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Template:Did you know nominations/1981 Iraqi embassy bombing

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Gatoclass, could you quickly post here as to what you found regarding sources? The nomination has been sitting for a while since you removed it from prep due to original hook, but both hooks (which I've just struck) clearly have issues; the question is whether "considered by some" would be allowable, or whether you consider it off the table. Once we know that, then a hook can be established, and only then can the review commence. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 18:27, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Gatoclass. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/Filipino women artists.
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Matty.007 19:24, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Asking for help at DYKnom: Åke Bonnier (clergy)

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Hi! I'm just in the process of reviewing DYKnom: Åke Bonnier (clergy), and I've doubts about the reliability status of a ref in the article, which is a CV. I'm not sure whether the existence of this ref contests the approval of the DYKnom. Can you pls advise on the said DYKnom page? BTW, I've asked User:SoWhy for help on Jan 9, however, he couldn't. For my POV, the problem doesn't lie in the foreign language ref but in the existence of the source as a CV. Thank you in advance. --CeeGee 13:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

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Hello Gatoclass, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition began on 1 January. There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 20:26, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/1981 Iraqi embassy bombing

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Gatoclass, Plot Spoiler has agreed to change the hook wording to "considered by some" from "considered". Would this be sufficient (you did indicate it might be)? If not, what do think is required here? Thanks for taking another look. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:47, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been another week, and no response. Your DYK interventions have been tending to result in delays of several weeks, and I think we need to hear from you sooner rather than later on this one, though I realize you've not been editing for nearly a week. Please give this your attention at your earliest opportunity. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:07, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Gatoclass (talk) 12:04, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I've just added it to the most recent list of older nominations needing a new review on the DYK talk page. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:19, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Valley View DYK

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Good morning Gatoclass, I know it would be a bit of an inconvenience, but would it be possible to pull Template:Did you know nominations/Valley View (Romney, West Virginia) from the Prep 2 queue and return it to the nominations page? I'm still working to locate an image for the hook, and forgot to note this on the article's nomination template. If this is possible, I'd greatly appreciate it, and I apologize for the trouble. I'll cross post this request with other DYK administrators. Thanks again! -- Caponer (talk) 10:55, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

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The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

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Question about an Old DYK

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Gatoclass; I have a question regarding an old DYK you approved on January 30, 2008. This DYK referenced Georgia Institute of Technology School of Computer Science. The problem is I cannot find any reference to this old DYK in the archives, even though this DYK supposedly appeared on the main page on February 1, 2008 per message on this article's talk page. I created a list of Georgia Tech related DYK articles for WikiProject Georgia Tech, and I would like for this list to be as accurate as possible. Therefore please let me know why this old DYK cannot be found in the archives? Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks in advance for your help - Mistercontributer (talk) 02:30, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation. - Mistercontributer (talk) 13:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No probs :) Gatoclass (talk) 13:52, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A kitten for you!

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This wiki-kitten is here to express my thanks for your help with maintaining the DYK process. Your assistance is highly appreciated!

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

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And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking of heavyduty comprimation of Blowing from a gun; are you willing to take a look at it once it's done?

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Hi, Gatoclass! I'm the sort of editor who needs to have the "full" overview of a subject, prior to effect a judicious comprimation of a topic into its encyclopaedic-worthy essentials. I than you for your previous critical comments, and wished to say that I am contemplating a MAJOR size reduction of the article, so that the following country studies will be the only ones included:

1. Great Britain in India (reason: Paradigmatic case)

2. Portugal (Reason: Earliest attested case)

3. Mughals in India (Reason: Principal inspiration source for British practice)

4. Afghanistan (Reason: Contains latest cases)

The rest of the article (rough guess, 70%) goes into the dustbin (although I think I'll include a mention for extremely interested readers that a previous version of the article is more detailed.

So, I wondered: Are you favourably inclined to me doing such a trimming job, and if you are, would you be willing to have a look at the article once I've done this?

