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DYK for Bridie Kean
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:05, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Katie Hill, Clare Nott, Sarah Stewart (basketball)
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 * Please see new note on DYK talk page. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 17:19, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jonathan Wentz
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Para-alpine skiing
The DYK project (nominate) 16:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

LW3 (classification)
At first glance, I have questions about the factoring and leg strength systems. It might be helpful to include an explanation of how this works for the uninitiated. I'll look at it a bit more later. Pkeets (talk) 06:59, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Go Phightins! (talk) 00:29, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Katie Hill
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Clare Nott
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sarah Stewart (basketball)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Outrigger ski
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:01, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Summer Mortimer GA Review
Hi Laura, thanks for all your advice so far. I've done a bunch more revisions, and I'm just wondering if there's anything more I should work on, or if I've caught everything? -- Zanimum (talk) 00:47, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Stephanie Morton
Hi Laura, reading the article Stephanie Morton, it's not at all clear what her role in the tandem is. Reading between the lines, I would say that she is able bodied, and acts as the "lookout" as you will while a visually impaired rider in front does all the pedalling and hard work... but I am guessing all that based on the article. A lot of the sources also seem to assume prior knowledge on the part of the reader. Is there an article on Paralympic tandem cycling we could link to, or would it be possible to put a brief description of the discipline into the article? Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:35, 20 October 2012 (UTC).

Moves
Laura, you would have made it unnecessary to separately delete the pages you moved if you had remembered to uncheck "Leave a redirect behind" in the move dialog.  DGG ( talk ) 06:09, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * DGG, the ability not to leave a redirect behind is only available to administrators. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:34, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That. I can't not leave a redirect behind. It is only available to admins, and I'm not an admin. --LauraHale (talk) 00:59, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for LW5/7
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

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

Madeleine Taylor (basketball)
There are a couple of references you listed at Madeleine Taylor (basketball) that are now dead links. References 3 and 4, which are both from the Geelong Advertiser. — Maile (talk) 23:38, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You might want to take a peek at the nomination template again. — Maile (talk) 23:48, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bagel head
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Cecil Vandepeer Clarke and others
Laura, I was wondering whether you could revisit your review of Cecil to see whether the modifications made to the article satisfy your concerns. Thanks.

As long as I'm here, I wanted to let you know I had issues with hooks on two of your articles when I thought to promote them a few hours ago: Template:Did you know nominations/Madeleine Taylor (basketball)‎ and Template:Did you know nominations/Tristan Clemons. Even though Riley Huntley is the nominator in both cases, they have issues for different reasons, and I wanted to let you know here since I know you don't monitor ongoing DYK nominations. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:17, 25 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Can't believe I missed this: Template:Did you know nominations/Marjory Stephenson has a query for you, also about whether modifications were satisfactory. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Women's basketball
Hi Laura and Dale, I've been working to improve the coverage of women's basketball on Wikipedia. I recently decided I'd like to work on some of the general history of the sport. Despite having looked at Wikipedia for years, today was the first day I had taken a look at Women's basketball.

It looks like the perfect place include some expanded coverage of the history. I see Laura is one of the major contributor. In fact, the only contributor with over 10 edits who has edited this decade. I see Dale Arnett has also edit a fair bit, I'll copy him as well.

Obviously, I can just jump in, but I'd like to be a little structured. The article has grown organically, and this may be a good time to think about the structure. For example, the Rules and Equipment section is quite choppy. I don't like one or two sentence sections, so we ought to decide whether they could be expanded or if another format is better. I'm mulling over whether a table would make sense, with the current headings as rows, and high school/college/FIBA/WNBA as columns, although I haven't though through how the time element should be handled.

I'd like to see a timeline. A detailed timeline might deserve to be its own article, with a major milestones timeline included here. Do you know whether any other articles have adopted that concept?

The opening history paragraph begs for some paragraph breaks, but as that is one of the areas I want to expand, I think that will just happen.

