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WP:CENT

Why did you remove it? Its a WP:VITAL article, its been in dispute for years. Giving it the widest possible coverage is useful and makes it much more likely to avoid having to go to arbitration. Besides its not as if there is anything else useful to post in its place. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:32, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Retracting per User_talk:Yoenit#WP:CENT. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:47, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

  • Scotland Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
  • Russia PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
  • Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
  • Ohio Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
  • Principality of Sealand Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
  • Canada Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
  • Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
  • Australia Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Poland Piotrus (submissions), United Kingdom Grandiose (submissions), Bavaria Stone (submissions), Norway Eisfbnore (submissions), Saskatchewan Canada Hky (submissions) and Wisconsin MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 23:51, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Templates added to Ironman articles

I noticed that you added {{Refimprove}} templates to the various Ironman series articles, including 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championship‎. Are you challenging the race results in the article or the other content? The reason I ask is because race results are not listed in one central location or WTC results database (like, for instance, ITU events) but instead in individual race website databases or news coverage of individual events. If this is the material you're challenging, you've requested upwards of 150 to 200 new individual inline citations on material I would personally do not consider contentious or likely to be challenged (but perhaps I'm mistaken on this last point). I'm looking to avoid mindless and tedious editing to correct this as I suspect there would be no other willing participants to do the work necessary to remove the templates. Thanks. BarkeepChat/$ 18:25, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

No I don't challenge the result on any of these pages, but someone other could do. The point is that they lack references. For example if an IP would changes names in one of the articles, than how would you know, that this is vandalism and not correcting wrong names. There is no need for inline citations, you can use the method for example on 2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 08:29, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
I would actually prefer to avoid that style of citation as it doesn't follow any manual of style for citations that I know of (but I might be wrong), is prone to link rot, and generally appears to reflect a lack of effort on the editors part in adding complete citations. Regardless, care to help me fix this error you've helped identify? BarkeepChat/$ 03:58, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Of course I'm willing to help. You just have to place the links of results somewhere (for example there, ordered by season). Oh and I agree with you about this citation style. It's not optimal, but at least every information is referenced and they could be converted to proper citations (if somebody really wants it). Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 07:32, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I provided a few links to statistics websites for snooker tournaments/players, and you removed them with reason 'not needed'. I wonder why this is, and what the difference is between my page (I own the website I posted), and the other pages that are listed in external links. My page offers a lot of statistics that the others do not, and the others actually contain broadly the same info. Please let me know what I did wrong, and how I can help the community by providing this information. All the best, Ron (Visionaire87 (talk) 21:44, 5 September 2011 (UTC))

