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I wake up this morning and check my watchlist. Guess whos name pops up? Low and behold I see this guy lurking around and a tinkerin and flirtin' with these two ladies Elena and Becky. Personally I think Becky might be a bit old for you, but if ya like the older gals - why not? Now being the kinda person that can't walk past a newly washed window without adding my thumb print, ya didn't really expect me to walk past a clean slate without leaving a mark didja? <cackles menacingly> How ya doin' there JC? Good to see ya still around. You can go ahead and delete this once you read it - I'm just messin' with ya'all. :-) — Ched : ? 12:41, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
OK, it might be Chevy's current add slogan, but it could be a mantra for getting back into the USRD swing of things too. Welcome back! Imzadi 1979 → 12:49, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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because why not? TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 15:49, 13 March 2013 (UTC) |
You, Chamal, Keeper ... this is a very good month so far. Welcome back! :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:14, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Julian, I need some advice. I am thinking about requesting adminship to be able to block users at WP:AIV, help out at WP:RPP, and do some work at WP:3RR. The problem is, I am not sure if any of the Wikipedia community will support my RFA. I am aware that I have a relatively low edit count, and have only been here for a few months. Notwithstanding, I understand all the policies behind administrator actions and I feel that I am capable of handling the responsibility. So my question is: should I give RFA a shot now, or should I wait? If I should wait, how long? Thanks — nerd fighter 21:09, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton (if that is your real name). I am trying to re-create the web page for my father, Pete Cummins. As you deleted in in 2009 for notability reasons, I want to know if I can access the original article, or if you can send me the text so that I can either improve it, or use it to formulate a lawsuit against someone. (joke). http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pete_Cummins You can contact me privately on alias@proalias.com. Have a great Easter, hopefully nobody will delete anybody you care about. p.s. this is my favourite Wikipedia article! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inigo_Montoya (joke) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aliasrob ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
Morning Juliancolton! I'm going to make the reasonable assumption that your name is Julian Colton, please forgive me if this is overly familiar. So I'll address you as Julian from now, if that's ok.
As there was no discussion on the deletion of the article in question (at least none that I'm aware of - if I'm wrong, please point me towards the logs/talk pages?), I'd very much like to know what the proper process is for restoring the article. My feeling is that you are essentially in a somewhat Kafkaesque position of power in this particular instance, so I shall have to either continue asking you nicely, or appeal to other admins. I'd prefer not to get into that, so if you could just provide me with the last edit of the deleted article, I'll do a rewrite and ensure that it passes notability and general quality criteria.
Yours Sincerely etc. Aliasrob ( talk) 11:41, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's
Sturmvogel_66 (
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Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with
WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist
Niels Bohr (
Hawkeye7 (
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European hare (
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Circinus (
Keilana (
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Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.
A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) J Milburn ( talk) 22:52, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with
Sven Manguard (
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Portal:Sports and
Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and
Cwmhiraeth (
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sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place
Casliber (
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Sturmvogel_66 (
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The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.
A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 16:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Fred Martinez, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Fred Martinez and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Fred Martinez during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Illia Connell ( talk) 19:55, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I'm currently undergoing a few local renames and the only one that'd being held up in on Commons. The request is here. See my user talk page on en.wiki here for details. If you have a few mins it'd be greatly appreciated! :) · Salvidrim!· ✉ 12:40, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading. Aldrasto11 ( talk) 11:14, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm Leoesb1032 and one day I hope to be an administrator for the English Wikipedia. I noticed that all of your nominations in past year and 1/2 have been successful and you yourself are an admin. I have only been only Wikipedia for a little shorter than 2 months and obviously I need more time to get a successful nomination, but I wanted to ask you what the best thing is to do to show the community of Wikipedia that you are ready to be nominated for adminship. Thanks. Leoesb1032 ( talk) 20:27, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm looking for outlines embedded in articles.
I've run across a number of these over the years. One example is the Outline of fencing, which used to be part of the fencing article.
If you know about or spot any structured general topics lists in articles, please let me know (on my talk page).
Another thing you might find are articles that are comprised mostly of lists (without "List of" in the title). If you come across any of these, please report them to me on my talk page. I'd sure like to take a look at them.
Happy hunting.
I look forward to "hearing" from you (on my talk page). Sincerely, The Transhumanist 07:28, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Tropical Storm Julio (2008)/Comments, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Tropical Storm Julio (2008)/Comments and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Talk:Tropical Storm Julio (2008)/Comments during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kumioko ( talk) 03:05, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
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We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note.
Figureskatingfan (
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topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition:
Ealdgyth (
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Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article
Battle of Hastings. Good articles
James Chadwick and
Stanislaw Ulam netted
Hawkeye7 (
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Piotrus (
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Władysław Sikorski and
Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example,
Casliber (
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Boletus luridus.
