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The Signpost: 18 April 2011

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The Signpost: 25 April 2011

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WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

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Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) andAssyrian people Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded toDemocratic Republic of the Congo Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seenhere. 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 fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:17, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 2 May 2011

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Diffs

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See WP:DIFF for info on how to do these. Mjroots (talk) 19:14, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Rod Thornton

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Hello! Your submission of Rod Thornton at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! SpinningSpark 08:54, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just noticed your note about citing diffs on the DYK talk page. After you review a nomination, go into the "history" tab at the top of the DYK talk page and look for the entry that you just made. There are two blue links at the head of each entry, "cur" and "prev". Click on "prev" (that means "previous") and you'll see the "diff" — that is, the difference between the way the page looked before you edited it (on the left), and what you added to it (on the right). Then look at the top of your browser and copy the link in the white box. Now back to your hook nomination: Copy the link onto your nomination. In the case of your nomination for Rod Thornton, you would type:
Reviewed [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Did_you_know&diff=427601436&oldid=427601042 St Andrew's School, Pangbourne]. After you save the page, it will appear like this:
Reviewed St Andrew's School, Pangbourne
Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:42, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I've got an exam tomorrow so I think I'll have to give up on this nom but thanks for telling me how to do it in future  Francium12  15:01, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please reply to the new comment underneath your nomination's entry. OCNative (talk) 13:17, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Your hook is now on DYK Prep4. --PFHLai (talk) 10:10, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 9 May 2011

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DYK for Rod Thornton

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 May 2011

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WikiCup 2011 May newsletter

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We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Scotland Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Texas Racepacket (submissions), Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) andSaskatchewan Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, pleasemake this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims 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 onWikipedia: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 ed1723:27, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 6 June 2011

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File permission problem with File:University Colege Bristol logo.jpg

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The Signpost: 13 June 2011

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WikiCup 2011 June newsletter

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We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader wasScotland Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led byOhio Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by Norway Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) and Bavaria Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. 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 23:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Could you perhaps have a look at the guide for writing journal articles? While I appreciate that you have been creating stubs for journals that were not yet included, I don't think that an "article" saying "XYZ is an academic journal on Foo", with as sole "reference" a link to the journal's homepage, is very helpful. At the very least, please tag them on their talk pages with {{WPJournals|class=Stub|needs-infobox=yes}}. Thanks. --Crusio (talk) 14:54, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 July 2011

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The Signpost: 11 July 2011

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The Signpost: 18 July 2011

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Talkback

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Hello, Vanished user sojweiorj34i4f. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie.
Message added 04:33, 19 July 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I Help, When I Can. [12] 04:33, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Jonnie Marbles for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jonnie Marbles is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonnie Marbles until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Kittybrewster ☎ 17:58, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 July 2011

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Lucasfilm...

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I do like it when I see an article growing with every refresh :) Good work on that, hope my little handy tweaks were of usedoktorb wordsdeeds 18:30, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to send it to DYK as it seemed quite interesting. However the whole process of submitting a DYK seems to have become a bit more bureaucratic since I last did it. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing!  Francium12  13:00, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lucasfilm Limited v Ainsworth

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I've gone ahead and reverted the edits made to the above referenced article. It is not appropriate to remove edits made to bring the article into compliance or maintenance templates, without directly addressing those specific issues. As an Online Ambassador, I am working with a student who was planning on requesting a DYK mention with this article. As it stands following your recent edits, the article was not in compliance with the Manual of Style and had several links to nonexisting targets. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. Best regards, Cind.amuse(Cindy) 16:15, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't mean to revert. My mistake.  Francium12  17:46, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Alan Lake (English Defence League)

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A tag has been placed on Alan Lake (English Defence League) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Pleasesee the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of Alan Lake (English Defence League) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alan Lake (English Defence League) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

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We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are New Zealand Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and Russia PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Scotland Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here andhere. 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 ed1711:29, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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