The problem with this external links on player articles is that: (1) If you want to add links to statistics of the current season, than you have to update them for every season. But the other external links are stable and don't need continually updating. (2) If you want add links to every season (I assume you will not stop adding dates from earlier to the website won't stop), would clutter the external links section of articles. There is also a conflict of interest for you and one could say you just added this links to promote your website. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 07:28, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. "(1) If you want to add links to statistics of the current season, than you have to update them for every season." What exactly do you mean by update for every season? I had linked to players results and statistics on the player wiki's and tournament/season stats on their wikis. If all results for the current season are logged I fail to see the stability issue you find. I also fail to see how this would be considered clutter, as you currently have links (going to WWWsnooker, WorldSnooker, ProSnookerBlog and GlobalSnooker) on several pages which show the same results as my page does, however mine does show a lot more statistics that the others do not. How do you then determine that mine is cluttering up the links, while it shows something more than the current ones there? The COI-issue I can see, however since I am not making any money from this site, and the whole reason I started it is to share information and make statistics accessible to everyone at no charge, I feel this would be very valuable to Wikipedia readers, and even from the short time the links were present could already see several wiki users clicking them (including yourself I believe based on location). I respect your opinion and decision, however I feel that I am actually offering a lot additional to the articles that I posted links in, something that would genuinely give people a source of more valuable information, which after all is what Wikipedia is all about. I await your reply with interest. Kind regards, Ron (Visionaire87 (talk) (08:25, 6 September 2011 (UTC))
It looks like you didn't carefully read, what I wrote. Firstly I sayed if you want, that the link points to the current seasons stats, than you have to update the link for at the beginning of the season and therefore this link wouldn't be stable. Secondly I said if you want to add links to every seasons stats (I assume there won't be just three seasons on the webpage). And by the way no external links section has more than one link to the same website. They would be useful if the website would have pages, where the stats for every season are present at the same time. If this would exist, than I even would be help to add such links. It's also interesting to note, that these links were only added for top players (such as Ronnie O'Sullivan or Mark Williams), and not for lesser known players (Kurt Maflin or Zhang Anda) Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 08:40, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
I see your point, I apologize for the confusion. Regarding the season stats, for example the current season (2011/2012). The link is this. The link will stay the same, although of course the page itself would feature more information as the season progresses. Season 2010/2011 is now complete, and shows a more complete picture. I believe this would be what you mean with "pages, where the stats for every season are present at the same time". Otherwise, you might be helped by the pages on here. Also, most pages have year/season selectors on them. If this is not what you mean by that, then I must be misunderstanding, apologies for that. The reason I only added them for the main players so far, was that a) it would all be manual work, and as there is currently just under 1000 players in my database I have to start somewhere. The main players would make most people aware of the site, and would let them easily access the statistics for players they want. b) I did not want to get blocked for spamming either. It was never my intention to spam or to promote my own site, simply to provide access to what I believe is, and with more tournaments being added every day, will increasingly be, a valuable resource. (Visionaire87 (talk) 08:53, 6 September 2011 (UTC))
Not exactly. I mean for example this page shows O'Sullivan's stats for the 2011/2012 season, but it would be more useful for the Wikipedia article about him, if there was one page which would contain O'Sullivan's stats from every season present in this database (this link currently doesn't work). This would be really valuable and I would support such addition. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 09:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
I see. The link actually shows stats and such for his all-time record (once all results from the past are added in of course), the reason it has the &year=2011 behind it is purely for the match results on the left hand side of the page. It shows stats for all-time, but not all match results on one page, as that page would become so long that it would be difficult to read. I therefore have added the Year and Main Tour Season selectors in the top left-hand corner of the page, to be able to show stats for a certain period only. So in effect, the link does what you ask, with the exception that you have to choose a time period to show match results to improve readability. Would you consider this sufficient? If not, I also have to take into account the load on the servers would be huge to display a page with not only all stats as done now, but also all match results for a player like O'Sullivan, who will have thousands of matches on his record once all is complete. Also, what of, for example, the tournament pages (for example this and its corresponding ranking page this). I would love to work out a way to add these, and am willing to work with you to achieve something that works :) (Visionaire87 (talk) 09:57, 6 September 2011 (UTC))
Well the readability could be maintained by creating a base page which contains the stats on the left side of the page and a selection part for the actual player on the right side of the page (where currently if you choose some time period the matches are listed). This way it would become a general player profile without problems with readability or server loading time. As for tournament pages and the corresponding ranking pages, they have very little information, which isn't currently present in the articles or references. For example the extra information in this is, that the century breaks of the qualifying rounds are at the matches in them they were compiled. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 10:22, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
That I won't be able to do, as I believe that while this may work for a Wikipedia link, it would be very confusing for general visitors to the site. Also, I want to combine all information on one page, which is why I created it in this way in the first place. I believe the page the way it is would stil add value to the Wiki article, as it actually does show more than the system you are suggesting, and I believe it is also less confusing. I see your point regarding the tournament pages, and will not be adding those to the wiki. Would you allow adding of the season pages, as discussed before, as they do show and link to various statistics? (Visionaire87 (talk) 10:29, 6 September 2011 (UTC))
Would it be possible if nor year, nor season selection was made, that it displays the matches from the current season? As for the season links they could be added, but some corrections would be beneficial. The player links should link to their results in the relevant season and not the most recent/current. For example at the 2009/2010 season the players link to their matches from the 2011, but IMO they should to the matches in the 2009/2010 season. Than Ok, as I already reinstated the link for the current season. The reason for this removal could be expanded to: info about a previous season not needed on this article. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 10:45, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Regarding the removal reason, I seem to have added the wrong link there, fair enough. I will make the correction you recommended of the player links in the season overview linking to their results for that season. I will also adjust the player page as you described, so that it defaults to the current season. So, just to be clear, if I change it so that http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/players.php?pl=18 shows Ronnie's stats for all-time, as well as his matches for the current season, I can add it to his Wiki page? I will make the corrections tonight. Thanks for working with me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Visionaire87 (talk • contribs) 11:03, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
If you make these changes, than I would add myself too. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 11:06, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
I have made the changes we discussed, and added links to Ronnie O'Sullivan and Season 2010/2011's article. I hope this is all right with you. If so, please let me know, and I will add some more as I come across them. Please note I will not be able to add huge amounts within a short time period, as I am a bit busy at work unfortunately. Thanks for all your help! (Visionaire87 (talk) 22:05, 6 September 2011 (UTC))
Okay. I just added some links myself to other articles. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 22:35, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
It seems some guy called Sole_Soul has found it necessary to remove some of the links again. I've already tried to ask him why, no reply yet. Is there some sort of control you have over this? (Visionaire87 (talk) 08:08, 9 September 2011 (UTC))
I have no control over this, but I have re-added the links, because the user removed the links without explanation. Regards, Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 08:18, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Guess I'll have to leave adding links to you and others, as I'm getting too much flak from other moderators who only look at the spamming rules, and not at the actual content of the page. I unfortunately don't have time to convince them of the point you already see. Thanks for your help anyway! (Visionaire87 (talk) 15:16, 9 September 2011 (UTC))

The Signpost: 05 September 2011

Mosconi Cups

I replaced history in categories with sport in categories, may be that makes more sense. Tim! (talk) 06:33, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that makes sense. The history categories looked quite funny. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 07:55, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm impressed :)

I saw Higgins beat Bingham live on Eurosport, walked three meters to my laptop, checked my watchlist and saw you had updated already - [1]. Keep up the good work, Finn Rindahl (talk) 09:34, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 September 2011

