User:Canada Hky/Archive1

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Hello, Canada Hky, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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WJHC photos

Thanks, you've got some great photos as well. You didn't get a picture of Tim Erixon by any chance, did you? Resolute 04:17, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Awesome! Excellent photos. Resolute 22:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Jordan Eberle, etc..

Hey there, just wanted to say I appreciate what you've done to help the Jordan Eberle page. I thought you might want to check out and join these WikiProjects, if you haven't already: WP:Ice hockey and WP:Junior Ice Hockey. Cheers! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 23:52, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

re:Unreferenced BLPs

The list is open who wants to help clean these articles up. Feel free to dig in wherever, and scratch off any that you are able to fix. Thanks! Resolute 01:11, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Nikita Filatov GA

I have reviewed the article Nikita Filatov that you nominated for Good Article status and left a number of comments that need to be addressed before it can be passed. On the whole, it is a pretty well written article that I enjoyed reading and I look forward to being able to pass the article. Cheers, -- BigDom 20:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I have now passed the article to GA status after you addressed my comments. Please consider reviewing an article of your choice from the list of Good Article nominations. Thanks, -- BigDom 08:22, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Daymond Langkow GA Nomination

I have addressed or commented on the few issues. Please check the GA nomination page. Mephiston999 (talk) 03:10, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Morrow

I checked my files, and I don't have a good Morrow picture either from the Olympic camp or a league game. Sorry. Resolute 00:25, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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first round template

noticed the first round template is back with the Avalanche players, pretty sure that succession boxes are the preferred option. You can run it by the talk page again, but i'd be inclined just to revert it back from previous debates. cheers Triggerbit (talk) 05:48, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

yeah i did the same a while back in adding templates but the consensus did go to succession boxes..I've now just been changing what i come across to succession..which probs accounts for the mixture of both..Personally template or succession doesnt bother me, just trying to get something uniform across the NHL!

Why?

May I ask how my edit to sandbox was unconstructive? LiNaK37 (talk) 02:11, 9 May 2010 (UTC)LiNaK37
Okay, thanks LiNaK37 (talk) 01:15, 10 May 2010 (UTC)LiNaK37

Luke Schenn

Hi, I just finished the GA-review of Luke Schenn. It looked fine to me, and I think it will just take a few minutes for you to solve most issues, perhaps excluding fixing the sources if it is not as easy as I expect now. Just a question, which has nothing to do with the review: how good is this guy? If there was a list of current hockey players, sorted by how good they are, would he be in the top 5, top 50, top 500? --EdgeNavidad (talk) 15:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

M*A*S*H episodes

Thanks for the comments. I've now addressed them. Jimknut (talk) 04:46, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Doug Fister

Some issues with the Doug Fister article have been addressed, however, some I have left comments on. When you get a chance could you take a look? Thanks. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 04:08, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Some more comments but most of the issues were addressed. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 23:39, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

All seems to be good. Just awaiting final inspection. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 05:09, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I stated it on the GA review page, but I just wanted to let you know. Thanks for all your help with my first good article. Keep up the good work. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 19:30, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Seguin pic

No worries. If you know an image to be a copyright violation like that, you can request speedy deletion by placing a {{db-f9|url=URL of source}} tag on it and any admin will get to it fairly quickly. Cheers! Resolute 14:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Joey Hishon

The article Joey Hishon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:ATHLETE - has not competed at top professional level (NHL).

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Never mind. Just saw that first round draft picks are now considered notable. My bad. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:02, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Quinton Howden

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Eeekster (talk) 02:32, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Pesky Black(H)awks!

lol, I honestly didn't expect that large a discussion on the spelling of the name! Ahh well... Wanted to mention that I appreciate the fast review. Assuming it passes, I wonder if it will be one of the first GAs to appear on the main page as a Did You Know entry? Resolute 01:18, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, we are a bit stubborn, aren't we? lol! Resolute 16:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

J.R. Celski

Thanks. I'll respond to your review shortly.Philipmj24 (talk) 20:51, 8 July 2010 (UTC) Thanks again!Philipmj24 (talk) 04:28, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Nikita Filatov