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Hi there. I would very much appreciate it if you could spend ~2 minutes and take a short survey - a project trying to understand why the most active Wikipedia contributors (such as yourself) may reduce their activity, or retire. I sent you an email with details, if you did not get it please send me a wikiemail, so that I can send you an email with the survey questions. I would very much appreciate your cooperation, as you are among the most active Wikipedia editors who show a pattern of reduced activity, and thus your response would be extremely valuable. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:48, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi,thanks for the heads-up on that; I'll wish you good luck with those and leave them to you. Again, thanks.
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In 2009 you deleted an article with this title. Was it about a search engine by a French commercial SME Linternweb? (and if so, is there a hidden archive of it somewhere?
There a stub article in Spanish plus an external search option alongside google etc.).There is also a deleted article in the French Wikipedia. I found this self-published [ http://blog.wikiwix.com/2011/07/08/linterweb-charge-par-la-wikipedia-roumanophone-de-larchivage-des-liens-externes/ 8 juillet 2011: Linterweb chargé par la Wikipédia roumanophone de l’archivage des liens externes]
The main search engine is here wikiwix.com and it offers My Wikiwix whose blurb is:
If it has survived this long, maybe it is worth resurrecting? Your advice please? Talkback policy noted so, Special:EmailUser/Timpo, Saludos et regards, Timpo ( talk) 14:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
Hard to believe, too; seems like yesterday that your name was everywhere.
Glad to see you around again. :-) Kurtis (talk) 20:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's
Sasata (
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Sturmvogel_66 (
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Miyagawa (
submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and
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koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA
sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the
Norman conquest of England by
Ealdgyth (
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Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics
Hans Bethe, and the noted
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by
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Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 23:53, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
It seems I have a stalker! Good to see you editing again, dude. ceran thor 06:03, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for closing the RfA. Please don't revert my addendum that I posted just after the RfA was closed because I'd like for that clarification to stand (also, I didn't know you had closed it when I pressed the save button). Happy editing and thanks for your support, AutomaticStrikeout ? 15:49, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, As I have some spare time available over the next few days, I thought I'd ask if you have made any progress on creating these two pages or would you be happy for me to make a start on them ? No problem, either way. Hope all is well. 14GTR ( talk) 13:22, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
OK - that 1859 page looks rather good; I'll make a start on 1858. 14GTR ( talk) 08:53, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
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This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final:
Piotrus (
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Dana boomer (
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Status (
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Ed! (
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12george1 (
submissions),
Calvin999 (
submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year.
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This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.
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An editor has asked for a deletion review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (disambiguation). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. George Ho ( talk) 01:23, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
I think you did a pretty poor job on closing that AFD, that should have been relisted for further discussion and I strongly believe that two of the editors there were sock puppets [ [1]] Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 04:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I agree that there is a consensus to merge these pages, but I see no clear consensus as to the merge target. Since this is still an open question being discussed on the article talk page, I would appreciate your close reflecting this state of affairs. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:10, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello there, I believe you deleted the page 4 years ago but I thought it would be a good idea to recreate the page since the company has grown in 4 years. I have also contacted Jayjg but he seems to be away for 10 days now. The more, the merrier :)
I found references that should comply with Wikipedia's notability and sources reliability guidelines. Let me know what you think :)
CMS Wire, and here. A study from KSU, study from IDC, study from 451, from Ars Logica and an article from CNET. An article from W3 Reports for the CMS Expo. Company overview from BusinessWeek. JAVA CMS roundup from a blog.
Vulnerability report from Secunia.