Replace logo on M/C Partners Wikipedia page

Hi, I have been attempting (obviously unsuccessfully) to update the logo on the M/C Partners page (formerly the M/C Venture Partners page). A jpeg of the new logo is located there. Is this something I should be able to do, and I just lack the proficiency, or am I supposed to request to have this done? I am contacting you as you so kindly assisted me with previous edits to this page. Thank you, Lesliellen Lesliellen (talk) 02:33, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Have uploaded the picture for you, you can found it at File:MC Partners logo.jpg. BTW you can only upload files if you're account is older than 4 days and made 10 edits, but you have made only 5 edits. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 08:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your assistance and the info! Lesliellen (talk) 13:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Template Migrations

Can you consider re-writing {{logo fur}} and {{Album cover fur}} in the way you did {{poster fur}} ? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:59, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I can't do that, as these pages are protected and only admins can edit them. By the way they are currently redirects but if wan't to make a requested edit, than there are the codes. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 12:11, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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A cup of coffee for you!

For all that Image cleanup! Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:35, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Recent photo rejection for 'The David (band)'

Hello, Yesterday I attempted to submit a photo for request in order for it to be used on an article on which I'm working called The David (band). The article is not yet saved as it is halfway done and I was just wondering if that was the reason for your rejection of the photo. Must I wait until after my article has been completed and approved by other Wikepedia editors/users before I can incorporate photos into it? Your feedback would be awesome, Jeremy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.11.244.5 (talk) 16:02, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I have decline you upload request because, the files license wasn't clear and there was no article about this band. According to this, the picture was cropped from the back cover of the bands album titled "Another Day, Another Lifetime". As covers are presumed copyrighted, this had to be declined. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 02:23, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on image cleanup!

Even if you did unearth two pictures of me I had completely forgotten about. I just went ahead and deleted them and closed out the discussions. Embarrassed now. Cheers. -- Merope 21:25, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Well I only could find those images, because Sfan00 IMG (talk · contribs) marked both pictures for renaming. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 02:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you! (from Sfan00 IMG)

Thanks. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 07:36, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Image renaming

I was working from: Wikipedia:Database reports/Largely duplicative file names. It might be worth going through that list more directly? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:31, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I tend to agree with you. Is there some data, how many of these files exist on en.wp? Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 07:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Screenshot of Windows Defender on Windows 8

Hello Armbrust. I am afraid I have to remove your recently uploaded screenshot of Windows Defender on Windows 8 since it violates most of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria policy, including but not limited to #1, #8 and #10. Generally speaking, the rationale for using this non-free image is to help people distinguish it. But Windows 8 is still at pre-beta (= "Developer preview") stage, therefore very few need to visually identify the Windows Defender that comes with Windows 8 while many need to identify the current production version. NFCC #1 and #8 are also violated: Simply saying that Windows Defender in Windows 8 is almost completely similar to Microsoft Security Essentials is enough. (So, as you see, text replaces non-free image.) Fleet Command (talk) 03:41, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Well I don't know anything about it. I just uploaded the file at the request of 84.90.100.35 (talk) at Files for upload. If you want you can nominate it for speedy deletion too. In this case please don't notify me. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 03:46, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 September 2011

Just letting you know

I withdrew a statement that you had chosen to endorse. My explanation is here. Thanks for your endorsement, and I'm sorry for wasting it. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 17:37, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Have stricken my endorsement in light of the withdrawal. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 13:45, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Muscle Force Velocity Relationship.PNG

Thanks for the housekeeping on the force-velocity redundant image.--Gciriani (talk) 19:35, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

No problem. It was found only because it's name was too similar to an other file. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 19:40, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (September 2011)

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject NASCAR at 16:02, 25 September 2011 (UTC).

SimCity 4 Screenshot

All right, I've added details for the section that I believe it should be placed in. By the way, thanks for the help! :) Elemented9 (talk) 18:23, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

File is now uploaded at File:SimCity 4 Modified Content Screenshot.jpg. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 19:06, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 September 2011


Player categories

Just a minor request: When working on a player bio, please make sure that the nationality category for the person exists, and create it (and tag its talk page) if it doesn't exist yet. E.g. Stephan Cohen was (properly) labeled with Category:French pool players, since 2009, but that category didn't exist until tonight, and as a result the WP:CUE project at large didn't even know the article existed. I also just created Category:Italian pool players, since Stefano Pelinga was categorized thus. I'm sure there are other missing categories of this sort (and perhaps some "Category:X snooker players", "Category:X carom billiards players", too), but they are hard to track down. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ Contribs. 06:14, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Principality of Sealand Miyagawa (submissions), Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) and Australia Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 12:27, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

2011 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Go look and edit what needs an editing.The Gypsy Vagabond Man (talk) 22:52, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Seems everything okay, but is one line sections without the chance for expansion really needed? These are the following sections: Rotterdam, Monte Carlo Masters, London (Queens) and China Open. Didn't count the section "French Open", because it could and should be expanded. Also I don't think there is any need for subsections in the "Davis Cup" section, like the "Argentina vs Serbia". Regards, Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 14:01, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Ginn & Co Solicitors

Thank you very much. --Haardee (talk) 08:19, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Diana Salvatore