In advance, thanks (I've added your User Page to my Watchlist) ArildArildnordby (talk) 19:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adding article link: Blowing from a gunArildnordby (talk) 20:01, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Discretionary sanctions 2013 review: Draft v3

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Hi. You have commented on Draft v1 or v2 in the Arbitration Committee's 2013 review of the discretionary sanctions system. I thought you'd like to know Draft v3 has now been posted to the main review page. You are very welcome to comment on it on the review talk page. Regards, AGK [•] 00:14, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

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A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK Nomination for Catherine Hayes (soprano)

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I am completely flummoxed by how to get the nomination template Template:Did you know nominations/Catherine Hayes (soprano) to display the nomination correctly on the main DYK nominations page. No matter what I type, I get something like "{{fullurl:Article title in plain text; no [[ ]]|action=history}} Article history] )" as the title of my nomination, instead of "Catherine Hayes (soprano)." To whom should I turn for help? Thanks very much! Rinne na dTrosc (talk) 05:31, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's United States ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Washington, D.C. Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Canada Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Minas Gerais Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Nepal Czar (submissions) and Indiana Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for comment

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Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK on Heber Hart

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Could you please tweak the DYK hook on Hart to reflect the over-long discussion on this: the agreed version was not "Heber Hart wrote that...", but "Heber Hart thought that...". Could you also put back the judge? The hook, like the article, is in British English, and the definate article is certainly needed. Many thanks - SchroCat (talk) 14:27, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, sorry, I won't. I did read through that discussion and I believe my tweak resolves the objections put by both sides. Gatoclass (talk) 14:29, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No - it does exactly the opposite. What the hell is the point is having endless discussions on the hook if you come along and put your own tweak on them later. 1. "wrote" is factually incorrect. 2. "the judge" is gramatically correct. If you refuse to go back to the agreed version against all consensus, pull the hook. - SchroCat (talk) 14:33, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Wrote is not factually incorrect, he wrote it, unquestionably. The objection was the statement that he "wrote" it in 1941, which technically speaking we can't be sure of. I fixed that by stating that "in a 1941 critique [he] wrote" it's indisputable that he wrote it in the critique, and the critique was published in 1941, which makes a "1941 critique". Gatoclass (talk) 14:42, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'll ask again: What the hell is the point is having endless discussions on the hook, come to a consensus, and have you re-write it later to your preferred non-consensus version? As previously requested: revert back to the consensus version or withdraw the hook. Please also ensure that you revert back to the agreed version, complete with the grammatical "the judge". - SchroCat (talk) 14:48, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, have it your own way, I will pull the hook for further discussion. But I will want to be part of that discussion, and I won't be able to participate until tomorrow. Gatoclass (talk) 14:55, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
FFS, it's not having it my way: you decided to tweak something that had already been agreed on (You understand what a consensus-led project is, I suppose?). 1. There was no need for you to do that, and going against the consensus for no reason is unfathomable. 2. When I say pull it, I mean pull the whole fucking nom: there have been too many people trying to play god in this process (you're only the most recent) and I'm now pissed off enough with the whole DYK process that I will never to come back to it again. @The Rambling Man:, I've not found any way to withdraw a nom entirely: if it needs an administrator's action, could you do the honours please? Thanks - SchroCat (talk) 15:02, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's done. The elegantly balanced DYK batch is now missing one fucked up hook. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks RM. This is the final straw for me with DYK. I have no idea why it's so difficult to do something so easy, but major last minute changes to a hook, sneakily put through without discussion (which would pick up the introduced errors) signal the end for me and this process. - SchroCat (talk) 15:21, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If all else fails SchroCat, add an ERRORS report and I'll pull the hook. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:35, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Please let's see if we can resolve this here first before pulling the hook, it's a well balanced set and I'm tired and don't want to have to start fucking around lookiing for a replacement hook right now if I can possibly avoid it. Gatoclass (talk) 14:44, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well perhaps we can all learn, once again, that "last minute fucking around" with hooks causes this kind of problem. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Well revert it then. The hook didn't need fucking around with after consensus had been reached. - SchroCat (talk) 14:48, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it did, because I had an objection of my own to the hook as it was proposed, so it would have had to be pulled in any case. I was just hoping to avoid having to do that by finding a quick compromise. Gatoclass (talk) 14:58, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's precisely one of the problems at DYK, the "quick last minute fix" which renders a hook inaccurate. It's happened to me too. You guys need to learn that it's better to pull these hooks, the nominators, if they have a grain of sense, will understand. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:59, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome to your opinion, but I'm never going to agree with you that every minor correction requires a new committee meeting. Nothing would ever get done on Wikipedia if we took that approach. Gatoclass (talk) 15:03, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) The nom was filed at 18:46, 5 June 2014 (UTC). It's not like you didn't have an opportunity to discuss it at any stage. And why you felt the need to introduce grammatical errors is beyond me, or go against a consensus off your own bat, without even bothering to let me know (as the nom), or anyone else who had been involved in the discussion, is beyond me. As to your last comment: it's not minor, and it's staggering that you are trying to defend breaching consensus in this way. - SchroCat (talk) 15:08, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome to fuck with DYK hooks at the last minute, but don't be surprised when it gets removed and does nothing but harm the so-called "DYK process". Why is it only DYK that suffers like this? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:07, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? It's not just DYK, what do you think we have WP:ERRORS for? Gatoclass (talk) 15:10, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's DYK that fills it daily (until the recent purge). The Rambling Man (talk) 16:28, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well perhaps you shouldn't post there so often. Gatoclass (talk) 16:37, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It's not me you need to worry about, I can fix things by eliminating the crap from the main page. It's everyone else who raises reports who you should be concerned for. I rarely post at ERRORS as I spend a lot of my time actively fixing the stuff listed at ERRORS. You should do the same. Oh, and do stop adjusting hooks to your personal taste, as you've discovered, it doesn't end well. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK hook