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How long have you been back? Great to have you back with us anyway!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:05, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Could you undelete the page for the band Funkshone please, as I have more information to add to the article to show the band's significance? ClareGC ( talk) 23:48, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I notice you have deleted the article World Bioenergy Association due to G11 and G12 (Copyright and Promotion) reasons. I am very new to Wikipedia and I really need some help adding this organisation as it is very important in the international bioenergy industry (It is a member of the REN Alliance and attends United Nations meetings. Can you give me some advice on how to ensure the page is not deleted when I add it again? Best { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 19:27, 21 November 2013 (UTC)}
Personally, I wouldn't recommend trying to recreate the page in question. If you absolutely must get a second opinion, try starting over within the confines of articles for creation, where you can work in your own time and ask a more experienced editor to decide whether it meets our criteria for inclusion. Like I said, you need to prove that the group is notable by incorporating multiple credible sources. – Juliancolton | Talk 19:52, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Julian for your explanation, you are correct that I signed up for the sole purpose of creating this article! However I have every intention of continuing to contribute after this page has been created. I created the original article by copying and pasting the 'About Us' page on our website, which I believed was impartial and factual. I have no agenda by creating this article I can assure you as the WBA is a non-profit NGO, as are all the other members of the Renewable Energy Alliance (all of whom have Wiki pages). We work at the highest levels of renewable energy policy including the IPCC, EU, COP, UN etc and our work is referenced by reputable institutions including Cambridge University. Here are some links which might help you understand who the WBA are. http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=agsp&id_article=3326 (United Nations Non Governmental Liason Service) http://www.bioenergy.cam.ac.uk/news/++contextportlets++plone.rightcolumn/bioenergy-news-around-the-world/full_feed (Cambridge University) http://www.bioenergytrade.org/downloads/kent-wba-and-iea-side-event.pdf (Biotrade IEA event briefing) http://ren-alliance.invotech.se/ (REN Alliance website with links to latest United Nations Press Briefing) I think it is important that the WBA is easily found through Wikipedia as the work we do does have important implications on future energy policy. Best { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 02:48, 22 November 2013 (UTC)}
It's ok I understand, however it does suggest in the 'first article' section to be entirely honest about if you are affiliated with the organisation when submitting the article. I have nothing to hide by creating the page as the information contained will be facts regarding the WBA and nothing more. If I sent to you a draft of the page, would you be able to suggest a person who might be able to create it? Is this a possibility? Best { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 14:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)}
Ok, so I have created the page to be checked. I hope this is ok. Thank you for your patience { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 16:50, 22 November 2013 (UTC)}
I read your message left on my talk page. I understand that my reporting probably needs to be more relaxed and less harsh. Thank you for telling me that I needed to be less strict in my patrolling. It seems that my anti-vandal activities have been somewhat lacking as of late. I'll take a break from it and spend some time doing other duties (welcoming users, looking at some of the other noticeboards, RFCs, etc). Admiral Caius ( talk) 18:19, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
I unfortunately did not keep a copy of the four RS refs I found for Light Hawk Wings in order to merge at least some of the content into one or more other articles. Both because I don't read Japanese and because most English RS refs are hidden away only in Internet archival sites, those refs took effort to find (much more effort than if the refs were looked for ten years ago). Is there a way to get them back? VMS Mosaic ( talk) 06:47, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
The nature of the topic (and the name itself) isn't enough ground for protection. Well, there was persistent vandalism, but that was five years ago. Since then, I see such improvements, and we can give IPs a chance to edit constructively. If unprotection is too soon, perhaps either level-one or level-two PC instead? -- George Ho ( talk) 05:46, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
I've requested a move of Lingdian (band) to Lingdian. Since you participated in the AfD for Lingdian, you may be interested in this discussion. -- BDD ( talk) 20:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
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Offensive user name have been, and should be, removed regardless of edits. I understand the requirement for promo names, and Twinkle even mentions that they need to edit to be reported. But it is untenable to suggest that be the case for such offensive names. I will take this up with another admins who typically does the UAA list. EvergreenFir ( talk) 22:14, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I don't think we've interacted before and I'd like a direct appraisal of RfA adminship probability and where to improve if you have the time. You are listed on the RfA page as a willing nominator so I am requesting an evaluation at this point. I don't think my recent activity is long enough as I took time off when my twins were born. Here's the relevant tool box scores. I'd fix the templates if I had edit permission to templates as the rfplinks template has a better counter than the user templates (tparis vs xtools) which are off by a few weeks so ignore the "assign permissions" link. Not substantial difference though.
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Here's pat on the back for closing the Reich AFD. It was a lengthy discussion and strong, passionate arguments were offered on both sides. I appreciate that you did more than just count heads. You looked at the reasoning and came to a very sound conclusion. Good job! JodyB talk 23:39, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
I noticed your closing rationale expresses a statement about the discussion being hijacked, and that you feel that the article may not benefit WIkipedia. Surely that means you should have opined in the discussion rather than close it? May I please request that you revisit the closure? Fiddle Faddle 21:27, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Julian. Regarding this edit, you don't need to put your name in the list. As an admin you have access anyway. There is a bot which takes out admin names. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 04:17, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
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Why is it that if I search for "File:tilde" in the search bar, the first result is unpleasant and unrelated? George8211 what did I break now? 21:26, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
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I'm a bit confused by this closure. While on a purely vote-counting stance there appears to be no consensus, the arguments advanced by the deletion side are so clearly superior that it seems impossible to conclude that the article should remain in place. How much less notable does a subject have to be to get deleted than the existence of no sources beyond a single student paper from India? Jerry Pepsi ( talk) 22:32, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just noticed something called "socks". This guy seems to own 5 accounts illegally, all of which have been filed under a category but no action has been taken. Ethically ( Yours) 16:19, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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I was watching this with interest but got sideswiped with other stuff and didn't have time to participate, but I just wanted to say it was a superb close. I don't get to see that level of measure, logic and adherence to policies very often in difficult AFDs, especially negative BLPs. And I know you guys are almost always unappreciated and maligned as it is because someone invariably is always not happy with the results
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I'm reaching out to you as the admin who relisted the debate. I have already tried talking to the nominating editor, but he appears busy. I am concerned because the article text is a verbatim copy of his entry in the Grove Dictionary of Art, a copyrighted book/scholarly website. I thought about bringing it to WP:CP, but doing so during an AfD listing seemed counterproductive. What is your recommendation? Thanks. -- Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:41, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Notable later restorations include the 17th-century monastery church (1943-4) at Iasi, the church (1963-70) at Cetatea Neamtului, and the monasteries at Moldovita (1966-70) and Horezu (1961-75). He also undertook extensive works at the ancient city of Alba Iulia, restoring the Assembly Hall (1967-8) at the Babilon Barracks, the Orthodox Cathedral (1967-71) and the 13th-century Roman Catholic Cathedral (1967-75).
