 2011
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WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by, and  respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

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 23:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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vote yes please
(this is not canvassing, this is not canvassing).

I would vote yes. I agree with you in a perfect world, that I would vote against as it is not a hemisphere. But we have a very limited amount of images like this and significant value was added in creating an economical format (gif animation) to show this. We have a huge number of naturalistic images, but are lacking on diagrams and maps. Need a little benefit of the doubt here, to show Wiki a direction to go. Plus it will look GREAT on the front page. TCO (talk) 02:34, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I understand your point, and that is why I did not vote "weak oppose". However, I cannot in good faith fully support. It is a tad bit of irony that is has strong EV, yet the regional limitation prevents it from adding full value to the article.  The largest concern is the omission of Anarctica- when someone says "Ozone hole" or something similar, that tends to be the first thing that pops in someones head. That said, I provide an opinion in the FPC discussion, but my "neutral" doesn't have impact in terms of a straight vote count.  Spencer T♦ C 03:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I get it. Although actually would argue against showing just the ozone hole as that has some pretty seasonal and "good year, bad year" variations that can make trends hard to examine. (Obviously, they happen, just that it is a big confounding factor).  What would be better would be more of a whole hemisphere, IMO.  Oh...well.  I will be back with a value chain map for fluorine.  Just amazes me that we have so many photos and seem so limited in analytical charts and such...TCO (talk) 03:25, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by, claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by , who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by, who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank and  for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. 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 23:40, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

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Youssef Biaz
Just FYI, I've restored Youssef Biaz (which you PROD'd about three weeks ago) per a request at WP:REFUND. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   20:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. Regards,  Spencer T♦ C 00:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Signature: The Sequel
I’m not sure exactly how that happened, but I believe it to be a one-off - I might get the hang of it all soon, after only five years. Thanks for carrying out the block to which it referred. --Patthedog (talk) 19:41, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are (Pool A, 189 points) and  (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from ) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from ). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. 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 11:44, 1 August 2011 (UTC)