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Researcher

I was sent to you by another user, UpstateNYer, who said you may be able to help me a bit more on this. I was wondering if it would be possible to become a researcher. It's a new class, just recently created, but it allows people to view deleted content. I work in the area of music on this wiki and I always like to see the content of deleted articles, especially if there is a way to prove notability. (It's always nice to see where one article left off before it was taken away) Let me know if it's doable. Thanks. Undead Warrior (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Ordinary Wikipedia administrators cannot assign the "researcher" userright, and I don't believe anyone else on the English Wikipedia can either. It was created by the Wikimedia Foundation for a particular project, and I believe that the people in that project are only supposed to use it for that project, and not just to view deleted pages. Besides, if I understand correctly, it only gives you the deleted usernames and timestamps, not the actual page content itself. You look like you could potentially be an administrator some time soon; have you thought about running? Soap 10:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
I failed 3 RfA's a while back, so it's been a while since I have ran. Although, I would not mind running again... Undead Warrior (talk) 20:50, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

New article and DYK if you care to help improve. I wanted to get it up on July 4th! RlevseTalk 21:37, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

RFC

I noticed that you participated in a previous RFC at Wikipedia talk:Notability (events). I was wondering if you might share your opinion here: RFC: Should Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts) be merged with Wikipedia:Notability (events) and Wikipedia:Notability (people)? Thanks! Location (talk) 19:05, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

New article and DYK if you care to help improve. Up on July 6th, anniversary of the court ruling! RlevseTalk 00:49, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

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RfA

Well, I might as well ask. Would you mind taking a brief look at my contributions over the past 4 (ish) years or so and tell me if you think I stand any chance at becoming an Admin this time through? Thanks. Undead Warrior (talk) 01:09, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I've been out of the loop for some time now, and I doubt I'd be able to give you an accurate assessment. Among the current RfA "experts" are User:HJ Mitchell and User:Dank, who are usually more than willing to help. Best of luck either way. Juliancolton (talk) 01:15, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

New article on a Scouter, psychiatrist, and author. Very interesting. Pls help improve. Up for DYK too. RlevseTalk 15:47, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Hurricane Carmen

Ok thank you for the information and help. regards, Melanesian obsession (talk) 16:28, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

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Response from Chris Landsea about your query of 1887 AHS

I just got a response from Dr. Landsea earlier today and he did reply to your question of whether Hurricane 6 and 7 were the same storm. I'll paste that part of the email below

Lastly, storms #6 and 7 in 1887 are definitely two distinct, strong hurricanes. Please check out the great work that Jose Partagas did in digging up original ship reports from these hurricanes: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/Partagas/1887/1887a.pdf Occasionally, we do have TCs that have similar genesis/tracks. For example, Katrina and Rita and, more recently, Alex and TD2.

Hope that helps :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Works for me. Thanks for the info. Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

JTWC

Howdy. Just wondering if you or any of your talk page watchers know if JTWC archives their forecasts anywhere online. Thanks. -Atmoz (talk) 01:44, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

The JTWC doesn't archive their bulletins online but their are a number of websites that does it for them - including us (WPTC). [1], [2]. If you let us know which storm you are trying to work on i should be able to point you in the right direction of the JTWC advisories for that storm.Jason Rees (talk) 01:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I think I found what I was looking for. Mawar in 08/2005 is the specific storm I'm looking at. -Atmoz (talk) 15:20, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I would tell you to download this Text file but if you've already got the advisories then i wont.Jason Rees (talk) 18:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I was specifically looking for the 00Z forecast/advisory/whathaveyou from the 22nd, but I found it. I like websites that have easy navigation. Got the links saved so I don't have to look foolish by asking the same question in 2 months. :-) -Atmoz (talk) 22:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the help JR, and good luck with your project Atmoz. Let me know if you need any more help (although I admit the WPAC isn't my strong suit when it comes to TC tracking). Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Bujutsu Kodosokukai

Hi Julian, How are you? I have made a couple of posts on your recall page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Juliancolton/Recall about our article, but maybe you have not visited that site for some time. We would like your opinion on our progress with this article so we can have formal approval from an administrator in order to publish it again. (Freezydk (talk) 12:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC))

Unfortunately I'm not very active on Wikipedia at the moment, so you might wish to ask another administrator for advice (a few credible admins who come to mind are Dank (talk · contribs) and Moonriddengirl (talk · contribs)). Best of luck, Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Another road pic for the portal

Julian,

I finally got this view from the hairpin turn above Amenia on Route 44 in. I see you're sort-of taking the summer off ... but do you still think this should be a selected pic (for both the HV and NYSR portals, I should add)?

