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Welcome to the 2012 WikiCup

Hello, and welcome to the 2012 WikiCup! The competition officially began at the start of 2012 (UTC), and so you are free to claim any content from after that time. Your submission page, where you must note any content for which you wish to claim points, can be found here, and formatting instructions can be found in hidden comments on the page. A bot will then update the main table, which can be seen on the WikiCup page. The full rules for what will and will not be awarded points can be found at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There's also a section on that page listing the changes that have been made to the rules this year, so that experienced participants can get up-to-date in a few seconds. One point of which we must remind everyone; you may only claim points for content upon which you have done significant work, and which you have nominated, in 2012. For instance, articles written or good article reviews started in 2011 are not eligible for points. This round will last until late February, and signups will remain open until the middle of February. If you know of anyone who may like to take part, please let them know about the comeptition; the more the merrier! At the end of this round, the top 64 scorers will progress to the next round, where their scores will reset, and they will be split into pools. Note that, by default, you have been added to our newsletter list; we will be in contact at the end of every month with news. You're welcome to remove yourself from this list if you do not wish to hear from us. Conversely, those interested in following the competition are more than welcome to add themselves to the list. Please direct any questions towards the judges, or on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn (talk) and The ed17 (talk) 03:24, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Broken Sword 2

Responded on my talk page. Larrythefunkyferret (talk) 03:41, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror

The article Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror for things which need to be addressed.. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 11:14, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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Updating Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2012

It's entirely bot-automated, so you don't have to update it manually. I guess you can if you want, but in general people don't. Thanks, - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 17:48, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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Your GA nomination of Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

The article Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself?

Congratulations Mr Assassin. Larrythefunkyferret (talk) 03:46, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you both! --Khanassassin (talk) 09:07, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Angel of Death

hello,

I am sadly not a great copyeditor due to my lack of specific English skills needed to write good prose. You could ask someone another who is interested in video games and who can write in good English. If I were you, I would write the plot myself and upon completion ask an English-speaker to copyedit it. You could later request a copyedit at WP:GOCE/REQ. Also I don't even completed the first game (my save files were removed due to a bug with ScummVM, so I need to start from the beginning :/; I have vista and without this program it does not run :P), so I don't want to know the spoiler! :). I could help with the list, though. Regards.--♫GoP♫TCN 12:21, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Failing the GANs

As I get it, this and this edits were supposed to indicated that you fail the GAN of League of Legends. If so, you should know, that the proper way to fail GAN is to change {{GA nominee}} to {{FailedGA}} on its talk page (eg. my edit on the same article). If I was wrong on your intent, please revert the my linked edit. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 13:09, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I would also note, that you are supposed to leave recommendations on further development of the article to provide the editors with a path to further improvements. Just marking the criteria as failing is not enough. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 13:15, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
It didn't look good when I mentioned this to you earlier and you deleted my comment without responding. From your contribs, it seems that you never use edit summaries, which can lead to confusion. Some guy (talk) 13:30, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Re:Broken Sword II

Hey there. Glad to see you made an account! And yeah, I'll see what I can do with Smoking Mirror's plot section. It's in really bad shape, but at least it's not worse than the last one. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 10:15, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

  • It may take me awhile to finish on Fate of Atlantis, but I'd definitely be up for a collaboration on The Curse of Monkey Island after I'm done. It's one of my favorite games, and its article is in sad shape. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 09:34, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Heh. I've thought about it before, but I just don't edit enough for it to be worth participating. I put up 1 FA and maybe 2 GAs a year on average--maybe less. Good luck, though. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 20:40, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
      • Nice work! And thanks. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 19:49, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
        • Hey. I've only played the first two Broken Sword games; the 3D ones never caught my eye. As a result, I wouldn't be much help on Angel of Death. Sorry. 23:39, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
          • I might just do that--I got it cheap in a promotion with the other two. Anyway, sorry again for not being able to help with Angel of Death. Good luck. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 07:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Your signature

Hey; could you please remove the image from your signature? They are not permitted, as per Wikipedia:SIG#Images, they are not permitted. As an alternative, if you really want one, you may consider using a text star with a link. Special characters like that are permitted. J Milburn (talk) 22:16, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

I'll see what I can do. Broken Sword is a great game; I'm glad to see someone working on its article. I'm preparing to work on Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis as well, but I'll try to do some work on Broken Sword's Plot section. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 22:56, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

  • I managed to condense the section a bit. My schedule is packed right now, so I won't have time to do a copyediting pass; but I hope I helped. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:40, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank You, yes you have!


The Video game Barnstar

For writing high-quality articles and lightning-fast response to the criticism. Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 08:59, 17 January 2012 (UTC)


Nice! One of my favourite games of all time is now a GA!♫GoP♫TCN 14:30, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey, this is great news. Nice work. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 01:23, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
I can look at the article for a peer review, but it will take me several days. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:11, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
I will do what I said I would, but your article is about third in line in my queue. Several days may mean a week. Sorry for the delay, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:32, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
I would merge the unique information from Setting and characters to another section, presumably the two plot sections. I did not check all the material in the Setting and characters section, but every character and place I checked was mentioned again in the plot sections. I think the modern day time period was not, but that sentence / information could easily be moved elsewhere. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:49, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
PS If the info is already in the plot section, I see no need to have it as part of a separate Setting and characters section. I think a hat link to the list of charaters article is fine, and I can see a few sentences at the top of the Synopsis section that briefly describe the two main characters (Stobbart and Nico) and also make it clear to the reader what the differences are between the two versions of the game. I picked a "character" from later in the list at random, "The Hendersons". They are not mentioned again in the article (at least using that name), and they do not appear to be listed in the List of Broken Sword characters. So what use is the information and link? As a reader who does not know the game, my understanding of it is not increased by learning that some charater(s) named "The Hendersons" appear in this game. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:02, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