I'd also like to discuss whether the overall structure makes sense. It is interesting that this article emphasizes location, with the "Around the World" section being the single largest, while Basketball has no such section at all.

I see the Basketball article has a bit of history in each of several sections, in one on women;s basketball, then has a second, expanded article History of basketball, which doesn't mention women.

We ought to discuss whether the history of women's basketball should be primarily in History of basketball, with summaries and Main article links in Basketball and Women's basketball, or something else.

Lots to think about, and I guess I ought to post something at wikiproject basketball. -- SPhilbrick (Talk)  18:35, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. My knowledge is US centric, although I do want the article to reflect the world. That's one of the reasons I am reaching out to you, as you can help make sure I'm not too US centric. I'm not quite sure whether to start a discussion on the talk page of WikiProject Basketball, or an the talk page of Women's basketball. My current thinking is to post it on the talk page of Women's basketball, and then add a note to the Wikiproject page and the History of basketball page.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  21:08, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Marjory Stephenson and Template:Did you know nominations/Cecil Vandepeer Clarke
Your pending comments seem to be resolved. Can you please check. Thanks. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 18:34, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar Peak (Canberra)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, although I have left in the reference with the incorrect info about Athllon Drive.--Grahame (talk) 03:46, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Another Gilbraltar hook! I'm so outraged! Awesome, actually. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:47, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh noes! Three more Gibraltar hooks to come! (And I could possibly do more.  there are a few Gibraltar things missing.)  And yeah, the references were what was available.  I didn't think they were wrong as I wouldn't have deliberately false information into a source.  I checked the references to make sure they were okay and used elsewhere for ones I wasn't sure about. --LauraHale (talk) 03:50, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Andy Bor
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DYK for Shannon Dallas
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar Creek
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested moves
Hi. This is to let you know that I have proposed multiple page moves at Talk:Disability judo classification and have also proposed a move at Talk:Disability racquetball classification. I am sending the same message to everyone who commented on the previous round of move requests for these articles. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 12:31, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area
Hi-many thanks for the Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area aricle in Columbia County, Wisconsin; it was well written and research. I did asked Royalbroil if he had any photos of Gibraltar Rock; Royalbroil and I are members of the Wisconsin Wikiproject. I also found the town of West Point, Wisconsin that Gibraltar Rock is located in in Columbia County and added that to the article. I also express my concern to Royalbroil that I hope the Gibraltar Rock article will not get entangle with the Gibraltar WikiProject mess at DYK. Also in Wisconsin, the town of Gibraltar, Wisconsin is located in Door County, Wisconsin. I told Royalbroil I will let you know about my concerns involving the Gibraltar Rock article and the Gibraltar WikiProject mess at DYK-thank you-RFD (talk) 13:30, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your response.RFD (talk) 22:09, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi-I added citations from GNIS to the article-one for the Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area and one for Gibraltar Rock-many thanks-RFD (talk) 22:55, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I look at the DYK nomination form for the article and it is unclear to me what it is needed. So I have no comment. I did added the GNIS citations that were needed. I hope Royalbroil or someone from Wisconsin WikiProject has photos of Gibraltar Rock. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 00:04, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tristan Clemons
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Gibraltar
You're welcome :-) I didn't get the joke; until looking at your contributions just now, I didn't know that anyone else was writing articles about non-Mediterranean Gibraltars.  I just got the idea yesterday when I was preparing the DYK for Holmes County Courthouse (Ohio), and a little searching through Elkman's tool for National Register of Historic Places sites named "Gibraltar" revealed this place.  Nyttend (talk) 03:17, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, just a coincidence; someone already wrote about the Gibraltar Road–Waterway Canal Bridge, and Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware) has so much documentation that I'd need a lot more work to give it justice. Nyttend (talk) 03:26, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: Supporting GAN
Hi LauraHale, and sorry for the dreadfully belated response. I actually hope to become involved in reviewing some time in the future. But I'd like to get some experience in creating audited content first, and that, I'm afraid, needs to wait until certain real-life priorities are complete.

