User talk:Worm That Turned/Archive 32

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter


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A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you Numerounovedant, that's very kind of you. WormTT(talk) 09:24, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Emily Tinne
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Emily Tinne you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yash! -- Yash! (talk) 09:20, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Emilia Baeyertz
— Maile (talk) 00:52, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Doris Mackinnon
The article Doris Mackinnon 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Doris Mackinnon for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 22:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Doris Mackinnon
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Doris Mackinnon you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 07:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Finally got going on the review, I've put it on hold, nothing to panic about and I'm not a stickler for the 7 day thing, but wanted to give you a heads up that I've done the initial run-through.  Montanabw (talk)  22:40, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up Montanabw, I will hopefully get back to Doris Mackinnon soon, I'm just in the middle of writing a really interesting article! WormTT(talk) 07:24, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Emily Tinne
The article Emily Tinne you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Emily Tinne for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yash! -- Yash! (talk) 08:01, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks
Am utterly gobsmacked re this. Thanks. Shearonink (talk) 17:25, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * You deserve it Shearonink, you are most welcome. WormTT(talk) 09:44, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Nalder Baeyertz
— Maile (talk) 00:52, 9 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Nice! Mother and son close to our mother's day ;) - I'd need advice. I had a FA featured on Easter Sunday, Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4. It was moved without discussion 26 April, to a former name, 19th century, but combined with a BWV number which came only in the 20th century. I reverted and expected a discussion per WP:BRD. Instead, it was reverted again. A discussion happened, rather endless. - Now I was told to formally request a move. Why should I? Shouldn't the mover have requested before even starting? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:26, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I generally wouldn't focus on how things should have gone, but instead focussing on how things are. Otherwise you'll end up in endless discussions which may or may not prove fruitful. A Requested Move would make a final decision on which ever name is right, and that would be a good idea. WormTT(talk</b>) 09:45, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If there was "the right name", we would not argue. The BWV has one, the NBA (second complete edition of Bach's works) the other which is the better German. I don't know about the background of that difference, - it may be some power play. I gave up (to care about the article at all), - life is too short. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Doris Mackinnon
The article Doris Mackinnon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Doris Mackinnon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 07:21, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

WTT and Staplers...
I have Ann T. Bowling languishing at GAN, if anyone is up for a review. Thanks! Montanabw <sup style="color:orange;">(talk) 20:29, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Change a page name
Hi I saw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Firyal_al-Muhammad this page of her royal highness Princess Firyal of Jordan using the name she doesn't use. She is known as Princess firyal of jordan(visit her website or the UNESCO page )

Please change the name to Princess Firyal of Jordan. If you want, I can give you more reliable sources. Like her identifications.

Asifur Rahman 21:26, 17 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aj0ob009 (talk • contribs)

Your GA nomination of Jeannie Mole
The article Jeannie Mole you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jeannie Mole for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caeciliusinhorto -- Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 21:21, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Regarding editor of the week
I pinged you regarding your name being mentioned at User talk:Dennis Brown regarding the editor of the week award, and would welcome any sort of comment you might have. John Carter (talk) 21:24, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

The Anglesey/Gwynedd Challenge
Planning on runnng this without prizes on June 13-20. If you're interested in contributing put your name down at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:10, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Adminship
Hello, I am a Wikipedia user and I wish to apply for adminship, and a page about adminship displayed your name at the top. So, please advise about what will happen if I apply for adminship.--<p style="color:green;font-family:calibri">Varun T.<sup style="font-family:courier;color:orange">Talk 05:46, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Varun T., you have made a total of 32 edits. FYI, requests for adminship are made at WP:RfA, but yours would be quickly closed as WP:NOTNOW because you have nothing close to the necessary experience.  I suggest you read Advice for RfA candidates very carefully.  Regards, EdChem (talk) 09:33, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Appreciate the help.--<p style="color:green;font-family:calibri">Varun T.<sup style="font-family:courier;color:orange">Talk 17:29, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

create an account called Bun29
List of Work that Worm That Turned create:-
 * Logout Worm That Turned first
 * Create an account then
 * Type an email called carlosarmstronggomez@gmail.com
 * Type a password called asdasdasd
 * Add name called Bun29
 * do security check
 * Logout Bun29
 * Login Worm That Turned
 * go to special pages
 * go to user rights for Bun29
 * Bun29 wants to be a bureaucrat, administrator and edit filter manager by Worm That Turned
 * Done! Thank you!

