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A beer for you!

 * * glug, glug, glug * Ahh. Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:53, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

MI, PWI, RCB, KKR
I've done simple addition to all remaining lists in my subpages. By tonight, I'll finish adding lead to all of them and then will start the easy job of addition of players. Hopefully we can get it live by the end of the month. You can help me improve them in my subpage if you wish to :) Cheers!  TheSpecialUser TSU 05:50, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, OK. I think of the players adding to be boring. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:32, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for List of Kings XI Punjab cricketers
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

User:Thine Antique Pen/List of Chennai Super Kings cricketers
Please don't mind me adding the lead :)  TheSpecialUser TSU 07:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for List of Deccan Chargers cricketers
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GA
I was hoping we could conclude the review on the Up All Night (One Direction album), this weekend, if you could hop on over to your public account! Regards AdabowtheSecond (talk) 20:38, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I've finished the review. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:43, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 23:22, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Matt Byrne
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gaz Choudhry
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DYK for Peter Finbow
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DYK for Abdi Jama
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DYK for Jon Hall (basketball)
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DYK for Dan Highcock
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DYK for Ade Orogbemi
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DYK for Jon Pollock
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DYK for Ian Sagar
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DYK for Matt Sealy
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:05, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, 24 -> 34 DYKs. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 00:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Indian Premier League
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 07:35, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

DRN needs your help!
Hey there Thine Antique Pen, I noticed that you haven't been very active at the dispute resolution noticeboard lately where you listed yourself as a volunteer - I was hoping if you had some spare time if you could take a look there and offer some assistance. Thanks again for your help :-) Steven   Zhang  Help resolve disputes! 11:31, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Ahmed Kelly
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DYK for Jannik Blair
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A barnstar for you!

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WikiCup 2012 August newsletter
The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
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AFT5 newsletter
Hey again all :). So, some big news, some small news, some good news, some bad news!

On the "big news" front; we've now deployed AFT5 on to 10 percent of articles, This is pretty awesome :). On the "bad news", however, it looks like we're having to stop at 10 percent until around September - there are scaling issues that make it dangerous to deploy wider. Happily, our awesome features engineering team is looking into them as we speak, and I'm optimistic that the issues will be resolved.

For both "small" and "good" news; we've got another office hours session. This one is tomorrow, at 22:00 UTC in - I appreciate it's a bit late for Europeans, but I wanted to juggle it so US east coasters could attend if they wanted :). Hope to see you all there!

Word counts
Hi. You seemed to have a spot of bother with the word counts on your copy edits for the drive, and as I'm an interfering old so-and-so, I checked them and have updated your section of the drive page. You're entitled to a couple of hundred more words than you claimed. Are you comfortable with the word counts, or can I offer help? By the way, don't forget to remove the copy edit tag when you finish an article. --Stfg (talk) 16:55, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you offer help? I just got (and still am) slightly confused.. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:58, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, glad to help. Are you using the DrPDA tool or something else? (Just going out to mow the lawn before it's dark. Will look in again later. No need for a talkback as I'll watchlist you.) --Stfg (talk) 17:19, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Wait, I've figured it. Thanks anyway! :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:27, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great! Yes, I checked the next two, and you have it. --Stfg (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi again. One thing I failed to mention is that when we only copy edit one section, we only include the word count for that section. Unfortunately, the tools here don't help with that, so the only thing is to copy the text into a word processor and use its word counting tool. I've fixed up your entry for Christmas worldwide for you. Sorry about that. You're still way ahead on the leaderboard! --Stfg (talk) 09:04, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't know how to count the size of a single section, but I see that I could use a word processor. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:08, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. By the way, a word processor may count a few "words" that the DrPDA tool wouldn't. Don't worry about that; we won't nickel'n'dime you. --Stfg (talk) 10:04, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ... and also, DrPDA doesn't count text in tables and lists. If you're copy editing them as opposed to them just being data (score sheets, dates of episodes and the like), feel free to use the word processor trick and add them. --Stfg (talk) 10:17, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

List of Kings XI Punjab cricketers
I think that the nationality column in the captains list is unnecessary. Also your concern at Template:Did you know nominations/Fly Kingfisher Fair Play Award‎ has been addressed. Thanks! :) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛  Talk Email 12:26, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It was requested at the FLC page. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:26, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You may like to have a look at !VOTE. :) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛  Talk Email 12:39, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Only WP:WIADYK applies in that case.. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:57, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Copy edit drive
Hi there. I was looking over your contributions to the drive so far, and I have a few concerns. Your edits to QUINN group have a few issues. First, the tag called for fixing the divisions subsections, by correcting prose, spacing, and section lengths. It appears that all you did there was remove a few spaces and change one sentence. For Hui'an County, you removed, rather than copy edited, about 95% of the article's content. Finally, for French Algeria, you made only a few edits to the section where the tag was placed, but claimed the entire article's word count on your list.

We only include the word count in the section tagged for such cases; the same occurred in the QUINN article, and claiming credit for the full original word count of Hui'an County after wholesale removal really goes against the spirit of the drive. Some of your other work, such as on Gruppo Bertone, looks better, but for now, I'm going to mark those three articles as no credit, pending additional work and/or changes in the word count credit claimed, per what I've said above. I do appreciate your obvious enthusiasm for the drive though, and hope you'll be able to make more substantial contributions going forward. —Torchiest talkedits 13:20, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for notifying me. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 13:24, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Oops, and now I see that Stfg already mentioned some of this above. To get the count for a section, just click the section edit link, then preview with no changes.  You can use the word count tool on the preview to get the section word count; no external word processor required. —Torchiest talkedits 13:28, 3 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Torchiest. That's a much better way to handle sections. The stuff in Hui'an County looks like a machine translation, but it seems not to be from any foreign wikipedia, so tagging as Rough translation would be no use. I'd have deleted it as you did, TAP, but my edit summary would only have said "unintelligible", not mentioning copyvio unless you have concrete evidence, as that's a serious allegation. I would only count the words from the sections I did edit. Please take a look at my re-edit of the section of French Algeria, where the edit summary contains csome pointers. Best, --Stfg (talk) 15:15, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Grace Bowman (equestrian)
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Adjustment
Hi. I agree with your deletion at Hui'an and have estimated a word count for the c/e you did of the retained part. Have deleted two others to avoid the embarrassment of calling out the Red Cross. Hope this is OK, but feel free to email me if you wish. Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 19:17, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