I'm not sure what you need to approve this article, so please let me know because Diana is about to take off career wise. (Chevy commercial link) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.34.128.149 (talk) 21:59, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Well in order to accept this article, it needs reliable sources, which independent of the subject. Lets see the source currently in the article: Youtube isn't reliable, official website isn't independent, Facebook isn't reliable nor independent, IMDb isn't reliable and the High 4 Manangment website isn't independent. This means there is no third party reliable source in the submission. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 22:20, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 October 2011

Thank you

Thank you for accepting my Files for Upload submissions. 50.50.77.182 (talk) 15:42, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

I thank you also for providing better quality images from these logos. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 16:02, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Holocaust Memorial.jpg

Hi Armbrust, Direct url to the image source added to the description section under the picture (http://www.yuriboyko.com/album/memorial#1). Best, --Yuri. (91.79.198.223 (talk) 06:27, 10 October 2011 (UTC))

File is now uploaded. You can find it at File:Holocaust Memorial 18 September 2011.jpg. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 09:21, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Armbrust, the image was accepted and uploaded, but doesn't show up in the gallery of images or within article's body. Please explain, thx. (91.79.198.223 (talk) 09:16, 10 October 2011 (UTC))
Well I have uploaded the image, but that doesn't mean it will be automatically added to the article. You have to add it to the article yourself. Regards, Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 09:21, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for clarification. BTW, if later the URL to the source on my site will change how do I update wikipedia's tag 'source'?(91.79.198.223 (talk) 10:54, 10 October 2011 (UTC))
You click on the "[edit]" button at the end of the line with "Summary", replace the link and than click on "Save page". Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 10:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 October 2011

Tatiana Woollaston

FYI... they changed the rules on WP:BLPPROD again. No longer do you need a reliable reference, but now all you need is any reference. So, under new rules, her website counts as a reference. Bgwhite (talk) 06:31, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 07:39, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Tatiana article has been corrected in accordance with all requirements. It was supplemented by several references to official sources, such as WPBSA site (Official website of World Snooker Association). Link to article User:DmitryYakunin/Tatiana Woollaston. Could you restore this article? DmitryYakunin (talk) 17:03, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, but this isn't enough. In order to be included in the encyclopaedia there needs to be multiple reliable sources, which discuss the subject in depth and are independent from it, but the draft only has one. Facebook and blogs aren't reliable, and this doesn't discuss her in depth. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 17:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Added links to EBSA (European Billiards & Snooker Association) and BSF (Belarussian Snooker Federation), which contains official information about date of birth, education, referee career. Now we have a reference to the three snooker associations - World (WPBSA), European (EBSA) and Belarusian (BSF). DmitryYakunin (talk) 18:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
I have taken a deeper look in the page. Many of the sources don't support, what is on the page. These were marked with [not in citation given]. Also the EBSA source is again just a passing mention in a list. If you think you have corrected these issues, than add {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the page and it will be reviewed. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 18:33, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Done. How to send article for review? DmitryYakunin (talk) 19:40, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Add {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the page. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 19:45, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Lipkin photo

You say: "This request has been placed on hold while pending a confirmation of permission. If a response is not received within seven days, the request will be declined. Sir Armbrust" - what can I do to give you more evidence? HostDavid (talk) 10:12, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

The permission should be given to Wikipedia as a e-mail and not through a file, which could be deleted any time. You should follow the instructions given at WP:CONSENT. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 10:18, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
I have asked Yvonne to send them that e-mail. Thank you very much. After she has sent the email, will she be sent a link for how to use the photo on a page? HostDavid (talk) 12:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
After she sent the e-mail, give me a note and I will upload the image. However if the e-mail doesn't contain enough information for verification, than the picture will be deleted. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 18:37, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 October 2011

Sas crash

It does say why the picture is needed. It says " to illustrate the crash.". --Ysangkok (talk) 23:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

But this isn't a valid rationale. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 08:10, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter (October 2011)

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Steve Job's Bio Book

Hello, you recently removed the book cover picture from Steve Jobs. That picture was lifted from Steve Jobs (biography) where the placement is OK -- not a screenshot of Apple's website. Where do I write a rationale for its use? Shencypeter (talk) 01:43, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

The placement of the picture is okay on Steve Jobs (biography), because the article discusses the book in detail. It's use on Steve Jobs fails the non-free content criteria, because the article lacks critical commentary about the image and File:Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.jpg, doesn't have a non-free rationale either. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 10:14, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 October 2011

Shirley MacLaine and Karen Kendall - China in 1973.jpg

You have rejected the above named image because of the copyright on the webpage on which it is found. I am Karen Kendall, the owner of the image and I agree to put the image in the public domain and allow it to appear on the Wikipedia page that discusses the film "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir." What must I do to get the image uploaded and linked to appear on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.56.218.232 (talk) 17:03, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

If you're the copyright holder, than please follow the steps described at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 17:37, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Online status bar

Hi, I have answered your question there, status bar can be of course customized. Petrb (talk) 11:39, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I already seen that, but hadn't time to respond. Will do it shortly. Sir Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 12:06, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