Hey Canada Hky, first off.. sweet work on all the hockey articles you've been editing. I've noticed a lot of GA's, which is awesome. Sorry it took a while to get back to you about this article. I've been busy but I managed to go through it a bit and I edited a few things. You can ask me about any of the tweaks and edits I made if they're confusing or you're unsure why I made them. I mostly just applied stuff that was edited on articles I've tried to get through the FA process myself. Some other remaining issues just at a glance though:

• Lead needs expansion. You can mention that he was developed in the CSKA system, made his North American debut with Syracuse, played parts of two seasons with the Jackets, returned to CSKA in 09-10, his intl medals, etc, etc.
• Consistency with digits: some numbers under 10 are spelled out, others aren't.
• Don't always refer to him as "Filatov"; use "he" or "his" alternatingly.
• Consider adding a "Playing style" section describing what sort of player he is (ie. strengths, what he's known for, etc). If you find it hard to write enough for a full section, what I sometimes do is just mention this information in the same paragraph as his NHL draft, summarizing what scouting reports were saying about him.

That's all for now, but don't hesitate to ask me more if you need to. I just can't promise I'll reply speedily. Otherwise, cheers and good luck! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 09:50, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Nikita Filatov

I hope I don't come across as rude on this FA, I think a community dialogue on the issue is useful, but I won't oppose of the stability issue Fasach Nua (talk) 15:19, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

No, not at all - I think it was a valid point to raise, and there are some active athletes where it would be a concern. I am interested in the whole process, so its all good. Canada Hky (talk) 15:23, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks/archive1

Thank you very much for your recent review at the above FLC. Would you mind capping your comments with {{Resolved comments}}, so that the FLC does not grow too long? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:26, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Stu Foord

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Nikita Filatov photos

Just uploaded to commons. -- deerstop. 13:45, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Valued Pictures was closed =(

This is as far as I'd gotten to a new logo I was making to suggest to replace the old one shown below, as you can see it's only about half-way done. The idea was shells, which were used in ancient times as money all over the world in spite of geographical isolation, tying into Valued Pictures.

The deed was done by SilkTork not many hours ago after a contentious dispute between over a dozen users on VPC's talkpage, some wanted to keep it, some wanted to delete it. Some wanted to make it historical, some never understood its purpose, but it is my opinion that VPC was very misunderstood and had a potential to be very important and possibly even resolve problems we have with the similar Featured Picture Candidates (FPC) and the connected Picture of the Day projects.

If VPC never rises again then may it rest in peace, the rest of us will just be on the ever persnickety FPC page. --I'ḏ♥One 10:29, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I've reversed that crazy unilateral action, if we're going to shut it down it's going to come after an official MfD, not some convoluted long disjointed discussion on the talk page. — raekyt 12:13, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes! VPC lives to see another day! Thank you, Raeky. --I'ḏ♥One 08:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

VPC lives another day!. What about reviivg the project, with a better direction? --Extra 999 (Contact ^me) 09:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Re:Nikita Filatov

Yes, my apologies, you're right - it was meant for the entry below yours. Can't believe I missed that despite previewing...Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 15:59, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Raid at Cabanatuan FAC

Thank you for taking the time to look over the article, your comments were very helpful. I have addressed the points you raised, and if you spot anything else, feel free to point it out to help further improve the article. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:22, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of BC Lions head coaches/archive2

Hi, can you revisit this FLC to ensure your concerns have been resolved, and if possible, indicate whether you support', oppose or are neutral toward the list's promotion to FL status? Thanks for your recent reviews. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:35, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tim Maypray

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/archive1

I thought you might consider commenting on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2009 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/archive1, which is getting to be an old nom, since you supported Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

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Darian Durant

I've made an initial review of your GA nomination for Darian Durant. I'd invite your comments at the review page. Brad78 (talk) 14:12, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Great work on the article. I've added four more questions? Once they are addressed, I reckon this is a pass. Brad78 (talk) 20:19, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I've replied to all your queries. Brad78 (talk) 23:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Super work. I've passed it. Brad78 (talk) 21:59, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Rhodocene GA nomination

Hi... Just a quick note to let you know that I have been working on the rhodocene article which you reviewed, and have made some significant changes. I have also responded with comments to the comments made by you and the other reviewers. This is my first GA nomination, so apologies if this is the incorrect protocol, but I was wondering if you might stop by and comment on the work done so far, and perhaps indicate what else needs doing. Many thanks for your review. Regards, EdChem (talk) 07:39, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your efforts in reviewing the rhodocene article for GA. I was expecting to need to do some more work, so it was a lovely surprise to see the promotion on logging on today. Kind Regards, EdChem (talk) 03:49, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

GOCE newsletter

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36. Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated. Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies. Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk),  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK, and The Raptor Let's talk.