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Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2) Your review is required and will be greatly appreciated :)
Hi Thine Antique Pen ! I have started my second editor review at Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2). I will be greatly delighted, thankful and valued to have your review for me regarding my editing and possible candidate for Adminship. I see you also evaluate possible candidates for Adminship as you had chosen to do so on Request an RfA nomination, so do evaluate me too! As you are a experienced and long term Wikipedian so i have asked for your kind review. Take your time to review my editing and give the best review that you can :). Feel free to ask me any questions you would like to on the review page itself. It will be a great honor to have you review me for which I will truly feel appreciated and helpful! I always work to improve Wikipedia and make it a more better place to be for Everyone :). Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't want to after today. You are violating WP:CAN. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:51, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This has been a misunderstanding observed by some users. With all due respect Thine Antique Pen this is not Canvassing, see Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship where User:Jc37 had replied to another sockpuppet who had accused the same thing. You had also given your name at Request an RfA nomination where i had contacted the editors. As Jc37 says It's not canvassing, until after a discussion goes "live". Until then, people can apparently chat about potential discussions all they want. I am not asking for any RfA votes, this is just a kind request for a Editor review where i have asked many users who i know and trust including you to for their review. It's your wish to review or not and i am not forcing anyone to do it. Thank you. TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:07, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Either way, the editor review is live. It only violates the spamming bit on that page. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 21:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I never even thought of spamming Thine Antique Pen, I can't even think about doing it for a project where i love to work. If i hadn't given the notice to some people then i don't think so i would be getting many reviews that i wanted just like which happened in the previous Editor review of mine Editor review/TheGeneralUser where no one had commented until i had asked some users on their user talk page to do it, same way as i have done today. Please do not misunderstand me and have any doubts, I am always willing to work and improve for the betterment of myself and Wikipedia. Regards. TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:18, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Terry Bywater
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Copy edit review - Hydravision Entertainment
Hi, Thine Antique Pen. I am doing quality spot checks on copy edits as part of the GOCE September copy edit drive. I have checked your work on Hydravision Entertainment, and the copy edit could have been better in several ways. The opening sentences say they're French and then goes on to say they're based in France. That's pretty redundant, so I combined the two instances. Normally companies are considered to be a single entity, not plural, so I changed "Hydravision Entertainment are currently working " to read "Hydravision Entertainment is currently working". There was a red link to Play Station 2; I repaired that. There were a few other small fixes. of additional edits I completed. -- Dianna (talk) 20:22, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. I've previously only used "are", except in List of Kings XI Punjab cricketers, where I use "is". Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:26, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I think this might be a British/American English thing. What to do for an article about a company based in France? I dunno. I was just checking another one, Thimmanahalli, and I see that you chose to remove a large amount of material about what crops are grown and what are the names of the schools. I am not sure why you would do that, especially with the edit summary that the material read like a tourist guide? -- Dianna (talk) 22:27, 4 September 2012 (UTC) There's only 81 words left, yet you took credit for the full word count. Here's another example: Gramsh. The article went from 1678 words to 191 words. I am not sure I agree with the removal of 88% of the article. Perhaps the majority of it was unencyclopedic and off-topic? But surely you should not take credit for words you did not actually copy edit, but only removed. You did not copy edit 1678 words; you only copy edited the 191 words that you kept.  -- Dianna (talk) 22:39, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, OK. I'm using British English. The content was unencyclopedic for both. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * If you're not copy editing it, please don't include it in your drive totals. It's not fair. -- Dianna (talk) 14:12, 5 September 2012 (UTC) In the future, if you are planning on making large cuts to the article, use the word count from after the cuts are made. Also, if large sections don't need any copy editing, please don't count them. Just count the sections that you actually work on. I am amending your drive totals to reflect the work actually completed on these two articles. Thanks, -- Dianna (talk) 14:23, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC
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This dispute has been going on for over ten years and there have been over 1,300,000 words posted on the article talk page (by comparison, all of the Harry Potter books together total 1,084,170 words). Over the years the dispute has been through multiple noticeboards, mediators, and even the Arbitration Committee without resolving the conflict, so a lot of wisdom is needed here. --Guy Macon (talk) 00:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

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Kollakadavu
Hi, Can you please let me know the directions was removed from the page Kollakadavu.--Jibin net (talk) 13:32, 11 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I removed it per WP:NOTTRAVEL. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:25, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

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Swedish disambiguation page
Sorry, but I had to undo. The article linked to is in fact the correctly named Swedish dab page. Favonian (talk) 10:41, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. My finger must've slipped or something! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 10:48, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

AfD Closure
I dispute your decision in WP:Articles for deletion/Hangul consonant and vowel tables. Despite the votes for keep, AfD is not about votes, but strength of arguments. I refuted the first three points made, and the fourth was simply a claim of notability without explaining why. Pokajanje &#124; Talk 14:50, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for relisting the debate. Pokajanje &#124; Talk  18:46, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Drive Award

 * Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:33, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Removing all of partially false claim
I noticed you removed a "false" statement on the John Squires (soccer) article. It is true Squires clearly did not die just prior to a soccer game against St. John's in 1968-you had a source saying he died in 2006, and another source showed that UConn never played St. John's in 1968, making that claim impossible. So kudos to you for removing that. However, you also removed a claim stating Squires was also the Huskies coach from 1946-1968. This was true and backed up by one of the sources listed in the article. Be more careful when removing false claims to make sure everything you remove is false. Thanks. Smartyllama (talk) 21:36, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks Electric! :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:54, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks Riley! :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:36, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Altes Stadthaus, Bonn
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Articles for deletion/Park Hills Elementary School
Hi. I'm just letting you know that  non-admin  closure of AfD are highly  discouraged in all but the most  uncontentious cases. Also, please note that AfDs are expected to run for at least 7 days unless withdrawn by the nominator, or there are numerous clear votes for speedy delete or speedy keep. Thanks, and happy editing! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:42, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I was wondering about it, but, as there was a clear consensus to redirect the article, I went ahead and closed it. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 08:29, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

There are few similar links  TheSpecialUser TSU 01:54, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Both of these had a clear consensus to keep the articles. Therefore, I closed them. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 08:29, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem with the closure whatsoever :) It is just that AFDs are expected to run for 7 days min (unless a SNOW) and a NAC before 1 day where the case was not of SNOW, it is not that appropriate. Yes they had clear consensus but they were not SNOW so it'd be better to wait for one more day.  TheSpecialUser TSU 14:57, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Bella Lawrence
Hello Thine Antique Pen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Bella Lawrence, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. Salvio Let's talk about it! 15:32, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * At the time I requested deletion, it didn't seem notable at all. None of the films seem to exist, after a quick Google Search. Per this, she was not the captain of the blue team; Debby Ryan was. The iCarly show listed (IPot) does not exist. Therefore, I would like you to change your decision. The article is a blatant hoax, along with being not notable. I also think that some sockpuppetry is involved. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:02, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree that when you tagged the article, it qualified for speedy deletion; however, I don't believe the article qualifies for A7 any longer now that it lists several movies. That said, I have just taken a look at the SPI you linked to above and you are right: checkuser confirms socking, so I'll just delete per G5. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 16:13, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:14, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