  1. Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions)
  2. Australia Sp33dyphil (submissions)
  3. Greece Yellow Evan (submissions)
  4. Principality of Sealand Miyagawa (submissions)
  5. Ohio Wizardman (submissions)
  6. Scotland Casliber (submissions)
  7. Canada Resolute (submissions)
  8. Russia PresN (submissions)

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.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:31, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2011

Hi there, I attempted to upload a logo today, but was declined as the Wikipedia page wasn't live yet, it is now live so do I have to resubmit the image, or can its status be altered? Thanks, Charlie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlie Naylor (talk • contribs) 16:51, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I have undone the decline and accepted the request now that an article exist. You can find the file at File:Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited logo.png. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 16:58, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

G4 RfC

Thank you for assessing the consensus at the G4 RfC. I have some suggestions about your closure:

  • Close Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#G4 and subsequent XfDs with {{discussion top}} and {{discussion bottom}} with a link pointing to your close at the bottom. Perhaps use something like This discussion is closed. See [[#Is CSD G4 applicable or inapplicable to a previously kept page whose most recent discussion ended in deletion?|my close below]]. ~~~~
  • You wrote: "During the discussion the idea of expiration date came up, but there is no consensus on how many time this should be."
  • The sentence's wording makes it seem as if there was a consensus for an expiration date but that there was no consensus on what the expiration date should be.

    I don't think this is accurate. Would you reword it to something like:

    During the discussion, several editors proposed that G4 would expire after a set period of time had elapsed from the AfD discussion. There was insufficient participation and discussion about this issue, so there is neither a consensus for an expiration date nor a consensus for how long the expiration date should be. This issue can be ironed out in a new discussion by interested editors.

Best, Cunard (talk) 00:02, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Have rewritten it. Hope it's okay now, but I prefer the {{archivetop}}/{{archivebottom}} templates. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 00:15, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. It looks much better. In first suggestion above I asked you to close Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#G4 and subsequent XfDs with See [[#Is CSD G4 applicable or inapplicable to a previously kept page whose most recent discussion ended in deletion?|my close below]]. What I meant was for you to enclose the earlier part of the discussion with archive templates and refer editors who access that link to your closure below. I have no preference as to which closing template you use. Cunard (talk) 00:30, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Oh. This is what happens, when I don't carefully read a message on my talk, because I concentrate on the UK Championship qualifying. Now  Done. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 00:36, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Ah, no worries. :) Thank you for adding the formal close. Cunard (talk) 00:39, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Mouth of the rubicon.jpg

Hello, bit puzzled as to why this was deleted, on my talk page, just above your notice, there was already a speedy deletion nomination - which was removed with an apology because the image is my own copyright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mym-uk (talk • contribs) 09:03, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but according to your talk page for copyright violation. If I remember right, the source file description page was FlickR file. The license of the file on FlickR contained either the non-commercial (nc) or no-derivative (nd) component, which isn't compatible with Wikipedia. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 15:17, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Otto Wiener (physicist)

This was not a careful speedy nomination. Did you notice there are articles in three other WPs? If you had clicked on the German one you would have seen the extensive article there? And if you had looked at its references, you would have seen there is even a book about him. DGG ( talk ) 16:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

No. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 16:46, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 November 2011

template ffu

Hi, I tweaked the template ffu|h and adding a link to the permission page. Please check and correct my grammar if needed.

This request has been placed on hold while pending a confirmation of permission. For further steps and how to proceed, please read Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries. If a response is not received within seven days, the request will be declined.

Regards, mabdul 11:30, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

It seems fine to me. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 12:19, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Why do you think those links are redundant?--Nitsansh (talk) 15:52, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Because they can be fund in the {{Events in sports by month links}} template. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 15:55, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

2011 Grand Slam of Darts

Your making too many mistakes, please don't spoil it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheDugster100 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 17 November 2011‎

Which mistake? Trying to edit an article, which you don't want others to edit. If the formatting isn't right, than correct and build upon it. It's borderline disruptive to undo them, because they are not perfect. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 22:26, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
People are chagning things without verifyable information, therefore it is an unauthorised change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheDugster100 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Well, than include this in the edit summary. This way everybody knows, why you removed the information. By the way the three darts averages for the group stage are unverified at the moment. Please add references to them. Every unreferenced information could be removed any time. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 22:40, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

HU:bet-at-home.com

Szia! Ellenőrzöttnek jelöltem, de kérlek, hogy a Sportfogadások című szakasz végén lévő angol szöveget még javítsd. Köszi. - RepliCarter (talk) 14:47, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Köszi. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 14:51, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

ISIS Magazine The Go Issue November 2011

Hello, I've been trying to upload the front cover of the Isis (http://isismagazine.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/the-go-issue-cover.png) as a file. Sorry, I know I'm being a bit ignorant but I'm not quite sure what the problem is with the file. I'm the current editor so I know that we're happy as a magazine for the image to be used on Wikipedia. Let me know if there's anything I can do to fix the current issues. Best, Jane (— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.121.33.187 (talk) 21:22, 18 November 2011‎

