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On 13 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Constance Peel, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, after losing a child, journalist and author Mrs. C. S. Peel abandoned writing to sell hats, but started up again after ill health forced her to close her shop? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Constance Peel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
I don't know if you might consider this worth mentioning in the Wikicup newsletter but I just put in a 10 article DYK hook Template:Did you know nominations/Women's Premiership for the competition. Also, I'd like to put myself forward to try and win the oddball barnstar again with Segar Bastard and "...that the 1878 FA Cup Final did have a Bastard in the black?" The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:51, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
A great deal of work has been put in to Ike Altgens since I first listed it, including a new free image. It should be about as "done" as a living article for a dead man (xD) can get. Please revisit at your convenience, with my thanks. :) —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 04:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi. Could you explain which media on the Amnesiac page you think is non-kosher, and why? Thanks! Popcornduff (talk) 02:20, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer 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 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. 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)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Understudy (Inside No. 9) 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. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caponer -- Caponer (talk) 02:31, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
The article The Understudy (Inside No. 9) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Understudy (Inside No. 9) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caponer -- Caponer (talk) 23:01, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar | ||
J Milburn, it is a great privilege for me to bestow upon you The Good Article Barnstar in recognition of your phenomenal efforts to bring "The Understudy" (Inside No. 9) to Good Article status! Your contributions to the articles illustrating the episodes of Inside No. 9 are to be commended for their well written and comprehensive content. -- Caponer (talk) 23:06, 1 April 2014 (UTC) |
If 2014 GoDaddy Bowl were to be promoted to GA, would the work I have done constitute the requisite "significant" work done in 2014? Go Phightins! 00:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Milburn, how's work going? Listen, since you're frequently reviewing music articles, can you take a look at Megadeth and post your advice on what should be improved at the peer review page? I'm planning to candidate this article for a FA award, and your input is always welcomed. Thanks a lot.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 16:31, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
On 4 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Understudy (Inside No. 9), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the plot of Inside No. 9 episode "The Understudy" both revolved around and was based upon Shakespeare's Macbeth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Understudy (Inside No. 9). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
....think we fixed everything we could or explianed why at the Peer Review, so at FAC now - Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Thopha saccata/archive2....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:20, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey J! In the latest update of the WikiCup table, LivingBot didn't factor in the 1.2× bonus multiplier for my Premier League Golden Boot FL entry. Could you have a look into it? Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:26, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn-Silver certificate (United States) exists (albeit in poor form) on a total of 5 different language wikis. Can bonus credit be claimed, or are the corresponding "articles" in too primitive a condition?--Godot13 (talk) 19:09, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn, I was wondering what is going to happen re:the screenshot for the music video of "Black Coffee", is it going to be deleted? It's deletion proposal came quite unconveniently for me as I nominated the article for GA and with the deletion proposal of the screenshot it will most likely not meet the GA criteria as a result? Could you possibly suggest a solution for me please? I really am keen on having the song reach GA status, I've worked very hard on it! —CoolMarc 13:01, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits. Apart from filling in the table, I can't think that there is much else significant to add. There are no images of other ssps. Is it worth adding a footnote to explain that the order is geographical? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:14, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
pulse of the earth
Thank you for quality articles to "your" featured portals fungi and sharks, such as Inocybe saliceticola, taking care of details as your own sketch of the spores, and for featured pictures and sounds, like Pulse of the Earth, all based on a background of philosophy, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (2 January 2010)!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:03, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
A year ago, you were the 459th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
I nominated Thine Be the Glory for DYK points however, the bot has given me the 5 extra for the date but it hasn't given me the multiplier. Is there another glitch with the bot and could you override it to give me the multiplier? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:59, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I am leaving here a copy of a message left on the talk page of the Bivalves Project:
"Questions have been raised about the accuracy of science articles written by the prolific author Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs). The background can be read in a regrettably long and bad-tempered thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Harassment. If you do not want to read the whole thing, start here. To her credit, Cwmhiraeth has initiated Wikipedia:Editor review/Cwmhiraeth. It would help to generate light, rather than more heat, and to decide whether there is a serious problem, if scientifically-qualified editors uninvolved in the row could review some of Cwmhiraeth's articles and comment at the editor review. JohnCD (talk) 21:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC) This edit unsigned by User Cwmhiraeth at 06:23, 16 April 2014"
There is no suggestion that Cwmhiraeth is deliberately abusing the system; her edits all appear to be good faith, but rushing to paraphrase without sufficient careful analysis of the sources has apparently lead to a fair number of small but significant errors of fact in many (but not all) of her articles, for DYK and even for GA and FA. I am concerned that competing (successfully in 2012) to be winner of the Cup has encouraged this rushed approach. Invertzoo (talk) 21:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
An editor review is underway of one the 2014 WikiCup competitors; see Wikipedia:Editor review/Cwmhiraeth. I think that your opinions would be welcome especially with regard to the WikiCup. Snowman (talk) 22:29, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm writing to you because you are one of the people that helped with this article. An editor has just decided to use the Samantha Smith talk page to make an anti-communist political statement. Should i remove it? It's not aimed at improving the article and Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Paul Austin (talk) 14:11, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
