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Posted by: Northamerica1000(talk) 04:10, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Sociology in medieval Islam

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The article Sociology in medieval Islam has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence that this is an encyclopedia topic. Unsourced,minimal content.

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I then had 2nd thoughts and redirected it to History_of_sociology#Ancient_times which has more on the topic than this stub had. PamD 09:30, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The redirect sounds good to me. --NickPenguin(contribs) 16:59, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:GAN nominations

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In order to nominate articles at WP:GAN, please follow the procedure in the instructions tab. Otherwise the bot will revert your nomination attempt like it already has.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 09:07, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My bad, I didn't see the Instructions tab. I did read the entire GAN nominations page, and I must have missed the line that indicated that you should read the instruction tab. Maybe this line should be in bold? I also figured there would be a commented out message when you tried to manually edit the page, but I didn't see one there either. I will follow the proper procedure. --NickPenguin(contribs) 17:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I reverted your recent GANs. Please read WP:WIAGA and try to make sure the article meets the criteria before nominating. Paragraphs without any citations are a red flag for reviewers to quick-fail, and any maintenance tags should be addressed beforehand. Thanks, Sasata (talk) 19:17, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate you drawing my attention to this. On further reflection, I will simply not get involved with the GA process. --NickPenguin(contribs) 19:46, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Posted by: Northamerica1000(talk) 22:36, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Flying Ace

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Hi. Did you read what I answered to you on my talkpage? Diako1971 (talk) 22:44, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did, I will reply there. --NickPenguin(contribs) 05:28, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

K. Sedghi

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Hi. I have done what you told me and labeled the article as prod. But the User:Safiel has reverted my label. Diako1971 (talk) 08:15, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We might as well just leave it the way it is then. If it is deemed to be false information, then it can be removed from the flying ace article. We did our best. --NickPenguin(contribs) 12:15, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The reason I removed the PROD tag was that the article had already gone through the Articles for Deletion process and thus was ineligible for PROD. Safiel (talk) 14:32, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
@Safiel: What would be the proper procedure in this case then? --NickPenguin(contribs) 04:18, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If you are seeking deletion of the article, the only recourse at this point is to renominate the article for deletion under WP:AFD. Safiel (talk) 04:23, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year!
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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:

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The life sciences involve the study of living organisms
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TAFI vote

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Hi Nick, would you mind closing last week's TAFI vote and setting up a new one? Real life is suddenly a bit hectic for me - Evad37 [talk] 01:35, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, I was anticipating on doing that tonight anyways. --NickPenguin(contribs) 04:46, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Evad37: Want me to take care of this weeks noms? I can do it in about 10 hours, around 4 UTC. --NickPenguin(contribs) 17:12, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, thanks. If you could do it for the next couple of weeks that would be great. - Evad37 [talk] 23:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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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:

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Because it is so vast, there are a large number of different cultures involved in Prehistoric Asia
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While this is a hot mess, I am not sure that it's not notable. Bearian (talk) 18:18, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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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.

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Not sure why the deletion? ~

It wasn't a deletion, it was a merge and a redirect to Injury. It was discussed at Talk:Injury, and I posted all the relevant messages in the edit summaries describing my actions. --NickPenguin(contribs) 13:15, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Lobamba is the traditional and legislative capital of Swaziland.
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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.

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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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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2014)

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Stir frying in a wok
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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2014)

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Inserting blasting caps into blocks of C-4
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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2014)

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A Jazz band plays in a park festival
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A barnstar for you!

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
All through the Revision History page of Jazz band I see your name. Keep up the great work! Mirror Freak 15:11, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Much appreciated, and thank you for your contributions as well. If you find our project interesting, you should check out the main WP:TAFI page and consider working with us on future collaborations. Next week, starting on Monday, is the Vatican Library. --NickPenguin(contribs) 15:21, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that you were getting the notifications from TAFI so I decided to join as well. Sounds like a great idea for a Wikiproject!Mirror Freak 15:29, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We're a pretty good group. Not everyone finds a way to contribute to the collaboration every week, but make a edit whenever you feel that spark of interest. --NickPenguin(contribs) 15:35, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2014)

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The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library
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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2014)

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Lucky the Dinosaur at Walt Disney World was the first animatronic creation to walk on land
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WP:TAFI

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Hi NickPenguin: Please note that after I recently sent out some invitations for people to join WP:TAFI, a few have so far (see the Members page)! I'm writing to request for you add the new members to your ping list for the weekly !votes at WT:TAFI. Another option would be to send weekly notices to people's talk pages about the weekly !voting. Please reply at your convenience, and thanks for the work you do to keep the project running smoothly. NorthAmerica1000 02:42, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Northamerica1000:, that's awesome. I will add them to the ping list for next week, hopefully participation can grow even more still. I have been really impressed with what we have been putting out the last few weeks, our group really becoming a diverse set of talented people. --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:17, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Great, and thanks for the kindness. Additionally, if you know of anyone who may be interested in the project, you can invite them using {{subst:Today's article for improvement invitation}}. I recently updated the invitation template to include more information about the project. NorthAmerica1000 03:23, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Truthfully I really don't know many people on here. You have more stage presence than me, I think you would have better luck in the recruiting department. --NickPenguin(contribs) 03:27, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just an idea, and thanks for the reply. Cheers, NorthAmerica1000 06:40, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2014)

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Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the leading ghost story writers of the nineteenth century
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A historical map of West Africa from 1707
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