Cheers, Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 11:04, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Gibraltars in the United States
Hi-I added a GNIS citation to the Gibraltar, Pennsylvania article. I am not sure if you can make it a DYK or not. There is an unincorporated community in Washington State in Skagit County-Gibraltar, Washington but according to GNIS it is also known as Dewey, Washington. You have also the city of Gibraltar, Michigan and the town of Gibraltar, Wisconsin. I hope this helps-RFD (talk) 12:22, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi-I started the Gibraltar, Washington article. Dewey, Washington is 2-3 miles away so there is no problem. I hope you people can make DYK articles from them-thanks-RFD (talk) 13:01, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Laura!
How are you! I hope you are better now, I know you were very busy during the Olympics. You told me before about the Yuderqui Contreras article thay it should be a GA candidate, but I never could make it review it and copy edited. Now I just finished Yadira Silva, what do you think about it? Thanks for your words, Osplace 02:18, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

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A couple of DYKs
Laura, it looks like Thine Antique Pen has answered your concerns on the DYK for Alexander Parsonage (water polo).

I've come up with an ALT2 for your Madeleine Taylor article; post there whether you think it works, tweak it as needed, or something else appropriate. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:47, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Earning medals
Hi Laura, please do not write that sportspeople "earned" their medals, as you did at Bart Bunting and many, many other pages that I have corrected in the past. It is non-standard wording that violates the neutral point of view policy, because it implies a judgement on how much effort they put into winning the medals. In 99.9% of cases it's almost definitely warranted, but did Lance Armstrong "earn" his seven yellow jerseys? In the same way that we go out of our way not to directly call people like Osama bin Laden terrorists, we should not place positive value judgements on sportspeople. Plus, the word "earned" just sounds hideous in just about every English accent besides received pronunciation. Use "won" instead. Graham 87 08:15, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I have brought this issue up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports. Graham 87 09:28, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Laura isn't wrong, sportspeople work (by training and competing) to win, therefore earning the award which could be a gold medal or a trophy and isn't a NPOV issue. Lance Armstrong and Osama bin Laden have nothing to do with this. Bidgee (talk) 10:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Earning medals and awards is appropriate encyclopedic vernacular.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:24, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Eric Bickerton
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DYK nomination of Women's sport in New South Wales
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DYK nomination of Women's tennis in South Africa
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GA at DYK
I'm,sure you'll find this on your own, anyway. But I know you're active at GA, so you might have some insight to share in the latest discussion at DYK. If any way possible, I think discussions should involve both the GA people and the DYK people. I'm not even getting into the details here. You'll figure it out. Just scroll down to the bottom items on the DYK talk page. — Maile (talk) 17:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Katya Crema
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mitchell Gourley
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:02, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cecilia McIntosh
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Paid-editing query
Laura, I need you to provide a response to this question: have you ever been paid to create articles that were then shortly after nominated for DYK? Tony  (talk)  08:18, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * No. --LauraHale (talk) 10:39, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Carol Cooke
Hi Laura, in case you didn't notice, the subject of this article made [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carol_Cooke&diff=prev&oldid=521021408 a couple of corrections to it]. In particular, she did not take up cycling to stay healthy, as [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carol_Cooke&diff=507436381&oldid=507368240 you wrote], and the source you cited for this assertion says no such thing. I have expanded the article. Graham 87 10:47, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Graham. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:50, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * No worries. Misreading of the sources [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carol_Cooke&diff=521438583&oldid=521357762 happens to all of us sometimes], I guess. Graham 87 01:00, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Same issues with me, I've found. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:11, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