PERM
Hi TAP. I see you are a native English speaker. If you  are going to  nominate editors for user rights, please at least try to uphold the vision that Wikipedia is a serious publication and get your grammar write right ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:50, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Ahh, I see where you mean. Thanks Kudpung! :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:43, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Indian Premier League needs your help!
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Delhi
I requested it to be c/ed but the editor who took the request has fairly 300+ edits so I'm in doubt how much can they do. He took up the work long ago but hasn't made any edits. Since you are active in the area, can you take the request up? Cheers!  TheSpecialUser TSU 01:30, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing that you want to take it to FA. I'm not perfect at copyediting, so I'll only do a little bit. I suggest re-adding the article to WP:GOCE/REQ. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:42, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Wow.....
Hey, TAP, long time no see! I just wanted to drop by and say how impressed I am with your wikiprogress in the past few months. To be completely honest, I would have placed money on you being blocked a long time ago for hat-collecting and whatnot. But you have really gotten it together in an impressive way since the beginning of the summer and have shown such good judgment. I can't tell you how happy I am to see you copyediting, writing new articles (38 DYKs, that's fabulous!) getting heavily involved in wikiprojects, and generally working on excellent content! I am so very impressed, and so glad that you've stuck it out and are still here. All the best, Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 23:37, 25 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Yay! I've done 41,105 words for the current drive. Thanks Keilana for your kind words! :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:35, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Jeez, I haven't done any. I'm impressed! :) Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 16:55, 28 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks again, Keilana. I actually haven't done copyediting since the third of this month, meaning that I did 41,105 words in three days. :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:06, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, and I told Wilkins months ago he was wrong about TAP and should trust my judgement on him that he's a good chap. I wouldn't have placed a cent on him being blocked as the evil one has a great sense of character (its a needed trait in a global evil organization). I can spot a good egg a mile off. However I must admit I did think his interest might have fizzled out by the end of the summer. 19,000 hits for Alcatraz jail already!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:23, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


 * 19,000 hits it quite a bit! The highest I've got is 59,727 on Compton–Belkovich Thorium Anomaly. My activity has gone down a bit due to school and other stuff, but I'm still around! Thank you too, Blofeld. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:35, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:02, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Re: Copyedit
Done. Nice work! Graham 87 04:55, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Tim Barton
Did I use the speedy deletion request correctly on this article ? I'm still finding my way around on here Yorkshiresoul (talk) 12:44, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * See WP:CSD for specific criteria. For, you should have used db-person. Please don't use . Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:48, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * A list is at Speedy deletion templates. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:49, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Rouw
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DYK for Helen Turner
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Bose Ikard
I was able to write up a fairly-decent article, at least stub-class for this individual, but if you hadn't nominated the title for page protection I never would have heard of him (so thanks)! Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 23:11, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bridie Kean
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WikiCup 2012 September newsletter


We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. currently leads, followed by, and. However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 20:05, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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GOCE September 2012 drive barnstars

 * Thanks Stfg! :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:37, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Long Beach Police Department (New York)
Hi TAP! Thanks to your help, I've fixed the referencing and downloaded the Reflinks script and have used it to fill in citations on various articles. You pointed out on IRC that the referencing was the only thing that failed WP: BCLASS. Can you please promote it to B-Class, now? Thanks, --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 15:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC).
 * Hey, EFC. I just made a copy edit to the article fixing a few whitespace issues and removing the stub template (since after all, a stub cannot be a B class article). I think you should find some more references and expand the article a bit more. You could use New York City Police Department as an example (it doesn't have to be that large of an article but it would be nicer.) -- Cheers, Riley   Huntley  18:12, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm going to expand it when they publish their next annual report. TAP pointed out on IRC that it failed the referencing part of WP: BCLASS, as the citations were not filled in with Cite Web templates. That error has now been fixed. Also, just as a note, you fixed the formatting and removed the stub template. There were no spelling/grammar mistakes. Anyways, it now passes WP: BCLASS so I'm going to be bold and change it to B-Class, since the references have been filled in using Reflinks. If you bring up a reason why it fails WP: BCLASS, feel free to revert me. Thanks to both of you for improving the article. --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 20:41, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you are mentioning "There were no spelling/grammar mistakes" as I never mentioned anything about them, only whitespace issues (extra spaces unneeded). I personally don't think the article passes B class, for that size of article I expect double the references, which is why I reverted your edit. If you look at the assessment page, it shows examples for each article class. I understand that the B class article example (KV55) is significantly larger than your article but it shows a good standard. I suggest you expand the lead and try to find another 10 references. -- Cheers, Riley   Huntley  01:35, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the peer review, guys. Apparently, each Wikiproject has their own standards for B and C class standards, and the LBPD's chief recently resigned and the city underwent a fiscal emergency, which got significant coverage from the media, so I'll include that and add some more references and check out the Wikiprojects that the article is affiliated with's standards for promotion to B and C Class. Thank you again for all of your help! --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 11:47, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I've listed it for peer review. FYI, WP: BCLASS says "The use of either tags or citation templates such as cite web is not required." --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 20:31, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * If you were talking to me regarding the refs (Ref tags are not to be used for talk pages), I don't know why you keep mentioning things I never brought up, nor disagreed with. -- Cheers, Riley   Huntley  19:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

TAP brought the issue of not having Cite web templates up on IRC. I greatly appreciate your help with the article and am fixing the errors you brought up in your review. Thank you again! --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 20:31, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review of AfD that you participated in
As you participated a few days ago in Articles for deletion/Flat Bastion Road, I thought you might wish to know that the result of that discussion (to keep the article) is being challenged in a deletion review. If you have any views on this (i.e. whether to endorse the result, overturn it or something else) then please feel free to comment at Deletion review/Log/2012 October 2. Prioryman (talk) 21:57, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

File:Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo Logo.jpg
Thanks for your comment. I tried to upload the gif version of the image several times without getting any error or other message, but the file did not load up. It seems to me that something changed in the upload wizzard without further notice. Therefore, I tried to convert the gif to jpg and upload it in the old fashioned way. Obviously, I did not remember which kind of info is mandatory to include. Hope everything is OK now after supplying additional information? CroesJ (talk) 19:27, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, looks good to me! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:32, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Altes Stadthaus, Bonn
The article Altes Stadthaus, Bonn you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 5 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Altes Stadthaus, Bonn for things which need to be addressed. Kürbis (✔) 11:58, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Omoglymmius solitarius


