What's the reason for this [1] ? Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:02, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ed17. Hope all is well. Buckshot06 is at it again. Not only did he eliminate an entire article, Carrier Strike Group Two 2004-2009 Operations, but he seems to be fixated on certain things:
I could go on, but quite frankly I am growing tired of this nonsense. These articles would not exist without my efforts, and it just proves that power is corrupting and bureaucrats are the bane of creativity. Is there any way to get this squared up. This nonsense is a total turn-off and disincentive for doing anything at Wikiedpia. There is no collaboration, only dictatorial directives. I have worked successful with other editor at Wikipedia, but Buckshot06 is impossible. Please advise. Thanks! BTW - the edit tools do not work. Marcd30319 ( talk) 21:53, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I'm glad I didn't actually read your full messages until now – I found the changes on my own and came to an opinion before reading what you guys had to say, so hopefully I'm unbiased. The "Mission capabilities" section is redundant, I'm afraid. However, the second and third paragraphs of the command structure section seem helpful, and the ship list is a lot easier to read in a bulleted list. While it is grammatically readable in a paragraph, that many links in a couple lines is brutal to read. As for some of the complex acronyms, we do need to limit them, as most of the people reading these pages will have little to no prior knowledge of military designations. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Please can you post it? -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 18:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink ( submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus ( submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered " vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
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Peer and
A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Mar 2011, I hereby award you this
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talk) 13:59, 3 April 2011 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Thanks for your copy edits on the History of the horse in Britain :o) Pesky ( talk) 23:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just a happy reminder to make sure that you are regularly checking in on your mentees work for JMU'S Technical editing class, Sadads ( talk) 11:11, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ed. Yes, "incorporação" = commissioning. As for the rest of the sentence, I would render it as "was keel-laid on 17 April 1907, launched 10 September 1908..." the "Mostra de Armamento" is part of the actual commissioning ceremony, which, in this case, took place before the commission was "gazetted".
"Forte" should most certainly be "Fort" in this context! Don't trust Google Translate—help save thousands of starving translators like yours truly ;) Fvasconcellos ( t· c) 11:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Ed, I'm getting worried about DrKiernan's behavior. One thing is to have a different opinion about a subject, but another one is... well, let me explain first. As you know, I have an article which is right now at the FAC page. Yesterday, DrKiernan made several edits with no summary that could explain his reasons. They were even unsourced (See: [3], [4] and [5]). For obvious reasons, I reverted them. Then he came to warn me about the 3R rule [6] in my talk page.
Eisfbnore came talk to me about it [7] and I explained him what happened and everything was settled. However, DrKiernan's recent messages (See: [8], [9] and [10]) revealed that he clearly wants me "out of business". He wants to see me blocked at all costs. Why? Revenge (for what, I don't know)? Or because if I'm blocked he will be able to pass my nomination the way he wants?
As you can see, I'm troubled about his behavior and I believe he crossed a line in some moment. What can I do about it? -- Lecen ( talk) 12:40, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ed, I replied on my talk re: your question on the German naval mission. On an unrelated note, I just noticed that the 2011 edition of Warship will have an article on the Lexington class battlecruisers, if you were interested in going back to the old article for another run at FAC. Just thought I'd pass it along in case you weren't aware. Parsecboy ( talk) 21:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree to be a contributor for your project Majestic Titans, as I am, as you have seen it, interested on French modern warships, and specially battleships as the Dunkerque class, the Richelieuclass, including Clemenceau and Gascogne, and the so-called Alsace class battleships . But I am an user on the French Wiki, and when I add {{user:Paul-Pierre Valli}} on your contributor list, it appears with a red link, as the page « User: Paul-Pierre Valli » would not exist. And I not expert enough in Wikipedia syntax to know how to do. Paul-Pierre Valli ( talk) 17:10, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello
As you are my trusted navy-en.wiki-user I want to show you something. I just translated German submarine U-64 (1939) to pl.wiki, and in my opinion that article have couple errors. At least range is incorrect (values are in mile - but probably its mixed with kilometers - range should be probably 12.200 nmi). Also there is no clear information that mines was/wasn`t changed instead of torpedos (1 torpedo = maybe (?) 2 mines). I am sure about range, completly not sure about mines, and in my opinion technical stuff need to be checked.