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DYK for Kitwana Jones

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:15, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Caesium/archive2

Thank you for the comments. I have fixed or addressed the concerns you have listed until now. Nergaal (talk) 21:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

bump. Nergaal (talk) 01:53, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close. Stats Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated. We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed. We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive. A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners. We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here. A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing! Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa (Talk) and S Masters (talk). Newsletter by Diannaa (Talk) and The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions.

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GOCE barnstar

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For your copyediting efforts during the Guild of Copy Editors' September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, editing 23 articles with a combined total of 11,733 words, I have great pleasure in presenting you with this barnstar. On behalf of the Guild, thank you for your participation, and see you at the next drive. – S Masters (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Scott Neilson GAN

Thanks for the review of Scott Neilson. I think I've responded to all your queries and questions, and will be happy to help with anything more. Brad78 (talk) 17:47, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I've made a couple of minor changes and replied to your queries. Brad78 (talk) 20:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for the review. Brad78 (talk) 17:10, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

GOCE copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue. Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! — The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

A Belated Thank You

Some time ago I had requested some help on the Fred Shero article before it went to GAN. You did some ce work on the article for me and my original intention was to wait until the page had gone through the GA process before I said anything, (thinking if the reviewer thought it needed more ce I could ask you again) probably not the best train of thought. After it sat at GAN for I while I just flat out forgot to say anything. It's still there but I noticed some one doing a ce recently and it jogged my memory that I never thanked you for your help. So before I totally for get again I wanted to say Thank you and let you know that I appreciated your help. (this is not a request for you to review the article though it sounds like I might have an alterior motive) Cheers --Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 19:41, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

November 2010 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

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GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats GOCE November 2010 backlog elimination drive graphs 58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive. Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%. 49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

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DYK for Jake Gaudaur Veterans' Trophy

Courcelles 18:01, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mike McCullough (Canadian football)

Courcelles 18:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Clarke MacArthur GAN

Nice work on MacArthur. I've placed it on hold. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 12:46, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Year-end Report

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 503 editors 2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives Our encounter with Jimbo Wales Guild home pages reorganized and redesigned Report on our inaugural elections Guild Plans for 2011 New barnstars introduced Requests page improved Sign up for the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011! – Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast.

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Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!

Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Leafs images on Flickr

Hey there! So our favourite person alive Bridget Samuels uploaded a bunch of new Leafs pictures onto Flickr (see here) including some great Luke Schenn shots that are a bit better quality and of course more recent than the one in the article you got to GA. I didn't want to add any without your consent, so I figured I'd let you know! Cheers! – Nurmsook! ^talk... 19:06, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Quick copyedit request

As you are also a fan of junior hockey, would you have time today or tomorrow to do a quick copyedit of Calgary Hitmen? It is one of my oldest FA's, and while I have had plans for some time to go over and improve it up to today's standards, it has been scheduled to appear on the main page before I could do that. I'm working on tightening the prose already, but another set of eyes is always beneficial! Thanks! Resolute 21:35, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Nah, I doubt you mucked anything up. Appreciate it! Resolute 00:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Roman Lyashenko

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mikhail Donika

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive news

Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 backlog elimination drive Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! The drive is halfway over, so here are some mid-drive stats. Participation GOCE January 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. Progress report We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal. Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success! Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), The UtahraptorTalk to me, and Tea with toast (Talk)

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Bonsoir - Good evening

Thank you for all yours corrections in Junior Women's Hockey League. Merci de votre gentillesse --Geneviève (talk) 02:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:15, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Rhodocene FAC

Hi Canada Hky... in your original comments at the FAC for rhodocene, you indicated "more to come". I am wondering if you might have any further comments on the article, thoughts on the changes made since the FAC started, or if you have made any decision to support or oppose the nomination. Thanks. EdChem (talk) 18:34, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your support and all your helpful comments / suggestions through the GA and FAC processes. I think your input has helped to improve the rhodocene article. EdChem (talk) 03:23, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

A special Thanking

a special Wikicookies

for Canada HKY from write all the correction to direct link to moved pages for WWC. friendship and respect. Merci de votre beau travail--Geneviève (talk) 02:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion

Guild of Copy Editors January 2011 Backlog elimination drive Greetings from the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We have reached the end of the month and the end of another successful drive; thanks to all who participated. Statistics 54 people signed up for the year's first Backlog elimination drive. Of these, 40 participated. One of our goals was to reduce the size of the backlog by at least 10%. We managed to reduce the backlog by 633 articles, or about 12%. Another goal was to eliminate as many 2009 months as possible from the queue. We eliminated January, February, March, and April—4 out of 12 months is not bad! In addition, we eliminated 37% of all remaining 2009 articles from the queue. Chaosdruid copy edited Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya for 32,711 words, which is the largest single article completed in one of our drives so far. This article counts as six 5000-K articles, and Chaosdruid wins the "most 5000-K articles" leaderboard category. Way to go! A complete list of individual results is here. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the November 2010 Backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering the barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Thank you for participating in this year's first Backlog elimination drive! We hope to see you in March. Your drive coordinators –S Masters (talk), Diannaa (talk), The Utahraptor (talk), and Tea with toast (talk)

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WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Keith Aulie

Reviewed. Comments on review page to address, albeit very minor ones. KnowIG (talk) 23:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Running Man Barnstar
		For your simply tireless contributions to hockey articles, I award you The Running Man Barnstar. Maple Leaf (talk) 19:32, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

GA Henry Taube

Thank you for nominating this interesting article. I am placing it on hold so that you can address a few concerns. Racepacket (talk) 06:16, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ben Scrivens

Hello! Your submission of Ben Scrivens at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:01, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

New hook looks good. Everything else checks out, you're good to go. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:07, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:53, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Aaron Peirsol article

Thank you for taking over the Aaron Peirsol GA review! That other user got blocked so I was starting to worry but thanks for stepping up! Your help was appreciated. Philipmj24 (talk) 17:37, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Henry Taube

I am back on the job. Please consider and comment on the April 1 comment left by another editor. We are almost done! Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 18:15, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations on another Good Article. You may comment on our review experience at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Racepacket 2 Racepacket (talk) 01:13, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Women's Hockey task force

Bonjour à tous, Hello Everybody, that think you of the eventuality of future a women's hockey task force ? Your ideas, opinions, criticisms and advices are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey. Thanks, merci, תודה --Geneviève (talk) 14:22, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ben Scrivens

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Luke Schenn images

Hi, generally any design that involves some form of creativity can be copyrighted. The maple leaf, though common, could be drawn in many ways (although one can try to argue that the Toronto Maple Leafs' logo is derived from the Canadian flag's maple leaf, which is another copyright argument altogether). The easiest way to resolve this issue is to simply crop the logo away from File:LukeSchennTML.jpg (is there no "free" photograph of him without helmet? I think that should be a better lede image). As for File:Luke Schenn 2008.jpg, the logo is slightly distorted and not as prominent a focus as in the previous photograph, this could reduce worries over copyright violations to the point of little concern on grounds of de minimis. Jappalang (talk) 01:17, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Charles Polanyi

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Bennett Fenn

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink (submissions) and Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:10, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:10, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mandi Schwartz

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Advice before GAN

Hi Canada Hky. I've been working on the article about Jacob Josefson for a few days now, and a lot more prior to this week, and I'm thinking about making a push to make it a GA. Considering your experience in writing good articles, do you have some advice before I go ahead with the nomination? Also, the biggest problem with the article today is probably the prose. Would it be possible for you to copyedit the article? Cheers Tooga - BØRK! 21:47, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions and copyedits! What you think about the structure of the article, i.e. Early life, Playing career, International play and so on instead of Playing career, International play and then personal life? Most hockey biographies use the latter structure, but I've seen examples of the other one too. Cheers Tooga - BØRK! 18:16, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Talk:John Bennett Fenn/GA1

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:42, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

I believe I have addressed all the issues you raised. Let me know if there is anything else you would like me to take a look at. Canada Hky (talk) 15:40, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Zach Parise

Y'know, it strikes me that at this point we're just feeding the troll. This bloke is going to keep on ranting no matter what we say or do. Shall we call it a day and let him rant in peace, as long as he doesn't touch articlespace?  Ravenswing  23:58, 18 May 2011 (UTC)