A tag has been placed on Omoglymmius solitarius requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Bonkers The Clown (talk) 12:31, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * *deep sigh* Please see WP:STUB. The article contains enough elements to have a Wikipedia article, it has a reliable source and is clearly notable. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:33, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot to read that, cos I didn't know such a page existed. Okay then. At first glance it looked very short.. So.. But okay now. I will withdraw.':) Bonkers The Clown (talk) 12:43, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:44, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Fastest Talker in the World
I refer to your very recent edit made a few seconds ago to the Steve Woodmore page. I know it's kinda unrelated, the World Suicide Awareness day, but what's wrong with adding that bit. It's interesting and in relation with the finals of the talking competition. (10 September 2011) Something extra for readers to know about. Do policy not allow us to add such extra information that do no harm? ;) Bonkers The Clown (talk) 12:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * They were blatantly not related whatsoever. Its like saying that someone was born on this day, the same day that something was founded. I wouldn't put unrelated facts in, as the day can easily be researched if wished. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:52, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * What's the connection? --LauraHale (talk) 12:54, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, there isn't one. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:57, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, yeah, maybe, I get your point. I added that part in just because I thought it sounded interesting, and it is in relation with the competition launched by him (it was organised by a suicide awareness company), so it seems like an indirect linking? Bonkers The Clown (talk) 13:01, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Altes Stadthaus, Bonn
The article Altes Stadthaus, Bonn you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Altes Stadthaus, Bonn for comments about the article. Well done! Kürbis (✔) 18:18, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Martin Klebba
I don't remember editing that page. I believe someone else used my IP. Sorry for the trouble. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.80.125.57 (talk) 05:30, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ahh, it might have been a Dynamic IP. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:07, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
thanks,  Theo  polisme  15:44, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium
you only have negative feedback for the The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium.” Every single review you allowed to be posted was negative yet you deleted my two positive reviews I added saying they were not constructive.....you are completely BIASED to not include positive feedback and I take complete issue with this. (Artoladigital (talk) 19:50, 8 October 2012 (UTC))
 * Sorry, but lots of content from top of the article was removed without a valid reason given. Feel free to make your edit again, but without removing content. And no, I am not "completely biased." Thanks, Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:56, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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Nottingham Forest
hi bud, I don't think it was me that made that edit, I don't even like football past video games. Sorry for the confusion, keep up the good work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.187.109 (talk) 04:15, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
I've asked for a third opinion if the article meets WP: BCLASS. --v/r Electric Catfish (talk) 23:24, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Clare Nott
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DYK for Altes Stadthaus, Dortmund
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Page Curation newsletter - closing up!
Hey all :).

We're (very shortly) closing down this development cycle for Page Curation. It's genuinely been a pleasure to talk with you all and build software that is so close to my own heart, and also so effective. The current backlog is 9 days, and I've never seen it that low before.

However! Closing up shop does not mean not making any improvements. First-off, this is your last chance to give us a poke about unresolved bugs or report new ones on the talkpage. If something's going wrong, we want to know about it :). Second, we'll hopefully be taking another pass over the software next year. If you've got ideas for features Page Curation doesn't currently have, stick them here.

Again, it's been an honour. Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:22, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Student New to Wikipedia
Hi my name is Alex and I am a student doing a project for English. We are suppose to write a Wikipedia article and I was wondering if you would be willing to help edit mine. Thanks! AWATSO6 (talk) 14:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi. Have you thought of a good topic to write about? Make sure the article doesn't contain copyright violations, it meets WP:42, and has reliable independent verifiable sources. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:39, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Marc pictures
Hello,

to avoid conflicts, I wanted to say that I am working on Marc's picture Yellow Cow. I translated around 40% of the article. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 11:18, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I begun, but later noticed you were doing it, and stopped. :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:16, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Potential DYK
User:LauraHale/The Deadliest Season is an article I have drafted for potential DYK. It needs a good copy edit and a lead. If you're interested in taking it over the line, please let me know. --LauraHale (talk) 12:47, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:15, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tauzieher
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DYK for Adam White (volleyball)
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Talkback
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DYK for Portrait of the Duchess of Alba
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Deadliest Season
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of B4 (classification)
Hello! Your submission of B4 (classification) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 04:01, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Taylor credit
While I generally like giving credit for DYKs, coming in after the fact and doing minimal work to address problems in a DYK after the nomination does not seem like a compelling case to give you a DYK credit. If you had provided substantial new information to improve the article and done more work on it, yeah, awesome. Deserved. Not seeing it here. --LauraHale (talk) 23:13, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Haus Cumberland
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Template:Did you know nominations/Chan Hiang Leng Colin v. Public Prosecutor
Hi, just noticed you added an IP address to the above nomination page. The article in question was the product of a university project, and I suspect that was one of my students who, despite being reminded to log in before editing, forgot to do so! Is it worth adding IP addresses to DYK nomination pages, I wonder? — SMUconlaw (talk) 13:00, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ahh, OK! IPs can be credited though. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:09, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, then. Thanks. — SMUconlaw (talk) 18:22, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Enrique Dávila Pacheco
Hello! Your submission of Enrique Dávila Pacheco at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  21:08, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * One more thing... visit nomination page. Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  21:38, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No need for these templates and messages; I often check my watchlist and watchlist every page I edit. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 21:39, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar Peak (Canberra)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 * Thanks Legoktm! :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:43, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Shannon Dallas
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DYK for Gibraltar Creek
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DYK nomination of Jean-Baptiste Lynch
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DYK for Enrique Dávila Pacheco
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Article you requested per fair use
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9158964/Art%20museum.PDF

Please let me know when you are done. Churn and change (talk) 01:31, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Already received from GabrielF, but, thank you for uploading it for me too! :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:08, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Resource Exchange Barnstar

 * Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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Happy Halloween!
Cheers! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 23:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh, thank you Wilhelmina! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 23:31, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 October newsletter
The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to, our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: (2007),  (2008),  (2009),  (2010) and  (2011). Our final standings were as follows:



Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.


 * The featured article award goes to, for four featured articles in the final round.
 * The good article award also goes to, for 19 good articles in the second round.
 * The list award goes to, for three featured lists in the final round.
 * The topic award goes to, for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
 * The did you know award goes to, for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
 * The news award goes to, for 10 in the news items in round 3.
 * The picture award goes to, for two featured pictures in round 2.
 * The reviewer award goes to both (14 reviews in round 1) and  (14 reviews in round 3).
 * Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to.

