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July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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For creating and writing many pages linked from List of extremely hazardous substances. Thanks for your continuing work. ~~ Ebe 123~~ → report 11:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC) |
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X ( submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu ( submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 ( submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 22:37, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikify#No more wikify template. Ryan Vesey 00:58, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing articles totalling over 20,000 words during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. |
Leaderboard Award – Number of 5K articles edited – 5th Place (Tied) | ||
This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing one article of 5,000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna ( talk) 01:59, 11 August 2012 (UTC) |
Leaderboard Award – Longest Article – 6th Place | ||
This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing Alternative versions of Superman (8,411 words) during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. This was the sixth-longest article edited during the drive. -- Dianna ( talk) 01:59, 11 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Hi Wilhelmina Will, Can you help with a few images that I would like to replace but not sure how to change them to the right sizes? My email is unconscious.intelligence@gmail.com. Please send me an email and I will show you the images. Thank you! Thisandthem ( talk) 11:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
I've seen you operate and am considering looking through your contributions to see if you are ready to be nominated for RfA (again). Before I do that, would you actually be interested in running? Ryan Vesey 16:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
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Don't think your recent contribution is Eugamandus articles such as Eugamandus schwarzi. Eugamandus tuberculatus are going unnoticed. Keep up good work! With my good wishes Tito Dutta ✉ 06:32, 19 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Hello Wilhelmina, I noticed you are starting work on the Acrolophus genus. May I suggest you first make the species listed at nearctica.com? If you would be willing to also add the synonyms, that would be great. If you use the list we have on wikipedia, you will be making a lot of articles about synonyms and that would be a waste of time. Please note that the link only lists North American species. I will see if I can find a list of Neotropical species too. Cheers and keep it up! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 10:33, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
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The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: GreatOrangePumpkin ( submissions), Ealdgyth ( submissions), Calvin999 ( submissions), Piotrus ( submissions), Toa Nidhiki05 ( submissions), 12george1 ( submissions), The Bushranger ( submissions) and 1111tomica ( submissions). We hope to see you all next year.
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Thanks for submitting an entry for our inaugural Copy Edit of the Month contest! I've given everyone the same question to help spur discussion. Please answer it when you have a chance. Thanks. — Torchiest talk edits 02:02, 1 September 2012 (UTC) |
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Hi Wilhelmina! Are you interested in being the Online Ambassador for any classes this term? We've got a few classes that are looking for ambassador right now ( Canada, US), so if you're up for helping any, please do! Let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like me to pick a course for you.-- Sage Ross (WMF) ( talk) 16:25, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your ongoing creation of chemistry articles based on the listing at List of extremely hazardous substances. I've noticed that this list has some errors based on incorrect transcription of chemical names from the article's reference. Consequently, some of the articles you've created may be erroneous. I have proposed Phosphonothioic acid, methyl- for deletion and tomorrow I'll take a closer look at some of the other articles and also see if I can fix List of extremely hazardous substances. Again, thanks for creating the articles. Cheers, -- Ed ( Edgar181) 23:14, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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The WikiProject Wikify Trophy | ||
For a first place appearance on the August 2012 leaderboard, you are hereby presented with the WikiProject Wikify Trophy. Well done! :-) |
The Gold Wikification Barnstar | ||
For wikifying a full 160 articles in the August 2012 drive, i hereby present you with the gold wikification barnstar! :D |
The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar | ||
And for wikifying the largest article in the August 2012 drive, you are granted an academic degree in the art of wikifying! benzband ( talk) 18:33, 16 September 2012 (UTC) |
Also, in case you are keen on giving out the awards as you often do, i have left a <!-- hidden comment --> with some details. Cheers ;) benzband ( talk) 18:33, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for submitting an entry for the September Copy Edit of the Month contest! Please take the opportunity to ask and answer questions there (I've given everyone the same starter question), and be sure to vote for a copy edit. Thanks.— Torchiest talk edits 02:51, 1 October 2012 (UTC) |
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This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing 10 articles to a cumulative total of 17,115 words during the Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for your contribution. -- Stfg ( talk) 16:15, 2 October 2012 (UTC) |
We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X ( submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata ( submissions), Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and Casliber ( submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.