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According to this Frozen is the fourth highest grossing animation, Shrek II is top. I'm sure you checked it, but could you revisit the hook you've just sanctioned please? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:27, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, that reference used in the list points at *surprise, surprise* the US only. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:30, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I did check that statement and was confident it was correct, but you've saved me the trouble of checking a second time. Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Strange bedfellows

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I don't know that TRM's on about on this one [1] I thought your text was perfect. EEng (talk) 15:28, 25 June 2014 (UTC) P.S. Doesn't look like he's reopened the nom. Can you do that instead of me, since everyone thinks I'm such a badguy?[reply]

As per the above thread, I have requested that the whole nom is pulled, not just its place in the current queue. It's also not perfect: far from it. There are errors, as outlined. - SchroCat (talk) 15:33, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Inconsistency in the use of hyphen/dash for "then-/then–". Also, wouldn't it be better to state that Debian is an operating system, not just a "name" (and certainly not use an abbreviation like OS)? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:57, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You changed it already. I would, however, expect "businessman turned political candidate" to be hyphenated. And Indo-Naga should use an en-dash per WP:DASH, don't you think? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:59, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think the "Debian" hook is fine as it is. I did originally try hyphenating "businessman turned political candidate" but it looked awkward so didn't bother. I don't really care about the WP:DASH wars, but you are free to make any adjustments to the set you think appropriate. Gatoclass (talk) 07:08, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
They're not wars, they're MOS. Stuff on the main page should at least attempt to comply with it. I'll raise some reports on other issues in due course. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:10, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good! Gooooood!

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Yes! Let your anger flow through you! [2] Just a few more pulls and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete! EEng (talk) 07:30, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. I'm not angry though. This is all just SOP to me ... Gatoclass (talk) 07:36, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkham

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Following your comment here, a further reference has been provided. Is it OK for DYK now? --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:31, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the nomination page? Gatoclass (talk) 10:04, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Here. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 12:44, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, it looks as if the article was pulled from the queue with no trail, anyhow, I have checked the article again and re-approved. Gatoclass (talk) 13:25, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, too. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 14:45, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

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After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to Florida 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The new hook mixes two traditions: the heterodox Tantra and the orthodox Brahmanical Hinduism. "Protector of the weak" is from the the latter and inflict harm from the former. He is an important Tantric deity; besides his mainstream worship so I don't think it is UNDUE to focus on one of the facets of a complex deity. --Redtigerxyz Talk 05:05, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The DYK is closed as passed and the hook is pulled from the prep. Please fix the inconsistency. --Redtigerxyz Talk 05:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Replied on the nom page. Gatoclass (talk) 05:36, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just wanted to know if anything else is needed here; else please put a green tick so that it can be picked. --Redtigerxyz Talk 10:54, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It just needs a couple of tweaks to the article IMO. I tried to get back to it yesterday, but I'm getting very little help with the queues at the moment and the queues are my priority. I might be able to get back to your nom tonight, otherwise I'll try again tomorrow. Gatoclass (talk) 10:59, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, Gatoclass, can i ask you for a favor, my DYK nomination is still not reviewed, can you please assist it and review it, Thanks in Advance! -PapaJeckloy (talk) 12:08, 4 July 2014 (UTC).[reply]

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Review of DYK nomination for Astronomical Society of New South Wales

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Thank you for making the effort to review my nomination. I apologize for the difficulty you experienced in reconciling the number in the DYK hook to the article and the sources.

