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Hi! Thanks for taking on the GA review of Liverpool Town Hall. How's it going? Cheers. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 15:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry, I nearly forgot to review the article. You can expect a review by tomorrow by 2 UTC. Regards, The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 04:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- Many thanks for the review. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:32, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
ACC account creation interface access requested
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- Sorry, I thought I had forgot something. --The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 01:30, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
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I understand about what you wrote to me on my talkpage. I if you think it is not whatever you said, than go ahead and delete it. It's my first article. and by the way, Merry Christmas to you!--☻The voice oɟ mud☺I am your voice!!☻ 18:23, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
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This refers to Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2009-12-13/KOTK. I am a part of this case and am willing to accept mediation. I was unsure as to where I should leave a comment. Thanks --milonica (talk) 04:21, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
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My Edit
not sure how it was unconstructive, i thought it would be informational, it is true of course because im the manager of one personally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.50.33.133 (talk • contribs) at 02:33 UTC on 18 September 2009.
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Thank you for putting something on my talk page thank you! You are a nice user and a user talk The New Memorial Mikememorial although I forgot to think of but I just couldn't get it thanks. 75.141.100.115 75.141.100.115
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add_text.py
I'm not sure to have understood what you meant (maybe there's a add that should be deleted), by the way you should take a look at pagefromfile.py or something like that. Bye, --Filnik dimmi! 13:13, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- When it says "generator," what does it mean by that? --The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 03:08, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
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- Okay, many thanks. --The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 04:02, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you...
... for deleting the nastiness on my Talk page. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 22:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. --The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 22:14, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
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You might be interested in WP:BLANKING --NeilN talk to me 02:35, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
- WIll make note of that. Thank you, The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 02:38, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
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IP edits at Blanche Lincoln
It seems to me that one editor is responsible for all the reversions that have been happening over the last month, but I obviously can't be sure of that. In any event, the edits come from what seem to me to be wide range of IP addresses. As a result, I'm not quite sure what we should do if it comes to blocking. The IPs involved have ignored calls to discuss the issue made through edit summaries and the their talk pages. I'm attempting to get semi-protection, but I'm not sure of my chances. -Rrius (talk) 22:55, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
- Semi-protection for the reason of vandalism seems reasonable. --The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 22:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if you noticed, but the page is now semi-protected for a week. -Rrius (talk) 01:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
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We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to 
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Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.
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why is your entry a highlight and mine is just my initials? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nwerle (talk • contribs) 18:13, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
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Hey you!
Hiya! Just wondering if you are coming back to simpleWP at any point in the future??? Come on! You know you want to, lol :P fr33kman -simpleWP- 06:21, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
- Geez, it been forever since I've written a seWP article. I'm thinking about going back soon, but now I'm a bit busy. Maybe soon, as in later this month (or day :p). --Mikemoral♪♫ 23:54, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
- It'd be nice to see you around the old place :) Take care! fr33kman -simpleWP- 23:58, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
igloo
Hi The New Mikemoral, and thanks for your interest in igloo. Before using the program, please read the following information carefully - failure to do so may result in your test access being revoked.
igloo is a JavaScript-powered, browser-based anti-vandalism tool, which means you do not have to download or install anything on your computer and it will work on multiple operating systems. However, it does mean that the performance relies on that of your browser and it may operate more slowly than downloaded programs. You must have either Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Google Chrome to use igloo, as it is currently incompatible with other browsers.
igloo relies on a system called iglooNet to assist you in finding and reverting vandalism. It is this system that transforms the program from a pretty version of recent changes to an actual anti-vandalism tool. Naturally, this is beyond the power of a client-side program, and igloo will regularly communicate with an external, non-Wikimedia server. Because of things like server logs, and the iglooNet abuse tracker, this may allow your IP address to be attached to your username - something which is otherwise impossible on Wikipedia. If you do not want this to happen, you MUST NOT USE IGLOO.
If you decide that you do want to test igloo, please keep in mind that it not wholly stable, and you may experience problems where it performs an invalid edit, or other unwanted action. If this happens, fix any mistakes you've made, apologise to anyone you've offended, and let me know. I don't take any responsibility for your use of the program - if you aren't willing to fix any errors, don't use it.
igloo is already quite powerful. The following is a simple guide to using the program:
- The igloo interface is similar to that of other software, including huggle. Recent changes appear on the left, and diffs appear on the right.