ANI discussion
In case you don't know, you have been mentioned in a discussion at ANI here.Nigel Ish (talk) 11:06, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Hook
Hi, Laura - I'm not sure everyone gets the importance of you mentioning Moorish Steps and Europa Point in your hook .... but it amused me. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 20:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bree Munro
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Did you know
I have started a discussion about your DYKs at Wikipedia talk:Did you know, as that's the fourth problematic DYK nomination from you at the same time. Fram (talk) 09:47, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Williams (alpine skier)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Netball in Kenya
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

AN ban discussion
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 * Hello Laura – I have just closed the discussion mentioned above as "no topic ban" as there were many more people opposing a topic ban than there were supporting one. However, even some of those who opposed a topic ban could see that your article writing could be improved, thus hopefully avoiding problems in future. I strongly suggest that you take a deep breath and read the discussion, then do what you can in future to address issues that people have raised.  I'm sure that there are many people in that discussion who would be prepared to offer a second opinion on something you're working upon, if you want it, and feel free to let me know (by talk page or by email) if there's anything I can do to help.  With best wishes, BencherliteTalk 22:00, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


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DYK for Karolina Wisniewska
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

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Gibraltar Range
Good evening. I thought I'd work on DYK while I watch the election returns. You and I worked on Flat Bastion Road together and, at the time, you mentioned your concern that your prose was suffering from the fact-cite-fact-cite encouraged by Wikipedia. I notice that there's been some discussion of your writing at DYK. I want you to know that I think you do very well with research and inline citations. You're also good at compartmentalizing into sections. I think there are two main issues. One is your inclusion of details that some might consider trivial (although I think you're trying to be thorough). The other is the flow of your prose. Example:

"The Rufous Scrub-bird lives in the Gibraltar Range.[19] The population was reduced slightly as a result of a fire in 2002.[24] The Waratah lives in isolated parts of the range.[1] The area is home to vascular flora.[22] The Parma wallaby also lives within the range.[25] Parts of the range are composed of "thickly forested highlands."[17] During the 1850s, European fruit trees were planted in the range.[7]"

This is the last section of your Gibraltar Range article. I think it would benefit from some small changes. For example, the statement that it's home to vascular flora doesn't add much-it's a very nonspecific sentence and I would eliminate it. From there, I would group plants together and animals together. Since we have info from the 1850s, I would start there, so plants first. Also, the article doesn't indicate that the trees were planted in the 1850s. They were growing in the 1850s. In addition, "the Waratah lives" makes it sound like the Waratah is an animal. Also, for the Waratah, it wasn't isolated areas of the range, but isolated populations of the Waratah. So we're left with:

"During the 1850s, European fruit trees flourished at the base of the range.[7] "Thickly forested highland" areas now cover part of the mountains, and there are isolated populations of the Waratah.[1][17] The Rufous Scrub-bird lives in the Gibraltar Range, although the population was reduced slightly as a result of a fire in 2002.[19][24] The mountain range is also home to the Parma wallaby.[25]"

Occasionally, two sentences can be linked into one. Also, transition words are helpful. The ones I added above include "and" and "although." In addition, you can vary your sentence structure. I hope this has been helpful. If you're interested, I would be happy to help you work on the rest of the article tomorrow. Anne (talk) 03:09, 7 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I like your copyediting work, Anne, and have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gibraltar_Range&diff=521800572&oldid=521770980 tweaked it a little]. In particular, I've changed "as a result of" to "due to", as there's no need to use four words when two will do. Here is a list of other such overly formal words and phrases. Also, always check the output of the Reflinks tool. In many cases, such as the above-linked diff, it produces overly long link titles, because it simply takes the "title=" field from the title of the webpage. Graham 87 09:53, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Soyer
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Infobox sportsperson
Do you know if is correct to use the flag in line "country" or "nationality"? Sally Pearson used it, for example. Whay's your opinion? --Kasper2006 (talk) 08:53, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * MOS in fact. ;-) --Kasper2006 (talk) 09:08, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Ong Ah Chuan v. Public Prosecutor
Laura, SMUconlaw has addressed the issues you raised in your review of this DYK nomination. Can you please see whether these edits satisfy your concerns? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:38, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As requested, another one: Template:Did you know nominations/Esme Tombleson. :-) BlueMoonset (talk) 07:38, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Formal request
I request you to please restore the consensus position at the article currently titled Para-racquetball classification. I have made some specific comments at Talk:Para-racquetball classification. --Stfg (talk) 11:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Robin Eriksson
Hello, and thank you for reviewing the above DYK nomination. I wonder if you might find time to pop back and see if your concerns have been adequately addressed. Thanks again, Struway2 (talk) 11:48, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Outstanding DYK matters
I've looked through the DYK page, and here are reviews you've done and articles you've written that seem to need action.

