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The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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Millennium Force Good Article

Hello, I noticed you did a Good Article review of Millennium Force back in 2009. I have cleaned it up and added better sources, can you take a look at it and see if you think its ready to be renominated again? Your probably familiar with what it needed because you did the original review. Thanks, --Astros4477 (talk) 23:27, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 March 2012

Hi. Once you have some time perhaps you could drop by at Local files 101 to 120 and Local files 121 to 140? I commented on a few of the files you checked. --MGA73 (talk) 15:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

WP:FOUR for Thurman Tucker

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The Signpost: 19 March 2012

Hi Wizardman! I need a copyright expert's insight on a deletion discussion at Commons. It's a tough one, I'm not 100% confident in what I'm arguing, so it'd be a huge help if I could get an experienced user's insight. Note that I've also asked your colleagues MRG and MER-C, so if you're too busy to take a look, not to worry! Regards, Osiris (talk) 00:35, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your response! :) Osiris (talk) 12:45, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Vyacheslav Seletskiy

Hello, I would like your help with this article. Years ago, the article was sourced but the link is now unavailable, and the article is "BLP unsourced". I PRODed the article because there are chances the article may not be sourced again. What would you suggest? SwisterTwister talk 18:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Millennium Force

Thanks for your suggestion about Millennium Force. I have gone ahead and made more improvements to the article and added facts and information similar to Behemoth. What do you think of a Good Article review now?--Astros4477 (talk) 20:02, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 March 2012

RS second opinion

Levitt is a published author, which is a major plus. I'd be inclined to accept it as reliable enough, but be ready to tell the FAC people that he is a published author if they ask. As long as you don't use it too much I think you'll be okay. One thing I note is that the biography itself appeared in a published book; if you could find that book and cite it that would take care of any concerns by itself. I had the exact same situation with an article recently, where I was able to find a copy of an online article by a historian in a book and cite the book, leaving some cites to the online source for items added since the book's publication. Reminds me: I'd like to ask you to look at that article at some point. Not sure if you'd think the topic is that interesting, but it's something I started from scratch and would like to finish someday. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:37, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 March newsletter

We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Scotland Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Vanuatu Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to Florida 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Wisconsin Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

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Jessica Dykstra

Latest on Jessica is that she will be Spots Illustrated's "Lovely Lady of the Day" in the upcoming issue. Coupled with her recent signing with Frederick's of Hollywood, is she notable enough yet to restore my article? --J.S.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/extramustard/hotclicks/04/06/jessica-dykstra-top-selling-major-league-baseball-jerseys/index.html#ixzz1rJ7WbYJJ

Page history merge?

I created a redirect for a page recently. When that page was ready to blossom into a full article, someone else created a new article for it and redirected my redirect to that page. It was a good faith mistake on the new editor's part. I shouldn't care, but I do keep track of how many articles I've created, and that one should be mine based on the work. I'm talking about Dan Otero, which I had created at Danny Otero. Is there a way to do a page history merge on that so that my redirect in February is the page's first edit? – Muboshgu (talk) 23:43, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Self-reminder to do this this weekend. Way behind on wiki-work. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:11, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Much obliged, sir. Being an admin ain't easy, part of the reason I don't want the job. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:07, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Those 2005 versions should be redeleted. It's clear why it was deleted in the first place. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:09, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Derp, that's fixed now. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:47, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Muchas gracias. We all derp from time to time. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:44, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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I nominated Music of the Sun for GAT over two months ago and there hasn't been activity for just over a month. There is one oppose and three supports; I was wondering when this will be promoted/rejected? Here is the link. Aaron • You Da One 19:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Waterloo Road character list

Hi there Wizardman, I saw you had put protection on the Waterloo Road page and I was wondering could you add protection to it's character list, List of Waterloo Road characters as too many people are editing and because they are not proper members they are making a mess of the tables, they are also constantly changing this back after me and a few others have made edits. Many Thanks Dontforgetthisone (talk) 22:56, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

An invitation for you!