112.134.80.25 (talk) 16:40, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In your request for permissions, you forgot to include a rationale. You should probably do that.  You also need to fill out wiki form 595 in triplicate with a number 7 pencil.  Failure to comply will result in your request getting denied.—cyberpower <sub style="margin-left:-10.1ex;color:olive;font-family:Comic Sans MS"> Chat :Online 01:21, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 112.124.80.25: Worm that Turned cannot fulfill your request. To become a bureaucrat or administrator, Bun29 must go through a RfB or RfA respectively. Chickadee46 (talk) 15:01, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Worm That Turned can edit user rights after creating an account 112.134.81.232 (talk) 10:43, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * IP, it won't happen. You will not become an administrator, nor bureaucrat without community consent, which I cannot give. Please stop emailing the bureaucrats on this matter. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 12:55, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Talkback
 Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )   07:25, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

NPP / AfC
Hi. Just a reminder that in just over a week at Wikimania there's going to be a cross-Wiki discussion about the systems of control of new pages. This is a round-table rather than a presentation or a lecture. On the agenda are reforms to the new article reviewing systems and ways to help new users better understand our content policies. If you are going to Italy and would like to take part, please check out the conference schedule, and I look forward to seeing you there. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:34, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry Kudpung, I'm not going to be at Wikimania, things just didn't work out for me to make it. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 18:43, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!
Vanamonde93 (talk) 02:10, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Carbrera -- Carbrera (talk) 21:01, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society
The article Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Carbrera -- Carbrera (talk) 21:21, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sabrina Sidney
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sabrina Sidney you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 03:41, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society
The article Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Carbrera -- Carbrera (talk) 17:41, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Sabrina Sidney
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:53, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Adoption
I am considering adoption by you, but I don't see any lessons or test in the Adoption HQ. Please advise.--Varun T.<sup style="font-family:courier;color:orange">Talk 16:49, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Varun. I'm afraid I don't take on people for adoption any more, haven't for a few years. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 17:50, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh. Too bad, then.--Varun T.<sup style="font-family:courier;color:orange">Talk 15:18, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Fancruft edits of an user
I tried to tell this user, Ayush Gupta At Wikipedia, that articles are only created if they had enough notability. However this user is reverting all my edits and is threatening me to cause a destructive edit warring on article. He even called me a "cheap" user. I don't know how to handle him. When I checked his history and realised his edits are fancruft. He has created a whole bunch of articlea with small amount of text and zero notability. Kindly look at this situation. Krish |  Talk  14:11, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Krish, You're turning a sourced article into a redirect, on the basis that it's fancruft? "Fancruft" is a loaded term and uncivil in the form you are using it, as I explain in my my essay, which explains why the user has been negative towards you. I would advise that you nominate the article for deletion if you think it should only exist as a redirect - controversial removal of content should never be done unilaterally. If you have historical articles that need deleting and meet the criteria for speedy deletion, you might find it easier to use that method. Hope that helps. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 17:03, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Wanted some advice
Greetings, WTT. I don't mean to be a bother, but I'd sent you an email a while back, and I just wanted to make sure you'd seen it. If you don't have the time, that's understandable and no problem. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 07:50, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm so sorry Vanamonde93, I haven't really been very active on Wikipedia for a while, except for writing an article which I found interesting. I'm probably not the best person to give you an opinion at the moment. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 17:04, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That's quite alright. Have a good day. Regards, Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:12, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Sabrina Sidney
Took a look at the changes and commented. Much improved, still a few more things to do. Montanabw <sup style="color:orange;">(talk) 03:01, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Montanabw. I've been rather lax with getting your improvements done - I'm very sorry about that, have been rather away from Wiki recently. Glad to see the improvements I have made are heading in the right direction though! <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 08:38, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like a couple other people are on it too, not sure who all I should ping, though presumably they are all watching the GAN page. No rush. Montanabw <sup style="color:orange;">(talk)  19:34, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sabrina Sidney
The article Sabrina Sidney you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sabrina Sidney for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 21:21, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Happy Anniversary
Wishing Worm That Turned a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 00:04, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Have you removed your adoption pages?
Hey Dave,

Soni here (I hope you remember me, it's been a while :P )

I just wanted to know if your adoption lessons have been moved somewhere or have you deleted them? I was searching for it yesterday and and couldnt find it so was confused.