Also, you're closer than I am if you want to improve on the image by going there on a clearer day, perhaps with little white fluffy clouds in the sky to make it more interesting. It isn't hard to duplicate this shot. Daniel Case (talk) 16:02, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

I like it. I think an even better perspective would have been from just before the "vertex" of the turn, so you could capture the view looking south more clearly (like this, sort of). Next time I'm in that area I'll bring my camera and try to take a few different shots. Until then, I think your image would be great to add to the relevant portals. The HV portal might be running a bit heavy on road pictures, but as long as the quality and encyclopedic value is there, I don't see an issue.
By the way, I'm going to be in the Westerly, RI area in a couple weeks, and the SD memory card for my camera feels too light... It looks like you were around there a couple years ago, and since you're the go-to guy for NRHP sites, do you happen to know of any locations lacking decent pictures? I'd like to get into the habit of researching an area before I visit it to maximize the chance of snapping relavant shots. Juliancolton (talk) 22:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

you are the expert!

You may be away but you are the expert here! Not quite a weather storm. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:07, 15 July 2010 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/July_2010_Biob%C3%ADo_earthquake

I think DG's summary is probably accurate, and while I do personally agree that the article should be deleted, I'm not all that familiar with seismology. Ceranthor (talk · contribs) might know a thing or two about it. Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

What did you do to the template? [I can't find the picture anymore. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 15:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I just added the ability to adjust the size of the image. I don't believe I've inadvertently harmed anything. Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
I don't know about that. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 20:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes, you have to include the file name itself, eg. {{storm path|Katrina 2005 track.png}} Juliancolton (talk) 20:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I see it now. Thanks, :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 01:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Cite web news and the like

Hey Julian. About two months ago there was an issue concerning those templates and I saw that you wrote something about that it is important to distinguish those templates according to the object which is cited, e.g. cite web should not be used for papers, cite news not for journals or so. You referred that you have been informed in the chat about that. Could you please explain that to me, since we have a discussion on that topic on the German WP at the moment. TIA. --Matthiasb (talk) 19:13, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

If you could link to the dewiki discussion, I would probably be able to provide more specific feedback. Regards, Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

MOTD changes

MOTD is currently discussing possible changes to how the project is done. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Please see Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations/Archive 2#Suggested Changes. Thank you for your time. Simply south (talk) 22:52, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tropical Storm Ignacio (1997)

RlevseTalk 00:03, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

David A. Johnston FA

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, thanks

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:10, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, thanks! I didn't even notice it fell under the scope of the Chicago project. Juliancolton (talk) 14:27, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Editor review archived

Just a note, I've archived your editor review. You might have missed some comments (or not), but your review is located at Wikipedia:Editor_review/Juliancolton_4. Cya around! Netalarmtalk 14:29, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Kww

Hi Juliancolton, Can you provide me a link to what you have on Kww? Thanks. Like I said, I really had moved from dislike, to respect to actually liking him and it feels quite sad to hear he is gone. Hobit (talk) 00:32, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, no! I meant "passed" in the sense that he passed his RfA! Juliancolton (talk) 00:38, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Ah, scared me. That I did know. I !voted for him infact. I'm going to remove my comment, you might wish to clarify yours. Sorry I misunderstood. Hobit (talk) 00:47, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed that you have two pages in this category, your main user page and User:Juliancolton/Info... it's probably best to only be in one time, if possible. If you could fix it, great, if not, I may try to do it for you but I'm not totally clear on page structure. Best. ++Lar: t/c 16:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

That /info page is a relic from one of my old userpage layouts, so I deleted it altogether. Thanks for the heads-up. Juliancolton (talk) 16:49, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

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Here's a new article I created. Please help improve it. It's also up for DYK for 24 July. RlevseTalk 21:27, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

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Images

Hello Juliancolton!! If you can help me, i have a doubt with these images [3] , [4][5], i uploaded then to illustrated the soundtracks wich article, however, someone put out and now wich image is a orphan images...THe same happens with this image... I also read WP:FU, but seeing articles like this one (10 images in fair-use) and this (7 images in fair-use), for exemple, what is the problem with this image...?! :-/ i´am also a Reviewer on PT wikipedia, but i just want only like to be understood in this situation... Best regards Light WarriorConspiracy?!? 21:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter

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Adhara Observatory UFO Lunar Transit

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Deletion review for Yaki Kadafi

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Yaki Kadafi. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. --Illuminati hater (talk) 06:28, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

In this article, you state that it "transitioned into an extratropical cyclone before weakening into an extratropical cyclone." I'm uncertain what you mean (subtropical?), so I'm not gonna change it, but you wrote it I believe so just wanted to tell you. Hello32020 (talk) 01:23, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. Juliancolton (talk) 11:40, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of page Koel Bewaren

I was wondering why you deleted the page about the band Koel Bewaren? I was looking for information about them, and came across a reference to that page on the page about the town Aalsmeer, but apparently you have deleted it. Fenneke (talk) 15:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Paul LaViolette

I came to this one when I responded to a request for feedback.

New article was recently made, Paul LaViolette. I removed the PROD [6] because, despite it being previously deleted through discussion, it was hardly a clear-cut case; Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul LaViolette (2nd nomination). Also that was almost a year ago, so I thought that it 'deserved' discussion (if the PRODder decides to take it to AfD).

I hope you understand my decisions there.  Chzz  ►  15:36, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

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Admin(ish) coaching?

I'm not going to try for adminship anytime soon, perhaps not at all, but maybe you could help me brush up on some of the semi-basics? Maybe get my feet wet at AfD and things like that? Not really adoption, but getting to know the administrative parts of Wikipedia.

We can start after summer's over, but I'll totally understand if you're too busy then. Srs. :) —La Pianista 04:10, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Retirement?

[7] Why on God's green earth would you ever want to retire??? -- œ 22:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

:( upstateNYer 03:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Just no. —La Pianista 03:54, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
After getting your email, though, I understand. We still wish you were around, but we'll be okay with whatever makes you happy. —La Pianista 04:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
We'll miss you! --Rschen7754 04:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

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Good

[8] Now don't disappear for that long again :) Dabomb87 (talk) 02:57, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Glad to see you showing up in my watch list again, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:06, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
How odd that you have my status page on your watchlist. :) Now that summer's over, I figured I had to make a couple edits and stir the pot a bit. Good to see you folks again! Juliancolton (talk) 21:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Well done.

/me applauds. (X! · talk)  · @530  ·  11:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

I'll be here all week... Juliancolton (talk) 21:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Login help

I need help logging in, I enter in my username and password and get this:

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Logging you in to Wikimedia's other projects: (what's this?)"

However as soo nas I click on another link it shows me logged out again and says I need to log in, now I cleared m ycookies and temps but still have trouble. Is there any way you can help me? None of the other websites I use are giving me this issue. - 24.91.121.72 (talk) 21:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

How long have you been having this issue? It's happened to me a few times in the past, although I don't know what the technical explanation for it is. If it doesn't resolve itself by tonight, you could ask xeno (talk · contribs) or werdna (talk · contribs), who are both very technologically able. Juliancolton (talk) 21:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I have been having this issue for a few hours now, okay Y will wait it out as it could be server backlog here and ask xeno if it does not get resolved, thanks for your help =) - 24.91.121.72 (talk) 22:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, it is all fixed now =). -Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:52, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

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Help with GA review

I am a first time reviewer trying to help out on the GA nominations backlog. Your name was on the GA mentor list and I wondered if you could review my comments before I feed them back to the editor? (They're a list at the moment but I'll write them properly for the actual review.)

I have reviewed Caernarfon Castle. I have checked it against the "Quick fail" criteria and it passed okay. Although I do not have access to the references quoted I undertook the review as I have visited the castle twice and have an interest (although it is outside the field that I normally write edits for). I have checked that the references exist and have checked the general historical facts against internet sources. My comments are as follows:

  • One of the external links requires a note that a subscription is required.
  • Words that are wikilinks in the Leader also appear as wikilinks elsewhere in the article.
  • I might suggest that References are renamed Footnotes and that Bibliography becomes a proper section labelled References.
  • The photograph of the investiture of Prince Charles is copyrighted but includes a statement for its fair use, so is probably okay?
  • The Landmark Trust have a holiday property for rent within the Bath Tower.
  • I thought that the Architecture section might be better above the Later History one as presently the article sort of ends without a conclusion - having already come to one in the section above.
  • I have not checked all the wikilinks for disambiguation. Should I?