If you're entitled to give permission to the use of these image, than please follow the steps described at WP:CONSENT. (Please send a copy to me too, to armbrust@vipmail.hu.}) If you have done that, than give me a note and I will upload the picture. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 21:29, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I've just sent the e-mail about giving permission for the front cover of the Isis to be used on Wikipedia. If there are any other problems, please let me know. Thanks 2.121.33.187 (talk) 21:42, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Uploaded the image, you can find it at File:ISIS Magazine The Go Issue November 2011 cover.png. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 22:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

2011 Grand Slam of Darts Statistics

I added the statistics part, it is difficult to give a single reference or source for it. Source are the match statistics published on pdc.tv under references 8 to 15, put into an Excel sheet and calculated the sums, maximums and averages with it. Everyone could re-check it, I even can upload the Excel sheet somewhere - but I doubt that this would qualify as a realiable source. Any suggestions for this? (Ebondazzar (talk) 15:53, 19 November 2011 (UTC))

Well if you use {{#expr: 4 + 5 + 6 + 5}} to get the statistics, than these individual refs could be used. But even than the three darts averages would need a source. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 15:55, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 Done Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 19:34, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Ello - the other day you changed the logo on the Conservapedia article from the official version of the logo to a free SVG alternative. You might be interested in this post I made. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:49, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 November 2011

I noticed that you declined the logo upload request due to the content copyright message at the bottom of the page. Only the content of the site is copyrighted. The logo is not currently copyrighted. I am the marketing manager of the company simply trying to get the logo uploaded for our company wikipedia page. Is there something that I need to do in order to get the image uploaded? A change I should make? Feel free to email me at josh@mirusfutures.com. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Slosh3719 (talk) 16:03, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

You have three options for the upload of the picture through Files for upload: (1) Create a page to the official website, where you explicitly release the logo to public domain. (2) Follow the steps described at WP:CONSENT. (Mail me a copy of the e-mail to armbrust@vipmail.hu) (3) You got your userspace draft reviewed and accepted through AFC with adding {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the page. In this case the file could be used as non-free content. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 16:38, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

G4: Moving forward

As the closer of G4 RfC, would you assess the consensus at G4: Moving forward? There has been little discussion since 12 November 2011. NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs) added "the page's most recent [discussion]" to the policy on 11 November 2011.

The discussion after your close involved whether to change the policy's lead and whether a footnote should be added to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G4. If you can assess the consensus on these two points (and revise the policy per your assessment), I would be grateful. Best, Cunard (talk) 08:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

 Done Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 12:30, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Armbrust! :) Cunard (talk) 17:28, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi, You declined my image upload request for the We Buy Any Car logo as it was 'too low quality'. It was only going to be used as a logo in the infobox and thus I struggle to see how it was too low quality for this. I can't find any guidance on the subject. I tried to upload the same logo in the past - which was declined as the page for it hadn't yet been created - and this time followed the steps suggested to me on my talk page so I'd really appreciate further guidance. Itsfini (talk) 17:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Well it would be good if the logo would have at least a 250x100 pixel resolution. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:44, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (November 2011)

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UK Champs

Read this on the UK champs from the 1970's and clearly the article states that the event was called the UK Open from 84-91 but none of the articles are under it's correct name Dotdotdashdash (talk) 17:35, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but blogs aren't considered reliable sources. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:49, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 November 2011

James Bond (character)

Could I ask why you changed the size of the images on this page without any explanation? Is there something in the MOS that says 200px is better than 175px? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schrodinger's cat is alive (talk • contribs) 18:31, 30 November 2011‎

I felt, that the pictures were too small. Feel free to revert if you disagree. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 18:35, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks: I've reverted one, which crossed over the quote box on some screen sizes. The other two I've left alone. - SchroCat (^ • @) 20:02, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

RFA thank you

Thank you for your support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

About Hossein Vafaei

I am quite sure that the winner of IBSF World Snooker Championship will get the permission into the Main Snooker Tour of the following season. But it seems we do not have the agreement about that. If you check the status of the winners of 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship and 2010 IBSF World Snooker Championship, both started their professional career for the season after their wins. Alfred Burden the winner of 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship started his professional career from 2010/2011 World Tour as you can check here. And Dechawat Poomjaeng the winner of 2010 IBSF World Snooker Championship started his professional career from 2011/2012 World Tour as you can check here. And I am sure the same will happen for the winner of 2011 IBSF World Snooker Championship! Anyway if you want still insist in your idea and ignore all references that I added for this issue, it is still fine for me! Regards Koorosh1234 (talk) 13:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

As I said this is speculation. There are examples, that the qualification criteria can change: (1) For the previous two seasons England could nominate two players for the Main Tour (Pro Ticket Tour Number One and Pro Ticket Play-Offs winner), but for the current season only one. (2) For at least two season the was one place allocated for the winner of the Oceania Championship, but this place was withdrawn after the 2009/2010 season. World Snooker still hasn't released which player will have a place on the 2012/2013 Main Tour. The sources you have added are blogs, and blogs are generally not reliable sources. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 13:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, your discussion seems reasonable. Then, let's wait up to the time that 2012/2013 Main Tour Selection plan will be out. Koorosh1234 (talk) 15:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Update sections (FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012)