It looks better. Here's my take on the Hendersons - I know nothing of this game except for what I have read here. A grocery list of characters does not help me to better understand the game, even if all the characters is the list are linked. Here's the real problem - if I follow the link it tells me almost nothing more about these characters. For "The Hendersons", I do not find them under that name in the list of characters article, and even if I had searched for "Henderson" instead, there is no information on them except their names and the games in the series they appear in. Are they husband and wife? Parent and child? Brother and sister? And, more importantly, what is their role in this game and why are they mentioned at all in the article on this game? And yes, I see they are no longer in the article. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:46, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes I am done with my review. The language needs work and I think the plot section could be made more concise. If you get those taken care of and want me to take a second look, please ping me then, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:52, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
If you are going to ask me to do something (like archive a PR) and then do it yourself, what's the point? ;-) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
No problem - I just went there, tried to archive it and had an edit conflict. Did you archive the PR notice on the article's talk page? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:18, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Edin Osmanović

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Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2012/Submissions/Khanassassin

There is something of a problem with the question of whether your good article reviews are eligible for points; they are very short, which is explicitly mentioned in the rules, and points raised seem to frequently be challenged, which raises the question of their accuracy (note that, at this time, I have no opinion on the second issue). Talk:Donkey Kong Country Returns/GA1 is just a rubber-stamping, Talk:League of Legends/GA1 is explicitly a quick-fail, Talk:Call of Duty 2/GA2 makes two recommendations which turn out to be unwarranted and Talk:Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness/GA3 makes a single, simple suggestion, and is then closed when no one carries it out. I'm afraid I don't see any of these as eligible for WikiCup points: Good article reviews are explicitly something that will be judged particularly closely, as per the rules. As such, I have removed all four from your submissions page. This should not affect your chances of getting into the next round, due to your good articles. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on my talk page. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 23:00, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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Adventure games task force Magazine

hello,

no, sorry. I just don't have interest in video games at the moment. I am also generally busy in real life, but I might join your project some day. Regards.--♫GoP♫TCN 18:22, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 February newsletter

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was United Kingdom Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Minnesota Ruby2010 (submissions), Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Wisconsin Miyagawa (submissions) and Scotland Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Minnesota Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, 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. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would 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 (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:00, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Re:Me again

Looking at the FAC page, it seems like the main issue people have relates to comprehensiveness. Only Ruhr mentioned the plot section and prose. I think you should first focus on expanding the article--particularly the Reception section. The online print archive has a few reviews for the original Broken Sword: Computer Games Magazine, Next Generation Magazine, Computer Gaming World and PC Gamer (which is already in the article). If you can get the Reception expanded, that should take care of most of the opposition. If the writing is still an issue after that, hit me up again and I'll copyedit the article. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:10, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

  • At FAC, people aren't that interested in scores. In one of my past FAs, I didn't even add a list of scores. The reviewers are looking for a lot of prose coverage. Super Meat Boy is a good example of the standard size of FA Reception sections. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 22:09, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes, much better. Be sure to tell the reviewers on the FAC page, or your nomination could get prematurely archived. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 20:01, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
      • Not sure what you mean by vote. Do you mean reviewing the article for A-Class? JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
        • Ah. Sorry, but I'm not going to have time to edit Wikipedia for awhile--hence my recent inactivity. If it's still up for A-Class by the time I get back to editing, I'll review it for you. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 01:04, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
          • It's a big job and I'm still pretty busy, but I'll see if I can work through it. Don't expect me to be done in time for this FAC, though; there's just too much work to do. A copyediting job this serious takes me a few weeks even when I'm devoting my full attention to it. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Charles Cecil bio updates

Thanks for the corrections and learning me how to do this stuff. Much better now after your work :-)) Hope I may consult you in the future if needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamnos (talk • contribs) 14:21, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Tony Warriner bio

I have added some lines to the bio, as suggested. Hope I did that ok (but you will spot it when I made mistakes :-)). No idea yet how I have to add a bio box etc. When you have some spare time, perhaps you can help me out (again, sorry), as you are an expert on this. Otherwise I have to do some serious studying. Best GN — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamnos (talk • contribs) 22:12, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for all your work and help, looks much better again :-) I feel I am back in school, getting free Wiki lessons from you. Hard stuff! (Will clean up some of my typos). I am thinking too about adding some info about Ince, what do you think? Gamnos (talk) 09:35, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
OK, glad you agree; I will contact him first about this (added the brackets for this reason). Great your are going to add info about the two games you mentioned! It seems you convinced me to replay the games you mentioned next week :-)) Perhaps you can send me an email address at GN, so I can send you a suggestion when ready (don't know if I am good at this), though you may know another way to do this. It seems I didn't quite understand your instruction to press space, but I have the weekend to find out ;-) Nice corrections again at the TW pages (I thought I removed the game list by mistake). Have a nice weekend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamnos (talk • contribs) 10:32, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback

Me too, and I've been around for more than 7 years now....

Lectonar (talk) 13:37, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

 

Re:GA Review

Possibly- I'm afraid I'm a little busy generally at the moment. Do bear in mind though that asking specific people to do GA reviews can come across badly- there have been issues with people doing tit-for-tat reviews in the past. As you're still in the WikiCup, adding them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews may result in some eyes, but I can't promise anything! J Milburn (talk) 19:37, 29 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!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, 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. 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 (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:21, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Virtual Theatre

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Virtual Theatre you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Currently I only see the issues with layout, though I didn't check in depth yet. Still it seems that this article is going to pass the review with low amount of effort on your side. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 10:39, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