- igloo sorts diffs based on iglooNet data so that edits most likely to be vandalism are displayed first. You can press spacebar to view the top diff, or click on any diff to view it directly.
- When you find vandalism, press 'Q' or click the revert button to revert the change, and issue a warning to the user. igloo automatically issues the correct warning. It will ignore existing warnings that are more than 5 days old, and restart from the beginning.
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- At any time, you can re-review diffs you have already seen by pressing backspace or using the icons to move through the diff history.
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to know. If you hate it, and won't be using it again, please let me know why - and I'll remove you from the test whitelist. If you now try and use igloo, you should find that it will allow you to use the program. Thanks, and good luck! Ale_Jrbtalk 17:35, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll try this program out. Mikemoral♪♫ 18:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks
Just a quick thanks for reverting the vandalism at my userpage. Though I am tempted to add the image permanently. ;) Happy editing, Paradoctor (talk) 00:06, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. --Mikemoral♪♫ 00:09, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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The article Morning Coffee (Firefox add-on) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Unremarkable product with no indication of notability.
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Being new to Wikipedia, I didn't know about the three-revert rule. While I remain confused about my editing of the first sentence, I concede that the editors have more experience and knowledge of the way opening lines should be written.
I have researched other contemporary composers on Wikipedia and have found two, Osvaldo Golijov and Joan Tower, who have the same opening statement that I would like to use for Jennifer Higdon. I propose to revise the first line of Jennifer Higdon to read "Jennifer Higdon is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer of classical music". Is this acceptable?
I would also like to understand why the "Reception" section is extensive for Jennifer Higdon. I have researched 20 of her colleagues on Wikipedia and have found none that have a section of such criticism. Most in fact don't include reviews at all. Those that do are all positive. I can certainly provide this list of contemporary composers if you feel this is necessary for your review. I respectfully ask that in fairness the Reception section should be removed from Jennifer's page until editors have decided to create the same type of section for other composers of classical music.
Thanks for helping me understand these matters more clearly. --Lawdonpress (talk) 21:51, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for changing the lead-in sentence. I have done much reading on Wikipedia's policies about the neutral point of view and conflict of interest. I have not overstepped either policy but only wish to make sure that while remaining neutral, Wikipedia's pages are also fair. For example, Higdon's page features two positive reviews and five negative ones. Since her contemporaries don't have negative reviews on their Wikipedia pages, I would like to appeal to Wikipedia's editors re: the neutrality clause and be allowed to add three more positive reviews. This is not a conflict of interest but rather an interest in fairness of representation.
Thanks, --Lawdonpress (talk) 15:46, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
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Hi - is it always inappropriate to add you tube links to a wikipedia page? I have no connection with the you tube film I added and the film was referred to in a link in the substantive article. Rosalind567 (talk) 19:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
WikiCup 2010 February newsletter
Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to Sasata (submissions), our round one winner (1010 points), and to Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions), who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). 
Staxringold (submissions) claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), 
Geschichte (submissions) claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points), 
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Candlewicke (submissions) claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.
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Dennis James
76.184.90.127 was repairing a link on the Dennis James article that lead to a redirect, not vandalizing the page. The revert you made restored the link to The Price Is Right (1956 game show), which redirects to The Price Is Right (Original U.S. game show). Sottolacqua (talk) 03:09, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
- Whoops, sorry, about that. I will apologize to the anon. --Mikemoral♪♫ 03:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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- Preferable, but not required. The Scythian 00:27, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not going around forcing you. My wording should have shown that. --Mikemoral♪♫ 00:28, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
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Possible Adoption
I wasn't thinking about you originally but the two people I wanted to help out couldn't. Are you open?
--Thebirdlover (talk) 20:19, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
- Sure, why not? --Mikemoral♪♫ 22:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Okay, I might be shy at first but I'll get used to it.