Reviews:
 * 1) Template:Did you know nominations/Sydney Mary Thompson
 * 2) Template:Did you know nominations/Robin Eriksson
 * 3) Template:Did you know nominations/Non-constituency Member of Parliament
 * 4) Template:Did you know nominations/Esme Tombleson (listed above yesterday, but I figured it was best to have them all in one place)

There are also a few of your own articles that seem to have stalled. If you're going to be unavailable for a while, these risk someone thinking they've been abandoned, so please try to post something this weekend:
 * 1) Template:Did you know nominations/Women's football in Africa: I notified Riley Huntley, who nominated your article for DYK, of issues I'd had with the article that prevented me from promoting it. If Riley didn't ask you about these issues, they do need to be addressed, so I'm notifying you directly.
 * 2) Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Bor: this is a double nomination, and there hasn't been any response to Yoninah's response to your most recent comment. Hawkeye7's the nominator, but hasn't chimed in either.
 * 3) Template:Did you know nominations/Gibraltar Ranges: Anne responded a few days ago, noting some remaining issues to be addressed.
 * 4) Template:Did you know nominations/Gibraltar Rock, Porongurups: the hook was pulled from the prep areas due to factual inaccuracies. A new hook was needed; George Ho has proposed two which I think are completely uninteresting, but what this really needs is your proposal for a new hook, with or without your thoughts (as creator) on George's two.
 * 5) Template:Did you know nominations/Women's sport in New South Wales: I suggest that you pick something other than the Newcastle Herald coverage for your hook fact and propose a new ALT. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:13, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for 2011–12 Australia women's national goalball team
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Stephanie Hickey
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Andy Bor
Hello! Your submission of Andy Bor 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! Yoninah (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Please see new suggestions on DYK talk page. Yoninah (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * LauraHale asked me to look after her DYK noms while she is away. Your ALT hook sounds fine. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Women's football in Africa
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DYK for Gibraltar High School
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DYK for Netball in Wales
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Nomination for deletion of Template:2012 Australian Paralympic Ski Team
Template:2012 Australian Paralympic Ski Team has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Fram (talk) 13:58, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

FYI Gibraltar Falls on WP Talk pulled from queue
Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know — Maile (talk) 14:29, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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

Talk:Kayla Clarke/GA1
Just to let you know that I have started the review of this article.  Harrias  talk 21:50, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for B4 (classification)
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Tropical Storm Kammuri (2002)
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DYK nomination of Women's sport in New South Wales
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Talk:Luke Cain/GA1
Just started this GA. I understand you're away and not available to do much in the coming few weeks; I'll list the issues and leave it open for however long you need to respond. --Batard0 (talk) 17:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Women's sport in NSW
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Talk:Para-swimming classification/GA2
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I received an email from the Communications Department of FIBA, regarding possible help with editing of FIBA related articles. I posted a plea to Dale Arnett (User_talk:Dale_Arnett), because he has worked on FIBA article, but I haven't yet heard from him. I know you have interest including Australian basketball, so I am hoping your interests include FIBA. I'm mulling over whether to create a Wikiproject FIBA, or to work within Wikiproject basketball. I'd be interested in your specific thoughts on that options, as well as any other ideas you might have.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  14:40, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