Can you do this? PMG ( talk) 01:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
I moved everything back on this section of the Frank Buckles article. I was trying to tell a "story" with the pictures and have the quote along the bottom as the "final word" on the subject. With your edits, it threw everything off, plus put the quote into the subsection lines as well, which is frowned upon by FAC people, which is where I intend to take this article. I, do though, appreciate your edits and hope we can work on a happy medium, but as it was, it just threw everything off. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 23:08, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
How would you feel about having the quote in a template like this:
[T]he hallowed ritual at grave No. 34-581 was not a farewell to one man alone. A reverent crowd of the powerful and the ordinary — President Obama and Vice President Biden, laborers and store clerks, heads bowed — came to salute Buckles’s deceased generation, the vanished millions of soldiers and sailors he came to symbolize in the end.
— Paul Duggan, The Washington Post [1]
This would give the quote a better look as it is used with the {{ quote}} template. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again, Ed :) I feel kind of lost, so what are the major/minor policy changes that I need to catch up on? Chamal T• C 06:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on April 19, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 19, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 ( talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 06:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Design 1047 was a series of plans for a class of Dutch battlecruisers prior to the Second World War. The ships were intended to counter a perceived threat posed by Imperial Japanese aggression to the Dutch colonies in the East Indies. The 1047s were shaped by the need to be able to fight their way though a fleet composed of heavy and light cruisers, and smaller destroyers. It was hoped that this capability would allow the battlecruisers to act as a fleet in being. A preliminary plan was drawn up without foreign assistance, but as they had not previously designed a modern capital ship, and the only information available on modern designs came from public literature and editions of Jane's Fighting Ships, it was missing many of the post- First World War advances in warship technology. With assistance from Germany, a new design was formulated by February 1940. A visit to Italy prompted a rethink of the internal subdivision, which led to a set of drawings dated 19 April 1940. This is the last known design produced prior to Germany's invasion and occupation of the Netherlands. The ships were never constructed. ( more...)
Hey Ed! As your currently ensconsed in the ABC arms race, I was wondering if you could help me push Battle of Caldera Bay to and beyond GA-class. I know that finals are coming up soon, but I'm still curious. I've pasted and hidden some google books refs into the article, but I doubt they will offer much content. Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 02:39, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. In Brazilian Portuguese the final 's' is pronouced as 's' or 'z' according to the next sound. Before a voiceless sound, it is pronounced 's' and not 'sh'. It is true that some dialects (mainly in Rio de Janeiro) do pronounce this way but it is not widespread. Lechatjaune ( talk) 18:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
We'd like to put a column in our monthly Milhist newsletter encouraging people review at FAC, or at least to assist the frequent FAC reviewers. Is there anything that new reviewers could do at FAC that you would find particularly helpful? (Watching) - Dank ( push to talk) 18:54, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, (".")My name is Shirley Marshall-Kelly. I am a senior at Texas Southern University majoring in Public Affairs with a minor in Business. I am currently enroll in Seminar in PUblic affairs whereby my professor has requested that we either edit or create an article on this site. I am currently seeking a mentor to help me navigate. I would appreciate your mentorship. My email address is shirley.kelly56comcast.net "." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellysa222 ( talk • contribs) 19:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil is now a Featured Article. It took months to see that happen and it was an unnecessarily painful process. But it's over and now I'm free to go. But before doing that, I had to come here and make you know that I'm in debt not only for this one full support you gave me but for all the other moments you helped me. I'm really grateful for all that. Thank you very much, Ed. Kind regards, -- Lecen ( talk) 12:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Gallant Hours-Montgomery-Halsey-Cagney.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Damiens.rf 20:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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help)Success! Thanks for the help, Ed17. You might want to review the discusion. There were some "interesting" comments from User:Damiens.rf regarding whose opinion is important and whose opinion isn't. Also, you might want to visit Damiens.rf's talk page. Marcd30319 ( talk) 11:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
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I'd like to chat about potential classroom collaborations for Milhist. I'll be in irc://freenode/wikipedia-en-milhist most of the day (lunch will be 11-12ish), or drop a note on my talk page. Thanks. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber ( submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink ( submissions) and Nergaal ( submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke ( submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!
Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
What's the reason for this [1] ? Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:02, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Ed17. Hope all is well. Buckshot06 is at it again. Not only did he eliminate an entire article, Carrier Strike Group Two 2004-2009 Operations, but he seems to be fixated on certain things:
I could go on, but quite frankly I am growing tired of this nonsense. These articles would not exist without my efforts, and it just proves that power is corrupting and bureaucrats are the bane of creativity. Is there any way to get this squared up. This nonsense is a total turn-off and disincentive for doing anything at Wikiedpia. There is no collaboration, only dictatorial directives. I have worked successful with other editor at Wikipedia, but Buckshot06 is impossible. Please advise. Thanks! BTW - the edit tools do not work. Marcd30319 ( talk) 21:53, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I'm glad I didn't actually read your full messages until now – I found the changes on my own and came to an opinion before reading what you guys had to say, so hopefully I'm unbiased. The "Mission capabilities" section is redundant, I'm afraid. However, the second and third paragraphs of the command structure section seem helpful, and the ship list is a lot easier to read in a bulleted list. While it is grammatically readable in a paragraph, that many links in a couple lines is brutal to read. As for some of the complex acronyms, we do need to limit them, as most of the people reading these pages will have little to no prior knowledge of military designations. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Please can you post it? -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 18:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink ( submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus ( submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered " vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Military history reviewers' award | ||
By order of the
Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your help with the WikiProject's
Peer and
A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Mar 2011, I hereby award you this
Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Cheers,
Ian Rose (
talk) 13:59, 3 April 2011 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Thanks for your copy edits on the History of the horse in Britain :o) Pesky ( talk) 23:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just a happy reminder to make sure that you are regularly checking in on your mentees work for JMU'S Technical editing class, Sadads ( talk) 11:11, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ed. Yes, "incorporação" = commissioning. As for the rest of the sentence, I would render it as "was keel-laid on 17 April 1907, launched 10 September 1908..." the "Mostra de Armamento" is part of the actual commissioning ceremony, which, in this case, took place before the commission was "gazetted".
"Forte" should most certainly be "Fort" in this context! Don't trust Google Translate—help save thousands of starving translators like yours truly ;) Fvasconcellos ( t· c) 11:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Ed, I'm getting worried about DrKiernan's behavior. One thing is to have a different opinion about a subject, but another one is... well, let me explain first. As you know, I have an article which is right now at the FAC page. Yesterday, DrKiernan made several edits with no summary that could explain his reasons. They were even unsourced (See: [3], [4] and [5]). For obvious reasons, I reverted them. Then he came to warn me about the 3R rule [6] in my talk page.
Eisfbnore came talk to me about it [7] and I explained him what happened and everything was settled. However, DrKiernan's recent messages (See: [8], [9] and [10]) revealed that he clearly wants me "out of business". He wants to see me blocked at all costs. Why? Revenge (for what, I don't know)? Or because if I'm blocked he will be able to pass my nomination the way he wants?
As you can see, I'm troubled about his behavior and I believe he crossed a line in some moment. What can I do about it? -- Lecen ( talk) 12:40, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Ed, I replied on my talk re: your question on the German naval mission. On an unrelated note, I just noticed that the 2011 edition of Warship will have an article on the Lexington class battlecruisers, if you were interested in going back to the old article for another run at FAC. Just thought I'd pass it along in case you weren't aware. Parsecboy ( talk) 21:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree to be a contributor for your project Majestic Titans, as I am, as you have seen it, interested on French modern warships, and specially battleships as the Dunkerque class, the Richelieuclass, including Clemenceau and Gascogne, and the so-called Alsace class battleships . But I am an user on the French Wiki, and when I add {{user:Paul-Pierre Valli}} on your contributor list, it appears with a red link, as the page « User: Paul-Pierre Valli » would not exist. And I not expert enough in Wikipedia syntax to know how to do. Paul-Pierre Valli ( talk) 17:10, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello
As you are my trusted navy-en.wiki-user I want to show you something. I just translated German submarine U-64 (1939) to pl.wiki, and in my opinion that article have couple errors. At least range is incorrect (values are in mile - but probably its mixed with kilometers - range should be probably 12.200 nmi). Also there is no clear information that mines was/wasn`t changed instead of torpedos (1 torpedo = maybe (?) 2 mines). I am sure about range, completly not sure about mines, and in my opinion technical stuff need to be checked.