I thought that the article could pass for GA but didn't know whether to put it on hold for any of the above points, or just correct them myself. Your advice would be greatly appreciated!! Kenchikuben (talk) 16:18, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Connecticut Autumn 2010 Photo Contest

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Becoming a reviewer

Hello Juliancolton! I've read on a list of Good Article review mentors that you are willing to help anything in the GA process. Well this is my first time reviewing an article in which the article I'm looking at right now is Amor Prohibido (song). I was wondering if you could show me the ropes as I review the article. Thanks. Magiciandude (talk) 14:40, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

You now have the WP:REVIEWER right. (I know it's not what you asked for, but I figured you meet the qualifications). NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 15:53, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Works for me thanks. I'll post my review soon. Magiciandude (talk) 16:54, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I've made the review for the article. Here it is. Magiciandude (talk) 16:18, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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If I recall correctly you are quite the enthusiast for hurricane and tropical storm articles. I came across this one today and frankly am wondering if the whole thing is bullshit. I've never heard of tropical weather in the Netherlands before, I'm thinking it's either a hoax or a badly mangled translation, but I really don't know anything about this subject so maybe I'm just completely off base. The article has no references and mentions an area of the Netherlands that en.WP has no record of. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Its a hoax.Jason Rees (talk) 02:05, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. This article, which you deleted, is a mega-church with 25,000 congregants, and is in the news again. I was going to re-create the article due to the news as well as the red links in other articles. What do you think? Bearian (talk) 20:47, 22 September 2010 (UTC) See [9] for the "red links". Bearian (talk) 20:49, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Request new review of page

Sir,

As a resident of Clanton, Alabama (and webmaster of the city web site), I was interested in learning more about the actor and Clanton native Drew Roy.

When I checked Wikipedia, I found that a page for this actor had been deleted in 2009 due to several reasons, but primarily insufficient notability.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drew_Roy

In the period since this deletion, the actor has appeared (credited) in multiple episodes of Disney Channel's iCarly and Hannah Montana, as well as the movie Secretariat which is being released this month. While his career is obviously still young, he arguably is becoming more notable and I would like to request a new review of his page. Steventhomas42 (talk) 20:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Help regarding Copy Editing...

Hello, i want your help regarding the copy editing, general fixes and grammatical mistakes in the following articles related to Meteorology.

Waiting for your reply. Regards...


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WikiCup 2010 September newsletter

We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Hungary Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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Hiya

Hi Julian, on the Admin Coach status page it says you're at full capacity yet in current coachees you've only got 4 users not 5. I'm currently looking for a coach and all those I've asked are inactive or unable to do so. I was wondering if you could. Regards, —Ғяіᴆaз'§ĐøøмChampagne? • 5:45pm • 06:45, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

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article recreation

A common name, but can you confirm that the information in the following deleted article had nothing to do with an author who was active around 1900.

  • 02:14, 28 November 2008 Juliancolton (talk | contribs) deleted "Elizabeth Lee" ‎ (A7 (bio): No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion)
  • 00:53, 4 May 2007 Picaroon (talk | contribs) deleted "Elizabeth Lee" ‎ (CSD A7)

Thanks, cygnis insignis 13:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Bacon !

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Suggested changes at MOTD

Hello fellow motto contributor. Discussions arer still open on Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Suggested changes and still require further input especially on ideas 10-17. Please could you voice your opinion as this is going to be closed in early November. Please help out or even make any new idea suggestions. Simply south (talk) 14:09, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

The article 1910 Cuba hurricane is schedule to appear as the main page featured article in the near future

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LAOTSE - start again?

Hi,JC
I was clarifying things on Indian Institute of Technology Bombay when I noticed the LAOTSE acronym. You deleted a previous incarnation of the article. OK if I start it again? (This time with relevant material, of course.) There's plenty enough reliable refs available online for a reasonably competent editor to start a stub.
Must admit, even if you are/were working with LAOTSE and possibly conflicted, I'm surprised you didn't simply re-write the article instead of deleting it. Oh, and just one more thing. I couldn't find a contact email at http://www.laotse.vo.tum.de/ or thru a search of the TUM site. A "heads up": clicking the "Home" button on the front page of www.laotse.vo.tum.de sends the reader to a website about hair-care products... in Japanese.
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MOTD changes

This is a last call. Any opinions should be suggested by and including November 5th. See Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations/Archive 2#Suggested Changes Simply south (talk) 21:12, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 October newsletter

The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to New South Wales Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), William S. Saturn (submissions), Connecticut Staxringold (submissions) and Colombia ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Hungary Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is New South Wales Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is Connecticut Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is Republic of Ireland Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three.