GANs for classifications
Hi Laura-- Based on WikiProject_Olympics/Paralympics, am I correct in assuming that there's no "model article" (an existing GA or FA) to base my review on? They look pretty solid, from my quick glance at two of them, and given your sport and para-sport track record, that's certainly not unexpected. Just wanted to double check that that's indeed the case. -- Zanimum (talk) 00:44, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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 * That's great, I'll take a look at them. Are you going on Wiki business following up from the Paralympics or for pleasure? The work you did with the Australian Paralympic team was fantastic, I wish we had the same sort of liaison with the British team. Then again it's amazing just how much of a celebrity status some of them got after the Games - rather makes the lack of following in the United States of their Paralympic team seem a bit abysmal. Miyagawa (talk) 12:02, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Laura,

There are a few errors in the article. There is no such thing as 2007 Paralympic Winter World Cup. First Paralympic Winter World Cup held in 2009 in Sweden. You misinterpreted this source; I Copa Paralímpica means first Paralympic Cup not the Paralympic World Cup I. I don't think correct name of the federation is Federación Catalana Minusvalids Fisics, it should be Federació Catalana d'Esports de persones amb Discapacitat Física (FCEDF). "He did not rank amongst the top 25 skiers in the Super-G race and did not advance to the finals", this sentence doesn't make any sense as reference you have used is of 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. <font color="#009900">undefined — Bill william compton <font color="#000000">Talk  18:33, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Laura, it's ready for dyk. Would you please start the template (not much time is left!)? According to this source, his bronze medal success at the 2010 European Cup was "historic". Can you check this? <font color="#009900">undefined — Bill william compton <font color="#000000">Talk  13:49, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

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GA review
Hi Laura, just finished reviewing the very interesting article LW10. I had some issues with some of the prose and the references. I've asked you to go through your refs and check that they work and that they support the statements in the article. Let me know how I can help. And thanks; I learned a lot about something I know almost nothing about. Good luck! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:40, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi again, I had to fail this article because it's been a week since I finished the review. As I said there, if you decide to address my feedback at a later time and resubmit, let me know and I'll take another look at it. Perhaps you didn't know: I just saw that a lot of your LW articles are being reviewed after languishing at GAN for months. Let me know how I can help, if I can. Good luck! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:52, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Spanish Paralympic Committee
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Laura, I saw your deleted post at the ENB and since you deleted it thought I'd respond here instead of there. We can move this thread to the ENB if you think it should go back there. The short answer is no, you wouldn't have to be selected by the board; there will be an election process on-wiki and you'd be able to run for that.

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Peter Bush
Thanks for your Keep on Articles for deletion/Peter Bush (businessman). This has been a painfully drawn out process and has seen some very odd responses that suggest that editors do little research before casting a "vote". The original call for deletion came within minutes of a confrontation I had with the editor who made the call and at best appeared to be vexatious. For that reason I was very surprised by the calls for Delete from so many. Where does this article go wrong or am I mistaken in finding the subject obviously notable in the Australan business and sporting worlds? Castlemate (talk) 20:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

RfC:Infobox Road proposal
WP:AURD (Australian Roads), is inviting comment on a proposal to convert Australian road articles to. Please come and discuss. The vote will be after concerns have been looked into.


 * Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Roads/RfC:Infobox Road proposal

You are being contacted as a user who participated in previous discussions proposing the deletion of, this RfC does not propose that.