--Thebirdlover (talk) 22:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, there is a mentoring page for you at User:The New Mikemoral/mentor/2. Bookmark (or favorite) this page. Ask you questions there to help keep my talk page a bit tidier. --Mikemoral♪♫ 23:00, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for that :) KingOfTheMedia (talk) 00:12, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. --Mikemoral♪♫ 00:14, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2010 March newsletter
We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Hunter Kahn (submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. TonyTheTiger (submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
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Thank you for your assistance! Dr Aaij (talk) 01:38, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
- No problem. I'm glad to help. --Mikemoral♪♫ 02:26, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
I actually think it's fine but am trying to smoke out any objections out of an abundance of caution. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 02:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well maybe a week of no objects would work. --Mikemoral♪♫ 02:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
French phonology
Thanks for your courtesy message. I imagine that when you say the time gap, June-Feb, is an issue you mean it's a problem. I don't know why it should be a problem. Also, I would like to know if there is any way the process can force an author to correct his article. It seems there isn't, which means Wikipedia is not necessarily factual and is often inaccurate. And anyone being able to edit someone else's article makes it subject to vandalism and inaccuracies. As well, authors are anonymous when they shouldn't be and it's even unknown who the author is because the articles go unsigned, which makes them suspect or dubious.--francofun12 15:37, 14 April 2010 (UTC) (Unsigned comment added by Bpell (talk • contribs) )
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I just wanted to tell you.
I think you are awesome.
But I tried to eat those cookies on my talk page and failed. Now the cookies are stale. I'd be elated if you would supply me with a new batch. Thanks =D
♥ NEON speaks. what? mark it. 19:18, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
- Nice to know I'm awesome. --Mikemoral♪♫ 01:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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Adoption
Hi Mikemoral,
I've started to clean up the Adopters' list. You appear to have changed username since you added yourself to the list but not updated your info there. In case you're still interested, can you kindly update your information? Or, if you're not interested any more, would you mind removing yourself? Thank you and happy editing, Snowolf How can I help? 13:15, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- Whoops, forgot about that. Thanks for telling me. --Mikemoral♪♫ 04:30, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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Copyedit Backlog Elimination Drive
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3O and MedCab
Thanks for informing me about 3O; I was not aware of it before you mentioned it. Unfortunately, it looks as if AniMate and another user have closed the FAC discussion page in response to my asking for mediation. So I'm not even sure what to do now. I still think AniMate fundamentally misunderstands the rules for FAC discussions and has been unfair in his judgments, but because he's an admin and I'm just a lay user, I'm not sure if there's anything I can do to change his, or anybody else's, mind. Any advice would be welcome. Stonemason89 (talk) 18:57, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well, my advice to you take this to 3O for a content issue and get your third opinion (as I already said). Then I think it would be a good idea to message AniMate and express your concerns on his talk page. --Mikemoral♪♫ 20:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice. Stonemason89 (talk) 14:58, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2010 April newsletter
Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to 
ThinkBlue (submissions) and 
Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Judge iMatthew has retired from Wikipedia, and we wish him the best. The competition has been ticking over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. A special thank you goes to participants 
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Don't forget to mark your entries from the Requests page
| On behalf of the coordinator of the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors Backlog elimination drive for May 2010, ɳorɑfʈ Talk!, I would like to thank you for your active participation in the Drive.
I am writing to inform you that we have introduced additional Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Awards for the drive. To qualify, you will need to add an asterisk to all the full copyedits you have completed from the Requests page. More information can be found in the awards section of the Drive. If you have any questions, please post them to the Drive's talk page. Once again, thank you for participating, and we look forward to a meaningful drop in the numbers due to your hard work and efforts. |
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2010 Venezuela earthquake
Hello user Mikemoral, I am here to say that I agree with your reasons for an AfD on 2010 Venezuela earthquake. I could have asked it to be deleted before, but once it was kept after its first nomination I didn't want to go against all those who struggled to keep it alive. I am no inclusionist or exclusionist for the matter, just a Wikipedian trying to build a reliable source of information on all aspects of human life. In my opinion, nominating the article for deletion was a correct move from your part. Congratulations. Krenakarore (talk) 10:06, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- To be honest, I've been going through earthquake articles and reading for the historical context any encyclopedia should have. I have 4 earthquake articles in AfD for their lack of historical significance and the policy of WP:NOTNEWS. I'm not a deletionist, btw. --Mikemoral♪♫ 22:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
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If you can not see your message anymore, I have probally archived it.