Hi. I'm wondering if your issues with the nomination have been fixed. Its been at GTC for over three months and has still not gained a consensus yet. GamerPro64 00:24, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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Using an editor’s absence of Featured Article activity in an attempt to disparage their contribution in a discussion that has absolutely nothing to do with content but which has much to do with Administrator’s failing to do the job they were selected for (upholding policy) was inappropriate. Leaky Caldron 17:04, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seraphine maternity as delete. Indeed the vote count favors delete, but I'm confused in that the delete votes almost entirely rested on WP:ONEEVENT and its counterparts which I showed to be inaccurate given coverage for other reasons from the previous year. Puzzlingly, people didn't seem to read that part and continued to claim one event. I was hoping whoever closed it would determine based on the merits of the arguments that it was at least worth a no consensus. --— Rhododendrites talk | 02:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
thanks for trying to fix my signature, but i'm still getting "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags." still scratching my head why. Stormmeteo ( talk) 21:39, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
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I noticed that you tagged the above name as possibly inappropriate. Obviously, as an admin, you could have just blocked. I'm guessing that you tagged to see what they'd say before making a decision. So, if they never reply, what's the plan? I'm asking this to get feedback so I know how to handle these when they sit for a week or so.
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I think what happened there was that I was trying to clear a UAA backlog, and got two different reports mixed up. Another admin already placed the {{UAA|wait}}, but mistakenly I thought the user had already edited, and templatespammed them as a result. I quickly realized my error, but figured it wasn't worth going back and removing the template. It gets a bit muddy when you're dealing with borderline-ish names tied to accounts with no edits (the one in question is most likely vulgar, but there are other possibilities). Normally I would have gone along with the decision to wait for any activity before blocking. More generally, I'm of the opinion that if a potentially problematic name that isn't really hurting anyone goes a week or more without starting to edit, it does more harm than good to block it at that point, and it's best to let it fall through the cracks. As for your notification draft, I think it's a great idea overall. The fourth option seems worded most clearly to me, if that's of any help. Thanks for the message, sorry for the confusion, and keep up the good work. – Juliancolton | Talk 14:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
I've heard of "courtesy blanking" deleting discussions, can that be done with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexis Reich (2nd nomination)? In re-reading it I note she was deemed delusional in the first sentences and I'd rather not have that so easily viewable about her. Sportfan5000 ( talk) 07:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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You closed the list of rape victims from modern history AfD as a speedy delete. As the list's creator, I'd like to respond to several issues:
You read the consensus correctly except for my not being given reasonable time to respond in a nonspeedy case and therefore to attempt to persuade participants and even possibly to widen the discussion group beyond the range of the apparent initiating canvass. Thus, the result could well have been quite the opposite.
I'm interested in knowing of additional editorial criteria that would help to resolve the issue of including some modern nonliving people who should not be included.
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The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the
signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer
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Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.
Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Can you volunteer to be one of the 15 editors? Thanks Secret account 04:27, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
I have just completed my first GA review and you are listed as a mentor for new reviewers. It is a review of Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay) at Talk:Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay)/GA1. Can you advise if it looks OK? Thanks if you can help. Dudley Miles ( talk) 12:56, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2014 February newsletterAnd so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
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Perhaps see this article…in need of creation: [3] Leprof 7272 ( talk) 14:11, 3 June 2014 (UTC) I was going to ask for advice on how to handle this, but I went ahead and did it, and you seem to have given the advice. I appreciate it.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:28, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Rollback permission requestThank you for taking the time to ponder my request. I have taken your comments onboard. DJAMP4444 ( talk) 21:44, 4 June 2014 (UTC) GOCE June 2014 newsletter
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I wake up this morning and check my watchlist. Guess whos name pops up? Low and behold I see this guy lurking around and a tinkerin and flirtin' with these two ladies Elena and Becky. Personally I think Becky might be a bit old for you, but if ya like the older gals - why not? Now being the kinda person that can't walk past a newly washed window without adding my thumb print, ya didn't really expect me to walk past a clean slate without leaving a mark didja? <cackles menacingly> How ya doin' there JC? Good to see ya still around. You can go ahead and delete this once you read it - I'm just messin' with ya'all. :-) — Ched : ? 12:41, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
OK, it might be Chevy's current add slogan, but it could be a mantra for getting back into the USRD swing of things too. Welcome back! Imzadi 1979 → 12:49, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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You, Chamal, Keeper ... this is a very good month so far. Welcome back! :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:14, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Julian, I need some advice. I am thinking about requesting adminship to be able to block users at WP:AIV, help out at WP:RPP, and do some work at WP:3RR. The problem is, I am not sure if any of the Wikipedia community will support my RFA. I am aware that I have a relatively low edit count, and have only been here for a few months. Notwithstanding, I understand all the policies behind administrator actions and I feel that I am capable of handling the responsibility. So my question is: should I give RFA a shot now, or should I wait? If I should wait, how long? Thanks — nerd fighter 21:09, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton (if that is your real name). I am trying to re-create the web page for my father, Pete Cummins. As you deleted in in 2009 for notability reasons, I want to know if I can access the original article, or if you can send me the text so that I can either improve it, or use it to formulate a lawsuit against someone. (joke). http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pete_Cummins You can contact me privately on alias@proalias.com. Have a great Easter, hopefully nobody will delete anybody you care about. p.s. this is my favourite Wikipedia article! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inigo_Montoya (joke) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aliasrob ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
Morning Juliancolton! I'm going to make the reasonable assumption that your name is Julian Colton, please forgive me if this is overly familiar. So I'll address you as Julian from now, if that's ok.
As there was no discussion on the deletion of the article in question (at least none that I'm aware of - if I'm wrong, please point me towards the logs/talk pages?), I'd very much like to know what the proper process is for restoring the article. My feeling is that you are essentially in a somewhat Kafkaesque position of power in this particular instance, so I shall have to either continue asking you nicely, or appeal to other admins. I'd prefer not to get into that, so if you could just provide me with the last edit of the deleted article, I'll do a rewrite and ensure that it passes notability and general quality criteria.
Yours Sincerely etc. Aliasrob ( talk) 11:41, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's
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Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with
WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist
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Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.
A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) J Milburn ( talk) 22:52, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with
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The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.
A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 16:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm currently undergoing a few local renames and the only one that'd being held up in on Commons. The request is here. See my user talk page on en.wiki here for details. If you have a few mins it'd be greatly appreciated! :) · Salvidrim!· ✉ 12:40, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading. Aldrasto11 ( talk) 11:14, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm Leoesb1032 and one day I hope to be an administrator for the English Wikipedia. I noticed that all of your nominations in past year and 1/2 have been successful and you yourself are an admin. I have only been only Wikipedia for a little shorter than 2 months and obviously I need more time to get a successful nomination, but I wanted to ask you what the best thing is to do to show the community of Wikipedia that you are ready to be nominated for adminship. Thanks. Leoesb1032 ( talk) 20:27, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm looking for outlines embedded in articles.
I've run across a number of these over the years. One example is the Outline of fencing, which used to be part of the fencing article.
If you know about or spot any structured general topics lists in articles, please let me know (on my talk page).
Another thing you might find are articles that are comprised mostly of lists (without "List of" in the title). If you come across any of these, please report them to me on my talk page. I'd sure like to take a look at them.
Happy hunting.
I look forward to "hearing" from you (on my talk page). Sincerely, The Transhumanist 07:28, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Talk:Tropical Storm Julio (2008)/Comments, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Tropical Storm Julio (2008)/Comments and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Talk:Tropical Storm Julio (2008)/Comments during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kumioko ( talk) 03:05, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
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We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.
Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note.
Figureskatingfan (
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topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition:
Ealdgyth (
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Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article
Battle of Hastings. Good articles
James Chadwick and
Stanislaw Ulam netted
Hawkeye7 (
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Piotrus (
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Władysław Sikorski and
Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example,
Casliber (
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Boletus luridus.