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:46, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bai Anqi
Hello! Your submission of Bai Anqi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! George Ho (talk) 03:04, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Precious

 * Thank you Gerda! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 11:17, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Adoption, or something near enough
Hi TAP,

I've seen your name around, specifically at WP:WER and the list of adopters. By way of introduction I've manage to rack up 1000+ edits and one DYK, have participated extensively at the teahouse as both a host and guest, helped out occasionally at WP:DRN (mostly dealing with one of DeFacto's sock puppets), and have read through enough WP:RfAs to know that I don't ever want to be an admin.

Where I'm having difficulty is moving from written policy to the community's consenus of what that written policy means in practice. The standard method of learning this is going out and making mistakes. While I've done that (and will continue to do that) I would like to supplement that approach by having an experienced user to whom I can ask difficult questions, perhaps one per week or so. To give you a sample of what you might be in for, here are two:


 * 1) Is Parable of the sunfish too slight to be worth putting up for GA? (The GA guidelines quite sensibly don't provide min and max length guidance; I'm looking for the perspective of an experienced user so I have a better idea what to expect.)  I put this to Dr. Blofeld earlier but didn't receive an answer.
 * 2) The SC Conference has used a unique logo each year since 1988 and adding the logos to the history section would help improve an article that really needs some attention. However, copyright policy specifically states that use of logos should be minimized.  Reasonable people could disagree as to whether or not the logos should be added, but what do you think the consensus view would be?  (This was asked on WP:MCQ several days ago and hasn't been answered.)

I want to stress that answering questions with "I don't know" is useful information: it tells me that I'm not doing something obviously wrong.

Based on the above, let me know if you would be interested in mentoring me.

Best,

<span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Garamond <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Lethe 22:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Regarding your second question, I think putting up every single logo would be a bit excessive, but maybe if they had a "special logo" like 10th or 20th anniversary ones? If not, maybe just the 2011 (or wait till 2012) logo, and replace it whenever a new one comes out? Or put up the 1988 one as "the first logo". Legoktm (talk) 22:35, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I believe that Parable of the sunfish is worthy if being a good article. I've done all of the copyright checks on it, and it checks out good. I've just rated it as b-class, which is just under GA. Personally, I would happy to pass that one if it was nominated.
 * I think that Legoktm has said enough about second question for now.
 * I am happy to mentor you. Would you like to go through an adoption course? Thanks, Thine Antique Pen (talk) 22:38, 31 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for agreeing to mentor me. I'm feeling the relief of someone who has located the lightswitch and can stop mapping the location of the furniture with his shins.  Going through the adoption course would be useful.  I recall reading through all of the questions several months ago (you're using WormTT's test, right?) and while I think the questions are straightforward it would be valuable to sanity-check that conclusion.  Also, thank you for the kind words regarding sunfish.  I'll put that up for GA later this evening.


 * Legoktm, thank you, that's a sensible answer. I'm thinking the logo would go into an infobox, which is somethhing I've not done before.  I'll poke around a bit and see if I can find a similar page to copy from.


 * <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Garamond <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Lethe 04:31, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * TAP, I've started a list of questions/things I would like help with here. I'd like to take these up after the adoption course.  Some may be more labor-intensive than others, so I'm planning on teeing up one per week or so (but we'll see how it goes).  Just wanted to give you a heads-up.  <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Garamond <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Lethe  09:37, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * How would you like to proceed? <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Garamond <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Lethe  10:09, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I've begun the course at User:Thine Antique Pen/Adoption/Garamond Lethe. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:57, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Katya Crema
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DYK for Mitchell Gourley
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DYK for Cecilia McIntosh
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This is a new message.
Hi. Legoktm (talk) 12:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 'ello Legoktm. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Haus Cumberland
Hello! Your submission of Haus Cumberland at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ice Cream (Hyuna song)
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DYK for Peter Williams (alpine skier)
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DYK for Haus Cumberland
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bai Anqi
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cheek pouch
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This is just a tribute.

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Speedy Tag
Hi, FYI

I have removed your speedy tag from Saravanan meenakshi, because A7 doesn't apply to Television dramas and the current version of the article doesn't have any copyvio -- Anbu121 ( talk me ) 16:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No need to note me about this - I noticed the user changing the page, and begun to reword the copyvio. Will take to AfD. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:17, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Request for assistance with outstanding DYKs
Hi. Can you please assist in working on the hooks I have active identified here? Especially where you are a co-nom? :) I leave for Melbourne tomorrow and I'm in a time crunch. --LauraHale (talk) 20:49, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

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Quick question about DYK reviews
Thanks for reviewing my DYK nomination. I'm fairly new to the DYK process (that was my second nomination, third if you include my old account) and I haven't yet reviewed anyone else's DYK nominations as part of the process. If I remember right from my first nomination, once you nominate five DYKs you have to review another DYK during your own nomination process, but I didn't see that rule yesterday when I nominated a DYK again (maybe I just missed it, though). Anyway, I'd like to review in the future and help "pull my weight" in this process, but last night I couldn't find any information on how exactly to do so. I understand the basics (new, long enough, citation for the hook, etc.), but would you mind filling me in on how to do what you did for my DYK nomination or else point me to the how-to page if one exists? Thanks so much: I really appreciate it! Michael Barera (talk) 17:08, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey Michael, these are the things that I check for when reviewing:


 * The standard new enough, long enough, 5x expansion done (iff it is an expansion) or 2x for BLP, the hooked fact is included in the article, and the article is fully sourced
 * I also check for copyright violations by comparing the sources with the article. ~dcoetzee/duplicationdetector/ is a good tool to use for this
 * I finally check to see if the article is written neutrally and is free from adverisments
 * Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:12, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! Michael Barera (talk) 01:35, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
For reviewing Still Jennifer Lopez so quickly. I didn't expect it to be reviewed that fast! Statυs ( talk ) 21:07, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I was basically reviewing loads of them: I've written and nominated 11 articles at DYK so far today! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 22:35, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia stumpffi
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Brookesia ambreensis
Dear Thine Antique Pen, I put the following note which concerns your DYK: Comment and question I've completed the reviews of all 14-in-1 DYKs. The question is whether the submitter should have to do a same or similar number. I know that at least some DYKs have not had that requirement. Some do, or at least the question has been raised. I leave that to others with higher rank than me to decide. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 11:55, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the correction. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:22, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Delhi Daredevils in 2012
Can you copy-edit it? I am looking forward to get this to GA and eventually FA. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ Talk Email 12:40, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 13:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I copy edited more. I can't make any sense of this sentence: Finishing at the last in the previous season, the Delhi Daredevils added players like Mahela Jayawardene, Andre Russell, Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor to the squad. What do you mean?  It is an odd way to express it.  It is rife with ambiguity, and since I know nothing about cricket and can't divine your meaning, I can't change it.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 20:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Trioceros cristatus and Template:Did you know nominations/Trioceros cristatus
Reviewed Trioceros cristatus New article. Long enough. I made a minor changes for clarity. DYK Hook supported by many sources. No copyright violation or close paraphrasing issues. Plagiarism checker was clean. Nicely done. I think the hook might also insert the common name? And I also think a picture would help. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:12, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Crested Chameleon needs a redirect. Please take care of it. At the risk of revealing my stupidity . . .  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 18:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:41, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

