Hello ThaddeusB, 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) 17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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Left a message at TheRamblingMan just to let him know that his latest post on Monica Spear was kind of beneath him as an experienced user. [1]. Regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 01:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 15 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Patrick Meek, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that speed skater Patrick Meek qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics despite not being able to "really see anything"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Patrick Meek. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Thaddeus- I'm working with Neelix to fix/resolve the name of the article per the most recent entry on my talk page. Thanks.- Godot13 ( talk) 20:11, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 22 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Ringsred, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympic speed skater Anna Ringsred used to be afraid of racing, calling competition "scary and nerve-racking"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Ringsred. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi, FYI I fixed this [2]. The shortcut is {{ abot}} (which I didn't even know about until now), not {{ abottom}}. Best, vzaak 16:29, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
For some reason teh CAR posting is not showing up in the ITN box on themain page. Cant figure it out.( Lihaas ( talk) 17:54, 24 January 2014 (UTC)).
Dear ThaddeusB,
Thank you for your recent adjudication of an ANI filed by user HathaYogin. HathaYogin was recently confirmed to be a sockpuppet at an subsequent SP/I I filed. This user was subsequently blocked indefinitely. However, the patrolling admins did not address the allegation of meatpuppetry--though it was recognized that HathaYogin was an obvious puppet--and closed the SP/I in a rush.
I recognize the walls of text may be somewhat jarring, but I did attempt later to format it in a more accessible manner. The prime suspect for meatpuppetry has returned to reverting at the original page Dharmachakra, but to avoid continuing an edit war (with predictable consequences) I thought it best to seek your counsel. I should note that well after the SP/I was filed (and long after our revert clash ended) this user filed a bad faith stale edit war ANI against me (though I was able to slip in diffs proving his complicity in time)--we both got blocked (as you will see on my talk page). The blocking admin later commented and closed our SP/I.
The DRN I filed was apparently closed because the other user had opened an RSN a few days before (but there was no resolution there). Since I had nowhere else to turn for advice, I thought I should ask you. Please let me know what you recommend. Thank you for your time. Best Regards, Devanampriya ( talk) 00:38, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
The new constitution was signated by president -- Panam2014 ( talk) 07:24, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
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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
Godot13 (
submissions), whose set of
14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
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.
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The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
Please accept this belated barnstar. Thanks for your tireless contributions to the DYK project and Wikipedia in general! Zanhe ( talk) 01:55, 2 February 2014 (UTC) |
Great work expanding this article, are you going to take it to DYK? ben moore 13:09, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sugar Todd, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympian Sugar Todd (pictured) convinced her parents to move from Nebraska to Wisconsin when she was nine to further her speed skating career? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sugar Todd. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:02, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, Cambalachero has come up with two new hooks for this article. Might you take a look at them and see if one of them is interesting enough and sourced enough to deserve a tick? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 23:57, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
I am contacting you today as one of the users listed at User:Secret/recall. In case you were not aware, Secret has once again resigned his admin status and is once again about to ask for it back. I am concerned that this behavior constitutes the sort of erratic behavior that this recall mechanism was designed to deal with and am asking all other users listed there to add their opinion at the talk page of the recall subpage. Beeblebrox ( talk) 00:15, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Emery Lehman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Emery Lehman shaved seven seconds off his personal best to qualify for the 10,000-meter speed skating race at the 2014 Winter Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emery Lehman. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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An addition has been made to a report in regards to the Olympics LGBT controversy issue that you were involved with: [3] Lihaas ( talk) 14:25, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddy Alvarez, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympic speed skater Eddy Alvarez underwent knee surgery in 2012 that left him too weak to navigate stairs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eddy Alvarez. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 10 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Emily Scott (speed skater), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympian Emily Scott was preparing to apply for food stamps when a USA Today article about her brought in over $48,000 in donations, allowing her to continue training? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emily Scott (speed skater). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 10 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chris Creveling, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympian Chris Creveling is a former World Champion inline skater? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Creveling. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 14:18, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eva Ganster, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that ski jumper Eva Ganster (pictured) pre-jumped at the 1994 Olympics, twenty years before ski jumping became an Olympic sport for women this year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eva Ganster. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 15:03, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jonathan Garcia, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that speed skater Jonathan Garcia (pictured) qualified for his first Olympics, was disqualified, and qualified again in a different event, all within 48 hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jonathan Garcia. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 07:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 13 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kelly Gunther, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that speed skater Kelly Gunther overcame an accident that nearly severed her foot to make the 2014 Winter Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kelly Gunther. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jessica Smith (speed skater), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that short track speed skater Jessica Smith qualified for the 2014 Olympics despite not training with the national team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Smith (speed skater). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your article Victuallers ( talk) 07:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 21 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kyle Carr, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that short track speed skater Kyle Carr plans to retire after the Olympics, saying, "I'd love to speedskate forever, but it doesn't pay the bills"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kyle Carr. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
And 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:
Other competitors of note include:
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"In the case of a new, event-specific article, the traditional cut-off for what is enough has been around three complete, referenced and well-formed paragraphs. " If another admin does something you don't like, attempt to discuss it before reverting them. Okay? Jehochman Talk 04:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Thaddeus, well done on the new article 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony. I have added it to Template:Did you know nominations/Millie Knight as a joint nomination for Did you know; is that OK or do you want a separate nom? Thanks, Mat ty. 007 08:22, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
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Right on! Appreciate the nod. Wikiuser100 ( talk) 02:30, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 March 2014, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2014 Oso mudslide, which you recently nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. |
-- The Rambling Man ( talk) 07:17, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
That was an accident. The dangers of surfing my watch list on a Kindle. – Muboshgu ( talk) 01:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your additions to Kakuryu's article and to the sumo work page. We could always use some new blood. There was quite a frenzy of work on sumo some years back but it has dwindled down to a few workhorses. FourTildes ( talk) 01:24, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
I am sure you know I am not an asswhole who tries to oppose people just for the sake of opposing. All I am asking for is, please explain this nom as if to your grandmother, who knows what an IPO is abstractly, but has never even seen a first-person shooter, and has no idea what a "social game" is. If you can explain that (on ITN, not here, I won't be watching) you will have my happy support. μηδείς ( talk) 03:04, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chorisodontium aciphyllum, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the moss species Chorisodontium aciphyllum can survive for more than 1,500 years frozen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chorisodontium aciphyllum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 08:03, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
I didn't do anything wrong dude, I fixed a grammar error, why did you send me the standard welcome to wikpedia your contribution sucks bulletin. #whatever_F_you_overzealous_wiki_editors 50.80.150.128 ( talk) 04:13, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2014, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Iwao Hakamada, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. |
-- Spencer T♦ C 16:45, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
there is a slight syntax error in the ITN update (the word new). maybe you could also add the image File:Jens Stoltenberg.jpg? Bjerrebæk ( talk) 16:19, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi ThaddeusB! I very much appreciate your ongoing efforts for ITN. Could you add this piece there?