Cheers, Soni (talk) 06:57, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Not removed, just moved. They are at User:WormTT/Adopt. My user space was getting unwieldy and I wanted a little control over it. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 08:49, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh alternate username. That makes a lot of sense now. I was searching for it in your userspace and was confused since I couldnt find it. Thanks :) Soni (talk) 12:24, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added a redirect to it, hopefully it will be spotted in future - I don't want to make it difficult to find, I just wanted my userspace back! <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 15:06, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Kashibai edits/reverts and ANI
Hi. This is with reference to the ANI discussion about content dispute on Kashibai. The discussion was archived without closure and when I open another discussion on the ANI talk page here, I was told to reach out to you for any further complaints. Now, post 2 months, the discussion on article's talk page was not concluded either. However, the user reverted the content to the disputed one with the edit summary as as per the outcome of the discussion. How do you suggest to deal with this? I am under the impression that in case of content dispute, the "uninvolved" editor should close the discusion. Though, various editors have expressed their opinions supporting both the sides, the conclusion is still pending. I could have reverted the edit but its gonna start the same thing again. Let me know what you think on this. - <span style="color:#808080;font-size:15px;font-family:'Georgia, serif';font-style: italic;font-weight: bold;">Vivvt ( Talk ) 10:04, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Pinging other involved admins - <span style="color:#808080;font-size:15px;font-family:'Georgia, serif';font-style: italic;font-weight: bold;">Vivvt  ( Talk ) 10:16, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Perhaps start an RfC on the topic? <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 15:08, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Just a thank you...
...for your service as a bureaucrat. I noticed this change yesterday afternoon. I wish my fellow 2014 bureaucrat intake brethren the best! :) Acalamari 20:12, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Second! — xaosflux  Talk 22:17, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Thirded, though I can't see where you actually resigned! --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:36, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Very kind of you all to say so. I did it quietly on Meta, Dweller, getting rid of my oversight userright and global rename at the same time. I've not used any in over 3 months, I can always look at asking for them back if I might need them. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 15:02, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * You certainly can. You're a trusted colleague and I value your wisdom, especially on the occasions when we disagree. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:14, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Are you willing to continue?
Hey, we had a discussion which needs your involvement in order for the consensus to be built. Did you see my pinging? Mhhossein (talk) 07:40, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ethel Thomas
Hello! Your submission of Ethel Thomas 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!  Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  16:49, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Ethel Thomas
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:31, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!
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The West Country Challenge
This is just a reminder that WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge kicks off today, with the first subject being Bristol. Please remember to post entries under your name at WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge/Bristol. You are receiving this message because you are listed as a participant in the challenge.

Happy editing! --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:46, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

The first leg is Bristol. Names are to be added at the bottom of the Bristol page and articles listed. Please also make sure that you add entries you improve/start to the main list on the main page. There will be £10 to win each day for the most points accumulated and then the winner of the county crowed after three days. The overall winner will be decided from the points accumulated from each county round. If you're not interested in winning anything and want to contribute anything you want from the West Country this is fine too though. Best of luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:55, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tessie Reynolds
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tessie Reynolds you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jclemens -- Jclemens (talk) 06:01, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I've got a few questions and concerns, so it's on hold, but overall a very worthy nom in good shape. Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 06:27, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

The article Tessie Reynolds 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tessie Reynolds for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jclemens -- Jclemens (talk) 06:41, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Jclemens. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I've been off on holiday for the past fortnight. I'll dig up the original source and deal with your questions as soon as I can <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 12:35, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I expected that was the case, you European-types and actually taking vacations in the latter half of the summer and whatnot... Here, I just manage to eke out a few hours here and there to review GA noms. Jclemens (talk) 14:19, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I managed to swap a very wet North England for a mildly damp South. I'd say it was an improvement, even if it meant a break from t'internet. Feeling very refreshed, ready to have at some articles :) <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 14:22, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
Thank you for your FA consideraions. I have a FAC open, DYK? No, that was not written in response to the death of a Wikipedian that came to soon, this was (work in progress). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:45, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