<b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 20:09, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia karchei
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jean-Baptiste Lynch
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia decaryi
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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Brygoo & Domergue
Hi TAP, Just noticed that neither Brygoo nor Domergue have articles on WP. They might be good subjects for you to look at if you are so inclined. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:36, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sometime, if I choose to come back. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 15:54, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Trioceros cristatus
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

AFT5 newsletter
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GAN of An Unforgettable Summer
Hello, your nomination's review has brought up a couple of fairly minor problems, which I'd thought I'd notify you about. The article is on hold and the problems are yours to fix. Happy editing! JZCL 13:51, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Delhi Daredevils in 2012
The DYK project (nominate) 00:37, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Adoption
What happens next? (I see you're on wikibreak, so no rush.) <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Garamond <span style="padding:3px;color:gray;font:400 0.9em 'Garamond', serif">Lethe  12:28, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

GA review of Ion Creangă
I started the GA review of Ion Creangă with November 7th comments / questions. So far I have received no response. Did you have any interest in being that person? Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 16:39, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

F1 nationalities DYK
Thank you for your review of the multi-article Formula One nationalities DYK. Might I ask that you place the DYKtick template on the article as some people are picky enough to say that it needs a little green tick! Cheers, violet/riga [talk] 19:37, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Furcifer belalandaensis
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DYK for Furcifer petteri
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar High School
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia ambreensis
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia bekolosy
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia bonsi
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia brygooi
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia confidens
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia exarmata
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia griveaudi
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia lambertoni
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia lineata
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia lolontany
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia therezieni
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia thieli
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia nasus
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

14-in-1
Congratulations on your 14-in-1. I notice that on Flickr there are 4 pictures of the Brookesia ambreensis. Their license is set at "All Rights Reserved" = unacceptable to Wikipedia. I have had good luck sending them Flickr mail with this wording: I write articles for Wikipedia. Your picture is interesting (provide URL of his picture here) and would fit into one or more of the articles I am presently writing on. (provide URL of your article) There is at least one tag in use that makes your picture not usable on Wikipedia. Would you consider downgrading your copyright tags to ONLY "Attribution Creative Commons" so I could use it on some Wikipedia articles. Do you have any other similar pictures? Thanks for your consideration. (signed)

Send above to all 4 picture owners and see what happens. You never know....--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Same idea goes for the other chameleons.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Shall do so. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Then use this tool to upload the picture. It will only upload pictures with the correct license. Foolproof!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:33, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Trioceros laterispinis
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

FYI Gibraltar Falls on WP Talk pulled from queue
Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know — Maile (talk) 14:33, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for B4 (classification)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Furcifer lateralis
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Canon EOS-1D C
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Half-pipe skiing
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/List of Deccan Chargers cricketers/archive2
Just in case you got the page off your watchlist.  TheSpecialUser TSU 10:31, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Added. :) Thine Antique Pen (talk) 11:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you fix the countries column issue? I'm not able to do it somehow.  TheSpecialUser TSU 08:17, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:34, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld
Hi, I saw you nominated Dr. Blofield at Merchandise_giveaways/Nominations. He's retired at the moment, out of frustration with the Polarscribe case ... do you think he would still want an "I edit Wikipedia" T-shirt?  Λυδ α  cιτγ  02:55, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I think we should wait for some days, may be a month. He loves editing and he'll be back (that is my hunch).  TheSpecialUser TSU 03:04, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


 * WMF don't hold lists of people's postal addresses, so they will need to contact people in order to send them T-shirts. By the time WMF contact Dr Blofeld, either Dr Blofeld might be editing again, or, if not, he could choose whether to decline the T-shirt at that time. There is no possibility of the T-shirt being somehow lost or wasted on the way to Blofeld's volcano. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 03:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


 * fwiw, I miss Dr. B, and I hope that a show of sympathy might have some weight. It's just a shirt, and what happens to it is of no consequence. The symbolism is transcendent. The medium is the massage.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 03:24, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I see no issue. Some banned and blocked users have been nominated there, and being retired doesn't matter. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:33, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Don't forget to update
Hall of Fame <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 15:33, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Already done. :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia valerieae
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice work! bobrayner (talk) 08:00, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks bobrayner. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hyperolius ocellatus
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Furcifer nicosiai
Hello! Your submission of Furcifer nicosiai at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 08:14, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Wasn't sure you'd seen this. Wanted to let you know if not. BlueMoonset (talk) 08:14, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Netball in Malawi
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:09, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

AFT5 office hours
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Panait Cerna
In July you nominated the article Panait Cerna as a Good Article candidate. I've placed the article on hold pending a response to a few issues from either yourself or the lead author, though I understand if you need some time. Homunculus (duihua) 03:32, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The article Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 for things which need to be addressed. SchroCat (talk) 05:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Furcifer antimena
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Matt Byrne/GA1
I've started the GA review above. Happy to be patient if you need me to. I'll be digging in in the next day or so, and don't anticipate any major issues. --Batard0 (talk) 20:20, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you planning to address the issues raised in this GA? It's been about a week with no response, and I see that you're actively editing, including responding to other GA reviews. --Batard0 (talk) 05:45, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify: November Newsletter and December Drive

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Furcifer nicosiai
If you could expand this article by about 100 characters, then I believe it has the potential to become a DYK. I worked on it previously, however have some articles I am working on and don't have time to research further on this one.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:55, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Expanded this article to over 1600 characters today. Keep an eye on its nomination and do a little more expansion. I believe you can get a DYK out of it. Good luck.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:42, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar Range
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Beth Rodford
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion
The article Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion for things which need to be addressed. Tomcat (7) 13:07, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion
The article Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion for comments about the article. Well done! Tomcat (7) 14:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Marc Salles
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Bloated stubs
Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that I expressed my concern about your amount of bloated stubs on WT:DYK, and I hope something would be done to prevent your articles appeared on the Main Page. Please participate in the discussion. Cheers, Mentoz86 (talk) 21:29, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry...
... to see your note about your loss. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:14, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Furcifer timoni
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triple crown