The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! 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, Fox and The ed17 03:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 Ribbon of Participation

The WikiCup 2010 Ribbon of Participation
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The Signpost: 1 November 2010

It's raining thanks spam!

  • Please pardon the intrusion. This tin of thanks spam is offered to everyone who commented or !voted (Support, Oppose or Neutral) on my recent RfA. I appreciate the fact that you care enough about the encyclopedia and its community to participate in this forum.
  • There are a host of processes that further need community support, including content review (WP:GAN, WP:PR, WP:FAC, and WP:FAR). You can also consider becoming a Wikipedia Ambassador. If you have the requisite experience and knowledge, consider running for admin yourself!
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Q: Hurricane Beth (1971)

Hello, Juliancolton. Thank you for your new article Hurricane Beth (1971). I am thinking of nominating it for DYK. Could you address this question of mine on the talk page, please? I find it rather odd that a government website would not use the currency of its own country. Please advise. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 21:43, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 8 November 2010

you've got mail

Hey Julian! Just wanted to let you know I sent you an email the other day, in case it ended up in your spam folder or something. --ragesoss (WMF) (talk) 14:30, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I see it now. Juliancolton (talk) 17:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Mentoring

Hey I'm working on a Wikipedia page for one of my projects and it is the first article I have ever had to publish. Though your specialty is in meteorology, the article my partner and I are working on is biomass briquettes, which somewhat relates to environmental sustainability.

here is the article

User:Rothboy2/Draft_Page

and this is the original article

Biomass_briquettes

Thank You

--Elangate (talk) 20:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Hey Elangate – thanks for leaving me a message! I'll be more than happy to work with you for a while in getting your bearings around here, but for now, I'll focus on this article in particular. You've picked a good topic to start with (not too overwhelming, but at the same time, not so obscure as to avoid any attention), and it looks like you're headed in the right direction with the rewrite. That said, I am a bit concerned that the proposed revision reads more like an essay than an encyclopedic article (specifically the "Usage" section). For instance, "charcoal is becoming one of the most environmentally damaging industries" expresses an opinion, which violates one of WP's core endeavors, which is to sustain complete impartiality. If you can find a couple good quality academic sources to back up that statement, it'll be cool, but otherwise you might want to neutralize it somewhat. Also, avoid citing other Wikipedia articles as a reference; we're not considered a credible source, as counterintuitive as that may seem. This is just a real quick look, so if you could let me know how you'd like me to help, that would be great. Cheers! Juliancolton (talk) 02:39, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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Greetings

Hello Juliancolton, I had a recent foray with an IP user who portended to be you. If in fact this interaction was with you, I want you to know you have misunderstood my actions. and I completely allow that I may in fact have misunderstood yours as well. My greatest curiosity is whether or not it was an interaction with you, and then, only if you desire, a willingness to clarify my own actions. Kind regards. My76Strat 18:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Hey there. Nope, as far as I know(!) that wasn't me, so don't worry about it. Just out of curiosity, could you link me to the aforementioned discussion? Juliancolton (talk) 19:57, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for that reply, the incident occurred on the irc at en-help and unfortunately I do not log conversations. I am hoping perhaps some others may have and if for no other reason, the user was wrong for trying to represent himself as you, which was to me a first indicator that something might have been out of line. I will provide details as they become available. There is a record of the IP because what they were trying to accomplish was an AfD they had started but couldn't complete as an IP. Another helper completed the AfD and as I said that part is a matter of record. I hope to be able to show where they claimed to be you and somehow unable to use the account. And I will appraise you if and as details become available. Again thanks for your response and for your assistance as well. Kind regards, and oh, welcome to the ambassador program as well. I look forward to working with you in the future. My76Strat 21:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
I was able to contact a helper who did log the conversation. To my error it turns out the IP only mentioned you and in fact did not represent himself as being you. That was my mistake and I wasn't really seeking drama. In fact most of the interaction was relegated to my memory and concluded, until, as it happened, I noticed you as a fellow ambassador. I felt if it had been you, perhaps we could clear the misunderstanding. In fact if this user is an associate who frequents your talk page, then it seems perhaps this might one day be accomplished because of the post. So nothing really lost to the potential for gain; I can accept that. Cheers. My76Strat 22:04, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Online Ambassador selection process