The little memorial, A Requiem in Our Time, made it to the Main page today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tessie Reynolds
The article Tessie Reynolds you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tessie Reynolds for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jclemens -- Jclemens (talk) 05:21, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

hi
Please note my reply to you on my Talk page and clarify there if, and in what form, I should modify the boilerplate warning I'm required to post in all DYK reviews. Thanks - LavaBaron (talk) 10:38, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I've just had a go at your talk page. Hope it makes sense, it certainly adds clarity. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 10:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Elizabeth Casson
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Elizabeth Casson you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dr. Blofeld -- Dr. Blofeld (talk) 20:20, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Sabrina Sidney
Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Sabrina Sidney has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:25, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you Twofingered Typist, glad to see you didn't have too much to change :) <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 12:36, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Short follow-up on your edits at Sabrina S. I found that there were many facets of the featured article on Wikipedia on Attachment theory which were relevant to your article but which were not included in your article. Your article deals with aspects of Child abuse and Attachment theory which do not seem to be fully represented in the article. By contemporary standards of social behavior there is usually zero tolerance in society for child abuse and this ought to be represented in your article in at least some way. It would be useful to see a section about either Attachment theory or Human bonding theory in your article before you nominate it for a featured article as you said you were intending to do. I tried to add a short 'See also' section, which someone deleted, which might be useful for you to at least read before developing your article further. By contemporary standards there is generally zero tolerance for child abuse of the type described in your article, and it would useful to see this reflected in your article on Sabrina S. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 17:14, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I was extremely uncomfortable with the "see also" which User:Montanabw removed. The theories you mention are based on a modern viewpoint. By our standards, the vast majority of children of the time would be subject to child abuse, especially those in in foundling hospitals. Interestingly I found absolutely no evidence of sexual abuse, even in the modern research of the topic, so that one was definitely inappropriate. The only topic which I could see being worthwhile would be attachment theory, but as Montanabw pointed out, without a modern study linking the two I would feel adding that would be too close to OR. I'd rather leave out the see also section all together. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 17:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This is only a short follow-up since my only input is from the Attachment theory article and the edits I have made there. It is possible to avoid the original research issues you mention by simply listing the odd behavior involved with Sabrina, for example, dripping hot wax on her body as part of her 'schooling' and tossing her into a cold lake in order to test her resilience by making her 'air-dry' outdoors. Both of these would be stark in contemporary assessment and provoke immediate issues of custody rights and proper parenting (irresponsible guardianship). Simply listing what was done to Sabrina by enumeration in a list and then stating what would be done in contemporary society under the same circumstances by linking to the appropriate article at Wikipedia would seem to be useful. You received a very high original page count for your page largely because of the oddness of the behavior surrounding Sabrina and the comparison to contemporary standards would help to explain this issue in your article. Since you are the top editor of that page its really up to you how and if you apply this information from the FA for Attachment theory to enhancing your article. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 18:04, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