Thank you and have a great weekend! :) -- Horst-schlaemma ( talk) 19:57, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Pyjamas. Not "pajamas". Look it up. Charles G. Hart ( talk) 00:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer
Godot13 (
submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for
Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist
Adam Cuerden (
submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from
Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured
Japanese battleship Nagato.
Cliftonian (
submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article
Ian Smith.
With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article 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) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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I like cups of tea Bwaahofjapan ( talk) 13:42, 1 April 2014 (UTC) |
💎Diamond Awards #2 This 💻 goes to ThaddeusB!
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Hello ThaddeusB. I have noticed you have been active on wikipedia, yet have not completed your review of Cryolophosaurus, even after all the current comments have been fixed. Could you now come back to the review? Thanks, - IJReid ( talk) 13:52, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
I have started a discussion that may interest you at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#WP:BOLDTITLE and election articles. Anomalocaris ( talk) 08:25, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there- this is just a quick note to apologise for a small but important mistake in the last WikiCup newsletter; it is not 64 users who will progress to the next round, but 32. J Milburn ( talk) 18:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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I am going to redo the intro section of Enceladus, you had said earlier on its talk page one shouldn't worry about sources in the leadoff, if it is covered in the article. How much can I do that? Reedman72 20:39, 4 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reedman72 ( talk • contribs)
Hi there. Yes I do, I will be uploading them soon. I need to sort through them first. I'll let you know once they make it to Commons. -- KTC ( talk) 15:45, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
This is interesting. I used it as a template, but all the text was my own. Not sure the attribution is required at all. Perhaps a rev del of the first sandbox variant is appropriate? If not, this is a permanently confusing link to something which has no relevance at all. What do you think? The Rambling Man ( talk) 18:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Methanosarcina, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the single-celled Methanosarcina (Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro pictured) may have played a significant role in both the evolution of early life and the worst extinction event in history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Methanosarcina. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thanks from → Call me Hahc 21) 16:02, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Indeed, the previous DYK assortment was 111 bytes smaller, with fewer hooks wrapping to a second line under typical settings. — David Levy 19:14, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
What's relevant would obviously be the percentage of users. Americans make up far more than 5% of the users. But this user is trolling you, and you are wasting your time with arguments. μηδείς ( talk) 02:59, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
WP:DNFTT... Let him hang in the wind with no responses to his bullshit. By engaging him in open debate, you just give him more opportunity to add additional lines of text to his silly arguments. If you don't respond to him, he can't say anything else himself. -- Jayron 32 03:11, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
... :D You guys... 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 04:12, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
I dont know if im doing this right, but do you want the china thing?
Its gotta be more interesting to you than the awards thing.
I dont know how to edit wikipedia articles anyways, so its kind of pointless me nominating stuff. Its all yours if you want it, and if you honestly think the awards thing is more important, then i guess well get that. Im going to go watch some "mobsters" on my laptop.
Have a good one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 03:53, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
lol, il make the whole world hate me, believe me, but no, of course il do my best to be cordial and polite.
Its just, one must express ones opinion, and sometimes people are invested in things that emotionally contradict hearing it!
I concede you seem like a smart and worldly fellow. Fact is though, much as a enjoy the debate, i am woefully under qualified on wikipedia, as i cant just work on stories.
Take the china thing or the vagina thing if you want. they are both yours to do what you will.
And just to give you an idea, my one claim to fame on wikipedia was going toe to toe over the Ye Shiwen, swimmer thing, with a load of you bastards, when you were all trying to say she was on drugs. (!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ye_Shiwen
Again and again, butthurt posters were trying to shoe horn some kind of nasty comment insinuating drug use on the basis of media speculation, that gave undue weight to a tiny portion of western gossip, and a whole load of what we would call waffle.
Now maybe she was on drugs and maybe she wasnt, but i saw no reason based on accuracy or demonstrable proof, that meant a teenage gold medal winner should wake up reading how she was a drugs cheat on wikipedia.
Outside of that little war, i dont edit articles so im really not in a position to be working on anything other than noms.
No hard feelings. I do enjoy the debate. Take which ever story you will enjoy, and give us a shout if you do take one, so I can see it.
Take care man. have a good evening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 03:53, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
LOL. yeah, i just didnt want her waking up the next day, reading wikipedia and finding out she was a drugs cheat. innocent until proven guilty. im still somewhat annoyed that the article has subsequently found new and ingenious ways to shoe horn the word allegations into a biography on a clean athletes career, but at least it got blitzed a bunch of times and looks petty and silly now. trading on the word allegations to manufacture a bad name based on performance success and sour grapes is pathetic.
Even now i think that wikipedia article falls short both on accuracy and standards. The war was won over that episode, over those few weeks of olympic action though. As for them acting that way because she was chinese. I have a friend who got jumped one time. I asked him if they did it because you are black. He said no. They did it because they are racist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 11:32, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the initiative to create an article suitable for the "Lab grown Vagina implant" news story!
Balaenoptera musculus ( talk) 20:14, 12 April 2014 (UTC) |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27007884
A massive forest fire has turned a chilean city into a disaster zone. 2 killed. 500 homes evacuated.
Its been reported by me on ITN and separately on current affairs, already.
Unsure if accessible for article, but the pictures are incredible.
These scenes from the report look like something out of an apocalypse. I have thought about muddling through an article, but story needs someone who will do it justice. Feel free to ignore, obviously, but do click the BBC link and see what you think.
Thank you. 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 10:31, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Not sure who to reach out to over here, but I know your an admin. I came across this User:CroArhiva, which talks of a "joint military offensive" during "between 25 and 29 July 2014" (Note- todays date is 13 April 2014). There may be some security concern there too (and why hes posted it here I have no idea). May want to look at it...( and at stealth..). Look at the infobox for his belligereants... Lihaas ( talk) 17:48, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Lol you and your MPs! MP's arent really considered celebrities in the UK, but its ok. It works.
Can we not have sadly for the guy who died? I know its wikipedia, but theres gotta be a way to inject some note of misfortune among the cheer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 01:52, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm not particularly familiar with golf (or sports in general), so please bear with me.