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Researching sport fan communities
Hi Laura, First, your work here is awesome - keep it up! Secondly, I wanted to touch base with you and learn more about your research and framework for exploring fan communities in social media. I'm 2 years thick in the middle of a netnography of USWNT fans on Tumblr - plus researching how webs of knowledge are built through Wikipedia & cultural heritage institution resources, as well as understanding communities of practice who use digitized resources from these institutions online. I shall google a bit more & see if I can track your work down. Congrats on submitting/being near the end of your work (if I've read that correctly)! Meghaninmotion (talk) 14:40, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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Regarding Maria Sharapova, please discuss your changes on the article's talk page before making such radical taggings. The stats are not controversial statements which need in-line citations. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 10:44, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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The first two hooks at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know need reviewers. Can you take a look?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:54, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

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Your study is in the Research Newsletter
Hi Laura. I just wanted to let you know that a brief overview I wrote of your study of rejection in WikiNews that appeared in the Research Newsletter today. -- EpochFail (talk &bull; work) 22:42, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

The Wikinewsie Group Newsletter - Edition 1, June 1, 2013
Issue 1 - June 1/2, 2013

The Wikinewsie Group News
Since mid-April, supporters of The Wikinewsie Group have been quite active, doing a number of activities in support of the organization. These include selecting a provisional board, engaging in research projects, working to support original reporting, discussing setting up off-line events, and promoting our efforts and the broader work being done by Wikinews reporters.


 * On May 4, a meeting was held to select the provisional board. It was decided that the board would be composed of the following people: LauraHale (Chair), Pi zero, Brian McNeil, Bjarki, ProtoplasmaKid. The total number of people and roles was based on the draft bylaws. 18 people, a little under half of all people who were listed as supporters, attended the meeting. aff-comm has been advised of this, and that we are ready to discuss the group's bylaws with them.  They have responded back to indicate their review will start shortly.
 * Tentative steps are being taken to have a Wikimedia conference in Iceland with a Wikinews workshop as a component of it. This would likely be in December to coincide with the 10th birthday of Icelandic Wikipedia. Having some discussions about the possibility of having a small Wikinews conference somewhere in Europe sometime in the next year.
 * Wikinews:GLAM was created after writing about previous experiences with GLAM projects on English Wikinews and content related to GLAMs across all projects. Hopefully, with groundwork underway, there should be two announcements about Wikinews and GLAM projects by the end of June that will build upon previous success.
 * It does not look like there is a single presentation about Wikinews at Wikimania in Hong Kong has been approved. Given that, plans are to have some sort of Wikinews meetup while there independent of the official tracks.
 * Efforts are underway to do a better job at translating articles from one language to another, and successfully guide them through any local review processes. This is not a one way street of material from English Wikinews to other languages: We have successfully had two articles start on Spanish Wikinews that were translated to English Wikinews, where they passed the local review process and were successfully published. Comments on this effort are welcome at The Wikinewsie Group/Project planning and User talk:LauraHale: WORTNET.
 * Efforts are underway to develop a matrix to understand key policy, community and content requirement differences between different Wikinews projects. Once complete, this should ease cross Wikinews collaboration by having a starting point to discuss content related issues when translating for review, and trying to standardize any policies across projects.
 * Four pieces of research have been completed. They include Blocks on English Wikinews, Wikinews:GLAM/Coverage,  Research:Wikinews Review Analysis and English Wikinews and the Gender Gap.  If you are doing any research, formally or informally, about any language Wikinews project, please share it with The Wikinewsie Group as it will help better inform our decisions.
 * The development of a reviewing tool for English Wikinews continues. There are some concerns that the future roll out of Lua may hinder this.  Once complete, this tool should make it easier for reviewers to leave feedback and check articles against all criteria.
 * Migration of the wikinewsie.org server to Iceland should be complete by the end of June. Once funding is secure, one of the first upgrades to the server will be to create a secure server and a dedicated host in order to encourage more investigative reporting and reporting of embargoed news stories.  The server could also be used for development of bots, and mobile reporting tools. The planning is being done to give The Wikinewsie Group cloud space to host reporting notes, video and audio to support journalism efforts.
 * Icelandic Wikinews and Malayalam Wikinews are both hosted on incubator. The Icelandic Wikimedia mailing list and Indian editors have been contacted to encourage local editors to get the projects viable to move to the main space.
 * On social media, a few The Wikinewsie Group supporters are answering questions about Wikinews on quora. This is part of an effort to expand awareness about the Wikinews in general.
 * Follow @wikinewsie, The Wikinewsie Group on Twitter. Please tweet us any original reporting you are aware of on any project so we can tweet about it.