 * Wow, congrats. Nice job.  MBisanz  talk 14:41, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Congrats Thine! :) — ΛΧΣ  21™  15:40, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Sad to know....
Hope you will recover from the grief caused by such losses. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ Talk Email 14:56, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Eric Bickerton
The DYK Project (Nominate) 00:03, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Brookesia betschi
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Slug and Lettuce
I've dealt with your issues at the Slug and Lettuce page. Farrtj (talk) 12:22, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

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Type localities
Type locality (biology) and Type locality (geology) are different. A living species such as Calumma fallax will have the former, not the latter. Lady of  Shalott  05:14, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, OK. I had assumed that it was the latter, but I can now see why not. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:17, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Greatuser (talk) 12:39, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Greatuser (talk) 17:26, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Kudpung. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Antipodromia, and have un-reviewed it again. If you've got any questions, please ask me on my talk page. Thanks, Kudpung
 * Why? It probably should have been marked as an orphan, but other than that, there's nothing I see wrong with it. Legoktm (talk) 00:33, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
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DYK for Women's tennis in South Africa
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Great work - all now passed as a GA. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 13:14, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reviewing! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 13:26, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Furcifer nicosiai
The DYK project (nominate) 16:01, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

100 DYKs!

 * Thanks! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:42, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice job! Congrats! Legoktm (talk) 02:45, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Furcifer polleni
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Furcifer willsii
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Greatuser
Hi. I just noticed your comments here. This user has repeatedly made non-constructive edits to Rani Mukerji, Kajol and Vidya Balan's pages (articles for which I have been a major contributor). Thank you for taking the initiative, I hope that he complies. But given his behavior in the past, it seems unlikely. -- smaro jit  <sup style="color:green;">(buzz me)  06:20, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Platymantis diesmosi
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DYK nomination of Breast Ripper
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Talkback
FYI Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:18, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/List of Deccan Chargers cricketers/archive2
Hi TAP. Can you please fix the issues raised there? TAP, I'm almost retired due to personal life issues and I'm not going to get active till April 13 and I'll be rarely checking anything here. If you cannot do this, then please withdraw the nomination because I'm no more capable of giving any attention to anything like that. Thanks!  TheSpecialUser TSU 14:13, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, the question is what needs to be fixed? Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:30, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comments from Harrias.  TheSpecialUser TSU 14:35, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No, which comments from Harrias? You have noted that some of the issues have already been fixed, but I do not know which. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 14:37, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * To be frank even I don't know since Strike Eagle did that perhaps can you have a loot at each of them?  TheSpecialUser TSU 14:48, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

 * My pleasure! :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:45, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Mark up
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Hey, TAP! Just wanted to let you know about what appears to be a bug in TAPBot. What happened was this: Tvoz moved the page on December 15th, and was quickly reverted (log). Three days later, your bot comes in and moves the talk page archives to where they should've been had Tvoz's move stuck, without realizing that the move had been reverted (log). I'd guess this is because the log, when filtered by page moves, doesn't show the reversion of Tvoz's move (log 2). Instead, the reversion shows up under the protection filter (log). No worries; I've cleaned up the page moves. Just thought I'd let you know. The main thread we've been using to talk is here, on Drmies's talk page; feel free to pop in if you like, but don't feel obligated; there were mistakes all around, so we're not looking to pin blame on anyone. ;) Thanks! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 15:58, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh noes; I'll see what I can do. At the minimum, it should have reverted itself during the next run. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:27, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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I cocked up the Sogut entries for List of populated places in Bilecik Province, can you fix for me?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:42, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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This, I forgot to change the district. Dr. ☠ Blofeld 23:09, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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Nice one TAP.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:03, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you do me a favor, the List of Hong Kong films need cleanup, the titles need debolding. From 1954 to 1969 can you do this and also remove the line underneath. The 70s onwards I think you just have to debolden the title to simple italics.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:23, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

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Why did you reject your own article? There really wasn't much you needed to do to make it qualify. Gatoclass (talk) 15:38, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Until about the fifth of January, I do not have much time to edit Wikipedia. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 22:03, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


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Panait Cerna
Good timing there. As I was coming home from work today I remembered that review, and was determined to fail it if I didn't see a response! Homunculus (duihua) 22:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Please see my suggestion. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 17:58, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Your article is now better than the Italian version. Proving that a stream can rise higher than its source.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 19:07, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
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 * I would note in passing that Suzanne Lagier is an orphan. And ideally there should be some link backs. Nobody will find it (and your most excellent work) otherwise.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 19:47, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm planning to make Thérésa (singer) (who she worked with) shortly and link them together. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:48, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I put in some links in SEE ALSOs, but these would be better in the main articles. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 19:54, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Good article nomination - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Hi there! I recently reviewed an article that you nominated for being a good article, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which I unfortunately turned down. The majority of the article, aside from a few minor mistakes which I have noted on the review page, was superbly detailed and well-written. However, the plot summary and distribution > marketing sections need significant improvements, in my opinion, to meet the quality as a good article.

If you disagree with me, I encourage you to get a second opinion but otherwise I encourage you and others to improve those sections and the article as a whole to get it to the standard of a good article and renominate it, as it would be a shame to see this otherwise well-written and informative article not acheive such merit.

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 * I don't think that you understand the process. Instead of instantly failing it, you should have left suggestions and put the article "on hold". Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, I'm terribly sorry - it was my first time. I've left my suggestions on the review page and changed the status. Sorry again. --Goodsmudge (talk) 19:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've not added the article back on Good article nominations. Please forgive my mistakes.--Goodsmudge (talk) 19:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't worry! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:23, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Improvements
Thanks for making the improvements. I'm sure the article's quality is that of a good article now. If it's not been re-reviewed by morn, I'll look at it again. Sorry once again for confusion caused by my novice-ness at good article reviewing. --Goodsmudge (talk) 22:31, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Yay, thanks! I've got some more articles coming soon once I find enough information (and in some cases, finish the translation). Thine Antique Pen (talk) 23:28, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Good article -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Congratulations and well done. I've re-reviewed the article and it's now a good article!