Is there another golf event with the name "
Masters Tournament" or similar? Our article indicates that it's sometimes called "The US Masters" and links to
Master#Sport (where several major sporting events designated "Masters" are mentioned), but I see no other
golf-related entry on that list. Thanks! —
David Levy
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Your Blood Moon Prophecy + April 2014 lunar eclipse hook surpassed all other all-time record hooks! See WP:DYKSTATS. Best, Yoninah ( talk) 23:40, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Please post the article now. There is no opposition, so your doing the honors would not be a conflict of inteterest (as there is no conflict) and unanimous consensus is early posting is warranted. Also, the blurb can simply stay in the present, as that covers the immediate future. μηδείς ( talk) 01:53, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
I started an ANI about user IP77 from ITN. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion. Andise1 ( talk) 01:56, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for the discussing at human cloning. that was the first time i have interacted with editors who work on, and think, WP's front page. for me it was kind of disconcerting. i work mostly on health-related issues, along with ag stuff (GMOs) and in general in those fields, anything that appears in the popular media is very likely to be inappropriate for inclusion in WP because it is uncertain whether what is being reported is reliable information. Things take time to understand and weigh, in the biomedical sciences (not by us editors, who do not do this kind of weighing, but by other scientists in the field) and we source as much as we can from 2ndary sources - reviews - which are never big news items. it is scholarly slow work. Short story - other editors and I spend a ton of time fighting off hype-ish content that people want to push into the encyclopedia - especially people who are Advocates for X or Y and some news story comes out that inflames them. To me as a wikipedia editor, "news of the day" is my enemy! It brings little that is relevant, and lots of distraction from building durable, npov, reliable content. I hope that makes some sense of where I am come from, in my work here. So... how things look from your perspective! You and others actually work the front page, and the "in the news" section. And as happened with the ACT study, you actually go to articles that will get attention via INT and get them ready to receive attention. This is so, dramatically opposed to how I think about my work here and I am just struck by how different it is. I am interested to hear, if you want to take time to say, (and please don't be insulted - I am asking a real question to learn as much as i can) - how you think about your work on ITN - and the pre-publication work on target articles - in light of Wikipedia being an encyclopedia, and not a newspaper.... you seem to be a thinker and i am hoping you have a way you articulate this. a new discourse about WP for me. Thanks! Jytdog ( talk) 19:58, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I was wondering what the purpose of that was? Is it to block people determinesd to violate or was it to get consensus on how to change as an editor? Per the latter can you do one on yourself. Lihaas ( talk) 03:57, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Can you have a look at the deletion discussion for the People's Republic of Odessa. Notable that this involved User_talk:Ymblanter#People's Republic of Odessa. Seems to have been a partisan move. At least deletion discussion should last 7 days.
Hi, ThaddeusB.
It's been a little while since you commented over at Talk:GISHWHES/GA1. I've attempted to resolve all your concerns. Please let me know if you have any more or if you feel the article now meets the Good Article criteria. Many thanks, BobAmnertiopsis ∴ ChatMe! 18:57, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, I was wondering what was left to be done on this nomination. Your last comment doesn't include an icon, tick or otherwise, so I'm assuming there's more needed. Can you indicate the current status of the review with an appropriate icon and comment? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 02:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Thaddeus, Could you please keep an eye out on the edits to this page by E. Manatee? Some of these are admittedly improvements, but the last edit introduced so many errors, misspellings, removals of important "the"s, US spellings etc, that I've reverted the entire edit, which is not ideal. Thanks, Ericoides ( talk) 04:47, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 05:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Thaddeus. Considering the state of the article as of this edit will you please post it? Note references for the material in the chart re in the left column, not attached to the prose in each section. The section which had been moved out of the chart, then marked unreferenced had indeed been referenced in the chart, but that is moot. The text requirement was met last night and is far exceeded now. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 16:41, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, I was hoping you'd be willing to revisit your review of this nomination now that the QPQ has been supplied and Launchballer says he has addressed the other issues. If not, please let me know and I'll call for a new reviewer. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 22:34, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Greetings,
I removed the orange tags on
Mohammed Badie's article because one of the issues appears to have been already addressed. The other was there for too long and because it is unclear why it still remains. Another editor did the same on
Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present). About the proposal to create a new article for the mass trials: I am currently very busy in life and i'm afraid I won't be doing much about this, so do you know someone who is up for the task?
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ThaddeusB, if you're still around and filling preps, I've just approved this one, which you had asked about earlier. Since I have approved it, I can't promote it, and this looks like it would fit nicely into Prep 3. BlueMoonset ( talk) 04:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 5 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tetrophthalmi, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that four-eyed harvestmen known as Tetrophthalmi once roamed the Earth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tetrophthalmi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:47, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Just an FYI that I tweaked the hook on the DYK nom for Art Sherman, thanks for including me on it! I also did a run through the article, you are doing terrific work there! It's such a great story, isn't it? #Chromie ! Montanabw (talk) 02:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I've fixed your concerns at Template:Did you know nominations/Onward, Christian Pilgrims. The C of E God Save the Queen! ( talk) 07:57, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I was inspired by you to look deeper into sources for User:I am One of Many/Cassey Ho. I found six more sources that I think when taken with the rest clearly establish notability as a social media entrepreneur. She has been used in two "How To" book on social media as an example of how to use it for success. I think I should run this by User:Drmies too because he was kind enough to userfy the article for me. Also, if I happen to end back up in AfD with this, I want it to be a pretty clear Keep. Thanks again for you encouragement. I am One of Many ( talk) 23:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Why are you so determined to have a longer discussion of the blood moon nonsense in April 2014 lunar eclipse? It's a fringe belief, even among the apocalypse believing fringe of the fundamentalist fringe of Christianity. There's no credible evidence of significant belief, people have not been selling up and appearing on a mountain top like they did with the last lot of rapture prophecies. I'm at a loss to understand why we would big this up. Guy ( Help!) 13:35, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I was wondering if you wanted to do a Good Article review exchange. I would like Alfred V. Verville to be reviewed and I see you need April 2014 lunar eclipse to be reviewed. Agreed? Nasa-verve ( talk) 20:22, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Dear Thaddeus, just a quick note to apologise for disparaging your comments on the Main Page talk. I understood the IP was saying that 'first' was of less certainty than 'first ever' and that you were supporting that by saying it is an ENGVAR matter. I now realise that you were in fact referring to the OP's assertion regarding skepticism. (For what it's worth, I think that is more of a context issue. If I tried to sell you the 'First ever' drug to cure every ailment known to man, you'd be far more skeptical than if I said Neil Armstrong was the first ever man to walk on the moon.) Anyway, I know that whatever egg I cast at you has hit me between the eyes. So if you will excuse me, I will go away and try to figure out why I butted into a 2-day old conversation in the first place. Athomeinkobe ( talk) 23:13, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