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Hi there. I would very much appreciate it if you could spend ~2 minutes and take a short survey - a project trying to understand why the most active Wikipedia contributors (such as yourself) may reduce their activity, or retire. I sent you an email with details, if you did not get it please send me a wikiemail, so that I can send you an email with the survey questions. I would very much appreciate your cooperation, as you are among the most active Wikipedia editors who show a pattern of reduced activity, and thus your response would be extremely valuable. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:48, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi,thanks for the heads-up on that; I'll wish you good luck with those and leave them to you. Again, thanks.
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In 2009 you deleted an article with this title. Was it about a search engine by a French commercial SME Linternweb? (and if so, is there a hidden archive of it somewhere?
There a stub article in Spanish plus an external search option alongside google etc.).There is also a deleted article in the French Wikipedia. I found this self-published [ http://blog.wikiwix.com/2011/07/08/linterweb-charge-par-la-wikipedia-roumanophone-de-larchivage-des-liens-externes/ 8 juillet 2011: Linterweb chargé par la Wikipédia roumanophone de l’archivage des liens externes]
The main search engine is here wikiwix.com and it offers My Wikiwix whose blurb is:
If it has survived this long, maybe it is worth resurrecting? Your advice please? Talkback policy noted so, Special:EmailUser/Timpo, Saludos et regards, Timpo ( talk) 14:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
Hard to believe, too; seems like yesterday that your name was everywhere.
Glad to see you around again. :-) Kurtis (talk) 20:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's
Sasata (
submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's
Sturmvogel_66 (
submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today,
Miyagawa (
submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and
Cwmhiraeth (
submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA
koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA
sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the
Norman conquest of England by
Ealdgyth (
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Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics
Hans Bethe, and the noted
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by
Piotrus (
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It seems I have a stalker! Good to see you editing again, dude. ceran thor 06:03, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for closing the RfA. Please don't revert my addendum that I posted just after the RfA was closed because I'd like for that clarification to stand (also, I didn't know you had closed it when I pressed the save button). Happy editing and thanks for your support, AutomaticStrikeout ? 15:49, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, As I have some spare time available over the next few days, I thought I'd ask if you have made any progress on creating these two pages or would you be happy for me to make a start on them ? No problem, either way. Hope all is well. 14GTR ( talk) 13:22, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
OK - that 1859 page looks rather good; I'll make a start on 1858. 14GTR ( talk) 08:53, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
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This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final:
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Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.
This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.
Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 06:08, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
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In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion.
Cwmhiraeth (
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Sasata (
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The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.
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An editor has asked for a deletion review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (disambiguation). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. George Ho ( talk) 01:23, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
I think you did a pretty poor job on closing that AFD, that should have been relisted for further discussion and I strongly believe that two of the editors there were sock puppets [ [1]] Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 04:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I agree that there is a consensus to merge these pages, but I see no clear consensus as to the merge target. Since this is still an open question being discussed on the article talk page, I would appreciate your close reflecting this state of affairs. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:10, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello there, I believe you deleted the page 4 years ago but I thought it would be a good idea to recreate the page since the company has grown in 4 years. I have also contacted Jayjg but he seems to be away for 10 days now. The more, the merrier :)
I found references that should comply with Wikipedia's notability and sources reliability guidelines. Let me know what you think :)
CMS Wire, and here. A study from KSU, study from IDC, study from 451, from Ars Logica and an article from CNET. An article from W3 Reports for the CMS Expo. Company overview from BusinessWeek. JAVA CMS roundup from a blog.
Vulnerability report from Secunia.