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RE:Help

Hi there! You see, I have never played this game and am not familiar with its plot. I am afraid you have to ask someone else to help... Still, good luck with GA nomination of the article! Best wishes, Electroguv (talk) 15:52, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. Give me a day or two. Electroguv (talk) 15:59, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Having taken a quick look at Plot, I can already name the main problem we have here - it goes into detail too much. I would recommend removing redundant and unnecessary (there are loads of it, generally in the last four paragraphs) and stressing only the plot-important info - take the laconic but precise Plot section of Monkey Island (which I did not write, ironically :)) as an example. I'll look more into it tomorrow. Electroguv (talk) 19:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I'm afraid that I won't be able to help you as currently I've got a lot of The Real World-related business to finish, and I mostly use my free time to work on own article projects. I'd recommend to contact User:S@bre with your problem - it is actually him who wrote Monkey Island's Plot section. Good luck with the article. Electroguv (talk) 18:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thanks for your many great edits to video game-related articles, among other topics. Also, congrats on passing 2,000 edits! Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Just for context, I work at the Wikimedia Foundation but I'm also a volunteer admin here on EN. We were just looking at a list of the Wikipedians who've made lots of edits to articles, and saw you recently passed your 1,000th edit to articles (and 2,000th edit overall). Thanks for contributing so much. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

The Modest Barnstar
You are among the top 5% of most active Wikipedians this past month! 67.80.64.128 (talk) 22:48, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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) 23:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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Talkback

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ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:28, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Need your opinion on a final matter there. I've researched the source myself and I just want your opinion before I go ahead. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:29, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of In Cold Blood (video game)

The article In Cold Blood (video game) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:In Cold Blood (video game) for things which need to be addressed. --十八 04:47, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

The article Broken Sword: The Angel of Death you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Broken Sword: The Angel of Death for things which need to be addressed. --十八 21:14, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Re: Question

I was and still am a fan of The Powerpuff Girls, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Codename: Kids next Door, I also watched a bit of Courage the Cowardly Dog but thats about it. If your question relates to those series I might be able to help if not sorry. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:45, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Sure I will help on those, I will see what I can do for Grim Adventures first (Great show). =) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:52, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Re: In Cold Blood (video game) GAN

Just a little reminder that the review is now 12 days old, and the article needs little else to be promoted (mainly some copyedits).--十八 22:21, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

The Grimm Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Well I improved on the article about the best I can, I will continue editing it where and when I can and I tried looking up reception for the series. After searching, I got almost nothing though (And I thought The Powerpuff Girls was bad) just a heads up. Happy editing =) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:21, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

GA review request

Hello, Khan. Seeing as how I recently reviewed and passed two of the articles you nominated for GA, I was wondering if you would be willing to review Rewrite, which I've been trying to get reviewed since January. It is also the last article I need to renominate Wikipedia:Featured topics/Video games developed by Key as a Good Topic.--十八 21:11, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Just wanted to say thanks for the review and pass, as it was a long wait.--十八 20:40, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 May newsletter

We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Wisconsin Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Scotland Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, New York City Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 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) 23:36, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Cave Story FAC

Since you reviewed this article for GA, I thought you might like to know that it's currently up for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cave Story/archive1, if you'd like to comment. Axem Titanium (talk) 18:46, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I gave you a bunch of comments at your FAC as well. Axem Titanium (talk) 20:21, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

File:Title-card-Mgpam.png

Hey- that image's really too complex to be considered public domain. Could you perhaps change the licensing to non-free and add a non-free use rationale? J Milburn (talk) 15:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Ed, Edd n Eddy

Rollback was completely inappropriate here- I am not a vandal, and so my edits should not be reverted without comment. I admit I mistakenly believed that you had not added a rationale to the image page, but this is exactly the kind of thing that should have been explained in the edit summary, but which could not have been, because of the fact you were using the rollback tool. If you are going to use the rollback tool, you need to be familiar with when to use it; if you continue to use it inappropriately, then you will lose the userright. J Milburn (talk) 12:33, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Re: Broken Sword

I'm not sure what my availability for a GA review would be (I'd rather not leave reviews languishing) but I'll definitely try and swing by and offer my thoughts on the talk page. Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 19:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Nope, never played :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 19:51, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

New pictures

I got the new picture of Adam and Jake from My Gym Partner's a Monkey, just like you asked! I also uploaded pictures of Ed and Edd yesterday. Sorry, but I didn't upload the logo. I'm working on that. Here are the pictures! StaleCupcakes (talk) 20:46, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

I finally uploaded the show's logo with out the TV-Y7 symbol. Enjoy! StaleCupcakes (talk) 21:16, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

I uploaded the new Adam and Jake picture. By the way, I recall you mentioning in the EENE talk page that you created a Big Picture Show article. Is it still being reviewed? StaleCupcakes (talk) 19:21, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

EENE Episode Articles

Do you think it's OK to make articles on Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes? I know that every episode will not be able to have an article. I would just like to create episode articles for the specials and episodes nominated for an award. What do you think? StaleCupcakes (talk) 18:07, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

On your user page? That will most likely be my final edit in 3 months. Confused? See my user page... StaleCupcakes (talk) 22:38, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

GA Notice

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GAN

I was wondering if you could you GA review Awake (TV series) any time soon. Please don't feel like you have to. TBrandley 02:02, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

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I was wondering if you could GA review my article Britten family. Note that you don't have to, and, in exchange, I could review another one of your articles or things. TBrandley 02:25, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lupo the Butcher

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FA nomination

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Your GA nomination of Infinite (Eminem album)

The article Infinite (Eminem album) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Infinite (Eminem album) for things which need to be addressed. Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 12:18, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Ed, Edd n Eddy/Wikipedia

A tag has been placed on Portal:Ed, Edd n Eddy/Wikipedia, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. – Wdchk (talk) 00:48, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)/1

Hello. I'm afraid I have nominated Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy) for reassessment, as I do not believe that the article currently meets the good article criteria. Please see the discussion here. J Milburn (talk) 22:45, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

After looking at the reassessment and the article I think the best solution would be to merge it to List of Ed, Edd n Eddy characters‎. I have started a proposal regarding this at the talk page. AIRcorn (talk) 01:48, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Lupo the Butcher/1

Hello. I have nominated Lupo the Butcher) for reassessment, as I believe the article currently falls short of the good article criteria. Please see the discussion here. Eshlare (talk) 14:18, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Back for a short amount of time