Can you do this? PMG ( talk) 01:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
I moved everything back on this section of the Frank Buckles article. I was trying to tell a "story" with the pictures and have the quote along the bottom as the "final word" on the subject. With your edits, it threw everything off, plus put the quote into the subsection lines as well, which is frowned upon by FAC people, which is where I intend to take this article. I, do though, appreciate your edits and hope we can work on a happy medium, but as it was, it just threw everything off. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 23:08, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
How would you feel about having the quote in a template like this:
[T]he hallowed ritual at grave No. 34-581 was not a farewell to one man alone. A reverent crowd of the powerful and the ordinary — President Obama and Vice President Biden, laborers and store clerks, heads bowed — came to salute Buckles’s deceased generation, the vanished millions of soldiers and sailors he came to symbolize in the end.
— Paul Duggan, The Washington Post [1]
This would give the quote a better look as it is used with the {{ quote}} template. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again, Ed :) I feel kind of lost, so what are the major/minor policy changes that I need to catch up on? Chamal T• C 06:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on April 19, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 19, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director, Raul654 ( talk · contribs). If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 06:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Design 1047 was a series of plans for a class of Dutch battlecruisers prior to the Second World War. The ships were intended to counter a perceived threat posed by Imperial Japanese aggression to the Dutch colonies in the East Indies. The 1047s were shaped by the need to be able to fight their way though a fleet composed of heavy and light cruisers, and smaller destroyers. It was hoped that this capability would allow the battlecruisers to act as a fleet in being. A preliminary plan was drawn up without foreign assistance, but as they had not previously designed a modern capital ship, and the only information available on modern designs came from public literature and editions of Jane's Fighting Ships, it was missing many of the post- First World War advances in warship technology. With assistance from Germany, a new design was formulated by February 1940. A visit to Italy prompted a rethink of the internal subdivision, which led to a set of drawings dated 19 April 1940. This is the last known design produced prior to Germany's invasion and occupation of the Netherlands. The ships were never constructed. ( more...)
Hey Ed! As your currently ensconsed in the ABC arms race, I was wondering if you could help me push Battle of Caldera Bay to and beyond GA-class. I know that finals are coming up soon, but I'm still curious. I've pasted and hidden some google books refs into the article, but I doubt they will offer much content. Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 02:39, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi. In Brazilian Portuguese the final 's' is pronouced as 's' or 'z' according to the next sound. Before a voiceless sound, it is pronounced 's' and not 'sh'. It is true that some dialects (mainly in Rio de Janeiro) do pronounce this way but it is not widespread. Lechatjaune ( talk) 18:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
We'd like to put a column in our monthly Milhist newsletter encouraging people review at FAC, or at least to assist the frequent FAC reviewers. Is there anything that new reviewers could do at FAC that you would find particularly helpful? (Watching) - Dank ( push to talk) 18:54, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, (".")My name is Shirley Marshall-Kelly. I am a senior at Texas Southern University majoring in Public Affairs with a minor in Business. I am currently enroll in Seminar in PUblic affairs whereby my professor has requested that we either edit or create an article on this site. I am currently seeking a mentor to help me navigate. I would appreciate your mentorship. My email address is shirley.kelly56comcast.net "." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellysa222 ( talk • contribs) 19:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil is now a Featured Article. It took months to see that happen and it was an unnecessarily painful process. But it's over and now I'm free to go. But before doing that, I had to come here and make you know that I'm in debt not only for this one full support you gave me but for all the other moments you helped me. I'm really grateful for all that. Thank you very much, Ed. Kind regards, -- Lecen ( talk) 12:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Gallant Hours-Montgomery-Halsey-Cagney.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Damiens.rf 20:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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help)Success! Thanks for the help, Ed17. You might want to review the discusion. There were some "interesting" comments from User:Damiens.rf regarding whose opinion is important and whose opinion isn't. Also, you might want to visit Damiens.rf's talk page. Marcd30319 ( talk) 11:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
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Delivered by EdwardsBot ( talk) 16:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I'd like to chat about potential classroom collaborations for Milhist. I'll be in irc://freenode/wikipedia-en-milhist most of the day (lunch will be 11-12ish), or drop a note on my talk page. Thanks. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber ( submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink ( submissions) and Nergaal ( submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke ( submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!
Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)