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Happy editing! – Muboshgu (talk) 01:14, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 16 April 2012

Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and stories

Hi Wizardman, Just wondering when the Good Topic process for this one? Cheers - SchroCat (^ • @) 19:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Hope I've caught you when you have a few minutes, was wondering if you'd be able to look over how I processed the promotion of this topic in case I missed anything. Thanks. GRAPPLE X 04:18, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Cy Seymour

I am planning on nominating that article for GA soon, I just wanted to take another pass at searching for sources and incorporating more from the SABR article. I got distracted working on Miller Huggins, and preparing Derek Jeter for another go at FAC. HighBeam should help. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:45, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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Roger Hornsby on a 1921 Exhibits baseball card wearing a St. Louis Cardinals road uniform

Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963) was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hornsby was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of the 1926 World Series champions. In 1915, he began his major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and remained with the team for 12 seasons, winning his first MVP and his only World Series. He then played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves before being traded to the Chicago Cubs. He played with the Cubs for four years and won his second MVP before the team released him in 1932. Hornsby re-signed with the Cardinals in 1933, but was released partway through the season and was picked up by the St. Louis Browns. He remained there until his final season in 1937. From 1925 to 1937, Hornsby was intermittently a player-manager. He later managed the Browns in 1952 and the Cincinnati Reds from 1952 to 1953. Sportswriters consider Hornsby to be one of the best hitters of all time. His career batting average of .358 is second to Ty Cobb in MLB history. He also won two Triple Crowns, and is the only player to hit 40 home runs and bat .400 in the same year (1922). He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942. (more...)

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Leah LaBelle

Hello Wizardman, an article you deleted over five years at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leah LaBelle has been recreated at Leah Labelle and she now seems to pass WP:MUSICBIO. I was going to place a speedy deletion move template at Leah LaBelle since it currently redirects to American Idol (season 3), but I saw it you had protected it. I was not sure if I should come to you or if I should have started a WP:DRV. I would either appreciate your assistance in moving the current article moved or your opinion in the matter. Thank you, Aspects (talk) 00:54, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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For this revert. I do not know about the second article, but I am the reviewer of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi article for Good article status, so, I know, nothing has changed today in that review. Tito Dutta Message 02:34, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 April 2012

Derek Jeter

Now that you're done reviewing Dan McGann, you must be looking for another baseball article to review. I think I'm ready to nominate Jeter's article, once I give it another look in a day or so. I appreciate any feedback you can provide. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:26, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 April newsletter

Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Scotland Casliber (submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's New York City Muboshgu (submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Vanuatu Matthewedwards (submissions) and United Kingdom Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, England Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Michigan Dana Boomer (submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Bavaria Stone (submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) and Bavaria Stone (submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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2012–13 United States network television schedule

You deleted the page awhile back ago, but I was going to recreate the page since its all most time for the new season to start rolling out. isd the page protected. I can't seem to edit the page.Thanks here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_United_States_network_television_scheduleWP Editor 2012 (talk) 21:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

My RFA

Hi, I just wanted to leave a note saying thank you for partcipating in my RFA, and your comments will be taken on board and acted upon. Hopfully, I will be of a level you can support in a future RFA. MrLittleIrish (talk) © 13:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Heads up! New reply

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GA for Green Day

I, by mistake nominated it under Arts but it should be under other musical artists. I re added the Ga nomination tag to Talk page of green day with Other music type. Will this mess get fixed? Yasht101 05:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

 Fixed now Yasht101 05:47, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Re: Music of the Sun GAT

Hi, I was wondering what the status of this nomination is now as I nominated it over 3 months ago now. Aaron • You Da One 11:59, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Peer review request

Hi Wizardman. I've been working on a new article, Doc Adams, extensively over the last six months and have eyes on getting it to FA status. I would be a newcomer to FAC from the nominating side and need all the help I can get. If you have some free time in which you're not working on any of your projects, would you please consider offering some thoughts at an ongoing peer review? I'd really appreciate it, and we could always use more baseball FAs. Giants2008 (Talk) 14:06, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

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Request for help from Oversight

An editor made some changes to an article that I created and edit occasionally as time permits. This user has attempted to "out" me in the revision history of that page, (The Necronauts), on an edit completed at 23:35 on 10 May 2012. This anonymous user also consistently deletes details for which I have included reference material. This user appears to perhaps be Snatchproof81 or Revisionists, both of which have been suspected sockpuppets of Electronado, who has harrassed me in the past. Unfortunately, my willingness to expand wikipedia (since I created that page) has backfired on me as it appears that possible band members or acquaintances have some personal COI. I would appreciate your help in rectifying this issue. Thank you. Desertally (talk) 16:38, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Jessica Dykstra... again