Hey, Khanassassin! Long time no see. I saw all your articles, and I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed. I also saw that you started an Ed, Edd n Eddy Portal. I'd love to see that, but it's probably not going to survive. Know why? J. Milburn is gonna want to tear it up. I'm pissed about this, and all your hard work is just going to waste. I know that he's just doing his job, but the Ed and Eddy articles were decent, if not good. I'm probably not going to do much, since this is going to be the only day in a while that I'll be on Wikipedia. Well, I hope everything turns better, good luck on that Ed, Edd n Eddy portal and I hope it won't get deleted! StaleCupcakes (talk) 17:06, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of My Gym Partner's a Monkey

The article My Gym Partner's a Monkey you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:My Gym Partner's a Monkey for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? Statυs (talk) 19:18, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

RE: FLC

I have replied to your comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes/archive3 :) Paper Luigi T • C 20:06, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 June newsletter

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's Minas Gerais igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's New York City Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 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) 10:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Request

I was wondering if you could leave comment on List of Awake episodes FLC? Thanks! --TBrandley 20:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Ed, Edd n Eddy

Hi, Khanassassin, I'm beginning the copy-edit of the above article you requested at the GOCE request page. Please feel free to contact me, or to correct or revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Sorry about the wait for the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:12, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Done - feel free to contact me about any ongoing issues with the copy-edit. Good luck with your FA nomination. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:33, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

copyedit

I was wondering if you could copy-edit my Awake (TV series) list for FA status. I notice I have had alot of request, so I can review/GA review/etc. for you. Thanks for your time. TBrandley 23:16, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

List of Awake episodes FLC

List of Awake episodes has been copy-edited by Davejohnsan, hope you will vote at the Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Awake episodes/archive2 now. Thanks, and good luck with your work. TBrandley 03:07, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Lupo the Butcher

Why haven't you tried to fix up Lupo the Butcher? I even provided an additional source on its reassessment page. Statυs (talk) 20:54, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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I picked up "Won't Back Down" for review and found several issues that must be solved before passing. Take a look. —Hahc21 23:04, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

im new in wikipedia and i just wanna say hi!

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Review

I have reviewed The Warning (Eminem song). Also, I was wondering if you could leave PR comments at: Wikipedia:Peer review/Awake (TV series)/archive3. Thanks for you time. TBrandley 00:52, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

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Congratulations!

Hi, Khanassassin! We've never really talked, but I supported Ed, Edd n Eddy at its featured article candidacy. I don't know if you've noticed, but it's been promoted! I have been working on Grey's Anatomy, and I am awaiting a copyedit before taking it to FAC, so it was great to see a TV article pass! Congratulations again, TRLIJC19 (talk) 00:37, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Harmonious with the above message; congratulations on your first featured article! TRLIJC19 (talk) 00:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Ed FA

Congrats! Axem Titanium (talk) 03:13, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, thanks for your help with it! Axem Titanium (talk) 00:58, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Ed, Edd n Eddy

This is a note to let the main editors of Ed, Edd n Eddy know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on July 23, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 23, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Ed, Edd n Eddy logo

Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canada-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999, and ended on November 8, 2009 with the premiere of the series' TV movie finale, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show. Designed to resemble classic cartoons from the 1940s to the 1970s, the series revolves around three adolescent boys known as "the Eds", who constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments. Before signing a contract with Cartoon Network, Antonucci approached Nickelodeon, but the channel demanded creative control of the show, which Antonucci did not agree to. Several specials, shorts, and video games either based on the series or featuring the series' characters have been produced. Viewed from 31 million households in 29 countries by both children and adults, Ed, Edd n Eddy received positive reviews and several awards and nominations. It remains the longest-running original Cartoon Network series and Canadian-made animated series to date. (more...)

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A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For the Eminem article contributions, you deserve a barnstar. —WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 14:29, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Some links for "Stan"

A little off topic considering you're working on LY now, but I found some nice links for "Stan" as well you may like:

I have plenty more. Let me know if you want. :-) —WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 19:03, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I bookmarked them a long time ago but lost the motivation to work on them. Thanks and I'll have more for you. —WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 19:13, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
A few more:
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Precious

animated real life
Thank you for your animation on the Main page, Ed, Edd n Eddy, the "strong, dimwitted workhorse, ... the neat freak", and the "loudmouth, self-appointed leader", - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Good Humor

The Barnstar of Good Humor
I award you the The Barnstar of Good Humor for your dedication in bringing Ed, Edd n Eddy to GA and then FA. Congratz!Smallman12q (talk) 11:44, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Ed, Edd n Eddy

Was my favorite show :D How are you? Best, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 23:30, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees New York City Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Minnesota Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 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) 22:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Request

Was wondering if you could leave comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Say Hello to My Little Friend/archive1. Thanks! TBrandley 16:32, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

FLC

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All of the above comments were addressed, and moved to the talk page of the nomination. So, I now hope you can support/oppose also. Cheers, TBrandley 02:27, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

I noticed you reverted an edit I made to Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon. I thought I was maintaining a professional feel on the article. What did I do wrong? Larrythefunkyferret (talk) 03:21, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show‎

The article Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show‎ you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show‎ for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:02, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 August newsletter

The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1. Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
  2. Wisconsin Miyagawa (submissions) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
  3. Minnesota Ruby2010 (submissions) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
  4. Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
  5. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
  6. New York City Muboshgu (submissions) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
  7. Michigan Dana Boomer (submissions) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
  8. Canada Sasata (submissions) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: Russia GreatOrangePumpkin (submissions), England Ealdgyth (submissions), England Calvin999 (submissions), Poland Piotrus (submissions), North Carolina Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), Florida 12george1 (submissions), Cherokee Nation The Bushranger (submissions) and North Macedonia 1111tomica (submissions). We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 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) 00:17, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

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Request

Hi. Sorry to bother you, yet again, but, if you find time, could you maybe leave comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nightswimming (Awake)/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Awake (TV series)/archive2. I'm open to doing something in return for you. A billion thank you's. TBrandley 16:03, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

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Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars‎

Would you care to join the discussion I started for that article concerning the dispute between you and the IP editor? It would be more productive if we could figure out why there is a disagreement and establish a consensus to reference in the future. Thanks —Torchiest talkedits 17:45, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Goat Puzzle

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Request

Hi, Khanassassin! I've seen your work at FAC, and was wondering if you could review Sadie Harris at its featured article candidacy? Thanks, TRLIJC19 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show

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Your GA nomination of The Goat Puzzle

The article The Goat Puzzle you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Goat Puzzle for comments about the article. Well done! Kürbis (✔) 17:39, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK Nom for The Goat Puzzle

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A barnstar for you!

