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Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!

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Dual Spires

Would simply citing the episode be enough for the changes to the reference panel? It's the only source for the information, I watched it, found them, and listed them, much like the other references listed. I don't see what makes mine any different. I went back and referenced the episode itself. If this is insufficient please state your reasoning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.209.11.150 (talk) 04:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Looks good now! Thank you for citing it properly. Sumsum2010·T·C 23:36, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

December 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive

The Special Barnstar
This Special Barnstar is given to Sumsum2010 for wikifying 83 articles, a total of 76,940 words. Thanks for participating, and please be sure to help out at our next drive! Nolelover It's football season! 01:36, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia   
This Superior Barnstar is given to Sumsum2010 for appearing on the leaderboard. Again, thanks for participating! Nolelover It's football season! 01:36, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: Editorial

I will try to think of an editorial piece for The Wikifier, but I doubt I will succeed in time for the first issue. Anyway, great idea and very well done! –pjoef (talkcontribs) 13:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I wrote something like an editorial, all is milk and honey and nectar (^___^). Please read it and let me know if it's okay?pjoef (talkcontribs) 14:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Looks good! I'm going to copy it to the editorial page now so there is content there. Sumsum2010·T·C 03:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you! Do you know of where I can sign up to the newsletter? –pjoef (talkcontribs) 08:45, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
I think it is coming from the Participants/New page. Like the MILHIST newsletter does. Sumsum2010·T·C 23:18, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 January 2011

New Years Message for WikiProject United States

With the first of what I hope will be monthly newsletters I again want to welcome you to the project and hope that as we all work together through the year we can expand the project, create missing articles and generally improve the pedia thought mutual cooperation and support. Now that we have a project and a solid pool of willing members I wanted to strike while the iron is hot and solicite help in doing a few things that I believe is a good next step in solidifiing the project. I have outlined a few suggestions where you can help with on the projects talk page. This includes but is not limited too updating Portal:United States, assessing the remaining US related articles that haven't been assessed, eliminating the Unrefernced BLP's and others. If you have other suggestions or are interested in doing other things feel free. I just wanted to offer a few suggestions were additional help is needed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions or you can always post something on the projects talk page. If you do not want to recieve a monthly message please put an * before your name on the members page.--Kumioko (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi. Just to say thanks for your comments at Wikipedia:Editor review/Cordless Larry‎. I've applied for autopatrol rights as you suggested. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:16, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

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February 2011 Wikification Drive

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Thanks for getting it done, Sumsum. "WikiProject" not "Wikiproject" though. Guoguo12--Talk--  02:26, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
All these months and I never noticed a capital P...Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 02:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify's Coordinator Election

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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Sumsum2010, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Logan Talk Contributions 03:43, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Just saw your one-year quote on my watchlist. Congratz! and may you have many more. Nolelover It's football season! 16:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, I wish the same to you! Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 01:57, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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The Wikifier, WikiProject Wikify's First Newsletter (January 2011)




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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 22:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2011

Talkback

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Nolelover It's football season! 14:09, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun!

Get going!

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive has begun. Please get started, as the drive aims to wikify over 2,000 articles this month. We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to join up as well. In case you didn't know, wikification is fairly simple: just add wiki markup, links, and similar formatting. Thanks for joining; we're looking forward to an exciting time this month!

Regards,

Guoguo12 (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), and Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs).

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Graph

I was wondering how you created the graph for the WWF Feburary drive. (so I could help by updating it when neccesary) WikiCopter (simplecommonslostcvuonau) 00:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I use Microsoft Works Spreadsheet and Snipping Tool. The date in one column and the total tags in the neighboring column. I should be able to update the graph everyday by 3:00(UTC) if by 6:00(UTC) it is not done I am either too busy or I entirely forgot.(The questionable dates to loo for are February 4, 9, 12, 16, 23) Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 02:55, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

New WikiProject United States Newsletter: February 2011 edition

Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also:

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  3. the United States Wikipedians collaboration of the Month - The collaboration article for February is Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The Signpost: 7 February 2011

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The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Needs Your Help!

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Thanks for messaging everyone. Could you transclude the message next time, though? That way edits are easier to make to the message. Of course, the downside is that the message can only be used once. Guoguo12--Talk--  04:31, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
Sure I can do that. Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 05:13, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Hi Sumsum. Thank you for the advice and warm welcome. Looking forward to being a part of this community. BjtLion (talk) 20:21, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad to have you on Wikipedia! Sumsum2010·T·C·Review me! 20:40, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi!

Lately, I've been seeing your name a lot when I've been editing. So, I just wanted to drop by and say that I think you're doing good work! Sophus Bie (talk) 10:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Bavaria Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. 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 23:51, 28 February 2011 (UTC)