I try to edit articles so that the author's original intent and style are maintained wherever possible. I do question content if something doesn't make sense. I found no issues in this article. I do question linking an article that clearly describes a specific set of behaviours by several individuals, at a certain point in time, to a 21st Century article suggesting what this behaviour indicates from a psychological perspective. That would fall under original research, I think. Your article does indicate, in the section "Moving Away from Day", that several individuals were uncomfortable with certain aspects of his "arrangement", and when this was pointed out to Day, those aspects ceased. It is a fascinating story as you said in your GOCE request, and I think contemporary readers would certainly understand that this is intolerable behaviour today and suggests that one or more individuals may have had psychological "issues". Surely that is enough? Finally, though, it is up to you. Regards. Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:17, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * My take on the see also section is that if someone finds a modern psychological study of the Day-Sidney case, then it would be possible for us to mention it and any discussion or conclusions. But otherwise, we do need to be careful not to stretch into SYNTH or OR.   Montanabw (talk) 04:45, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Elizabeth Lachlan
— Maile (talk) 21:07, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Can you remember to update the talk pages to start class once destubbed and also list your entries on the main list at WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge? Cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:21, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Will do my best to. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 08:22, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Elizabeth Casson
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The WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter (August 2016)
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Tolverne
I didn't notice that you and Cwmhiraeth both worked on this one before I started on it. I took to about 1K of text, before running out of sources in the time I wanted to devote to it. If you can find enough stuff to take it over the 1.5K minimum, I'll be happy to collaborate with you so we can each get the 75 points.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:22, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look at it now. I had a couple of other sources, so I'll see what I can do <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 16:24, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Photo protocol
Can you help me out with uploading a photo/one was placed on the page For (Richard g Thomas) and then removed because it was found on the internet, I thought anything on the internet was public domain and okay is that not correct? How can a photo be added w/o getting a reprimand/warning? ThanksCydorsm (talk) 16:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Cydorsm. Sorry about the delay in response, I've been away for a little bit. The copyright of photos is owned by the person who took them, and Wikipedia cannot use the photos unless that person allows us to. Generally this is done by agreeing to some terms by which we can share the pictures, however there are some other situations we can use an image. It gets quite complicated, but basically, if you're not sure that something is public domain, it probably isn't. The article does have a photo though, which is better than most :) <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 12:42, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank You! - Cydorsm (talk) 16:47, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Luscombe Castle
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Your GA nomination of Luscombe Castle
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DYK
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Your GA nomination of Luscombe Castle
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Congrats!
Apologies for the delay. You and Stacey won the Devon Contest. I won't give you a Devon Contest award though as you didn't seem to want this one!♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:59, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I think we were so busy with the Cornwall contest we forgot basic gratitude! Sorry! Thank you very much for the Bristol award, and if you don't mind terribly putting together one for Devon, that would be brilliant :) <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 07:29, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Congrats!

 * Thank you very much Dr. B. I've just noticed your comments at the the Devon contest page, can you award it to Cwmhiraeth too as a joint award please? <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 07:43, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Freda Corbet
— Maile (talk) 12:13, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Avon Bridge
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Cecil Torr
Hello, I have noticed your good work in the West Country Challenge; though the Devon part of the contest has finished the archaeologist Cecil Torr, author of Ancient Ships and Small Talk at Wreyland, is still without an article.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 08:56, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I've had a brief look into it and can't find much about him - The only obituary I can find is in French. I cannot read French. We will add this to our list as a possible to work on in the future; he wrote a lot! ツStacey (talk) 11:42, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Change that! Found some bits! User:Worm That Turned/Cecil Torr ツStacey (talk) 11:58, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your investigations; if it would help I could read the French obituary for you and I also have a copy of Small Talk at Wreyland which has much autobiographical content, as well as material about the parish of Lustleigh.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 20:21, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Luscombe Castle
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WikiProject Film/Golden Hollywood Contest
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DYK for Elizabeth Casson
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DYK for Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton
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Request for semi-protection
Hi Worm, I hope all is well. I am just messaging to make a small request for indefinite semi-protection of my userpage. I am not very much active and probably won't be for the foreseeable future and would like semi-protect my userpage in case of any vandalism. Thank you Worm, I would really appreciate this. Regards.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 03:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Have done so. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 19:34, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much Worm. You've been very helpful, again very much appreciated. :-)--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 21:25, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Bridge Inn, Topsham
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DYK for Exeter Racecourse
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DYK for Janet Arnold
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The 10,000 Challenge
Hi there. I've started a new initiative, the The 10,000 Challenge. It's a long term goal to bring about 10,000 article improvements to the UK and Ireland. Through two contests involving just six or seven weeks of editing so far we've produced over 1500 improvements. Long term if we have more people chipping it and adding articles they've edited independently as well from all areas of the UK then reaching that target is all possible. I think it would be an amazing achievement to see 10,000 article improvements by editors chipping in. If you support this and think you might want to contribute towards this long term please sign up in the Contributors section. No obligations, just post work on anything you feel like whenever you want, though try to avoid basic stubs if possible as we're trying to reduce the overall stub count and improve general comprehension and quality. Thanks.