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thank you for copy-editing List of awards and nominations received by Selena! Thanks so much for taking the time in doing so. Best, Jonatalk to me 18:28, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Goat Puzzle

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Nomination for deletion of Template:WPPS

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WP:TFL reboot

Hello Khanassassin. I just wanted to thank you for selecting a submission for TFL. As you are aware, recently, at WT:TFL, there's been a lot of concern that the system has become stuck, that new nominations are being discouraged by the lengthy queues in place, and that my selections for TFL haven't been diverse enough. To that end, I've rebooted the system. In short, we will no longer have a submissions and prep page, just a submissions page. We'll limit the number of submissions to ten. The community can comment on, support, oppose etc the inclusion of any of the submissions. Directors will have final say on what goes on main page when. I've deleted all selections made from mid-October to Christmas to give others the opportunity to get involved. I'm sorry that your efforts now have been, well, delayed I guess, and hope that you'll continue to support our process, as we try to improve and ultimately get more main page exposure. Feel free to ping me about any of this. Thanks again. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:30, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm back

Hey, Khanassassin, I'm back! Sorry it took so long. I'm so impressed about the EENE article. I remember how bad it was, than you came along and made it into one of the best articles I've ever seen. Congrats!!!!!!

P.S: Ya know that one day in the summer? Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I was just pretty grumpy about the whole article deletion mumbo-jumbo, but I shouldn't have done that. But I'm over it.

I'll be creating some new EENE articles as well as working on the Camp Lazlo article. And again, that EENE article made my day. StaleCupcakes (talk) 16:28, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 September newsletter

We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by Canada Sasata (submissions), Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Scotland Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2012

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 15:45, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

FAC comment

Hey, would you mind leaving some comments to my FAC on a song? Thanks, Jonatalk to me 12:15, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Warning GA

Hey! Thanks so much for the review. I believe I have added all the publishers now. Cheers, Basilisk4u (talk) 17:16, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

The Music Reviewer Barnstar
I am so happy to say that "Missing My Baby" is a featured article. Thank you so much for giving a review on this article. All the best and warm wishes, Jonatalk to me 00:23, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

  1. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
  2. Canada Sasata (submissions)
  3. Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions)
  4. Scotland Casliber (submissions)
  5. New York City Muboshgu (submissions)
  6. Wisconsin Miyagawa (submissions)
  7. Minnesota Ruby2010 (submissions)
  8. Michigan Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:30, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Re: Recent GAN

Hello, you may remember me from a couple GA reviews I did for you earlier in the year. I'm here to inform you that your nomination of Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse would result in a quick fail simply because the game has not been released yet, and as such the article does not contain many of the sections and detail a complete article should have, including gameplay, plot and reception. I would recommend you retract the GAN until after the game is released next year and the article is more filled out.--十八 11:19, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikiproject Video Game Newsletter interview

Hi there Khanassassin. I am here to ask if you would like to be interviewed for the Video Game Newsletter? We are bringing it back up and since you're an up and coming editor for the project, you seem to be a great choice. GamerPro64 00:12, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Cool. So later this week, I'll put up some questions for you to answer. GamerPro64 14:42, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok. So, I just finished the questions so you answer them here. GamerPro64 15:38, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for answering the questions. The comedy you added in it is hilarious. Its different from other interviews and adds some character to it all. GamerPro64 23:23, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse

Hey Khan. I was looking at all of the Good Topics and looked at The Broken Sword topic. Now seeing that The Serpent's Curse hasn't been out yet, it has to be Peer Reviewed so the topic can keep its status. Standard requirements is all that is. GamerPro64 16:22, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of NowGamer

Hello Khanassassin,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged NowGamer for deletion, because it seems to be an promotion, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Pjposullivan (talk) 22:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Re: Welcome back

Many thanks. I just got the itch to work on Looking Glass articles. We'll see how long I last before I burn out again. Anyway, glad to see you're still working hard. WPVG needs more new(ish) people like yourself. I got a kick out of seeing your GA The Goat Puzzle—that's a great topic for an article. Good luck with your Broken Sword 1 FAC. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 17:26, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Re: Copyediting

I don't plan on getting back into copyediting, since it burns me out faster than anything else on Wikipedia. However, because you've got an emergency on your hands, I'll come out of retirement this once. I'm fairly busy, though, so it might not be the prettiest job I've ever done. If you're okay with all of that, I'll go ahead and get started. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 22:18, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

  • No problem. Anyway, I just did a pass through the article. See what your reviewers think. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 20:49, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
    • Ha! Well, I'm glad I could help. Hope it passes. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 20:18, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Hypnotico GAN problems

You quickly passed "Hypnotico" at its GAN (Talk:Hypnotico/GA1) but you did not discuss any of the article text or cites. Wouldn't you want to question the reliability of, say, Wes Laurie of Yahoo Voices? Wouldn't you question the over-reliance on quotes rather than on substance? How about the sentence "Lopez and Gaga didn't work on the song together 'face to face'." It has a contraction (not MOS compliant) and it uses questionable quotes around a normal turn of phrase. How about the wording "'Hypnotico' is crafted in three minutes and thirty-six seconds"? That wording makes it seem like the song was produced in about 3.6 minutes. The unusual term "boricua shoutout" goes unexplained to the reader. There's a worrying over-reliance on a Tumblr blog post by Claude Kelly which is a primary source. Shane Phoenix is sort of half quoted with the following unusual word selection not properly quoted: "great breaks and a serious electro key line". The article says Phoenix "complained that the bass was very repetitive", however, Phoenix writes only that "the bass is very repetitive", not that the repetition is bad. In fact, it seems as if he likes it, which means he is misrepresented.