This is my first DYK experience, in fact the first article I have written from scratch, so I appreciate your comments.

To try to rectify this, I have updated the article with a better reference for McNaught's discoveries, which clearly list 72 asteroids and comets from NASA's own records (which is slightly more than my previous reference). However, I realize there is still no summary which gives the single total. The numbers are as follows (updated with the more current McNaught reference):

Object class Evans McNaught Garrard Total
Comets 1 71 16 88
Asteroids 1 1 2
Novae 40 4 44

So the grand total is now 134.

However, I am not sure whether such a table would add much to the article itself, other than simplifying comparison to the hook. Is that required in this case, do you think? --Gronk Oz (talk) 15:24, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lahainaluna

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Could you not call the school a high school in the hook for John Kalili? It was a missionary seminary during the 1800s and not called a high school.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:08, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It should be "that Governor Mataio Kekūanāoʻa appointed two Lahainaluna School graduates including John Kalili as circuit judges of Oʻahu in 1848?" Or "that Governor Mataio Kekūanāoʻa appointed Lahainaluna School graduate John Kalili as circuit judges of Oʻahu in 1848?"--KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:10, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I felt "Lahainaluna" alone wasn't specific enough so I copied the article title, missing the fact it was called something else earlier - but I see someone else since changed it to "Seminary". I will try to be more careful next time. Gatoclass (talk) 06:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nala (Ramayana): Template:Did you know/Queue/3

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Can you please move to next queue, when India is awake?--Redtigerxyz Talk 15:28, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rush

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This has been reverted because it unnecessarily panics and creates low quality queues, which, I'm afraid, we're still seeing. Better to just slow the process down a little, take time, get good hooks, don't you agree? The Rambling Man (talk) 13:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

didn't see

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...your "reviewing" msg on Prep 4 -- I just made a few little changes. Hope that doesn't mess up your system. EEng (talk) 03:28, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BTW good work doing the heavy lifting reviewing. EEng (talk) 03:33, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prep 4

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FWIW, Prep 4 looks fine to me. (I was also reviewing it, but I didn't announce that fact.) --Orlady (talk) 03:30, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Orlady: I just made the one change to the set, before I got this note, as I felt the hook in question didn't conform adequately with the article, otherwise everything looked fine. Gatoclass (talk) 04:18, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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@The ed17: Replied. Gatoclass (talk) 04:56, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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John C. McManus

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Hi Gatoclass. There was DYK nom was from a few weeks ago for John C. McManus, but I hadn't gotten any word about it and had to do some searching around to figure out why it never made it. It appears you removed it because the hook lacked interest. And sure, a radio appearance probably isn't the most interesting thing, and so I don't completely disagree with your decision, but I do want to be notified when something like this happens. I was working on this article with a library volunteer as a part of a GLAM initiative, and I was wondering what was going on with this DYK for a little while now. I know you work very hard with DYKs, and I think it's important for creators / nominators to be notified when their DYK has been declined. I, JethroBT drop me a line 19:32, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@I JethroBT: the nomination wasn't declined, I just forgot to restore it to the nom page for further discussion, have rectified that now, sorry for the omission. Gatoclass (talk) 03:55, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I, JethroBT drop me a line 05:44, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK review on Zaccheus Mason

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Hi!, please see note on your DYK review. -PAPAJECKLOY (hearthrob! kiss me! <3) (talk) 15:34, 18 July 2014 (UTC).[reply]

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Alligator gar DYK question

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Hi, Gatoclass - it appears the alligator gar article received some attention. Is there anything more I need to do? Atsme☯Consult 15:38, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is nothing more, what did you think you might have to do? Gatoclass (talk) 07:36, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe add it to the July 2014 Stats if it qualifies? [3] Atsme☯Consult 14:26, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you can certainly do that. Nice to see the article did so well BTW - obviously I wasn't the only one to find this subject interesting :) Gatoclass (talk) 02:36, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Mandarax Barnstar of Excellence

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The Mandarax Barnstar of Excellence
Gatoclass, I am pleased to award this MBE to you in recognition of your heroically assuming responsibility in order to keep DYK going during the Dark Days. This award is also in appreciation of all of the other outstanding work you've done on the DYK project. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:29, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) Sorry I haven't been of more help lately - I have some off-wiki issues to deal with right now. Gatoclass (talk) 13:17, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

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Hi Gatoclass! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 10:53, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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