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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter
The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is 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:
- Hurricanehink (submissions)
- Sp33dyphil (submissions)
- Yellow Evan (submissions)
- Miyagawa (submissions)
- Wizardman (submissions)
- Casliber (submissions)
- Resolute (submissions)
- 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.
- The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
- The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
- The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
- The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
- The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
- The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
- The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
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 00:32, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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Commonwealth Games.
Hi Bill, I was thinking the Commonwealth games events should be formatted something similar to the Pan American Games. What do you think? Intoronto1125TalkContributions 00:37, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Formatted in which manner? an example would be better. — Bill william comptonTalk 04:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Well compare the shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with the 2011 Pan American Games. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 14:59, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- If you're suggesting tabular representation as in Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol then I'd say I'm on it but I think we should prioritize our work, and 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games is on top of my list. Still, there's a lot of work to be done. — Bill william comptonTalk 16:11, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, but considering I started with the Pan American Games in late 2010, I would like to start the Commonwealth Games sometime later next year. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 20:07, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- If you're suggesting tabular representation as in Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol then I'd say I'm on it but I think we should prioritize our work, and 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games is on top of my list. Still, there's a lot of work to be done. — Bill william comptonTalk 16:11, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Well compare the shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with the 2011 Pan American Games. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 14:59, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Dattopant Thengadi Article
You have added multiple issues' template on the page Dattopant Thengadi.
about that issues, i.e. mainly neutrality and citations.
I'm member of All India Working committee of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, one of the main organisation founded by him. This article is mainly written by me with the help of people close to him. I have worked with him. This clears the matter of citations.
About Neutrality. The 'words' which looks biased aren't my own. They are taken from his introductions books he authored which were published by the neutral- unbiased press.
You can also verify yourslef about the organisations he founded. BMS is the largest trade union of India and largest non-communist trade union of the world. It is independent and non political. BKS is the largest peasant's union of the world. It's also non political.
Via SJM, he did the intellectual leadership of the developing countries of 3rd world against pro-West and anti-developing world policies of W.T.O.(World Trade Organisation). SJM did a key role in the near functional collapse of WTO and the organisations around the globe agreed on the issues raised by the SJM and they were raised against it.
He wrote, more then 140 books with important topics such as the Hindu Model of development popularly known as third way, the future world order needed after the collapse of Communism and Capitalism derived form the Vedic World view. His famous book Third Way was welcomed world wide and its thought provoking new ideas were welcomed by the intellectuals throughout the world.
Here is the book list of his books available to me.
--Hinduway (talk) 06:03, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Check out the reasons:
- "It needs additional citations for verification"
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- Article has no inline citations at all.
- There's not even a single third-party reliable source.
- "ts neutrality is disputed"
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- Claims like "The kind of impact he left on the social and economic life of India is supremely unique, and set the tone for generations to come. Some of the hallmark qualities of his lifestyle are- simple living, in-depth study, deep thinking, clarity of thought, courage of the conviction and missionary zeal for the goal" and "Shri, Thengadi Ji, founded, nurtured and energized some of the well-known organizations of today", etc.
- Use of honorifics.
- Use of bold text.
- Use of capital letters.
- "Its tone or style may not reflect the formal tone used on Wikipedia"
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- "born in a humble village"
- "auspicious day of Deepawali"
- "He always kept pace with time"
- "'always left his indelible imprints on all the tasks he handled as parliamentarian"
- "showed his leadership capabilities by organizing"
- "erudite orator"
- "Some speeches of Dattopant Thengadi are available to us."
- This article is written to promote the subject, and as you've already mentioned that you have had some association with the subject I've tagged it for {{Conflict of interest}}. — Bill william comptonTalk 06:34, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Mr. William, check what one of the most celebrated leaders of the world and 3 times prime minister of India and prime minister of the largest democracy in the world, Atal Bihari Vajpayee said about him- http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesa3a9.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=48&page=13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hinduway (talk • contribs) 06:48, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
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October Wikification drive
The Working Wikifier's Barnstar | ||
This is given to Bill william compton for his ninth place appearance on the leaderboard. Congratulations! Nolelover Talk·Contribs 03:10, 10 November 2011 (UTC) |
The Bronze Wikification Barnstar | ||
This barnstar is also given to Bill william compton for wikifying 45 articles. Thanks for your work -- Nolelover Talk·Contribs 03:10, 10 November 2011 (UTC) |
Proposal to add American cinema task force under WikiProject United States
Greetings, I am a member of WikiProject United States, it was recently suggested that the American cinema task force of WikiProject Film which you are a member, might be inactive or semi active and it might be beneficial to include a joint task force for it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States, which Kumioko and me have added some of the projects like WikiProject American television and WikiProject United States Government. After reviewing the project it appears that there have not been any active discussion on the talk page in some time and the only content updates appear to be simple maintenance so being supported by a larger project might be beneficial. I have begun a discussion on the task force talk page to see how the members of the project feel about this suggestion. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 21:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
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Page Deletion
Hello Bill william compton i want to request Basant Bhattarai page for deletion. Please help me out. The article is not notable. KS700 (talk) 12:14, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- Hi KS700, before nominating any article for deletion you should first read our deletion policy. There you'll find necessary guidelines and procedural steps to nominate an article for deletion. I hope it will resolve all your queries. — Bill william comptonTalk 12:39, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- I already have and want to nominate it for deletion. KS700 (talk) 12:53, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- Okay, then tag article with {{Article for deletion}} template and save the page, after that start a subpage on clicking "this article's entry", give your rationale there and save that page. — Bill william comptonTalk 13:00, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- I already have and want to nominate it for deletion. KS700 (talk) 12:53, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
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Talk:Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games/GA1
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Devanagari talk page
Hi!