There are probably more issues than these that I found in a few minutes. I think the GA review was flawed and should be redone. Binksternet (talk) 21:39, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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Happy Festivus

Happy Festivus!
Here's wishing you a happy Festivus!
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may your list of Grievances be short,
and may your days be filled with Festivus Miracles.
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B.O.B

Hey Khan. I noticed you nominated B.O.B for GAN. Looking through it, it doesn't look like its gonna pass. Primarily the fact you failed to mention the music video that accompanied it. GamerPro64 15:26, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I can try to get one done by the end of the week. GamerPro64 17:53, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Replied. GamerPro64 19:11, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

RE: Southernplaya....

RE to this, both samples used in this article, myintrotoletuknow and player's ball, are 30 seconds. Dan56 (talk) 00:26, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Revolution Software additional information

Hi,

What did you reject my submission concerning Revolution Software? In "The One Amiga" there is even an interview with Charles Cecil (project manager) from Revolution Software who explained the process of making Amiga version of "King's Quest 6"

Greets — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mailman2006 (talk • contribs) 17:35, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 starting soon

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Welcome to the 2013 WikiCup!

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Happy new year!

Happy new year!
May 2013 bring lots of happiness and perhaps a change for the better here on Wikipedia.
A wonderful asset you are to the Eminem project and good luck with all you do this year! —WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 03:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut/GA1

Khanassassin, I notice this is supposed to be being reviewed by Arsenikk, but Arsenikk hasn't edited on Wikipedia since December 14 (once) and December 9 (several times). Should we look for a new reviewer under the circumstances? Let me know. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:49, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter (4th Quarter 2012)

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Aaliyah (album)

Hi. If you're not busy, would you be interested in reviewing my GAN for Aaliyah (album)? It's a relative breeze to review, and I've got hopes to nominate it for FA, but GAN's pretty backlogged. Dan56 (talk) 00:16, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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Dexter's Laboratory

You promoted this article to good status while it was tagged because of concern about non-free content, and your review didn't even mention the images. That's more than a small oversight. J Milburn (talk) 19:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

RE: Adventure Time

Hey, thanks for the review. I believe I have fixed and/or addressed all the issues you brought up. Thanks.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 20:39, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Re: Ed, Edd n Eddy first season

Sure, no problem. I'll get right on that.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 19:09, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Haha, no. It actually gave me a good chuckle, believe it or not. ;)--Gen. Quon (Talk) 19:13, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I have finished the review. It's mostly just prose issues.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 21:10, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
No sweat, I fixed it. I worded that really poorly. I have passed the article! Congrats.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 23:28, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

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Please sign GOCE Request

Hi Khanassassin. Please could you sign your recent GOCE request? Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 21:14, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Ed, Edd n Eddy (season 2) good article

Hi there. There's a conversation here you should probably take a look at. Thanks. —Torchiest talkedits 16:51, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Civility Barnstar
Thankyou for remaining calm throughout that discussion and setting a good example. Till 11:24, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (Irish Citizen Army Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. Florida 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:

  • United States Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
  • Chicago HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of British Empire The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

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Hold on for a bit

Hi Khanassassin, Can you hold off on adding that youtube video to any more articles, please? I don't think it's going to be considered significant enough to keep, and the more inks you add, the more people are going to think you're spamming something. We can discuss it here if you want, or on the article(s) talk page(s). --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:24, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

FAC review for an FAC review?

Hey, I see you've nominated a VG article, me too! Do you want to help each other out? I'll review your FAC article, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, if you review mine: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (review).--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 05:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Broken Sword GA

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A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thank you so much for tackling the concerns in the ATLiens GA review so quickly, especially considering you weren't even the nominator. Much appreciated! Now if I can just figure out what is going on with the Billboard website... Basilisk4u (talk) 20:56, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

The Powerpuff Girls

"Uh, not true"

What exactly do you mean by that? And what am I supposed to do if there is information in the article that seems non-notable to me? 69.121.17.200 (talk) 14:54, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Adventure Time

I think everything is good to go on the Adventure Time page. Thanks for the review!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 06:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the review. I guess my activity is just a perk of focusing a little too much. ;) --Gen. Quon (Talk) 16:36, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Quick comment?

Hi. Would you be kind enough to comment at this discussion about neutrality and album ratings? It's silly, but these things usually are. Dan56 (talk) 00:32, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

  1. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
  2. London Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
  3. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Alaska Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by British Empire The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 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) J Milburn (talk) 12:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Congrats!

The Video game Barnstar

Congratulations on getting Broken Sword to featured status. Your persistence finally paid off! —Torchiest talkedits 01:48, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Seconded, you remained sharp and kept trying until it did pay off. TBrandley (review) 01:59, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hey. Glad to hear that Broken Sword finally passed. Nice job. I didn't do that much (especially compared to your work on the article), but thanks for the barnstar, either way. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 17:53, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 March newsletter

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

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

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

A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 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) J Milburn (talk) 23:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 April newsletter

We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place New South Wales Casliber (submissions) and second place Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

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  • Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with (at the time this message was sent out, 2 recruiters have volunteered), the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
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WikiCup 2013 June newsletter

We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.

Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions) claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions) was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to Poland Piotrus (submissions) for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, New South Wales Casliber (submissions) and Canada Sasata (submissions) being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.