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Hi Juliancolton- I applied a more radical crop to bring the image into a landscape format (I agree, the square was not right). It may still not be right for FP... Thanks- Godot13 ( talk) 05:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Technology. I responded there. Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 04:47, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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How long have you been back? Great to have you back with us anyway!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:05, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Could you undelete the page for the band Funkshone please, as I have more information to add to the article to show the band's significance? ClareGC ( talk) 23:48, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Funkshone. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ClareGC ( talk) 16:12, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I notice you have deleted the article World Bioenergy Association due to G11 and G12 (Copyright and Promotion) reasons. I am very new to Wikipedia and I really need some help adding this organisation as it is very important in the international bioenergy industry (It is a member of the REN Alliance and attends United Nations meetings. Can you give me some advice on how to ensure the page is not deleted when I add it again? Best { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 19:27, 21 November 2013 (UTC)}
Personally, I wouldn't recommend trying to recreate the page in question. If you absolutely must get a second opinion, try starting over within the confines of articles for creation, where you can work in your own time and ask a more experienced editor to decide whether it meets our criteria for inclusion. Like I said, you need to prove that the group is notable by incorporating multiple credible sources. – Juliancolton | Talk 19:52, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Julian for your explanation, you are correct that I signed up for the sole purpose of creating this article! However I have every intention of continuing to contribute after this page has been created. I created the original article by copying and pasting the 'About Us' page on our website, which I believed was impartial and factual. I have no agenda by creating this article I can assure you as the WBA is a non-profit NGO, as are all the other members of the Renewable Energy Alliance (all of whom have Wiki pages). We work at the highest levels of renewable energy policy including the IPCC, EU, COP, UN etc and our work is referenced by reputable institutions including Cambridge University. Here are some links which might help you understand who the WBA are. http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=agsp&id_article=3326 (United Nations Non Governmental Liason Service) http://www.bioenergy.cam.ac.uk/news/++contextportlets++plone.rightcolumn/bioenergy-news-around-the-world/full_feed (Cambridge University) http://www.bioenergytrade.org/downloads/kent-wba-and-iea-side-event.pdf (Biotrade IEA event briefing) http://ren-alliance.invotech.se/ (REN Alliance website with links to latest United Nations Press Briefing) I think it is important that the WBA is easily found through Wikipedia as the work we do does have important implications on future energy policy. Best { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 02:48, 22 November 2013 (UTC)}
It's ok I understand, however it does suggest in the 'first article' section to be entirely honest about if you are affiliated with the organisation when submitting the article. I have nothing to hide by creating the page as the information contained will be facts regarding the WBA and nothing more. If I sent to you a draft of the page, would you be able to suggest a person who might be able to create it? Is this a possibility? Best { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 14:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)}
Ok, so I have created the page to be checked. I hope this is ok. Thank you for your patience { AndrewEPotter ( talk) 16:50, 22 November 2013 (UTC)}
I read your message left on my talk page. I understand that my reporting probably needs to be more relaxed and less harsh. Thank you for telling me that I needed to be less strict in my patrolling. It seems that my anti-vandal activities have been somewhat lacking as of late. I'll take a break from it and spend some time doing other duties (welcoming users, looking at some of the other noticeboards, RFCs, etc). Admiral Caius ( talk) 18:19, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
I unfortunately did not keep a copy of the four RS refs I found for Light Hawk Wings in order to merge at least some of the content into one or more other articles. Both because I don't read Japanese and because most English RS refs are hidden away only in Internet archival sites, those refs took effort to find (much more effort than if the refs were looked for ten years ago). Is there a way to get them back? VMS Mosaic ( talk) 06:47, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
The nature of the topic (and the name itself) isn't enough ground for protection. Well, there was persistent vandalism, but that was five years ago. Since then, I see such improvements, and we can give IPs a chance to edit constructively. If unprotection is too soon, perhaps either level-one or level-two PC instead? -- George Ho ( talk) 05:46, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
I've requested a move of Lingdian (band) to Lingdian. Since you participated in the AfD for Lingdian, you may be interested in this discussion. -- BDD ( talk) 20:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
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Offensive user name have been, and should be, removed regardless of edits. I understand the requirement for promo names, and Twinkle even mentions that they need to edit to be reported. But it is untenable to suggest that be the case for such offensive names. I will take this up with another admins who typically does the UAA list. EvergreenFir ( talk) 22:14, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, I don't think we've interacted before and I'd like a direct appraisal of RfA adminship probability and where to improve if you have the time. You are listed on the RfA page as a willing nominator so I am requesting an evaluation at this point. I don't think my recent activity is long enough as I took time off when my twins were born. Here's the relevant tool box scores. I'd fix the templates if I had edit permission to templates as the rfplinks template has a better counter than the user templates (tparis vs xtools) which are off by a few weeks so ignore the "assign permissions" link. Not substantial difference though.