She and I have become somewhat friendly, and she recently texted me some info on her career. She will be in an upcoming Michael Bay movie with The Rock and Mark Wahlberg and Dr. Bello with Isaiah Washington and Vivica. A. Fox. She will also be representing the U.S.A. in the Miss World 2012 contest. She has write-ups in Global Grind and the New York Times. I think she's done enough to have her article brought back.--Johnny Spasm (talk) 12:47, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

http://www.beautymania.biz/2012/05/pageant-updates-miss-world-usa-2012.html

http://globalgrind.com/style/jessica-dykstra-hood-hollywood-model-exclusive-interview

I ask you because you are the one who deleted it. I figured simply recreating it without talking to the person who deleted it is a wikipedia naughty, but if you don't care, then fine. I'll probably recreate it in the near future. As I state in my comment, she and I have become somewhat friendly. She tells me what is going on in her career, and asks me if I think she's gotten big enough to have her article restored. I tell her I'll find out. Gimme a break, a 24 year old girl isn't supposed to be flattered when someone creates a wikipedia article about her?--Johnny Spasm (talk) 19:41, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

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Oakley77 GA reviews

It's beyond my competency to reverse the five GAs that Oakley77 put through. You said in the GAN talk page that we need to reverse them, but I don't know how, nor do I know any of the precedents for doing so, or what has traditionally been done when rogue reviewers have had to have their work undone or redone. What the nominators deserve are actual reviews by a competent reviewer; it seems harsh to put them through a reassessment when what they need is a good initial assessment.

Is this something you can do yourself? I've had articles reviewed, but I've never done a review myself because I don't feel fully competent to get all the details right, and something like this is too important to screw up. (I'm also fairly busy these days over at DYK, which has much less stringent standards.) What can be done at this point? BlueMoonset (talk) 00:35, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Your comment is sought

Hello Wizardman,

You commented yesterday on the review page for Bo Xilai, noting stability concerns. I suspect you were merely there to ensure that the review by Oakley77 was in order, but since you passed by, I wanted to solicit your opinion on one aspect of the page. Among the most historically contentious aspects of this person's biography is his role in the suppression of Falun Gong. This morning, the paragraph elaborating on this was deleted[1]. The accompanying talk page discussion is here[2]. I'm not sure about the degree to which you're familiar with this individual or Chinese politics in general, but I don't think it matters. An evaluation of this content from an uninvolved veteran editor would be invaluable, and could help mitigate ongoing disputes. Thanks, Homunculus (duihua) 15:04, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks much for your comment. I'm not sure if you have any interest in wading in further, but I hope you do. I've included a proposed wording based on some of the feedback, which should be located near the bottom of the discussion thread (assuming it hasn't expanded greatly). It's entirely possible that the material is not all necessary, nor ideally worded. The main source of contention seems to be whether the outcome of the lawsuits should be described. Participants in the discussion are torn on the issue, and I can't say it has been the constructive back-and-forth you might have hoped for. Any further feedback is valuable. For your reference, this content was previously (and perhaps begrudgingly) agreed upon some months ago, and was stable until this morning when I evidently upset the balance with this edit[3]. Best, Homunculus (duihua) 20:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Chapman

That would be no problem, and your opinion would be greatly appreciated. I suspect the article is a little bloated anyway, so take your time. Sarastro1 (talk) 18:08, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

(Talk page stalker) Just make sure you make him cut down that mammoth lead section – there are shorter Featured Articles! Harrias talk 19:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Question on Bulldog Park deletion

Wizardman,

Given the keep result of the recent deletion discussion for Les Miller Field, is there any way to reopen deletion discussion for Bulldog Park? I feel that several of the arguments made for Les Miller that resulted in a keep decision could also have been made for Bulldog Park. I agree that Bulldog Park does not satisfy GNG, but the successful arguments of myself, Arxiloxos, and ben_b focused instead on the fact that Les Miller Field's status as a Division I college baseball venue makes it notable. Such an argument would, of course, apply to Bulldog Park.

I understand completely if the discussion can't be reopened, as it's my fault for not seeing the Bulldog Park deletion discussion in the first place, but I thought I'd at least drop you a line to check. If you'd like a more complete version of the arguments/rebuttals I'd make in a reopened discussion, I'd be happy to draft one for you. Also, I've made a sandbox version of a Bulldog Park article to give some idea of what a restored article could look like. Thanks, Kithira (talk) 14:26, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks very much! Kithira (talk) 15:18, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
In your opinion, would here and here suffice? Sorry to keep bothering you, Kithira (talk) 15:25, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

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