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POV dispute comment

Hi. Could you comment at this discussion at Aaliyah (album)? It concerns this removal made by an editor. Dan56 (talk) 22:40, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Dan56 POV bullying

Hi Khanassassin-

I read your intelligent, and respectuful comments on Aaliyah's talk page. Unfortunately, Dan56 seems to be trying to control every minute detail which I've edited. He has reversed anything I do. My main contention, like yours, is his subjective views on "Critical Reception." It's simply not true that Aaliyah received "Highly Positive" reviews. She received "positive" reviews, as you stated, or "Generally Favorable," according to Metacritic. If you don't mind, I'd also like to point you to a talk page from Nicki Minaj's album, "Roman Reloaded." Several editors there accused Dan56 of being "biased" against Minaj, which I'd have to say does seem to be the case. The Album received a score of 60 from Metacritic, which several editors wanted to show as "generally positive," because two highly influential reviewers, Rolling Stone and Spin, lauded the album. Dan56 used Metacritic to "verify" his POV that the album was "mixed," and then went on to revert any attempts by the editors to inject any positive reviews into the the first paragraph of the "Critical Reception" section. Here is Dan56's response to me, regarding my attempt to make the correction on Aaliyah:

This was reviewed in FAC ("excellent" is cited in the source). Metacritic is not the be-all, end-all of review sources (they happen to omit several reviews from notable publications that are included in this article that they would now have included, such as Slant Magazine, The Guardian, Chicago Tribune and The Independent). Your other changes were reverted as well.


However, when trying to sway the editors on "Roman Reloaded," Dan56 says this:

We are being objective, which is why you're revision is not being accepted. You're trying to overemphasis two reviews to make them seem more flattering of the article's subject, and tactlessly rearranging positive criticism ahead of quotes from mixed reviews, which Metacritic clearly shows are the majority (yellow anyone?)

I simply wanted to note what a score of 76 reflects on Metacritic, and Dan56 will not allow it. What gives? Thank you for your time. Venuzza67 (talk) 10:45, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Precious again

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Thank you for your animation on the Main page, Ed, Edd n Eddy, the "strong, dimwitted workhorse, ... the neat freak", and the "loudmouth, self-appointed leader", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 191st recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:55, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 July newsletter

We're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Canada Sasata (submissions) currently leads overall, while Pool B's Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) is second. Both leaders are WikiCup veterans, and both have already scored over 600 points this month. If the round were to end today, London Miyagawa (submissions), with 274 points, would be the lowest-scoring participant to make it through. This indicates that participants will need a score comparable to last year's (573, the highest ever) to qualify for the final. The high scores this year are a testament both to the quality of participants and to the increased focus on significant content (eligible for bonus points) in this year's competition. So far this round, both Sasata and Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) have made up over half of their score through bonus points, with, for example, high importance FA koala earning Sasata a total of 440 points (from a multiplier of 4.4) and high-importance GA sea earning Cwmhiraeth a total of 216 points (from a multiplier of 7.2). Other articles on important topics submitted this round include a featured article on the Norman conquest of England by Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions), and good articles on Nobel laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate in physics Hans Bethe, and the noted Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū. These articles are by Poland Piotrus (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) and Sturmvogel_66 respectively.

Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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 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) 00:08, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

The Eds' talk page

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WikiCup 2013 August newsletter

This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:

  1. Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
  2. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
  4. Canada Sasata (submissions), a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
  5. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
  6. Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions), who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
  7. London Miyagawa (submissions), a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
  8. Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Poland Piotrus (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), Michigan Dana boomer (submissions), Prince Edward Island Status (submissions), United States Ed! (submissions), Florida 12george1 (submissions), England Calvin999 (submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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 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) 06:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Know it all Ed

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What do you think about having an Animation Barnstar created?

Not sure if you've looked at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Animation, but I've made a proposal there for the creation of an Animation Barnstar. Unfortunately, I've only received one response in over two months, but before giving up on the idea, I thought that I'd try bringing it up directly with a few editors. If this seems like something you would like to support, I've also left the proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards, which is where consensus needs to be reached before any new Barnstars can be created. What are your thoughts on this? --Jpcase (talk) 20:13, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

I think that was probably me. I've created it myself about two years ago with my image created with Inkscape since I thought I could award or earn to somebody if they contribute some of the animation articles, but I've never done it myself. It's almost kinda somewhat similar to other barnstars, like Video games and Anime and manga WikiProjects, but I don't think I want to do that any time soon. JJ98 (Talk) 03:37, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Hey, JJ98. I'm not sure that we've ever directly worked together, but I've noticed your edits on several Animation articles and had been planning on mentioning this idea to you as well.
What do you mean by "I think that was probably me"? And by "I don't think I want to do that any time soon", are you saying that you don't think it would be a good idea to go through with this? Why would that be? When you created the Barnstar a couple of years ago, did you ever open a discussion about it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards? I would love to see the design that you made if you still have it. --Jpcase (talk) 16:04, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK hook change

Just to let you know that an issue with your hook about the Ed, Edd n Eddy pilots was raised at WT:DYK#Stop the presses! A TV show was delayed!, and the hook (currently in Queue 3) was changed to make a more interesting hook. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:17, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for The Ed-touchables / Nagged to Ed

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

File:Know it all Ed.jpg

This image can illustrate the plot, but the captured scene is not discussed in Production or Reception scene. Maybe you can find reliable sources discussing it? If not, object to deleting this image? --George Ho (talk) 16:20, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Eminem comment

All caps would be writing the whole comment in caps, the caps was just for emphasis since you seemed to fail to understand WP:V and WP:RS. We cannot just take your word for unsourced content additions to high profile pages. Reliable sources must be provided the first time, and do not revert if you are still not going to provide sources till hours later. I am just upholding the verifiability and reliability of the encylopedia, do not assume bad faith. STATic message me! 16:15, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Canada Sasata (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and New South Wales Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

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Main Page appearance: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

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Charles Cecil

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, as he unravels a conspiracy. The game takes place in both real and fictional locations in Europe and the Middle East. Charles Cecil (pictured), writer and director of the game, began researching the Knights Templar for the game in 1992. It was built with Revolution's Virtual Theatre engine, which was also used for the company's previous two games. The game is serious in tone, but also features humor and graphics in the style of classic animated films. The million-selling title was critically acclaimed and won various awards. It is regarded as one of the best examples of adventure gaming and many developers have cited it as an influence. After its initial release on Windows, Mac OS, and PlayStation, it was ported to the Game Boy Advance, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile. The game spawned a number of sequels collectively known as the Broken Sword series. From 2009 to 2012, a director's cut version was available for various operating systems. (Full article...)