It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!
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September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Hi Wilhelmina Will. (And technically beetle, not bug.) According to ITIS, Lagocheirus obsoletus is a junior synonym of Lagocheirus undatus ( Voet, 1788).-- Shirt58 ( talk) 04:04, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Wilhelmina Will, I've asked a question of each editor here, please feel free to ask and answer questions, and take the opportunity to vote for any candidate.Cheers, Baffle gab1978 ( talk) 07:11, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
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I've seen you wishing Happy Halloween to people and I thought I'd wish you one as well. Since I didn't plan ahead I don't have any caramel or candy apples so I stopped at the grocery store and got you a Twix. Ryan Vesey 23:12, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Wilhelmina Will. I hope you had a happy Halloween! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 08:15, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth ( submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:
Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.
Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.
Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 00:49, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
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Happy belated Halloween from Cthulhu. The stars weren't right this year, but maybe next time... — Torchiest talk edits 15:22, 1 November 2012 (UTC) |
Excellent! Happy Halloween. -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 19:29, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
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Congratulations Wilhelmina Will for (yet again) wikifying the largest amount of articles in the October 2012 drive! benzband ( talk) 09:58, 4 November 2012 (UTC) |
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Hello Wilhelmina. I dont know which source you used for the list of Anthela species, but please dont use it again, because it is absolute crap.. Over 50% were synonyms, moved to another genus, dubious names, etc. It is better to use LepIndex as a primary source if you cannot find an up-to-date list of species. Please NEVER use ZipcodeZoo or Global Names Index, these sites are based on LepIndex, but list all names found on that site as valid, while obviously a great deal are not. In other words: these sites provide misinformation and we should not copy this onto wikipedia. It took me ages to clean up this mess, so please please please use another source! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 15:51, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Wilhelmina, could you remove the line | tribus = Arctiini from your Tiger Moth stubs? A lot of the articles do not belong in this tribe. Cheers and thanks! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 13:29, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking on the review of Capture of USS Chesapeake. Urselius ( talk) 15:49, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Will, and thank you for the review which you are doing on Siege of Klis and Siege of Güns. I am sort of inactive on Wiki, but I will do my best to improve the articles to a GA standard. Your help is very appreciated! Regards, Kebeta ( talk) 12:26, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. I think it should be fairly painless. Dapi89 ( talk) 15:27, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks very much for coming by and reviewing Donkey Punch (novel), I'll do my best to respond to your suggestions. :) — Cirt ( talk) 19:31, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
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For creating and writing many pages linked from List of extremely hazardous substances. Thanks for your continuing work. ~~ Ebe 123~~ → report 11:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC) |
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X ( submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu ( submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 ( submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk • email) and The ed17 ( talk • email) 22:37, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikify#No more wikify template. Ryan Vesey 00:58, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
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This Guild of Copy Editors Silver Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing Alternative versions of Superman (8,411 words) during the Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 GOCE drive. Congratulations on winning this prestigious award. This was the sixth-longest article edited during the drive. -- Dianna ( talk) 01:59, 11 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Hi Wilhelmina Will, Can you help with a few images that I would like to replace but not sure how to change them to the right sizes? My email is unconscious.intelligence@gmail.com. Please send me an email and I will show you the images. Thank you! Thisandthem ( talk) 11:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
I've seen you operate and am considering looking through your contributions to see if you are ready to be nominated for RfA (again). Before I do that, would you actually be interested in running? Ryan Vesey 16:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
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Don't think your recent contribution is Eugamandus articles such as Eugamandus schwarzi. Eugamandus tuberculatus are going unnoticed. Keep up good work! With my good wishes Tito Dutta ✉ 06:32, 19 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Hello Wilhelmina, I noticed you are starting work on the Acrolophus genus. May I suggest you first make the species listed at nearctica.com? If you would be willing to also add the synonyms, that would be great. If you use the list we have on wikipedia, you will be making a lot of articles about synonyms and that would be a waste of time. Please note that the link only lists North American species. I will see if I can find a list of Neotropical species too. Cheers and keep it up! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 10:33, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
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The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: GreatOrangePumpkin ( submissions), Ealdgyth ( submissions), Calvin999 ( submissions), Piotrus ( submissions), Toa Nidhiki05 ( submissions), 12george1 ( submissions), The Bushranger ( submissions) and 1111tomica ( submissions). We hope to see you all next year.