When you adjusted the quality of the article you also deleted a rather elaborate discussion i was having with Hunnjazal. I just wonder if you had any special reason to do so, or if it was a mistake. The discussion might have seen abandoned, but I have just been overloaded with work the past weeks. I'm new to contributing to wikipedia, so I do not know when a topic is considered old or dead.
Amilah (talk) 10:49, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
- I'm extremely sorry, it wasn't my intention. I was there only for the reassessment of the article, and demoted it to C-class due to failure of more than one B-class criteria. Please forgive me for any inconvenience. — Bill william comptonTalk 11:27, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
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2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Exam season? Disregard this if your too busy, but the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics are coming up in less then a month do you have any information on the Indian team that might be competing? Intoronto1125TalkContributions 04:20, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, and I've no idea about the Indian contingents. — Bill william comptonTalk 07:18, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
- Good luck on your exams! Intoronto1125TalkContributions 04:26, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
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- Joyeux Noël!! — Bill william comptonTalk 12:06, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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Peer review
Hi, I had listed this article for peer review. Your suggestions are most welcome. —Commander (Ping me) 16:57, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hockey Captains
Hockey has been an integral and national game for India in Olympics hence i urge you to add those link back. Abhinav619 (talk) 11:15, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
- It might be, but on the page of India at the 2012 Summer Olympics there's no need for adding about team which has not even qualified for the Games. Read out guidelines for "See also" section. Also, avoid dragging your POV, you may only link pages like India at the 2010 Asian Games or India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which is our de-facto convention. — Bill william comptonTalk 05:59, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Happy new year Bill
Happy new year, my best wishes of health and happiness for year 2012. Je vous offre mes meilleurs vœux de santé et de bonheur pour l'année 2012, ושל אושר לשנה 2012. --Cordialement féministe ♀ Cordially feminist Geneviève (talk) 07:45, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
- Je vous présente mes meilleurs vœux pour l'année 2012 :). — Bill william comptonTalk 10:48, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
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Your DYK nomination for Roia Zamani
Hi Bill, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Roia Zamani and I'd like to suggest an alternative hook. Could you leave some feedback at the nomination page? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:55, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Afghanistan at the 2002 Asian Games
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DYK for Roia Zamani
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Hi, just wanted to ask how did you make the hook verify using the source. The source doesn't explicitly mention that he is the most frequent winner post 2000. Can you throw some light on it. I'm working on a similar list and planning to try out a similar hook. —Vensatry (Ping me) 14:21, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- The accompanying list, which actually is the most important part of the article. If I'm remembering correctly then it was the list itself, serving as a source. — Bill william comptonTalk 13:33, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
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DYK problem
Bill, please see Template:Did you know nominations/Afghanistan at the Asian Games Myanmar at the Asian Games India at the Asian Games Pakistan at the Asian Games Philippines at the Asian Games Asian Games Federation. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 20:59, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2012 January newsletter
WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!
The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.
A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.
- 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
- 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
- Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
- Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
- Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
- Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.
We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.
A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: 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 23:58, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Afghanistan at the Asian Games
On 5 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Afghanistan at the Asian Games, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Philippines were the first five members of the Asian Games Federation? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Myanmar at the Asian Games
On 5 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Myanmar at the Asian Games, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Philippines were the first five members of the Asian Games Federation? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for India at the Asian Games
On 5 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article India at the Asian Games, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Philippines were the first five members of the Asian Games Federation? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for Pakistan at the Asian Games
On 5 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pakistan at the Asian Games, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Philippines were the first five members of the Asian Games Federation? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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DYK for Asian Games Federation
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The Signpost: 06 February 2012
- News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
- In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
- Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
- WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
- Featured content: Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff
- Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
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Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:29, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for North Korea at the 2002 Asian Games
On 10 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Korea at the 2002 Asian Games, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that North Korea competed in an international sporting event hosted by South Korea for the first time in 2002? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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