I'll update that main list once the West Country challenge is complete though so don't worry about adding your entries for the contest to it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:19, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for King William Ale House
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DYK for Sandra Blow
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DYK for Luppitt Inn
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Your GA nomination of Herbert E. Balch
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DYK for Eliza Walker Dunbar
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Your GA nomination of Herbert E. Balch
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WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter: September 2016
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Warminster
Many moons ago, I added a link to John Wallis Titt to the Warminster article. Over the years it seems to have been removed. I'd appreciate the restoration of the link. It would fit in nicely in the Victorian era and 20th century section, or in a section on notable people from Warminster. Mjroots (talk) 06:54, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Cheers Mjroots, when I looked at the article I thought it had reached such a state that it needed a ground up rebuild. I'll certainly try to get all the right information added back in, and appreciate you highlighting that link. Was there anything else you thought missing? <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 07:33, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Nope, just noticed you were doing a major rewrite. The link had been deleted before you started though. If you need a source for JWT let me know. Mjroots (talk) 08:16, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

FYI
Hey WTT, You have joined the illustrious ACC 45 day inactive list please login to the tool. Cheers,  Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 14:39, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I haven't used the tool in a very long time, please feel free to remove my tool access all together. Mlpearc <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 18:31, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanx for your help, you're welcome back at any time.  Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 18:45, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Rodmarton Manor
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 * For information, the Verey and Brooks Pevsner has a good piece on Rodmarton. "Rodmarton Manor is the epitome of the ideals of the Cotswold Arts-and-Crafts movement" may be worth including.  I've cited it in case you don't have access. KJP1 (talk) 08:17, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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Hi!
Hi, i have noticed that you are a very experienced editor, congratulations on your achievement, i got known about you from an invitation to the Tea House, i hope i become like you. Regards Dan Mathew (talk) 16:10, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Dan Mathew, it's great to meet you! I've been around a little while, but there's always more to learn here - but it can be great fun. If you ever do have any questions or need any help, feel free to drop me a line here and I'll see what I can do <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 16:45, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Bristol and Bath Science Park
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Hi !
Hi again Dave! It's me Dan, i wanted to ask you something? Do you know how to create a bot for ourselves in Wikipedia? Please tell me?

Regards

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West Country Challenge

 * Thank you very much Johnsoniensis - I appreciate the sentiment, and I'm sure Stacey does too! I'll copy the barnstar over to her page too later if that's all right! <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 08:28, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Sabrina Sidney
Hey Worm, long time no talk— here in my o-fficial capacity at the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope all is well. :-)

I'm glad you noticed our Facebook post about Sabrina Sidney yesterday—if you were wondering, as of this message it has reached 330k people, with 8.3k clicking on the link or post. I brought up the idea of a posting a direct link to the FAC on Facebook with an invitation to review it, and my colleague Aubrie Johnson is amenable to the idea. However, there's no real way of telling what might happen if we do so; as you know, the internet can be a strange place. What do you think? Would you be interested? Best, Ed Erhart (WMF) (talk) 22:26, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
 * - which ever is better to catch you on! Sorry it's taken me so long to reply, I've been rather quiet on Wikipedia for past few weeks. I think it would be a great idea to get fresh blood into the Featured Article process - personally, one of the reasons I've nominated so few featured articles is that I feel it is a closed garden, where few people can enter, due to the impression when I read the discussions. Simply the benefit of going through the process is not outweighed by the stress of entering it as an outsider. I believe an influx of visitors may well help that, even if it does cause some short term teething issues, especially at Sabrina's article. So, yes, I'm definitely interested - all I'm really looking for is feedback anyway, and I'm sure that feedback is something we'd get! <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 20:28, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, WTT. We're planning a post now—here's hoping that the experiment works. :-) Ed Erhart (WMF) (talk) 19:12, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Food and drink Newsletter: October 2016
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Hi
How do you get wiki to accept one of your articles mine just keep getting rejected :( Have you ever gotten an article published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appleadam105 (talk • contribs) 15:17, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Day Walker
Hi,

Greetings for the day,

I would again start contributing in Wikipedia and requires adoption / Mentor-ship from you. Day000Walker (talk) 15:17, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter: November 2016
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WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:
 * First Place -
 * Second Place -
 * Third Place -