I noticed your comments on "Blood Moon Prophecy" and thought you might be prepared to take a look at the Interpretations section on the Mazzaroth Talk page and provide some input. There seem to be two areas of dispute: (1) Is it appropritae to include an Interpretation section in the article (2) What sources are acceptable. The other editor has raised it 3 times on the fringe noticeboard without any response. Rev107 ( talk) 04:21, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for closing the controversial Jews and Communism AfD before the debates concerning it got out of hand. I think you made the right decision Drowninginlimbo ( talk) 17:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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![]() | On 17 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Art Sherman, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, with his first entrant, California Chrome, 77-year-old Art Sherman became the oldest horse trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Art Sherman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:18, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, it's been over two weeks since you last stopped by here. At the moment, what's stopping this from progressing is the final two QPQs. Please supply them as soon as possible; this could be closed by someone at any time, and I'd hate for that to happen. Do you think you can finish them before next weekend? Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:49, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey ThaddeusB, would you care to take a glance at California Chrome for me? I just added more material to the article and am at that too-bleary-eyed-to-see-my own typos stage. Feel free to make any minor tweaks, post any comments about bigger stuff on the article talk page, and if you move anything, be SUPER careful that the source goes with it, this is a GA. Many thanks! Montanabw (talk) 21:30, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
[5] I thought about this when I added the FA Cup; we'll now have to look at the Premier League for another week making it rather stale at the end. I'm not sure anyone would have cared that the FA Cup wouldn't have been there for a complete cycle. Step hen 23:10, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for looking at it—I had assumed it had aged out! -- DanielPenfield ( talk) 07:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
By creating the new category - but saying that nothing could be put in it until subcategories were created, but saying that everything must be removed from Category:Pseudoscientists immediately, you have effectively blown up all the work put into categorization before letting it be rebuilt from the rubble.
It is almost impossible to find out what used to be in a category, so slow, careful guidance is needed if you wish to not throw out years of categorization work. You did not do this in your closing decision
A sensible way would have been either to leave the category in place during the recategorization, or keep a list of pages to be categorized. Now? Information has been lost that will have to be ereconstructed. Please behave in a more sensible manner in future. I agree recategorization is reasonable, but there was no reason whatsoever to do it in a manner that basically deleted the work needed to find pages tat should be categorized into the new tree. Hell, they could have been auto-moved into the container category temporarily with a deadline to recategorize. That the most destructive abnd stupid option - to blow the category up and start over - was taken shows a severe lack of judgement.
I don't think there was any malice here, but you need to be far more careful in future. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 22:44, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I wanted to expand the article's plot section, but I'm not sure what kind of source would be appropriate for such things since I have never created/edited a film article before. I noticed the use of IMDb as a source there even though I had the impression it was non-reliable. But in case it was, I still don't see a plot synopsis yet in the film's page there. Do you know any good website to rely on for stuff like that? Your advise would be very helpful and appreciated, since I am planning on future film projects for Wikipedia. Regards. Fitzcarmalan ( talk) 09:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Now that the first part is summarized, I'm afraid I can't find any source depicting the later developments in the film. Did you find anything relevant lately? Maybe I can help finish it. Fitzcarmalan ( talk) 00:35, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
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-- Spencer T♦ C 04:23, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Please take a look at the Soraya Post article. Thanks.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:32, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey Thaddeus, you might want to add some stuff from this source to the Art Sherman article. I'll post the link at the talk page there too, just in case someone else wants to add it. Montanabw (talk) 18:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Thaddeus! I've addressed your 3 comments. I would love to proceed with the GAN! Thanks! :) Nasa-verve ( talk) 18:51, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Was there a discussion regarding this being posted to ongoing events? (Rather than it being added there unilaterally.) Especially since the event itself is not ongoing; rather what's ongoing are debates such as Gun violence in the United States or Gun politics in the United States, rather than new actions that the currently featured article would cover. Spencer T♦ C 22:54, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I just promoted this nom to the Prep Queue. I just noticed that you approved ALT3, but there are two ALT3's on the page. Did you mean the first or the second? As I'm checking out for the night, if I promoted the wrong one, you could make the switch at Template:Did you know/Preparation area 2. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:56, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Thaddeus. In between all the rantings and ravings at ITN, DYK etc, I'm trying to get a few (i.e. all) of the Boat Race articles up to a decent level, and thought, having recently nominated The Boat Race 2012 at WP:GAN, I'd like to expand a little on the 2014 edition and take it there as well. I suppose this is a courtesy note really to let you know that I'm doing it, and if you'd like to help, that'd be marvellous. Cheers. The Rambling Man ( talk) 07:54, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 31 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Imre Gedővári, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hungarian fencer Imre Gedővári won 10 national titles and 3 Olympic medals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Imre Gedővári. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 04:51, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
You are listed at Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles and since I don't want to inundate the people whose names start with the letter a, I have jumped to the Ts (given my username). I have made a request at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive262#Userfication of deleted and salted content. The article has been deleted through AFD twice and the first time was upheld at DRV. The first version was 49KB readable prose, while the second version was 33KB readable prose. Although many have argued the second was a recreation of the first, two separate admins reversed their own WP:G4 deletions upon further review. It seems that a third admin speedily declined another G4 although I am unable to see the history right now and did not notice this during the second AFD. I have a long history at successful recreations (12 articles now at WP:GA are formerly deleted articles that I have recreated, including " Cat Daddy" which was deleted 4 previous times). The second AFD seems to be an indictment against any future recreation of the article, which is befuddling to me. I would like to learn something from this seemingly odd result. I have requested a userfication that includes history and talk page so that I can investigate policy/guidelines. So far the best userfication offer was by Floquenbeam to restore it for a fixed 2 week expiry. I have stated that 2 months would be more appropriate than 2 weeks because no policy discussion can be guaranteed to conclude within 2 weeks and I have several that I would like to pursue. Floquenbeam, has stated his hesitance is based on assumptions of bad faith regarding my intentions and that I have made a phantom "refusal to agree not to bug people about tagging or edits they made to the article prior to deletion" which I never made (I was actually concerned about the 2 week expiry and forgot to assent to the request). I am unable to discuss things with Floquenbeam who has not edited in 3 days (since 20:43, 28 May 2014). As a frequent recreator of content, I would like a chance to become a better editor by examining the various policies related to this outcome with the content available for illustration and instruction.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:22, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello ThaddeusB, 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) 17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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Left a message at TheRamblingMan just to let him know that his latest post on Monica Spear was kind of beneath him as an experienced user. [1]. Regards,-- BabbaQ ( talk) 01:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 15 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Patrick Meek, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that speed skater Patrick Meek qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics despite not being able to "really see anything"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Patrick Meek. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Thaddeus- I'm working with Neelix to fix/resolve the name of the article per the most recent entry on my talk page. Thanks.- Godot13 ( talk) 20:11, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 22 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Ringsred, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympic speed skater Anna Ringsred used to be afraid of racing, calling competition "scary and nerve-racking"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Ringsred. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi, FYI I fixed this [2]. The shortcut is {{ abot}} (which I didn't even know about until now), not {{ abottom}}. Best, vzaak 16:29, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
For some reason teh CAR posting is not showing up in the ITN box on themain page. Cant figure it out.( Lihaas ( talk) 17:54, 24 January 2014 (UTC)).
