User talk:Status/2014/08

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Resources
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Resizer
Hi, Status. I want to know where and how you resized album covers. Thanks, Nahnah4  |  Any thoughts? Pen 'em down here!  |  No Editcountitis!  07:16, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! I use Adobe Photoshop to resize album covers. — Status  ( talk  ·  contribs ) 17:23, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 06 August 2014

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Please comment on Talk:Mad Max: Fury Road
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Jennifer Lopez
Please discuss your reverts on the talk page. I will start a new section now. Helen Online  05:40, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

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The Signpost: 13 August 2014

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Nomination of Some Girls (Madonna song) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Some Girls (Madonna song) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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File:The 2020 Experience (Deluxe).png listed for deletion
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Please comment on Talk:Oathkeeper
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The Signpost: 20 August 2014

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"Booty" (remix)
The remix of the song is the official single. The song "Booty" feat. Pitbull is not the single. 200.121.234.114 (talk) 21:09, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Taylor Swift discography
If you want to list all singles,it's still not enough."Superman" ,"Haunted (Acoustic Version) " and "You're Not Sorry (CSI Remix)" are also released as single on iTunes.If we list all of them, the page would be messy. We need to list only the more significant ones. -U990467 (talk) 12:04, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Madonna articles
Hi, Status, just answered you back in my talk page and I hope we can always have a good conversation and reach amicable consensus and always help each other when it's possible. Speaking of which, I really want to know if you can help me to defend "Some Girls" article (by Madonna), because an user wants to delete it, but I really don't understand, because there's a lot of other articles on Wikipedia that have less information and are considered good. When I created this article, I added a lot of references, including about the Composition and Critical Reception, but they want to delete it. If you can help me, it would be great. Thanks. FanofPopMusic (talk) 19:23, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Hilary Duff's Discography
Stop removing her re-involvement in music in 2014. Its important as it also has her new chart positions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam0303 (talk • contribs) 10:15, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Ayers Rock (band)
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GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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The Signpost: 27 August 2014

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
 * 1) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
 * 2) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
 * 3) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
 * 4) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
 * 5) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
 * , the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
 * , the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. ,, , , , and  have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)