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Saw your comment on my talk page
My comments are here: Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2010_May_16#File:Lapdance_couch_topless_yellow.jpg - Wallanon (talk) 02:54, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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Earthquake articles at WP:AFD
Just a note to let you know that the correct category identifier for earthquake articles is "p" instead of "?". Mjroots (talk) 08:03, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- Noted, thank you. —Mikemoral♪♫ 00:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
2010 Salta earthquake
Hello Mike, I posted a short paragraph on the article's deletion proposal. I'll be posting more during the week. Hope you reconsider it. Kin regards AndeanThunder (talk) 12:40, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- I replied, —Mikemoral♪♫ 00:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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New The Thing sock
User:The Thing That Returns has posted on The Thing's talk. Don't know if it's one of the 99999 imposters, but you should take a look. Buggie111 (talk) 17:21, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
- It seems to be a sock. So I'm guess an editor reverted already. —Mikemoral♪♫ 18:29, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
WikiCup 2010 May newsletter
We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Sasata (submissions), who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by Hunter Kahn (submissions), 
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Two of last year's final 8, 
Theleftorium (submissions) and 
Scorpion0422 (submissions), have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to White Shadows (submissions) for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! 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, Fox and The ed17 20:54, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
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Grab some glory, and a barnstar
Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. monosock 03:22, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can muster to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. In order to do that, we're going to need more participants. Is there anyone that you can invite or ask to participate with you? If so, we're offering an award to the person who brings in the most referrals. Just notify ɳorɑfʈ Talk! or Diannaa TALK of who your referrals are. Once again, thanks for your support! Diannaa TALK 14:59, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Sir Alex Ferguson Individual awards
If possible in the individual awards section for Sir Alex Ferguson could you add that he was named Scottish Manager of the Year on three occasions in 1983, 1984 & 1985, (Source:[1][1]) as well as adding that Ferguson was named English Manager of the year for the 1992-93 season after Manchester United won the League. (Source: [2][2].)Sweeney85 (talk) 22:54, 13 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweeney85 (talk • contribs)
- Could you post an {{editprotected}} to the talk page again? Thanks, —Mikemoral♪♫ 04:54, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Archive templates
WQAs are generally not closed with archive templates, except with a purple one where an user is removed from a situation (usually through a block somewhere else), or with a brown one where it becomes necessary. More importantly though, we don't put the top part of archive templates above the thread. This is because the archive bot fails to pick up on the fact that the archive template should be archived with the thread - the archive bot instead, leaves archivetop on the main page (which will end up prematurely closing or reclosing some other thread) while putting the complaint and archivebottom into the archives. Hope that clarifies. Ncmvocalist (talk) 05:20, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for telling me, I haven't closed threads for a while on WQA. —Mikemoral♪♫ 05:35, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
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why did my last posts get removed? 81.86.254.215 (talk) 21:59, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
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Reviewer permission requests
Hi I put a request in today to be given reviewer rights, and I've noticed you have archived alot of todays requests, this included mine, which was archived without a decision being made about it, does this mean that the decision is that I cannot have the reviewer rights? Tomd2712 | Tell me something? 22:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
- My apologies, I highlighted too much. I'll re-add the request. —Mikemoral♪♫ 22:36, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've been granted the rights now. Tomd2712 | Tell me something? 22:56, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Backlog Elimination Drive Has Begun
Hello, I just wanted to take a moment and announce that the July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive has started, and will run for a month. Thanks for signing up. There's a special prize for most edits on the first day, in case you've got high ambitions. Enjoy! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 04:08, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
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Hi! This message is just a friendly reminder that you signed up to participate in the GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive. I noticed that you haven't logged a single copy edit yet. We'd love to see you participate! The drive runs three more weeks so there's still plenty of time to earn barnstars. Thanks! --Diannaa (Talk) 22:22, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
I split this off and expanded it as the History of the VoPo's is also about the history of the NVA.--Degen Earthfast (talk) 11:13, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, okay. —Mikemoral♪♫ 00:12, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
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Interview request: The newbie experience, revert communication and $10 to the WMF
I'm concluding the study related to the NICE user script (that you installed at some point), and I'd like to ask you some questions about your experiences with and ideas about Wikipedia. The questions will be related to how you interact with new editors and the way you communicate when reverting. The chat should take about 45 minutes to an hour and can happen over phone, voip(skype) or instant messenger(gtalk, ICQ, AIM, etc.). As thanks for your time, I'll donate $10 (US) to the Wikimedia foundation at the completion of the interview. If you are interested or need more information, please let me know. --EpochFail(talk|work) 16:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. One clarification.