Dear ThaddeusB,
Thank you for your recent adjudication of an ANI filed by user HathaYogin. HathaYogin was recently confirmed to be a sockpuppet at an subsequent SP/I I filed. This user was subsequently blocked indefinitely. However, the patrolling admins did not address the allegation of meatpuppetry--though it was recognized that HathaYogin was an obvious puppet--and closed the SP/I in a rush.
I recognize the walls of text may be somewhat jarring, but I did attempt later to format it in a more accessible manner. The prime suspect for meatpuppetry has returned to reverting at the original page Dharmachakra, but to avoid continuing an edit war (with predictable consequences) I thought it best to seek your counsel. I should note that well after the SP/I was filed (and long after our revert clash ended) this user filed a bad faith stale edit war ANI against me (though I was able to slip in diffs proving his complicity in time)--we both got blocked (as you will see on my talk page). The blocking admin later commented and closed our SP/I.
The DRN I filed was apparently closed because the other user had opened an RSN a few days before (but there was no resolution there). Since I had nowhere else to turn for advice, I thought I should ask you. Please let me know what you recommend. Thank you for your time. Best Regards, Devanampriya ( talk) 00:38, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
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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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14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
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.
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The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
Please accept this belated barnstar. Thanks for your tireless contributions to the DYK project and Wikipedia in general! Zanhe ( talk) 01:55, 2 February 2014 (UTC) |
Great work expanding this article, are you going to take it to DYK? ben moore 13:09, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sugar Todd, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympian Sugar Todd (pictured) convinced her parents to move from Nebraska to Wisconsin when she was nine to further her speed skating career? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sugar Todd. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:02, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, Cambalachero has come up with two new hooks for this article. Might you take a look at them and see if one of them is interesting enough and sourced enough to deserve a tick? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 23:57, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
I am contacting you today as one of the users listed at User:Secret/recall. In case you were not aware, Secret has once again resigned his admin status and is once again about to ask for it back. I am concerned that this behavior constitutes the sort of erratic behavior that this recall mechanism was designed to deal with and am asking all other users listed there to add their opinion at the talk page of the recall subpage. Beeblebrox ( talk) 00:15, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Emery Lehman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Emery Lehman shaved seven seconds off his personal best to qualify for the 10,000-meter speed skating race at the 2014 Winter Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emery Lehman. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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An addition has been made to a report in regards to the Olympics LGBT controversy issue that you were involved with: [3] Lihaas ( talk) 14:25, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddy Alvarez, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympic speed skater Eddy Alvarez underwent knee surgery in 2012 that left him too weak to navigate stairs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eddy Alvarez. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 10 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Emily Scott (speed skater), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympian Emily Scott was preparing to apply for food stamps when a USA Today article about her brought in over $48,000 in donations, allowing her to continue training? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emily Scott (speed skater). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 10 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chris Creveling, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 2014 Olympian Chris Creveling is a former World Champion inline skater? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Creveling. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 14:18, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eva Ganster, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that ski jumper Eva Ganster (pictured) pre-jumped at the 1994 Olympics, twenty years before ski jumping became an Olympic sport for women this year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eva Ganster. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 15:03, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jonathan Garcia, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that speed skater Jonathan Garcia (pictured) qualified for his first Olympics, was disqualified, and qualified again in a different event, all within 48 hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jonathan Garcia. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 07:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 13 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kelly Gunther, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that speed skater Kelly Gunther overcame an accident that nearly severed her foot to make the 2014 Winter Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kelly Gunther. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jessica Smith (speed skater), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that short track speed skater Jessica Smith qualified for the 2014 Olympics despite not training with the national team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Smith (speed skater). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your article Victuallers ( talk) 07:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 21 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kyle Carr, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that short track speed skater Kyle Carr plans to retire after the Olympics, saying, "I'd love to speedskate forever, but it doesn't pay the bills"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kyle Carr. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
And 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:
Other competitors of note include:
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"In the case of a new, event-specific article, the traditional cut-off for what is enough has been around three complete, referenced and well-formed paragraphs. " If another admin does something you don't like, attempt to discuss it before reverting them. Okay? Jehochman Talk 04:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Thaddeus, well done on the new article 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony. I have added it to Template:Did you know nominations/Millie Knight as a joint nomination for Did you know; is that OK or do you want a separate nom? Thanks, Mat ty. 007 08:22, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
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Right on! Appreciate the nod. Wikiuser100 ( talk) 02:30, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 March 2014, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2014 Oso mudslide, which you recently nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. |
-- The Rambling Man ( talk) 07:17, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
That was an accident. The dangers of surfing my watch list on a Kindle. – Muboshgu ( talk) 01:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your additions to Kakuryu's article and to the sumo work page. We could always use some new blood. There was quite a frenzy of work on sumo some years back but it has dwindled down to a few workhorses. FourTildes ( talk) 01:24, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
I am sure you know I am not an asswhole who tries to oppose people just for the sake of opposing. All I am asking for is, please explain this nom as if to your grandmother, who knows what an IPO is abstractly, but has never even seen a first-person shooter, and has no idea what a "social game" is. If you can explain that (on ITN, not here, I won't be watching) you will have my happy support. μηδείς ( talk) 03:04, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chorisodontium aciphyllum, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the moss species Chorisodontium aciphyllum can survive for more than 1,500 years frozen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chorisodontium aciphyllum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 08:03, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
I didn't do anything wrong dude, I fixed a grammar error, why did you send me the standard welcome to wikpedia your contribution sucks bulletin. #whatever_F_you_overzealous_wiki_editors 50.80.150.128 ( talk) 04:13, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2014, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Iwao Hakamada, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. |
-- Spencer T♦ C 16:45, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
there is a slight syntax error in the ITN update (the word new). maybe you could also add the image File:Jens Stoltenberg.jpg? Bjerrebæk ( talk) 16:19, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi ThaddeusB! I very much appreciate your ongoing efforts for ITN. Could you add this piece there?