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Hi,

I'm in a class at UC Berkeley and our project is to improve an article. The topic that we are working on specifically is copyleft, but the article that i would like to work on is patentleft. I am not sure really where to start, and I do not know how to add myself to the group as the other people in the group have done. Any help would be awesome, thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wonderbreadboi (talkcontribs) 20:54, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Neo-eldarin

I noticed you deleted the Neo-Eldarin page. 09:41, 30 December 2009 Juliancolton (talk | contribs) deleted "Neo-Eldarin" (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neo-Eldarin) But there are still red-links to it. Ok if I recreate the Neo-Eldarin page as a redirect to Tolkien fandom#Fandom and Tolkienian linguistics. That's the only place on wikipedia where it is still defined to any degree. If not, OK if I unlink Neo-Eldarin wherever it occurs, so it doesn't show up in red? Faolin42 (talk) 22:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Huggle

When are you going to use Huggle again? WAYNEOLAJUWON 18:22, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

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A consideration for cross project consolidation of talk page templates

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GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

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

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NYC Meetup: Saturday, December 4

We meet outside by the trees at 5:00 PM.

Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.

A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be 'Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying "WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.

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WikiProject Highways

Thanks for the invite, but have I not joint already the project?--Sal73x (talk) 14:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi. We've been working on Flower Drum Song, and it is at FAC. There aren't many GAs or FAs in the whole musicals project, so I think this FAC is important to that corner of Wikipedia. Would you kindly take a look and either comment or vote? Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:08, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 6 December 2010

Planning for next term in the Wikipedia Ambassador Program

Hi Julian. We're trying to figure out how many students we can mentor next term and how many additional Online Ambassadors will be needed. Based on the revised plan for what participating courses will be like next term, I've sketched out what will be expected of mentors. Please look that over, and then go to the online ambassadors talk page to indicate much mentoring and other ambassador activities you'd like to do next term. Thanks!

Also, you never responded about some of the details I asked for by email... I still haven't signed you up for the Wikipedia Ambassadors Google Group yet, among other things. Please take a look at that and get back to me; I can resend the email if you like. Cheers--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010

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Mentor for team of students

Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton (talk) 17:25, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 December 2010

Outline of meteorology

The Outline of meteorology has improved, but it is still incomplete. Would you mind taking a look at it?

By the way, are there any outlines related to this one? I have a vague memory that you created or worked on similar outlines. The Transhumanist    04:34, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

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ambassador list

Yes, of course. I'm sorry I won't get a chance to work with you. Maybe in sometime later, if you have more time. Cheers--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:03, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I think the project is an excellent idea, and I wish I had more time to contribute. I'll definitely help out where I can as time permits. Cheers, Juliancolton (talk) 21:05, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 December 2010

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Happy Holidays!

          Happy Holidays!
Dear Juliancolton,
Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season, whether you are celebrating Christmas or a different holiday. It's a special time of the year for almost everyone, and there's always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! ;)
Love,
--Meaghan [talk] 14:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 December 2010

GOCE Year-end Report

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 503 editors
  • 2,589 articles removed through four Backlog elimination drives
  • Our encounter with Jimbo Wales
  • Guild home pages reorganized and redesigned
  • Report on our inaugural elections
  • Guild Plans for 2011
  • New barnstars introduced
  • Requests page improved
  • Sign up for the January 2011 Backlog elimination drive!
Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:26, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello. You are being contacted because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup but have not yet signed up for the 2011 WikiCup, which starts at midnight. It is not too late to sign up! The competition will remain open until at least January 31, and so it is not too late to enter. If you are interested, simply follow the instructions to add your username to the signup page, and a judge will contact you as soon as possible with an explanation of how to participate. The WikiCup is a friendly competition open to all Wikipedians, old and new, experienced and inexperienced, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute quality content to Wikipedia. If you do not want to receive any further messages about the WikiCup, or you want to start receiving messages about the WikiCup, you may add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the WikiCup talk page or contact the judges directly. J Milburn and The ed17 06:49, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

