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DYK for Charles Matthews (basketball)
Gatoclass (talk) 03:32, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Rapid Grant Draft
Hey Tony, here the link to the proposal on meta: m:Grants:Project/Rapid/TonyTheTiger/McDonald's All-American Boys Game. Thanks for your hard work on it this evening! I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 05:37, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Conrad Fort Lauderdale


A tag has been placed on Conrad Fort Lauderdale, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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The Signpost: 14 October 2016
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Wikiconference North America
Hey Tony, it was nice to meet you at WikiConference North America. Feel free to hit me up if you wander through San Francisco. II | (t - c) 19:13, 16 October 2016 (UTC) (Ben)
 * , Thanks. I did enjoy WikiCon and meeting folks like you.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:28, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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Cliff Clinkscales FA nomination
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DYK for Wonut
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wilton Speight
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Nomination of Wonut for deletion
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Your GA nomination of Wilton Speight
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Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in University of Minnesota
Hello TonyTheTiger,

I am Bowen Yu, a Ph.D. student from GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Currently, we are undertaking a study about turnover (editors leaving and joining) in WikiProjects within Wikipedia. We are trying to understand the effects of member turnovers in the WikiProject group, in terms of the group performance and member interaction, with a purpose of learning how to build successful online communities in future. More details about our project can be found on this meta-wiki page.

I would like to invite you for an interview if you are interested in our study and willing to share your experience with us. The interview will be about 30 - 45 minutes via either Skype or Google Hangout. You will receive a $10 gift card as compensation afterwards.

Please reach me at bowen@cs.umn.edu if you are interested or have any questions.

Thank you, Bowen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobo.03 (talk • contribs) 07:42, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results
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 * Second Place -
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In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
 * Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
 * Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
 * Featured List – produced 2 FLs in R2
 * Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
 * Featured Portal – produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
 * Featured Topic – and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
 * Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
 * Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
 * In The News – and, each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
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DYK nomination of Mike McCray
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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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Nomination for merging of Template:Trump
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WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
Hi, can I interest you in this? If you can get the support for Illinois or even Chicago I'll create a 1000 Challenge for either state or city.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:59, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Trump
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New deal for page patrollers
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Jessica Gomes Birthday
Hi TonyTheTiger - Recently you made an edit to Jessica Gomes page, changing her birthday to 1985 and referenced the FashionModelDirectory. I don't believe this is a reputable reference as a number of pieces of information is incorrect, for example where Jess was born. Regardless this issue at hand is her birthdate. Jessicas own social media accounts put her at 32. For example when she turned 31 back in 2015 she posted these photos and stating she was 31. https://www.instagram.com/p/8EzzowFdNe/?taken-by=iamjessicagomes https://www.instagram.com/p/8CLap2FdGE/?taken-by=iamjessicagomes

In Sept this year she turned 32. There are a number of other magazines articles and websites that reference Jess as 32.

I am new too Wikipedia and I do not know how to reference information so perhaps you can help. Jessicas birthdate is 1984

GARM (talk) 20:36, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Cybergeddon (film)
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Racial wage gap in the United States
Can you tell me why this article ever met the WP:GA criteria? As far as I can tell, it has always been based on fringe sources. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:16, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:The Magic Flute
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Johnson
Seen this? Rivertorch  FIRE WATER   16:31, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):
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writers?
Who are the most esteemed and respected article writers in Wikipedia? Perhaps you are one. Are there others? I mean those who really know how to write well, maybe even as a profession? I want to ask a writing question. Not to decide content but on writing. For example, someone who can say "That sentence, 'I eats ice cream', is not grammatically correct.Usernamen1 (talk) 05:18, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * , I am not sure what you are asking me. The people who would be the best judges of the most respected writers on WP are probably the past and present Coordinators at WP:FAC. My opinion does not count for much, but off the top of my head, if I had to guess who might be number one, I would guess User:Brianboulton. 'I eats ice cream' is grammatically incorrect. The type of error would be subject verb disagreement. You could correct the sentence by changing either the subject (to he or she) or the verb (to eat).--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:01, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mike McCray
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Thanks
Thanks Tony for your good wishes – it's been a while, and I trust you are well and active as ever. All the best for the season! Brianboulton (talk) 10:26, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Mike McCray
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Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:49, 24 December 2016 (UTC)