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.
 * Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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Note regarding April Fools
Regarding this, to save you wasting time or holding the article back waiting for something that's unlikely to happen, just to make you aware that the April Fools TFA has been deprecated and it's now treated as any other day. Over the years when a joke blurb ran quite a large backlog of articles with date relevance built up which will take a minimum of five years to clear, so it's unlikely they'll go back to running the April Fools blurbs. &#8209; Iridescent 21:42, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Congrats to the promotion of Sabrina! To celebrate, I could offer Beethovenfest, but if you want to hear his Ninth, you might be disappointed, DYK? Always like to click on Beethoven, always think of you when I do ;) - I supported one April Foul TFA that could also have been another day, the Invisible rail, begun by a friend who left. - I wrote about a Boulez piece when he died. - Sabrina: could she go any day, as no birthday is known? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:15, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Luscombe Castle
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

MiracleMat up to his old tricks
Re this discussion, there seems to have been little change in the user's approach to things. Could you give it another poke, please? Pinkbeast (talk) 07:29, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

User:Worm That Turned/Quiet return
The shortcut redirect WP:QURE was created a couple of days ago, pointing at your essay User:Worm That Turned/Quiet return. That redirect has now been nominated for deletion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 December 8. Any comments you have about this would be welcome at the linked discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 11:24, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Mr. Adoption Guy
Although I have had zero interaction with User:Marvinsroom13, it seems he or she may be in need of assistance. Lingzhi &diams; (talk) 03:26, 9 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):
 * First place – $200
 * Second & Third place – $50 each
 * Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address. After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are, , and.

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End of Adoption
Hello WTT,

I would like to officially withdraw and end the adoption program which we had started many years ago. I would also like to request you delete User:WormTT/Adopt/TheGeneralUser and all the subpages related to it as they are not needed anymore and also to remove my name from them. Thank you for the help and guidance which you have provided to me so far. TheGeneralUser (talk) 01:05, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Editor of the Week seeking nominations (and a new facilitator)
The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful.

The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?

Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today!

In addition, the WikiProject is seeking a new facilitator/coordinator to handle the logistics of the award. Please contact if you are interested in helping with the logistics of running the award in any capacity. Remove your name from here to unsubscribe from further EotW-related messages. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Burton Pynsent House
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Burton Pynsent House you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jclemens -- Jclemens (talk) 23:41, 7 January 2017 (UTC) The article Burton Pynsent House 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Burton Pynsent House for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jclemens -- Jclemens (talk) 00:04, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I see you've been on break for a bit. Do ping me when you want me to look at this again. Jclemens (talk) 05:53, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing the GA review, Jclemens. You're right, I've been rather lax on Wikipedia for a while, perhaps this is as good a time as any to look at rectifying that situation. I'll try to get to the review as soon as I can. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 21:47, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Burton Pynsent House
The article Burton Pynsent House you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Burton Pynsent House for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jclemens -- Jclemens (talk) 18:22, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Talkback Notification
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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

TFAR
Today's featured article/requests/Sabrina Sidney --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:50, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Sabrina Sidney for TFA

 * Hi Worm. This is just a friendly note to let you know that the Sabrina Sidney article, which you nominated at TFAR, has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 4, 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/March 4, 2017. Thanks! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:27, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
 * 🇪🇺 Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
 * 🇯🇵 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
 * Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