I have seen that you added again "update sections" in FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012. Much of this sections can not be updated: In the refernces of the events you can see, that also the FEI didn't know the results because the organizers of this events had not report it to the FEI. In two other sections the Grand Prix events was yesterday afternoon. Here it would been nice if you had waited one day. --Nordlicht8 (talk) 17:40, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

If there are events where not even FEI knows the results, than add <ref group="n" name="noresult"/> in the place of the winner and the following before the references section:
== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=n|refs=
<ref group="n" name="noresult">No results available yet.</ref>
}}
After this you can remove {{update section}}, where no other missing results remain. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 Done If a results end, but the results doesn't become available, than just add <ref group="n" name="noresult"/> to it's row. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 18:25, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
OK. Thank you. --Nordlicht8 (talk) 19:02, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Delinking main_name

Why did you delink main_name in [2] so for example 2009 BNP Paribas Open no longer has a link on "Indian Wells Masters"? Which problem was corrected by the edit? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:28, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I have undone the edit, but now the problem I wanted to solved appeared again. For example on the 2010 Qatar Open, the main article is now Qatar Open (tennis), but this should see like this: Qatar Open. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
I made another try to fix this there. Both problems seems to resolved now. Leave me a message if you encounter another problem. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 18:09, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

recent changes to the tennis event template

see red errors in 1995 Eurocard Open (October), 1996 Eurocard Open, 1978 Australian Open. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 16:49, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

 Fixed Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:37, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 December 2011

Just wanted to let you know...

that I was responding a few minutes ago a new email (the 4th now) related to that "ticket": Wikipedia:Files_for_upload/December_2011#CPC6128_Floppy_Disk_Emulator. Maybe the webmaster changes the license of the wiki to a more suitable. But if he do this, we have still the problem if that image is selftaken/a bit small, or? mabdul 14:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Well the picture is probably not self-made. I have found 4 other websites using the same image with Google Image and one of them claims copyright. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 15:06, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Comment on our page - advice sought ;)

Hi There. Thanks for your help/comments on Consumer Choices - much appreciated. Can I ask, is it all the external links you feel should be removed, or just some of them? We included them really as we thought it gave a good overview of other companies in the marketplace etc, but we are more than happy to pull them, especially if you feel it would make the Wiki page better. Perhaps we should leave the Ofcom one though? As that's the UK telecoms regulatory body (then again, it is in the refs list, so maybe even pull that?). I am happy to do as you suggest, and if I could get you opinion, I would really value it - not just for this page, but it would help me to better understand the way things should be done in the future ;) Once again, thanks for your time... much appreciated! (If you weren't so far away, I would offer you a beer! - Well, have a 'virtual beer' on me! Thanks again MikeGracia (talk)

External links should only include information which related to subject of the article and gives additional information about it. Currently none of them do this, thus al should be removed. Additionally you could use the links in the "Media Mentions" section as references to improve the article. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 22:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Okay thanks! I will remove the external links right away, and then after that, look at ways to integrate the media mentions into the article and cite them as as references. Thanks for the help/advice! MikeGracia (talk)

A barnstar for you! (from bodnotbod)

Thanks. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 00:18, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Order of swimming events at the Current sports events portal

They were listed by finals order. What's wrong with that?--Nitsansh (talk) 01:36, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Noting, but I think it's better to order them in the same order as they are on the article. Feel free reorder them again if you disagree. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 01:38, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Kooora Wrestling Awards

Hello sir, I'm talking to you regarding the article "Kooora Wrestling Awards" which you told me it is Nominated for deletion. The awards is well known at the middle east, and it is discussed all around the internet society and local media, like some newspapers, and each year thousands participates on the awards. And if you need any sources you can search for it at Google, or take a look at its official site: http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?mode=f&f=91. Please I beg you to keep the page, as I worked hard for it since 2008, and next month the 2011 results will be announced and I'm intending to add it hopefully to Wikipedia. (Triplea1987 (talk) 18:08, 10 December 2011 (UTC))

The official website of this award is forum? Sorry, but this is neither third-party not reliable. I will not withdraw the nomination, because I can't find the necessary third-party reliable sources to pass the general notability guideline. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 18:14, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Template: Video game screenshot rationale

Hi there. Just noticed you moved Template:Video game rationale to Template:Video game screenshot rationale and said it's not to be used for covers. I just wanted to know where the discussion was that decided this? I created that template originally and had intended it to handle any kind of non-free image related to video games, including box covers, logos and screenshots. It seems rather limiting to make it screenshot-only. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 23:49, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

FYI, I've moved the template back to its original location for the time being and started up a discussion there. I couldn't find any place where this had been previously discussed - please point me to it if a prior discussion exists, or feel free to leave a message in the new discussion. :) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 06:51, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

1994 WC snooker final

OK, I'll add then the link to the last frames of the 1994 WC final between Hendry and White. Hope that you won't remove it. 89.41.103.17 (talk) 17:37, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

