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869 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Sony Xperia Z1 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Add sources
1,735 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA John Kerry (talk) Add sources
37 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: B United States House of Representatives elections, 1996 (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
35 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start United States Senate elections, 1998 (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
20 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Kill the King (song) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Ultras Malaya (supporter group) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Add sources
834 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: GA Oreo (talk) Cleanup
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start James Dasaolu (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
71 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010 (talk) Cleanup
8,430 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Revenge (TV series) (talk) Please add more images Expand
18 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA 152nd Georgia General Assembly (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Expand
1,045 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Raven (comics) (talk) Please add more sources Expand
16 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C United States Senate election in California, 2010 (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
72 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: B PolitiFact.com (talk) Please add more images Unencyclopaedic
591 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Harry Reid (talk) Unencyclopaedic
22 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Bodybuilding competitions featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Texas gubernatorial election, 1972 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Merge
106 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C General medical examination (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Vinzons Pilot High School (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
516 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Sentry (Robert Reynolds) (talk) Wikify
41 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Five-year survival rate (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Michael Graue (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start United States Senate elections in Delaware (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Orphan
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Missouri's 25th Senate district (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
11 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Liberty Defined (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
123 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Delamanid (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Stub
59 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Dupioni (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Joseph Zarelli (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1988 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Stub

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WP:PERM

I would like to let it go, but as those pages are, strictly speaking, an admin domain, do you believe that simply adding to the drama is particularly helpful? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:41, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Adoption suggestion

Hi PrairieKid. I was wondering whether you would be up for adopting User:Yoshi24517? He's fresh off a block, and whilst pretty enthusiastic, is in sore need of some guidance on Wikipedia. I'd consider taking him on myself, but given that I was the admin who blocked him, I'm not sure how happy he'd be about that... It struck me, from what I know of you, that you might be quite a good fit for him, so if you're up for it, go ahead and drop him a line. Cheers, Yunshui  14:08, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Sure will! Thanks for letting me know! PrairieKid (talk) 17:33, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Ann Rivers' Official 2013 Senate Portrait.jpg

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WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

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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Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds (2012).

Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds (2012).[40]

Hi - a Judge relative of ours in Fresno, CA was recently talking about how "the Feds" used their resourses to rip off a local tomato farmer and handed over his money and property to one another to buy expensive houses and stuff like that. He said, "it's like beating up Albert Einstein, no one can respect that". Which got me thinking someone in Washington must know what "they", "they" I guess are, US Attorney Ben Wagner and US Senator Diane Feinstien who appointed Wagner, are doing to get rich by using the system. Then I found this in your Rand Paul page. So, I think this case is a perfect verification of this - Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds (2012).

farmer, Scott Salyer http://finance.yahoo.com/news/supporters-scott-salyer-former-ceo-233707343.htmlLook Well Within (talk) 10:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Article David Condon

Hello! I was going through New pages in Wikipedia and found the above article. I just wanted to inform you that, following WP:POLITICIAN, the article could be deleted due to a lack of notability. Although mayor pages are not usually deleted, it should still say more than a description according to WP:POLOUTCOMES. Just an fyi. Thanks! -KJ click here 04:13, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

I will try to expand the article in the coming days... PrairieKid (talk) 04:37, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Mass surveillance

WikiProject Mass Surveillance
Dear, PrairieKid. We would like to invite you to join WikiProject Mass surveillance, a group of Wikipedians devoted to improving articles related to the privacy and global surveillance. If you're interested, consider adding yourself to the list of participants and joining the discussion on the talkpage.

-- We're trying to get the Fourth Amendment Restoration Act into WP:DYK-- could you improve the article or nominate it for the mainpage? HectorMoffet (talk) 14:29, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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25 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Columbia River Crossing (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
254 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Solid South (talk) Please add more images Add sources
236 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Cook Partisan Voting Index (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
88 Quality: High, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: GA Caucuses of the United States Congress (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Add sources
1,840 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Bewitched (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub International wrestling corp (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Opinion polling for the 2010 United States Senate elections (talk) Please add more sources Cleanup
13 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Political party strength in Vermont (talk) Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Cleanup
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Opinion polling for the 2012 United States Senate elections (talk) Please add more sources Cleanup
301 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Eleanor Catton (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Expand
34 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B United States Senate election in Illinois, 2010 (talk) Expand
153 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Don Young (talk) Expand
15 Quality: High, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: GA Saleh v. Bush (talk) Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Unencyclopaedic
473 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Maunsell Forts (talk) Please add more content Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
223 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Chuck Grassley (talk) Unencyclopaedic
39 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Makhai (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
22 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: B United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2010 (talk) Please add more images Merge
31 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Georgetown College (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Merge
43 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Rick Larsen (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Wikify
54 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Domestic policy of the George W. Bush administration (talk) Wikify
3,377 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Immanuel Kant (talk) Wikify
37 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub HappyBird (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Electoral history of Ed Markey (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Missouri's 27th Senate district (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
44 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Kuma–Manych Depression (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
50 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub APHA color (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
17 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Consultative Assembly of Oman (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
149 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Virginia's 8th congressional district (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Stub
36 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Virginia's 6th congressional district (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Stub
194 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Marvin P. Bush (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

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Adam Levine spotcheck

Hi again, PrairieKid! Got a favor I'd like to ask you. Since this is my first FAC, the Adam Levine article needs a spotcheck before it can be promoted, and you, well, seem ideal for the job. I know it looks a bit tedious but everything in the article IS referenced. Except for a few glitches which will be fixed asap. So, what do you say? GinaJay (talk) 10:50, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello- I'd be happy to. I will try to have it finished within a day. Thanks for all the work on the article! PrairieKid (talk) 19:09, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

  • This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
  • Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
  • The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
  • An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

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.

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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive

The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject invitation

You are invited to join Wikipedia: WikiProject United States presidential elections because of your outstanding contributions to articles related to this WikiProject.--JayJasper (talk) 19:08, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Kid President for deletion

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