Original reporting
This list is May 1 to May 15.
 * Ukrainian
 * See also: Авторський репортаж.


 * У російській Вікіпедії мільйон статей (created by Yakudza) 2013-05-11
 * 100 шедеврів світової скульптури (created by Antanana) 2013-05-12
 * Spanish
 * See also: Wikinoticias:Reportajes originales sin notas, Artículos publicados.


 * Deportivo Cali vence por la mínima diferencia al América en la octava fecha de Copa Postobón (created by Sahaquiel9102) 2013-05-09
 * El movimiento YoSoy132 conmemora su primer aniversario con escasa asistencia (created by ProtoplasmaKid) 2013-05-13
 * Barack Obama llega a Costa Rica para participar en la cumbre del SICA (created by MadriCR) 2013-05-12
 * La presidenta de Costa Rica inicia el último año de su gobierno (created by MadriCR) 2013-05-09
 * Russian
 * See also: Оригинальные репортажи, Опубликовано.


 * Центр компетенции Национальной программной платформы открыт в Переславле-Залесском (created by Competence Center) 2013-05-06
 * Танец жизни (created by Schekinov Alexey Victorovich) 2013-05-11
 * 15 мая «Викимедиа Украина» проводит концерт из серии «Мировая классика на украинском» (created by Dmitry Rozhkov) 2013-05-15
 * Миллион статей в русской Википедии! (created by Амшель) 2013-05-11
 * Norwegian
 * See also: Førstehand, Publisert.


 * Økende spenning rundt Nord Korea: Wikinews intervjuer Scott Snyder og Dr Robert Kelly (created by Computron) 2013-04-08
 * Man drukner i Texas innsjø etter fall fra båt (created by Computron) 2013-04-28
 * French
 * See also: Reportage original, Article publié.


 * France : 68ème commémoration de l'armistice du 8 mai 1945 (created by Grondin) 2013-05-08
 * Italian
 * See also: Notizia originale.


 * Giro d'Italia: crono a squadre a Ischia (created by Simo495) 2013-05-05
 * Assegnata a Napoli la prima maglia rosa del Giro 2013 (created by Simo495) 2013-05-05
 * Chinese
 * See also: 原创报导, 已发布.


 * ChinaJoy西安预选赛落下帷幕 (created by Aoke1989) 2013-05-02
 * Catalan
 * See also: Reportatges originals.


 * França: 68a. commemoració de l'armistici del 8 de maig del 1945 (created by Grondin)
 * Polish
 * See also: Materiały autorskie.


 * Ogólnopolski Zjazd Rodzimowierczy 2013 (created by 194.41.12.2) 2013-05-15
 * Łódź: Warsztaty z aktywności obywatelskiej dla seniorów (created by Ixtlilto) 2013-05-08
 * Niemcy: Związek Polaków w Niemczech wybrał nowe władze (created by Macia11) 2013-05-06
 * Koncert charytatywny "Stefan Fest" w Warszawie: fotoreportaż (created by CLI) 2013-05-05
 * English
 * See also: Original reporting, Published.


 * 13th Annual Beverly Hills film festival opens (created by Bddpaux) 2013-05-07
 * Caloundra defeat Nambour 24-10 in week seven of Sunshine Coast Rugby Union (created by RockerballAustralia) 2013-05-07
 * Black and Blue Belles win in Canberra Roller Derby League blowout (created by Hawkeye7) 2013-05-07
 * National Rugby League Women in League Round celebrates sons (created by LauraHale) 2013-05-14
 * Fifth Expo Gastronomía finishes in Caracas (created by LauraHale) 2013-05-12

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Paralympic Sport
Para-alpine skiing has been mentioned on this discussion. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:41, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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