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Thanks for your ongoing creation of chemistry articles based on the listing at List of extremely hazardous substances. I've noticed that this list has some errors based on incorrect transcription of chemical names from the article's reference. Consequently, some of the articles you've created may be erroneous. I have proposed Phosphonothioic acid, methyl- for deletion and tomorrow I'll take a closer look at some of the other articles and also see if I can fix List of extremely hazardous substances. Again, thanks for creating the articles. Cheers, -- Ed ( Edgar181) 23:14, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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For wikifying a full 160 articles in the August 2012 drive, i hereby present you with the gold wikification barnstar! :D |
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And for wikifying the largest article in the August 2012 drive, you are granted an academic degree in the art of wikifying! benzband ( talk) 18:33, 16 September 2012 (UTC) |
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This barnstar is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for copy editing 10 articles to a cumulative total of 17,115 words during the Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for your contribution. -- Stfg ( talk) 16:15, 2 October 2012 (UTC) |
We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X ( submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata ( submissions), Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and Casliber ( submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.
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Hi Wilhelmina Will. (And technically beetle, not bug.) According to ITIS, Lagocheirus obsoletus is a junior synonym of Lagocheirus undatus ( Voet, 1788).-- Shirt58 ( talk) 04:04, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
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I've seen you wishing Happy Halloween to people and I thought I'd wish you one as well. Since I didn't plan ahead I don't have any caramel or candy apples so I stopped at the grocery store and got you a Twix. Ryan Vesey 23:12, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Wilhelmina Will. I hope you had a happy Halloween! – pjoef ( talk • contribs) 08:15, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
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Happy belated Halloween from Cthulhu. The stars weren't right this year, but maybe next time... — Torchiest talk edits 15:22, 1 November 2012 (UTC) |
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I added questions for everyone who made a submission at the October CEM contest. Please answer when you have a chance. Thanks! — Torchiest talk edits 18:21, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Wilhelmina. I dont know which source you used for the list of Anthela species, but please dont use it again, because it is absolute crap.. Over 50% were synonyms, moved to another genus, dubious names, etc. It is better to use LepIndex as a primary source if you cannot find an up-to-date list of species. Please NEVER use ZipcodeZoo or Global Names Index, these sites are based on LepIndex, but list all names found on that site as valid, while obviously a great deal are not. In other words: these sites provide misinformation and we should not copy this onto wikipedia. It took me ages to clean up this mess, so please please please use another source! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 15:51, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Wilhelmina, could you remove the line | tribus = Arctiini from your Tiger Moth stubs? A lot of the articles do not belong in this tribe. Cheers and thanks! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 13:29, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking on the review of Capture of USS Chesapeake. Urselius ( talk) 15:49, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Will, and thank you for the review which you are doing on Siege of Klis and Siege of Güns. I am sort of inactive on Wiki, but I will do my best to improve the articles to a GA standard. Your help is very appreciated! Regards, Kebeta ( talk) 12:26, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. I think it should be fairly painless. Dapi89 ( talk) 15:27, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks very much for coming by and reviewing Donkey Punch (novel), I'll do my best to respond to your suggestions. :) — Cirt ( talk) 19:31, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
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