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WikiProject Wikify April Drive

Hi there! I thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify's April Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive. We'll be trying to reduce the backlog size by over 500 articles and we need your help! Hard-working participants in the drive will receive awards for their contributions. If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Thanks!

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WikiCup 2013 March newsletter

We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr ( Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare ( Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus ( Keilana (submissions) and Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John ( Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

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Review

I have put an article you reviewed, John Hagelin, up for GAR. IRWolfie- (talk) 21:51, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Lists at FLC

If you have time or interest, feel free to take a look at my two lists at FLC: List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple and List of songs recorded by Pink Martini. Thanks so much! --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:57, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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Fyodor

Hi. I'm going to try to finish it today, though it may spill over into tomorrow. Please don't edit it while the GOCEinuse banner is there. I may jump around and I want to avoid edit conflicts. I will keep it watchlisted afterwards, so nothing will be lost. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 09:24, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Finished now. I'll keep it on my watchlist for matters arising from the talk page. Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 17:31, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

I really appreciate your help in PR and FLC for Satyajit Ray filmography. The list is promoted to FLC. Thanks much. - Vivvt (Talk) 13:58, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Wilhelm Busch

Hi, I’m currently copyediting the Wilhelm Busch page that you requested a look at on the Guild of Copyeditors request page, here. I am on my way to completing this but I need your input on various aspects and clarifications so that we can make the article look reasonable, so I’ll itemize from how the article is set-out right now - things soon might be moved about a bit by the time you see it because it needs section re-structuring, so presently:

• Under “Munich” it says that he “disrupted a vaudeville and made a scene in front of the subsequent togetherness with his family, a behaviour caused by alcohol.” What is this vaudeville – is it a particular show, or is it a theatre. I’ve changed it to variety show, but this may not be right. The German Wiki shows it as “Varietébesuches mit der Familie von Lenbach” (raw translation: Variety visit with the family Spranger) There is an artist called Franz von Lenbach. Was Brusch’s family really with him at this event ?
• Under “Antisemitism” there is a floating sentence copyedited to: “Although he[who?] felt that Jews were for Busch alien, the Jewish conductor Hermann Levi befriended him, suggesting that Busch had a slight bias towards Jews”. Who is the person who felt this ?
• Under “Influence on comics” – “The scenes and each part of the body and tail increase in tempo.[clarification needed]”. The meaning of this is not clear – can you clarify ?
• Under "'Moritzian' influence" - "GDR satire magazine Eulenspiegel caricatured black labour" needs adding to - carricatured with what ? "In 1969 Max und Moritz 'participated' at a student moving." - how was this done ? - was it a "student movement" of some kind - if so, what ?
• Under “Painting” there are 3 items.:

1. “poorly-prepared spruce-wood boards, which were secured by only one dovetail key.[166][clarification needed]” I’m assuming that means just one wedge in one of the frame corners on the reverse, but if it is, it doesn’t seem worth mentioning such a detail – does it mean something else ?

2. ”He dismissed the techniques of Impressionism, such as heavier light,[clarification needed” ‘Heavier’ light ? – odd description for impressionism – is it their "strong preoccupation with the effect of light" – do you know what 'heavier' means here ?

3. Busch dissociated from prominence.[173][clarification needed] Prominence ? – does this mean ‘public view’, or ‘success’, or what ?

Further, I am unsure about the term "picture stories" used throughout the article. It seems to be a mechanical translation from the German, and doesn't ring true in an English article. I have changed it to "illustrated tales". 'Tales' is better than 'stories' here. Stories can imply something of long length, and tales has the English implication of being short, and having the nature of morality or fable - and as in the English term for such things: "cautionary tale".

Many thanks. Acabashi (talk)

Wilhelm Busch DYK

I guess you follow the nomination. I don't think it can be said that Busch created Max and Moritz, he created Max und Moritz. I don't know when an English version appeared. - More Busch, for your enjoyment, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Can you answer this? PumpkinSky talk 21:31, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

List of people on U.S. banknotes

Hi Tomcat7- I have made significant revisions to this FLC and in doing so have addressed the points you mentioned in reference to your weak level of support. I would appreciate it if you might reconsider/revisit the list. Thank you--Godot13 (talk) 23:54, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Jackie Evancho

Would you kindly weigh in on this discussion? I'd like to hear your opinion. -- Ssilvers (talk) 12:50, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

No problem

Hey no problem. But there is still one small thing left. Akuamajo Dracula: Akuma no chi chi no akumu. The source Amazon only mentions about the novel not the about the time when it was separately issued in LOGOUT magazine but I'll take care of that too since I have already prepared for it. I have two reliable sources for it and I'm gonna add them in a short while. The list is large so sometimes some sections are left out. Also I'm working on a budget android smartphone which makes it even harder to edit ha ha. TransVannian (talk) 04:17, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Done took care of that too. Gotta say it was a real pain in the ass editing it.TransVannian (talk) 16:51, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Better source request for File:Otis Redding2.jpg

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DYK nomination of Wilhelm Busch

Hello! Your submission of Wilhelm Busch at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 07:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

About Vasily Kuptsov

Mille grazie, Tomya Sevenovich. Peter the not so Great aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:21, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Wilhelm Busch

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 29 April 2013 (UTC)