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DYK for Know It All Ed

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A barnstar for you!

The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Good idea on cleaning up The Marshall Mathers LP 2 before release to allow easier promotion to GA status. Zach Vega (talk to me) 23:54, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

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MMLP2

Let me clear this up this is the standard cover and and this is the deluxe with the red 2. The one that Eminem tweeted is the limited edition only on his website. I hope this clears things up and you will stop reverting me. Koala15 (talk) 18:47, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Track listing

Sorry, there was a lot of vandalism and WP:OR I woke up this morning on the page, and the various singles. I thought that was also vandalism/speculation, since it was not on the original tracklist. Also I wanted to tell you I did not really appreciate your uncommented revert the other day, if you going to use tools to revert another user, you should always be giving a valid reason in the edit summary. Anyways regards, STATic message me! 15:09, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 October newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:

  1. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
  2. Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)
  3. Canada Sasata (submissions)
  4. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions)
  5. New South Wales Casliber (submissions)
  6. Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions)
  7. London Miyagawa (submissions)
  8. Poland Piotrus (submissions)
  9. Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions)

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:

  • New South Wales Casliber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
  • Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
  • Portland, Oregon Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
  • Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
  • Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
  • Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
  • Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
  • United States Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
  • The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to British Empire The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
  • Finally, the judges are awarding Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start 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) 01:36, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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Referencing Questions about Ed, Edd n Eddy

Hey, Khanassassin. Just letting you know that I left a few questions over at the talk page for Ed, Edd n Eddy, about the DVD interviews that you used as references in the article. --Jpcase (talk) 23:42, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

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DYK nomination of Jasmine (song)

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Featured topic criteria/Retention for Wikipedia:Featured topics/Broken Sword

Hi, I see from the history of Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse that you've recently been working on improving the article, though it still has yet to be nominated at WP:GAN. The Good Topic Wikipedia:Featured topics/Broken Sword is currently past its retention period that ended on March 4, so unless the article gets nominated at WP:GAN in the next couple of days, the topic will be nominated for removal at WP:FTRC.--十八 21:41, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, but the game has yet to be fully released. There's an episode 2. I'm not sure, but I think that there must be certain amount of time passed after release for the article to be nominated for GA? --Khanassassin ☪ 20:02, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
The retention period begins from the first release, regardless if there would be subsequent releases. GamerPro64 nominated the topic for removal at Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/Broken Sword/archive1, just so you know.--十八 06:00, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's United States ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Washington, D.C. Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Canada Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Minas Gerais Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Nepal Czar (submissions) and Indiana Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Ed, Edd n Eddy referencing

Hi. I left a note for you several months ago about the referencing of Ed, Edd n Eddy and never got a reply. I don't know if you ever saw it or not, but all of my questions are still on the E, E n E talk page. It would be a really big help if you could get back to me on this. --Jpcase (talk) 20:29, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to Florida 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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I left a message on your talk page a couple of weeks ago. Since you've barely been active since then, and the message was just archived, I wanted to leave a note about it, just in case you missed it. --Jpcase (talk) 12:59, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2014

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Precious again

animated real life
Thank you for your animation on the Main page, Ed, Edd n Eddy, the "strong, dimwitted workhorse, ... the neat freak", and the "loudmouth, self-appointed leader", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were the 191st recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Revolution topic

Hey; long time no see. Looks like you've been doing great work since we last collaborated. The Broken Sword GT was particularly impressive—it's a shame that the Broken Sword 5 business got it demoted. Anyway, I was dropping by to ask whether you've considered a Revolution Software video games GT. I've developed a habit of creating templates for topics that I find interesting, and I just noticed that, thanks to your editing, a Revolution video games topic is well within reach:

edit | discuss
Revolution Software video games
11 articles
Lure of the Temptress
Beneath a Steel Sky
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
In Cold Blood
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword 5 are close to GA quality already. Gold and Glory would be a short article—and it might qualify for a redirect, if there isn't enough information on it. The biggest hurdle would be creating and featuring List of Revolution Software video games, which currently redirects to the company's page. I just thought I'd bring this to your attention, to see whether you'd realized that it was a possibility. It'd be a great addition to WPVG's GT collection. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 23:13, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that you weren't as active as you used to be. I would help, but I've retired from writing new articles. I'm just sending old pages through FAC, while I help around WPVG with copyediting, reviews and sources. If you need assistance with any of those, though, let me know. I'd love to see the Revolution topic become a reality. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 09:50, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
  2. Scotland Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
  3. Nepal Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
  4. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
  5. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
  6. Florida 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
  7. Colorado Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
  8. Canada Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Herm Matty.007 (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), United States WikiRedactor (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), Portugal Prism (submissions) and Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

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Animation Barnstar - This is Long Overdue

The Animation Barnstar
This award is late in coming. You earned if after promoting Ed, Edd n Eddy to FA - a first I believe, for a Cartoon Network original series. Much to my surprise though, an Animation Barnstar didn't exist at the time. Before I could settle on a different award to give you, other editors had already honored your remarkable achievement. Yet the passing of time has only given this award the chance to appreciate in meaning. Over the years since, you've continued to make valued contributions to Cartoon Network-related articles, through article creation and review (not to mention promoting List of Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes to FL!) It's been a great pleasure getting to collaborate with you. I have immense respect for you as an editor. Jpcase (talk) 22:56, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

  • We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
  • In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
  • The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Album article FAC

Hi! Would you care to review or comment at my FAC for the article Of Human Feelings? One review has just been finished, but a few more would be appreciated to determine consensus or if anything needs to be fixed. Dan56 (talk) 02:15, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! 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 GAN, 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. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Australia Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

Thanks for your assistance! Miyagawa (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiCup.

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