Thank you and have a great weekend! :) -- Horst-schlaemma ( talk) 19:57, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Pyjamas. Not "pajamas". Look it up. Charles G. Hart ( talk) 00:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer
Godot13 (
submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for
Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist
Adam Cuerden (
submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from
Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured
Japanese battleship Nagato.
Cliftonian (
submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article
Ian Smith.
With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article 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) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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💎Diamond Awards #2 This 💻 goes to ThaddeusB!
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Hello ThaddeusB. I have noticed you have been active on wikipedia, yet have not completed your review of Cryolophosaurus, even after all the current comments have been fixed. Could you now come back to the review? Thanks, - IJReid ( talk) 13:52, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
I have started a discussion that may interest you at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#WP:BOLDTITLE and election articles. Anomalocaris ( talk) 08:25, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi there- this is just a quick note to apologise for a small but important mistake in the last WikiCup newsletter; it is not 64 users who will progress to the next round, but 32. J Milburn ( talk) 18:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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I am going to redo the intro section of Enceladus, you had said earlier on its talk page one shouldn't worry about sources in the leadoff, if it is covered in the article. How much can I do that? Reedman72 20:39, 4 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reedman72 ( talk • contribs)
Hi there. Yes I do, I will be uploading them soon. I need to sort through them first. I'll let you know once they make it to Commons. -- KTC ( talk) 15:45, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
This is interesting. I used it as a template, but all the text was my own. Not sure the attribution is required at all. Perhaps a rev del of the first sandbox variant is appropriate? If not, this is a permanently confusing link to something which has no relevance at all. What do you think? The Rambling Man ( talk) 18:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Methanosarcina, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the single-celled Methanosarcina (Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro pictured) may have played a significant role in both the evolution of early life and the worst extinction event in history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Methanosarcina. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thanks from → Call me Hahc 21) 16:02, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Indeed, the previous DYK assortment was 111 bytes smaller, with fewer hooks wrapping to a second line under typical settings. — David Levy 19:14, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
What's relevant would obviously be the percentage of users. Americans make up far more than 5% of the users. But this user is trolling you, and you are wasting your time with arguments. μηδείς ( talk) 02:59, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
WP:DNFTT... Let him hang in the wind with no responses to his bullshit. By engaging him in open debate, you just give him more opportunity to add additional lines of text to his silly arguments. If you don't respond to him, he can't say anything else himself. -- Jayron 32 03:11, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
... :D You guys... 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 04:12, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
I dont know if im doing this right, but do you want the china thing?
Its gotta be more interesting to you than the awards thing.
I dont know how to edit wikipedia articles anyways, so its kind of pointless me nominating stuff. Its all yours if you want it, and if you honestly think the awards thing is more important, then i guess well get that. Im going to go watch some "mobsters" on my laptop.
Have a good one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 03:53, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
lol, il make the whole world hate me, believe me, but no, of course il do my best to be cordial and polite.
Its just, one must express ones opinion, and sometimes people are invested in things that emotionally contradict hearing it!
I concede you seem like a smart and worldly fellow. Fact is though, much as a enjoy the debate, i am woefully under qualified on wikipedia, as i cant just work on stories.
Take the china thing or the vagina thing if you want. they are both yours to do what you will.
And just to give you an idea, my one claim to fame on wikipedia was going toe to toe over the Ye Shiwen, swimmer thing, with a load of you bastards, when you were all trying to say she was on drugs. (!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ye_Shiwen
Again and again, butthurt posters were trying to shoe horn some kind of nasty comment insinuating drug use on the basis of media speculation, that gave undue weight to a tiny portion of western gossip, and a whole load of what we would call waffle.
Now maybe she was on drugs and maybe she wasnt, but i saw no reason based on accuracy or demonstrable proof, that meant a teenage gold medal winner should wake up reading how she was a drugs cheat on wikipedia.
Outside of that little war, i dont edit articles so im really not in a position to be working on anything other than noms.
No hard feelings. I do enjoy the debate. Take which ever story you will enjoy, and give us a shout if you do take one, so I can see it.
Take care man. have a good evening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 03:53, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
LOL. yeah, i just didnt want her waking up the next day, reading wikipedia and finding out she was a drugs cheat. innocent until proven guilty. im still somewhat annoyed that the article has subsequently found new and ingenious ways to shoe horn the word allegations into a biography on a clean athletes career, but at least it got blitzed a bunch of times and looks petty and silly now. trading on the word allegations to manufacture a bad name based on performance success and sour grapes is pathetic.
Even now i think that wikipedia article falls short both on accuracy and standards. The war was won over that episode, over those few weeks of olympic action though. As for them acting that way because she was chinese. I have a friend who got jumped one time. I asked him if they did it because you are black. He said no. They did it because they are racist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 11:32, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the initiative to create an article suitable for the "Lab grown Vagina implant" news story!
Balaenoptera musculus ( talk) 20:14, 12 April 2014 (UTC) |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27007884
A massive forest fire has turned a chilean city into a disaster zone. 2 killed. 500 homes evacuated.
Its been reported by me on ITN and separately on current affairs, already.
Unsure if accessible for article, but the pictures are incredible.
These scenes from the report look like something out of an apocalypse. I have thought about muddling through an article, but story needs someone who will do it justice. Feel free to ignore, obviously, but do click the BBC link and see what you think.
Thank you. 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 10:31, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Not sure who to reach out to over here, but I know your an admin. I came across this User:CroArhiva, which talks of a "joint military offensive" during "between 25 and 29 July 2014" (Note- todays date is 13 April 2014). There may be some security concern there too (and why hes posted it here I have no idea). May want to look at it...( and at stealth..). Look at the infobox for his belligereants... Lihaas ( talk) 17:48, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Lol you and your MPs! MP's arent really considered celebrities in the UK, but its ok. It works.
Can we not have sadly for the guy who died? I know its wikipedia, but theres gotta be a way to inject some note of misfortune among the cheer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.41.108 ( talk) 01:52, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm not particularly familiar with golf (or sports in general), so please bear with me.