Thanks for the help with my article. I put the references after the commas, as you suggested, and removed the statement that was unreferenced. But about the Google search -- actually I was referring to a Wikipedia search. When you search for "Scott Hull" it only brings up the 'other' Scott Hull. Is there something I can do to generate a disambiguation page? Wikibench (talk) 21:35, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for creating the disambiguation page, and for all your help!! Wikibench (talk) 16:03, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2010 July newsletter
We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by 
Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.
Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by 
Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. 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, Fox and The ed17 22:50, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated in the drive! Over 100 editors—including Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody!
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 Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now reached the halfway point, and here's what has happened so far.
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Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up
| Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die.
Moving forward The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!! Stats
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WikiCup 2010 June newsletter
We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were 
Ian Rose (submissions) (A), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (B, and the round's overall leader), ThinkBlue (submissions) (C) Casliber (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions) (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, as ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
Though unaffiliated with the WikiCup, July sees the third Great Wikipedia Dramaout- a project with not dissimilar goals to the WikiCup. Everyone is welcome to take part and do their bit to contribute to the encyclopedia itself.
If you're interested in the scores for the last round of the Cup, please take a look at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Round 3 and Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round 3. Our thanks go to Stone (submissions) for compiling these. As was predicted, Group C ended up the "Group of Death", with 670 points required for second place, and, therefore, automatic promotion. This round will probably be even tougher- again, the top two from each of the two groups will make it through, while the twelve remaining participants will compete for four wildcard places- good luck everyone! 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, Fox and The ed17
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now passed the halfway point, so here's an update. Progress Report - Progress toward the targets has been good. 751 articles out of the approximately 1,600 we would like to get completed by the end of the month were done by July 15, so we will be very close to meeting the target for volume. However, we would like to clear all of the 2008 articles from the backlog, and there are still 892 left to do. Please consider choosing one of these older articles when looking for something to copy edit. If we focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Participation Report - 95 people signed up for the July drive. This is a great result compared to May, when we had 36. However, in May only one person that signed up didn't do any copy edits, and in July only 59 of the 95 have posted any copy edits on the big board. The task may seem insurmountable but please remember that if all 95 participants copy edit just one article a day from now until the end of the month, we will eliminate 1,300 more articles from the backlog. So please consider participating at whatever level you can! All contributions are appreciated. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk), and The Raptor Let's talk. |
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The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles. Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! |
Earthquake AfDs
Just a note to say that the correct category for Earthquake-related AfDs is "P". Mjroots (talk) 18:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
- Shoot, I completely forgot to add the categories. —Mikemoral♪♫ 20:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2010 August newsletter
We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.
- Pool A's winner was
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions). Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare. - Pool B's winner was
Casliber (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology. - Pool A's close second was
Sasata (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology. - Pool B's close second was
ThinkBlue (submissions). Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock. - The first wildcard was
TonyTheTiger (submissions). Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago. - The second wildcard was
White Shadows (submissions). Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats. - The third wildcard was
Staxringold (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock. - The fourth wildcard was
William S. Saturn (submissions). Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.
We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight. 
Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. 
Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to Ian Rose (submissions), who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to Stone (submissions) for these.
Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.
Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.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, Fox and The ed17 23:16, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
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I noticed you put 2010 Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake up for deletion. I've been prodding recent non-notable earthquake articles myself, but not being a registered user, I can't put articles for AfD. I prodded the 2010 Pico Rivera earthquake a while ago and it was declined. It is even less notable than the Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake, lower magnitude, insignificant damage and in a California where 4.4 is literally nothing. Would you care to put it up for AfD? Thanks.--70.80.234.196 (talk) 21:54, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Done I have put the article up for deletion at WP:Articles for deletion/2010 Pico Rivera earthquake. Feel free to create an account. —Mikemoral♪♫ 22:36, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'd rather stay an "anonymous IP" though. And my prod of 2010 Cuba earthquake was declined. If you wish to nominate that one, it'll be my last request.--70.80.234.196 (talk) 00:45, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
- Done again. —Mikemoral♪♫ 06:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2010 September newsletter
We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.
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Indonesian earthquakes
OK they are fair game - the Indonesian project is poorly coordinated against the various inroads these days - In this case all it needs is a merge with the others rather than Afd's in my opinion - I have seen some much more valid earthquake articles go under through afd recently - to be fair, I havent seen either the earthquake project or indonesian project notified of this - as for the notability - whether they have long lasting effect - or notability - it is obvious that you wont know from either the bbc or the google rubbish - there could well be significance that perhaps only a usgs report might offer from the way the article are done - they could just be merged into the one larger article - and I would argue that at the afd now SatuSuro 23:52, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
- I've only done quick Google searches and skimmed the USGS reports. I haven't exactly found geological reports on the 'quakes. I don't think it's necessary for the projects to be notified of the earthquakes. There should be a member or two watching out for AfDs. As for merged AfDs, I prefer seperate AfDs; articles should be considered separately from other articles. —Mikemoral♪♫ 22:33, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Happy 10/10/10
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WikiCup 2010 October newsletter
The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), 
William S. Saturn (submissions), Staxringold (submissions) and ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.
Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three.
The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! 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, Fox and The ed17 03:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!
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The Signpost: 15 November 2010
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- WikiProject report: Sizzling: WikiProject Bacon
- Features and admins: Of lakes and mountains
- Dispatches: A guide to the Good Article Review Process
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Hi. I'm new to all of this and may have done something wrong, I'm not sure. The edit that I made on the Ultimate Spider Man page wasn't a test though, it was correcting an incorrect ISBN number. I seen that it had been reverted, and didn't understand why. Thanks!24.27.187.87 (talk) 04:38, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 November 2010
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- Book review: The Myth of the Britannica, by Harvey Einbinder
- WikiProject report: WikiProject College Football
- Features and admins: The best of the week
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The Signpost: 29 November 2010
- In the news: Fundraising banners continue to provoke; plagiarism charges against congressional climate change report
- WikiProject report: Celebrate WikiProject Holidays
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: Voting in full swing
- Arbitration report: New case: Longevity; Biophys topic ban likely to stay in place
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
GOCE elections
Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
 Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. |
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GOCE elections
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors
Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. |
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
| Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!
We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats
Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators –The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk) |
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The Signpost: 6 December 2010
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- Features and admins: Birds and insects
- Arbitration report: New case: World War II
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The Signpost: 13 December 2010
- Rencontres Wikimédia: Wikimedia and the cultural sector: two days of talks in Paris.
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Algae
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Election report: The community has spoken
- Arbitration report: Requested amendment re Pseudoscience case
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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Nomination of Morning Coffee (Firefox add-on) for deletion
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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. Wcheck (talk) 19:38, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
The article Smart Bookmarks Bar has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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The Signpost: 20 December 2010
- News and notes: Article Alerts back from the dead, plus news in brief
- Image donation: Christmas gift to Commons from the State Library of Queensland
- Discussion report: Should leaked documents be cited on Wikipedia?
- WikiProject report: Majestic Titans
- Features and admins: The best of the week
- Arbitration report: Motion passed in R&I case; ban appeals, amendment requests, and more
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The December 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Needs Your Help!
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Please help! The December 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is almost complete. Please help, as the backlog has begun to climb back up. Already exceeding 20,000 articles! The backlog was down to 19,275, let's try to put it back down there by the end of the drive! We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to help as well.Thanks for all your help thus far! Regards, Ancient Apparition (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs), and WikiCopter (talk · contribs). |
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The Signpost: 27 December 2010
- Ambassadors: Wikipedia Ambassador Program growing, adjusting
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