If you don't try to use it as a reference and it isn't a torrent site, than I won't remove it. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:38, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Good, you should have explained that from the start. There is actually another video, with more frames (and audio and video synchronized), but the quality is worse: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjIyNDY5MDAw.html 89.41.103.17 (talk) 17:50, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Please decide, which one should be used. Please don't bloat the external links section with videos. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 17:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
That's why I asked you first. Let it be YouTube then, the quality is much better there. 89.41.103.17 (talk) 17:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Per your suggestion

I started the discussion here: Talk:Allen Tupper True#Three images in Work section...Modernist (talk) 22:06, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Nominations withdrawn until discussion isn't resolved. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 23:25, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 December 2011

Congratulations

100000 Edits
Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work!

Buster Seven Talk 15:17, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 15:23, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/May El-Khalil

Dear Armbrust, can you help me with this article please? Thank you, --Nicola54 (talk) 11:53, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 December 2011

Portal:Current events/Sports

If it isn't an article, why is all of its material article-style content? Especially since the editting instructions ask you to cite sources. --Falcadore (talk) 05:06, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

It it is an article, than why it is in the portal namespace? As far as I know there isn't any policy/guideline, which defines how a portal have to look like. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 05:10, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
As Current events/Sports is a child of Current Events, I think the template is built in. Current Events edittors don't have any problem with referencing. --Falcadore (talk) 07:02, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
Well this is true, but P:CE don't have this many entries as P:CE/S. By the way I think the proper place to discuss this would be at Portal talk:Current events/Sports. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 07:38, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
Or maybe CE/S has too many, which has been another point I've unsuccesfully raise as those contributing to the page presently actively seek to maintain the present state of affairs regardless of what happens elsewhere in Wikipedia. --Falcadore (talk)
Maybe, or maybe not. It looks like to me, that you're the only one, who don't like it. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 11:01, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
That does not invalidate anything I've said. It may just say that nobody who currently contributes cares about Wikipedias standards. Should laziness be encouraged?
And very seriously, what about verfiability? Some of these results could be made up and no-one would know any different. --Falcadore (talk) 02:04, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Not only does Wikipedia:Portal not say that Portals don't need refencing, it specifically demands compliance with Wikipedia:Verifiability. --Falcadore (talk) 11:07, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Further discussion, I think, should take place at the portals talk page. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 11:09, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Portal#Purpose of the Portal space

Hi Armbrust. Would you explain your edit here? Wikipedia talk:Portal#Purpose of the Portal space hasn't been closed or assessed for whether a close is appropriate. Cunard (talk) 06:51, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

The entry was removed from WP:ANRFC in this edit by OhanaUnited (talk · contribs) and after I seen it, I decided to archive the entry. Armbrust Talk to me about my editsreview 07:36, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the explanation. I will restore the closure request because OhanaUnited has made a mistake. Cunard (talk) 01:05, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

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2012 IM 70.3

You placed an {{update}} tag on the 2012 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. What is in need of updating? There is nothing noted in the edit summary or on the article's talk page as to what this is referring to. Thanks BarkeepChat/$ 19:00, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

According to the qualifying schedule the Ironman 70.3 Canberra took place on December 11, 2011. Either the results are missing or the schedule is out of date, I don't know, but couldn't find the results. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk aboutabout my edits? 19:44, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
Results can be found here and here. Feel free to help update, otherwise I'll get to it a few days. BarkeepChat/$ 21:05, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 Done Thanks for the links. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk aboutabout my edits? 21:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Ronnie O'Sullivan article

I just found that footnote 15, re O'Sullivan's assault on a match official, is a dead link. The Times piece it refers to is simply not available. But I have no idea what to do about it re the WP article. Would you mind following up, please? Ta. Happy New Year, btw. 121.220.35.93 (talk) 00:18, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I fund the article on The Times homepage and changed the link. The new link, however, requires subscription to be accessed. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk aboutabout my edits? 01:19, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Originally link was restored. It looks like someone had an archived link for it. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk aboutabout my edits? 01:48, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for such a prompt response! Impressive. 121.220.35.93 (talk) 07:35, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 December 2011

A barnstar for you! (from BanëJ)

Thanks. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk aboutabout my edits? 15:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Akamai Logo Edit

Hi there, Thanks for making the change requested to the Akamai Logo page (File:Akamai_logo.svg). One question -- when I click on the logo on that page, it brings me back to the old logo as an image. Is there any way to change the click-through link as well? Also, how do I get it to change on this page: Akamai_Technologies? Thanks for your help! 173.51.122.21 (talk) 18:48, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I think this is a caching issue. Read WP:CACHE on how to bypass you cache. Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk aboutabout my edits? 18:50, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

2012 WikiCup

Hi! As you've previously expressed interest in the competition, I'm just letting you know that the 2012 WikiCup is due to start in less than 24 hours. Signups are open, and will remain so for a few weeks after the beginning of the competition. The competition itself will follow basically the same format as last year, with a few small tweaks to point costs to reflect the opinions of the community. If you're interested in taking part, you're more than welcome, and if you know anyone who might be, please let them know too- the more the merrier! To join, simply add your name to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2012 signups, and we will be in touch. Please feel free to direct any questions to me, or leave a note on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! You are receiving this note as you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Please feel free to add or remove yourself. J Milburn (talk) 01:40, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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