Is there another golf event with the name "
Masters Tournament" or similar? Our article indicates that it's sometimes called "The US Masters" and links to
Master#Sport (where several major sporting events designated "Masters" are mentioned), but I see no other
golf-related entry on that list. Thanks! —
David Levy
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Your Blood Moon Prophecy + April 2014 lunar eclipse hook surpassed all other all-time record hooks! See WP:DYKSTATS. Best, Yoninah ( talk) 23:40, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
Please post the article now. There is no opposition, so your doing the honors would not be a conflict of inteterest (as there is no conflict) and unanimous consensus is early posting is warranted. Also, the blurb can simply stay in the present, as that covers the immediate future. μηδείς ( talk) 01:53, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
I started an ANI about user IP77 from ITN. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion. Andise1 ( talk) 01:56, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for the discussing at human cloning. that was the first time i have interacted with editors who work on, and think, WP's front page. for me it was kind of disconcerting. i work mostly on health-related issues, along with ag stuff (GMOs) and in general in those fields, anything that appears in the popular media is very likely to be inappropriate for inclusion in WP because it is uncertain whether what is being reported is reliable information. Things take time to understand and weigh, in the biomedical sciences (not by us editors, who do not do this kind of weighing, but by other scientists in the field) and we source as much as we can from 2ndary sources - reviews - which are never big news items. it is scholarly slow work. Short story - other editors and I spend a ton of time fighting off hype-ish content that people want to push into the encyclopedia - especially people who are Advocates for X or Y and some news story comes out that inflames them. To me as a wikipedia editor, "news of the day" is my enemy! It brings little that is relevant, and lots of distraction from building durable, npov, reliable content. I hope that makes some sense of where I am come from, in my work here. So... how things look from your perspective! You and others actually work the front page, and the "in the news" section. And as happened with the ACT study, you actually go to articles that will get attention via INT and get them ready to receive attention. This is so, dramatically opposed to how I think about my work here and I am just struck by how different it is. I am interested to hear, if you want to take time to say, (and please don't be insulted - I am asking a real question to learn as much as i can) - how you think about your work on ITN - and the pre-publication work on target articles - in light of Wikipedia being an encyclopedia, and not a newspaper.... you seem to be a thinker and i am hoping you have a way you articulate this. a new discourse about WP for me. Thanks! Jytdog ( talk) 19:58, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I was wondering what the purpose of that was? Is it to block people determinesd to violate or was it to get consensus on how to change as an editor? Per the latter can you do one on yourself. Lihaas ( talk) 03:57, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Can you have a look at the deletion discussion for the People's Republic of Odessa. Notable that this involved User_talk:Ymblanter#People's Republic of Odessa. Seems to have been a partisan move. At least deletion discussion should last 7 days.
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It's been a little while since you commented over at Talk:GISHWHES/GA1. I've attempted to resolve all your concerns. Please let me know if you have any more or if you feel the article now meets the Good Article criteria. Many thanks, BobAmnertiopsis ∴ ChatMe! 18:57, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, I was wondering what was left to be done on this nomination. Your last comment doesn't include an icon, tick or otherwise, so I'm assuming there's more needed. Can you indicate the current status of the review with an appropriate icon and comment? Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 02:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Thaddeus, Could you please keep an eye out on the edits to this page by E. Manatee? Some of these are admittedly improvements, but the last edit introduced so many errors, misspellings, removals of important "the"s, US spellings etc, that I've reverted the entire edit, which is not ideal. Thanks, Ericoides ( talk) 04:47, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 05:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Thaddeus. Considering the state of the article as of this edit will you please post it? Note references for the material in the chart re in the left column, not attached to the prose in each section. The section which had been moved out of the chart, then marked unreferenced had indeed been referenced in the chart, but that is moot. The text requirement was met last night and is far exceeded now. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 16:41, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, I was hoping you'd be willing to revisit your review of this nomination now that the QPQ has been supplied and Launchballer says he has addressed the other issues. If not, please let me know and I'll call for a new reviewer. Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 22:34, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
Greetings,
I removed the orange tags on
Mohammed Badie's article because one of the issues appears to have been already addressed. The other was there for too long and because it is unclear why it still remains. Another editor did the same on
Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present). About the proposal to create a new article for the mass trials: I am currently very busy in life and i'm afraid I won't be doing much about this, so do you know someone who is up for the task?
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ThaddeusB, if you're still around and filling preps, I've just approved this one, which you had asked about earlier. Since I have approved it, I can't promote it, and this looks like it would fit nicely into Prep 3. BlueMoonset ( talk) 04:30, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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![]() | On 5 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tetrophthalmi, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that four-eyed harvestmen known as Tetrophthalmi once roamed the Earth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tetrophthalmi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:47, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Just an FYI that I tweaked the hook on the DYK nom for Art Sherman, thanks for including me on it! I also did a run through the article, you are doing terrific work there! It's such a great story, isn't it? #Chromie ! Montanabw (talk) 02:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I've fixed your concerns at Template:Did you know nominations/Onward, Christian Pilgrims. The C of E God Save the Queen! ( talk) 07:57, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I was inspired by you to look deeper into sources for User:I am One of Many/Cassey Ho. I found six more sources that I think when taken with the rest clearly establish notability as a social media entrepreneur. She has been used in two "How To" book on social media as an example of how to use it for success. I think I should run this by User:Drmies too because he was kind enough to userfy the article for me. Also, if I happen to end back up in AfD with this, I want it to be a pretty clear Keep. Thanks again for you encouragement. I am One of Many ( talk) 23:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Why are you so determined to have a longer discussion of the blood moon nonsense in April 2014 lunar eclipse? It's a fringe belief, even among the apocalypse believing fringe of the fundamentalist fringe of Christianity. There's no credible evidence of significant belief, people have not been selling up and appearing on a mountain top like they did with the last lot of rapture prophecies. I'm at a loss to understand why we would big this up. Guy ( Help!) 13:35, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I was wondering if you wanted to do a Good Article review exchange. I would like Alfred V. Verville to be reviewed and I see you need April 2014 lunar eclipse to be reviewed. Agreed? Nasa-verve ( talk) 20:22, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
Dear Thaddeus, just a quick note to apologise for disparaging your comments on the Main Page talk. I understood the IP was saying that 'first' was of less certainty than 'first ever' and that you were supporting that by saying it is an ENGVAR matter. I now realise that you were in fact referring to the OP's assertion regarding skepticism. (For what it's worth, I think that is more of a context issue. If I tried to sell you the 'First ever' drug to cure every ailment known to man, you'd be far more skeptical than if I said Neil Armstrong was the first ever man to walk on the moon.) Anyway, I know that whatever egg I cast at you has hit me between the eyes. So if you will excuse me, I will go away and try to figure out why I butted into a 2-day old conversation in the first place. Athomeinkobe ( talk) 23:13, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