I just thought I'd drop a quick greeting, and I hope that 2011 will bring everything you wish for! -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 03:31, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Certain anon IPs continue to remove references and referenced information from this article.[10][11][12][13][14] I have posted the normal warnings on different anon IPs[15][16]. If you have some advice as to what else can be done, it would be most appreciated. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:46, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Julian, I am conducting my first GA review at Talk:United States v. Wong Kim Ark/GA1. I am conducting this review as a homework assignment for the Wikipedia:Campus Ambassadors training I will undergo next week in San Francisco. As part of the training I am required to do a review and then discuss my review and the review process in an open forum with other editors. I chose the article at random, but do have some familarity with U.S. Constitutional Law, so its not a strange subject. I am attempting to follow the GA guidelines and conduct the review accordingly, but I am confident, as this is my first review, I will get something wrong. I do not plan on passing judgement on the article until midweek, but would appreciate any advice or feedback you might give me over the course of the week on my application of the process and my specific review. Am not worried about making a mistake, but experienced eyes on a newbies (me and GA) work is always useful. Thanks --Mike Cline (talk) 23:29, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 January 2011

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Juliancolton/Archive 30! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 20:31, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Jochen Dornbusch

Hi Juliancolton,

You added a flag for the Jochen Dornbusch article. I have shortened and sharpened-up what is essentially a stub, but with no stub tag, and with reasoning in the article’s talk page. Care to take a look? Best wishes,

Acabashi (talk) 12:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 January 2011

To Wikipedia's 10th birthday

Long time, no talk. Hope things are going well IRL. Cheers! --Dylan620 (tcr) 18:04, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 January 2011

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Outline update 2011-01-18, and an invitation...

Dear Julian,

Wow, you've blown way past me in edits. I'm overwhelmed - I'm twice as far down the ranking list as you. You've left me in the dust! Man-o-man, we could sure use some of your energy on the outlines project.  ;) Speaking of which...

We've undergone a name change: the project has been simplified to "WikiProject Outlines".

The current main focus is on increasing the availability of outlines. If readers can't find the outlines, the outlines can't help them. We need to figure out the best places to put links, and the best ways to attract external traffic directly to these pages.

While studying the link structure to outlines, I came across a navigation aid I forgot we had that you might find useful:

If you'd like to use the main page with outline links instead of portal links, set Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (outline links) as your default main page. See the instructions.

Due to the occasional sniping attempt on outlines and their support pages, outlines now have an alert page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts. Please go there now and add it to your watchlist.

Tarheel95 and Robert Skyhawk are working on a project to track traffic to outline pages. Speaking of traffic...

A discussion on outline traffic analysis has been started on the Outlines WikiProject talk page. You are cordially invited to participate. Your input is greatly needed on possible ways to increase the availability of the outlines. All ideas and feedback are welcome. I look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely, The Transhumanist    05:29, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

P.S.: don't forget to watchlist the alert page mentioned above. Cheers. -TT

The Signpost: 24 January 2011

RFA

Some time ago, you asked me about becoming an administrator. I was not ready to accept a nomination at that time, but I have now consented to run. I've been co-nominated by User:Wizardman and User:NuclearWarfare. Based on your previous request, I thought you might be interested. Thanks. Acdixon (talk contribs count) 19:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Lowercase

Hi, you semiprotected iPod, so I thought I would ask: how did you get the first letter to be lower case? I tried on IPath (finance) but seems to want upper case. Ideas will be appreciated, or you can just make it lowercase, because it is that way. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 21:26, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Use {{lowercase}} at the top of the page. --Admrboltz (talk) 21:30, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Your WikiHero award

Dear Juliancolton.

Congratulations! As for being a great and helpful contributor to this project, you have been identified as a WikiHero. Thanks alot for all your good and helpful work to this project.

Your username has appeared on this list

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For a userbox, you can use {{User:Porchcrop/Identified WikiHero}}. Lord Porchcrop POWER 02:52, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Typo

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion has To nominiate a single page for deletion, follow these three steps:. I'm sure it can wait till you're active again.--Doug butler (talk) 20:44, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. You could have fixed that too, by the way, as you've long since reached the autoconfirmed minimum. Soap 20:57, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

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

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2011

Question

What makes a man? Is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost? Isn’t that what makes a man? CTDU (talk) 19:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

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Deletion request

Please delete the redirect page Outline of poetry, to make way for a move.

Thank you.

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