GA review for Leigh Court
A couple of weeks ago you kindly started Talk:Leigh Court/GA1 and I was wondering if you had been able to take a look at the article yet?&mdash; Rod talk 19:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I've managed to get myself rather snowed under in the past few weeks, doing up the house and kept putting my computer away. I'll see if I can have a look at it now. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 12:54, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi there!
Long time reader and follower..both of Wikipedia and of noticing/seeing you around. So I just wanted to finally say hi directly. I've seen you around Wikipedia many places over the years. In my mind, you're sort of "Wikipedia Celebrity" status, haha. So, yeah, just wanted to finally say hi to someone on here for the first time and I figured I'd make you it. ChrisLeeNeal (talk) 15:40, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi ChrisLeeNeal Worm is very busy at the moment (such a celebrity that he has his secretary sending reply messages on Wikipedia!).. Haha, he and I say hello to you too. How are you finding Wikipedia so far? What things are you interested in contributing to? ツStacey (talk) 09:50, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hiya, Stacey. Thanks for the reply, you now hold the honor of being the first Wikipedian to ever talk to me, haha (not counting the what I assume is the standard cut and paste "form" type of welcome that someone put on my talk page before), so I will always remember you for that.
 * Using Wikipedia I've been doing forever since I love reading it, but actually editing is something I'm almost afraid to start...it can be a pretty intimidating place sometimes, I find. Just afraid I'm gonna mess something up or accidentally make a huge mistake that is unfixable. But in terms of interests and things I enjoy writing about, mostly things regarding books, video games, movies, music, TV shows...anything cultural like that is my special area and heavy interest. I'm also a big fan of history and will sometimes spend hours on here just reading things from centuries ago (wars, feuds, disasters, etc). Most all of my edits on my first account (the one I forgot the password to) and my one edit to an article on THIS account so far have all pretty much been minor edits, though. Just "correct a spelling" or "add a period" type of stuff. That sort of thing I could do all day, if I ever come across it. ChrisLeeNeal (talk) 20:33, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Secretary? Celebrity? There are some very silly words being thrown around here! ChrisLeeNeal, welcome to Wikipedia. I'm afraid I've not really been around for 6 months, and in reality my activity waned about 2-3 years before that, so my talk page just isn't the hive of activity it once was. Indeed I don't know if any of my old staplers are still around. At any rate, I hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia, there's a lot of things you can get involved in - the most important being content creation, if you can actually write and expand articles with reliable sources that would be brilliant. Content curation, from small typo fixing to vandalism cleaning is also really important and simply, anyone can do it. Keep going! Don't worry about mucking up. There is nothing you can do that can't be undone. There is nothing that can't be fixed. Go for it and feel free to come back here if you get stuck... I might just take a week to reply! <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 09:43, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Stapler here! Welcome back, young Worm! Of course all Wikipedia celebrities need a secretary. I wonder if User:Vera Corpus (Miss), social and diary secretary to The Lady Catherine de Burgh might be persuaded to oblige with a little moonlighting? Bishonen &#124; talk 10:49, 1 April 2017 (UTC).

Replaceable fair use File:Olga Tufnell.jpg
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You've got mail (not particularly urgent, TPS)
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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
 * 🇯🇵 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
 * Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
 * Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Enjoy your break
Hi WTT, I've processed your request at BN. Hope you have a refreshing break, if you want any of the other editor tool flags enabled feel free to ping me. — xaosflux  Talk 13:04, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi
I see you hung your mop out to dry a couple of weeks ago. Few people have had as much impact on en.Wiki as you have. Be proud of what you have achieved. Do come back and say 'Hi' now and again. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:03, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Kudpung - That's very kind of you to say, though I don't think I've had nearly as much impact on the entire encyclopedia as you make out. That said, I like to think I've managed to make a difference in places I felt a difference needed to be made, so it's not all bad :) I'm sure I'll pop in from time to time, there are a few more articles that I need to write... <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 09:59, 6 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Just saw that as well. Too bad. Hope all is well, take care. S warm   ♠  03:22, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * All is fine Swarm. Real life has taken a toll on my activity and I just don't have the energy to get back into Wikipedia at the moment. I've never believed in hanging on to user-rights just in case, and I'm sure I'll be happy to run another RfA if I ever want the bit back (just to remind people what RfA can look like!) <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 09:59, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Sounds fine, given the extent of your activity. But sad news is that I won't get the opportunity to WP:ADMINSHOP on this page anymore.. just kidding! Have a good one.  Occult Zone  (Talk • Contributions • Log) 03:43, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi OccultZone. I'm sure there will be a few murmurs of "gravedancing" in that comment, but I really don't mind. I bear you no ill-will, you saw I was one of the first to suggest you being unbanned, despite my inactivity. Wikipedia needs editors like you who actually get lots of work done - just try not to get obsessed and remember that walking away from a problem is sometimes the best solution. As far as I'm concerned, you're always welcome on my page. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 09:59, 6 June 2017 (UTC)


 * (watching:) I like the "walking away" recommendation, but am afraid in the case I think of, walking away would be the easiest (requiring no work) but opening the door to the problem recurring, so causing more work in the long run. Will have to decide. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:08, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * It's always a judgement call Gerda. There are many factors involved in picking a battle (and I'm not trying to say Wikipedia is a battleground, just using the phrase "pick your battles") - from whether the dispute will make a difference long term, short term or at all. Whether the stress will take a personal toll on yourself, or your friends. Knowing when to walk away is a valuable skill. <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 10:20, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)