I noticed your comments on "Blood Moon Prophecy" and thought you might be prepared to take a look at the Interpretations section on the Mazzaroth Talk page and provide some input. There seem to be two areas of dispute: (1) Is it appropritae to include an Interpretation section in the article (2) What sources are acceptable. The other editor has raised it 3 times on the fringe noticeboard without any response. Rev107 ( talk) 04:21, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for closing the controversial Jews and Communism AfD before the debates concerning it got out of hand. I think you made the right decision Drowninginlimbo ( talk) 17:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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Mat ty. 007 07:33, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Art Sherman, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, with his first entrant, California Chrome, 77-year-old Art Sherman became the oldest horse trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Art Sherman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:18, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
ThaddeusB, it's been over two weeks since you last stopped by here. At the moment, what's stopping this from progressing is the final two QPQs. Please supply them as soon as possible; this could be closed by someone at any time, and I'd hate for that to happen. Do you think you can finish them before next weekend? Thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 18:49, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey ThaddeusB, would you care to take a glance at California Chrome for me? I just added more material to the article and am at that too-bleary-eyed-to-see-my own typos stage. Feel free to make any minor tweaks, post any comments about bigger stuff on the article talk page, and if you move anything, be SUPER careful that the source goes with it, this is a GA. Many thanks! Montanabw (talk) 21:30, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
[5] I thought about this when I added the FA Cup; we'll now have to look at the Premier League for another week making it rather stale at the end. I'm not sure anyone would have cared that the FA Cup wouldn't have been there for a complete cycle. Step hen 23:10, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for looking at it—I had assumed it had aged out! -- DanielPenfield ( talk) 07:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
By creating the new category - but saying that nothing could be put in it until subcategories were created, but saying that everything must be removed from Category:Pseudoscientists immediately, you have effectively blown up all the work put into categorization before letting it be rebuilt from the rubble.
It is almost impossible to find out what used to be in a category, so slow, careful guidance is needed if you wish to not throw out years of categorization work. You did not do this in your closing decision
A sensible way would have been either to leave the category in place during the recategorization, or keep a list of pages to be categorized. Now? Information has been lost that will have to be ereconstructed. Please behave in a more sensible manner in future. I agree recategorization is reasonable, but there was no reason whatsoever to do it in a manner that basically deleted the work needed to find pages tat should be categorized into the new tree. Hell, they could have been auto-moved into the container category temporarily with a deadline to recategorize. That the most destructive abnd stupid option - to blow the category up and start over - was taken shows a severe lack of judgement.
I don't think there was any malice here, but you need to be far more careful in future. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 22:44, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I wanted to expand the article's plot section, but I'm not sure what kind of source would be appropriate for such things since I have never created/edited a film article before. I noticed the use of IMDb as a source there even though I had the impression it was non-reliable. But in case it was, I still don't see a plot synopsis yet in the film's page there. Do you know any good website to rely on for stuff like that? Your advise would be very helpful and appreciated, since I am planning on future film projects for Wikipedia. Regards. Fitzcarmalan ( talk) 09:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Now that the first part is summarized, I'm afraid I can't find any source depicting the later developments in the film. Did you find anything relevant lately? Maybe I can help finish it. Fitzcarmalan ( talk) 00:35, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
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-- Spencer T♦ C 04:23, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Please take a look at the Soraya Post article. Thanks.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:32, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey Thaddeus, you might want to add some stuff from this source to the Art Sherman article. I'll post the link at the talk page there too, just in case someone else wants to add it. Montanabw (talk) 18:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Thaddeus! I've addressed your 3 comments. I would love to proceed with the GAN! Thanks! :) Nasa-verve ( talk) 18:51, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Was there a discussion regarding this being posted to ongoing events? (Rather than it being added there unilaterally.) Especially since the event itself is not ongoing; rather what's ongoing are debates such as Gun violence in the United States or Gun politics in the United States, rather than new actions that the currently featured article would cover. Spencer T♦ C 22:54, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I just promoted this nom to the Prep Queue. I just noticed that you approved ALT3, but there are two ALT3's on the page. Did you mean the first or the second? As I'm checking out for the night, if I promoted the wrong one, you could make the switch at Template:Did you know/Preparation area 2. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:56, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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-- Spencer T♦ C 01:23, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello Thaddeus. In between all the rantings and ravings at ITN, DYK etc, I'm trying to get a few (i.e. all) of the Boat Race articles up to a decent level, and thought, having recently nominated The Boat Race 2012 at WP:GAN, I'd like to expand a little on the 2014 edition and take it there as well. I suppose this is a courtesy note really to let you know that I'm doing it, and if you'd like to help, that'd be marvellous. Cheers. The Rambling Man ( talk) 07:54, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 04:51, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
You are listed at Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles and since I don't want to inundate the people whose names start with the letter a, I have jumped to the Ts (given my username). I have made a request at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive262#Userfication of deleted and salted content. The article has been deleted through AFD twice and the first time was upheld at DRV. The first version was 49KB readable prose, while the second version was 33KB readable prose. Although many have argued the second was a recreation of the first, two separate admins reversed their own WP:G4 deletions upon further review. It seems that a third admin speedily declined another G4 although I am unable to see the history right now and did not notice this during the second AFD. I have a long history at successful recreations (12 articles now at WP:GA are formerly deleted articles that I have recreated, including " Cat Daddy" which was deleted 4 previous times). The second AFD seems to be an indictment against any future recreation of the article, which is befuddling to me. I would like to learn something from this seemingly odd result. I have requested a userfication that includes history and talk page so that I can investigate policy/guidelines. So far the best userfication offer was by Floquenbeam to restore it for a fixed 2 week expiry. I have stated that 2 months would be more appropriate than 2 weeks because no policy discussion can be guaranteed to conclude within 2 weeks and I have several that I would like to pursue. Floquenbeam, has stated his hesitance is based on assumptions of bad faith regarding my intentions and that I have made a phantom "refusal to agree not to bug people about tagging or edits they made to the article prior to deletion" which I never made (I was actually concerned about the 2 week expiry and forgot to assent to the request). I am unable to discuss things with Floquenbeam who has not edited in 3 days (since 20:43, 28 May 2014). As a frequent recreator of content, I would like a chance to become a better editor by examining the various policies related to this outcome with the content available for illustration and instruction.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:22, 31 May 2014 (UTC)