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Thanks in advance if you have the time. -- DHeyward ( talk) 16:16, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Here's pat on the back for closing the Reich AFD. It was a lengthy discussion and strong, passionate arguments were offered on both sides. I appreciate that you did more than just count heads. You looked at the reasoning and came to a very sound conclusion. Good job! JodyB talk 23:39, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
I noticed your closing rationale expresses a statement about the discussion being hijacked, and that you feel that the article may not benefit WIkipedia. Surely that means you should have opined in the discussion rather than close it? May I please request that you revisit the closure? Fiddle Faddle 21:27, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Julian. Regarding this edit, you don't need to put your name in the list. As an admin you have access anyway. There is a bot which takes out admin names. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 04:17, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
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Why is it that if I search for "File:tilde" in the search bar, the first result is unpleasant and unrelated? George8211 what did I break now? 21:26, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
The article
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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Vedontakal Vrop. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Whpq ( talk) 11:18, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused by this closure. While on a purely vote-counting stance there appears to be no consensus, the arguments advanced by the deletion side are so clearly superior that it seems impossible to conclude that the article should remain in place. How much less notable does a subject have to be to get deleted than the existence of no sources beyond a single student paper from India? Jerry Pepsi ( talk) 22:32, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just noticed something called "socks". This guy seems to own 5 accounts illegally, all of which have been filed under a category but no action has been taken. Ethically ( Yours) 16:19, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
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The article
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I was watching this with interest but got sideswiped with other stuff and didn't have time to participate, but I just wanted to say it was a superb close. I don't get to see that level of measure, logic and adherence to policies very often in difficult AFDs, especially negative BLPs. And I know you guys are almost always unappreciated and maligned as it is because someone invariably is always not happy with the results
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I'm reaching out to you as the admin who relisted the debate. I have already tried talking to the nominating editor, but he appears busy. I am concerned because the article text is a verbatim copy of his entry in the Grove Dictionary of Art, a copyrighted book/scholarly website. I thought about bringing it to WP:CP, but doing so during an AfD listing seemed counterproductive. What is your recommendation? Thanks. -- Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:41, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Notable later restorations include the 17th-century monastery church (1943-4) at Iasi, the church (1963-70) at Cetatea Neamtului, and the monasteries at Moldovita (1966-70) and Horezu (1961-75). He also undertook extensive works at the ancient city of Alba Iulia, restoring the Assembly Hall (1967-8) at the Babilon Barracks, the Orthodox Cathedral (1967-71) and the 13th-century Roman Catholic Cathedral (1967-75).
Hi. I'm wondering if your issues with the nomination have been fixed. Its been at GTC for over three months and has still not gained a consensus yet. GamerPro64 00:24, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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Using an editor’s absence of Featured Article activity in an attempt to disparage their contribution in a discussion that has absolutely nothing to do with content but which has much to do with Administrator’s failing to do the job they were selected for (upholding policy) was inappropriate. Leaky Caldron 17:04, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I saw you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seraphine maternity as delete. Indeed the vote count favors delete, but I'm confused in that the delete votes almost entirely rested on WP:ONEEVENT and its counterparts which I showed to be inaccurate given coverage for other reasons from the previous year. Puzzlingly, people didn't seem to read that part and continued to claim one event. I was hoping whoever closed it would determine based on the merits of the arguments that it was at least worth a no consensus. --— Rhododendrites talk | 02:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
thanks for trying to fix my signature, but i'm still getting "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags." still scratching my head why. Stormmeteo ( talk) 21:39, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
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I noticed that you tagged the above name as possibly inappropriate. Obviously, as an admin, you could have just blocked. I'm guessing that you tagged to see what they'd say before making a decision. So, if they never reply, what's the plan? I'm asking this to get feedback so I know how to handle these when they sit for a week or so.
Also, on ones that seem okay, when removing the category, I'm thinking of dropping a note to let the tagger and the user know that it's resolved. Please feel free to comment or modify: User:Anna Frodesiak/White sandbox
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I think what happened there was that I was trying to clear a UAA backlog, and got two different reports mixed up. Another admin already placed the {{UAA|wait}}, but mistakenly I thought the user had already edited, and templatespammed them as a result. I quickly realized my error, but figured it wasn't worth going back and removing the template. It gets a bit muddy when you're dealing with borderline-ish names tied to accounts with no edits (the one in question is most likely vulgar, but there are other possibilities). Normally I would have gone along with the decision to wait for any activity before blocking. More generally, I'm of the opinion that if a potentially problematic name that isn't really hurting anyone goes a week or more without starting to edit, it does more harm than good to block it at that point, and it's best to let it fall through the cracks. As for your notification draft, I think it's a great idea overall. The fourth option seems worded most clearly to me, if that's of any help. Thanks for the message, sorry for the confusion, and keep up the good work. – Juliancolton | Talk 14:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
I've heard of "courtesy blanking" deleting discussions, can that be done with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexis Reich (2nd nomination)? In re-reading it I note she was deemed delusional in the first sentences and I'd rather not have that so easily viewable about her. Sportfan5000 ( talk) 07:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Juliancolton, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn ( talk · contribs), The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 17:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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You closed the list of rape victims from modern history AfD as a speedy delete. As the list's creator, I'd like to respond to several issues:
You read the consensus correctly except for my not being given reasonable time to respond in a nonspeedy case and therefore to attempt to persuade participants and even possibly to widen the discussion group beyond the range of the apparent initiating canvass. Thus, the result could well have been quite the opposite.
I'm interested in knowing of additional editorial criteria that would help to resolve the issue of including some modern nonliving people who should not be included.
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I have just completed my first GA review and you are listed as a mentor for new reviewers. It is a review of Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay) at Talk:Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay)/GA1. Can you advise if it looks OK? Thanks if you can help. Dudley Miles ( talk) 12:56, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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