P.S. Your talk page is telling me the time is 11:00 in England. Where I live in England, the time is 10:00. I'm unsure if we're measuring time differently, but just in case it's a bug I thought I'd point it out. --Goodsmudge (talk) 10:06, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
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DYK for Furcifer balteatus
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DYK for Furcifer angeli
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Rising issues
What issue is now on the page which you have still opposed i fixed all issues, WP:ALT edited, you said see WP:PLAG it now even does not have connection with Award page you said missing full stop and punctuation i also fixed what now do you find on the page please edit it on FLC page (not in your/my user talk page) I want this page become FL, Thank You <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ED791A 0em 0em 0.8em,#F55220 -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#1D6B00 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;"> A Great User  ✉   ✉  15:28, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
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DYK for Suzanne Lagier
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DYK for Thérésa (singer)
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Thank you, interesting! But why is she termed an opera singer when no opera is mentioned in the article? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

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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:
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Sirkazhi
Hi, the article is copy edited by GOCE. How shall i proceed - shall i do a fresh nomination or can you continue the review? Ssriram mt (talk) 16:01, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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I am willing to review this, but before I started I thought I would check to make sure you are still around to respond to any potential questions. AIR corn (talk) 01:12, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
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Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

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Other contributors of note include:
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 * , whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
 * and, who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
 * , who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by : did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

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Thanks for your very helpful assessment of the GAR for Photovoltaic power station, but there are two things that I would like to call your attention to. First, the GA review page needs to be transcluded onto the talk page so that everyone can see it and act on the review recommendations. Second, "Reassessment discussions which are still active should not be closed unless there is a clear consensus for a particular action, or more than 4 weeks have passed since the article was listed here. All articles should be listed for at least 7 days, unless there is a procedural mistake and a GAR is not appropriate." So I can do the transclusion, and will start working on the article. Since it is from two months ago it is going to need to be a new GAR, though, which I will, or someone else will do when the issues you have identified have been fixed. Normally what is done is the reviewer allows someone to fix the issues found, and if they are not fixed, then it is failed. Apteva (talk) 21:13, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
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Edit request on 15 March 2013 You were so kind to me, thank you. From Tessa Dahl. Please can you help me again?
There is a lot missing from my page. A lot of my work. My childrens books names, all won awards. All the films I made and Theatre too. Also a lot of TV as well. I have also started and run a rescue animal hospital in Martha's Vineyard. I do have a religion and I am also publishing my second novel. There are a number of really fine interviews I would like printed, not just the Alison Boshoff One. You can reach me at teddydahl@yahoo.co.uk PLEASE, PLEASE help me I really need it. I have no idea how I go about this, can you please, please help me AGAIN!

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WikiCup 2013 March newsletter
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate  (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr, on the European hare , on the constellation Circinus ( and ) and on the Third Epistle of John. All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

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Hello, I saw you undid one of my previous edits. That edit is not a vandalism but a fact that can be proven. Please discuss on the talk page or at least add a section about controversies in the article. Thank you. 141.136.222.153 (talk) 13:41, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
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Incorrect links in new articles
Hello, I see you're creating loads of new articles. I love that! However I just noticed that the links you're using as reference are dead links, please check for instance this: http://carabidae.org/carabidae/elaphropus-motschulsky-1839.html. I think in all the links .pro has to be .org Sander.v.Ginkel (talk) 09:24, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
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Everyone calls it the "iPhone 2G", no-one calls it the "iPhone 1". --109.156.237.144 (talk) 20:58, 12 April 2013 (UTC)


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WikiCup 2013 April newsletter
We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and  claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place and second place  both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

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List of Kings XI Punjab cricketers
Are you going to update this list? I would like to do so otherwise. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ Talk Email 15:14, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
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Regarding your speedy deletion requests
Could you please explain to me how exactly were the contents in Oceansat-1 and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture were copyright infringements? They have now been deleted as per your request. - Jayadevp  13  02:33, 27 May 2013 (UTC)


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DYK nomination of Abortion in Latvia
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WikiCup 2013 June newsletter
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.

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DYK for Manuel Garnica Roldan
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Hello Tom; I noticed you had a bunch of your current userspace pages deleted; this, in turn, caused a lot of broken redirects from your previous username. I noticed that userspace also has a few non-redirected pages. Any suggestions as to what you'd like done? Delete the broken redirects, delete all of the pages in the old userspace, delete the redirects and move the rest to your new username? :) · Salvidrim!  ·  &#9993;  01:08, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
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DYK Review - Thanks!
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DYK for Alberto Suárez Laso
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DYK nomination of José Martínez Morote
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DYK nomination of Dionibel Rodríguez Rodríguez
Hello! Your submission of Dionibel Rodríguez Rodríguez at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  Mehra j Mir  (Talk) 16:08, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


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Ways to improve Harpalus ochropus
Hi, I'm Dreambeaver. Thine Antique Pen, thanks for creating Harpalus ochropus!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. The name of the person who described the species is misspelled.

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WikiCup 2013 July newsletter
We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's currently leads overall, while Pool B's  is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,, with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by, and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by, and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

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WikiCup 2013 July newsletter
We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's currently leads overall, while Pool B's  is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,, with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by, and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by, and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

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Good grief, indeed you've been busy!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  15:24, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 August newsletter
This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
 * , a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
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 * , 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
 * , a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
 * , the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
 * , who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
 * , a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
 * 1) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final:, , , , , , ,. Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

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Abortion in Lithuania DYK
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WikiCup 2013 September newsletter
In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. , —who has never participated in the competition before—and follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

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WikiCup 2013 October newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is. Our final nine were as follows:

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:


 * wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
 * wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
 * wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
 * wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
 * wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
 * wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
 * The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to, for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
 * Finally, the judges are awarding the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

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Problem with Trechus asiaticus citation?
Hi! I was looking at Trechus_asiaticus, and noticed a weird discrepancy. It cites to trechus-clairville-1806g.html but it looks like it should probably cite to asiaticus-jeannel-1927.html instead. Was this just a copy-paste error? Something more systematic? Wasn't clear if the article was created systematically, by a bot, or what, so I figured I'd check in and make sure it is a unique problem before fixing. Thanks! -LuisVilla (talk) 01:05, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Why not link to the tribe directly, since that is what has the cited information? e.g., Jeannel 1927 is nowhere to be found in your citation - you have to make a series of lucky guesses about subgenus, tribe, family, etc., to get to that information. Seems confusing to me. -LuisVilla (talk) 18:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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Abacetus - wrong references
All yours Abacetus articles quote wrong reference.Xx236 (talk) 14:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Thine Antique Pen, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! , and  17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

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The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer, whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * and were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
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Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

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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).
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 * , 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.

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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.

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CVUA
Hi there! I started editing significantly about a week ago, and was wondering if you'd take me for cvua. I have rollback, so I might be a bit too experienced for this, but you looked like a good instructor for me. Thanks! --Lixxx235 (talk) 22:48, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
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Nomination of Grouvellina hova for deletion
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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's, whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

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