I've opened a GAR on the Askam and Ireleth article that you are a major contributor on. I have some concerns regarding sourcing, and general tidying up. See Talk:Askam and Ireleth/GA1. I feel the tidying up is not a serious matter, and should be able to be done fairly quickly. The sourcing may prove more problematic, but also should be achievable with a little effort. Any questions, please ping me. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:30, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Mr Milburn, thanks for the GA review and the kind words. I'm not having any luck with the pdf you linked to—I've downloaded it several times, but it keeps refusing to open as an "empty document" ... Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:54, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar | |
For reviewing 3 articles (for a total of 12 points) during the March 2014 GAN Drive! Dom497 (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC) |
Hey J! I was just perusing around when I notice this DYK nom that was claimed for a large number of bonus points. How did this get past the WikiCup approval log? Not only is this DYK ineligible for Cup points (since it was an improved GA only, not 5×), the WikiCup competitor merely nominated it and didn't contribute one iota to the article (let alone to its promotion to GA). —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:15, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Thanks for your work on the site. I have taken these pictures(BMW E12) myself, but I don't know how to announce that on Wikipedia. I also want it to be copyright free. Could you help me with that? Thanks, Farzad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BMW_E12,_520i_in_Iran.jpg.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzadhosseini (talk • contribs) 19:59, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
J, I'm not quite sure what you mean. Every one I have submitted has been vetted and checked before it was allowed. I don't believe I have ever submitted a sub-par DYK knowingly. Could you enlighten me please? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 21:09, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm going to grab your notes for the Signpost. I'll tell Ed to check it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:51, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi J! I think it'll be a good idea for there to be a rule in the future requiring disclosure of WikiCup participation when a fellow competitor reviews another participant's FLC, similar to the one currently in place for FAC. My FLC nom is currently being derailed by a fellow competitor's blind opposition, even after I've succinctly explained to him why the one trivial point he's basing his opposition on is not valid. I've cited him recently-passed FL precedent, and he hasn't been able to rebut a single one of my arguments. It's not even FL criteria he's using to formulate his argument on, so I can't think of any other reason why he'd oppose other than the fact that he's a fellow competitor in the WikiCup. Thoughts? —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:33, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's 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 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 ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and 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 Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar (submissions) and 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)
Just a heads up. If you'd want to add anything for a general audience, please add it: I'm WAY too involved to edit you. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:39, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
You were kind enough to inquire at at Wikipedia Talk:Non-free content#Request for Summary of RFC so I have tried to make an answer. I am relatively new, and note the RfC is sort of highjacked away from me by walls of unrelated text. So at the link, I have tried to restate the case as opposed to the reductio ad absurdum. To date, six agree to the use of the stamp with historical analysis to meet "contextual significance" for the stamp itself, a commemorative. --- One has disagreed saying there is no context at History of Virginia on stamps relative to the commemorative on the Virginia Ratification Convention. --- Your comments and opinion are welcome. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 12:43, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
I wish we could include the term "copromancy" in the McKeith article, it is the perfect term for her shit examination schtick. Maybe I'll plant it in some notable ears. David Colquhoun has knocked six bells out of TAPL in the past, he'd do. Guy (Help!) 11:33, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello J.Milburn, I saw your name on the Wikipedia talk:Non-free content page and noticed as an editor you're involved with GA and FA reviews and was hoping that you might want to tackle the USS Monitor review which has been waiting for a GA review for some time now. It's sort of a large article, actually it's huge, with many sources and citations, so I can appreciate why no one has stepped up to the plate and knocked this one out of the park yet. If you're so inclined and up to the task it would be appreciated greatly if someone were to initiate the review. All the best. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 04:43, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello, J Milburn. If you have the time and are interested, would you please consider providing a media review at the Sgt. Pepper peer review. I am particularly interested in your opinions regarding the ogg files, specifically their number and appropriateness vis-a-vis the strength of the FURs. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 17:42, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey there, so I guess I did this wrong. I attempted to go by the instructions at WP:SAMPLE. I first saved the sample as a 64 kbps MP3, as apparently bit rate does not apply for OGG...? Then I opened the MP3 and saved it as OGG with the Vorbis quality set to zero. Yet, as you justifiably noted, it still says it is a 276 kbps sample. I will admit the quality still sounded good, but my ears aren't what they used to be ;) Anyhoo, do you know how to adjust the bitrate? I have serious doubts the bot will be able to do that automatically. Thanks — MusikAnimal talk 02:27, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi J, not the Wikicup newsletter, but something totally different! ;)
User:Dom497 and I are currently attempting to revitalize the GA Recruitment Centre, and we thought that we'd publish a newsletter. Trouble is, neither of us know how to set one up! I thought I'd turn to you because the GA Wikiproject's newsletter is inactive at this time, and your newsletter is not. Would you mind helping us? I'd muchly appreciate it, thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:12, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
So, the entire talk page has devolved into attacks on featured pictures. Great. I'm going to sleep on it, but if this continues, and the WikiCup judges don't start laying the smackdown, I'm withdrawing. The WikiCup is meant to be a friendly competition. It's become a damn hostile one. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:26, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Why were 5 bonus points awarded to the Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia submission here. The scoring rules state that "[a]rticles which were previously redirects or disambiguation pages are not eligible" for 5 bonus points. The article was a re-direct started in 2006, but only created a few weeks ago. —Bloom6132 (talk) 03:39, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
I noticed your uploads to Wikimedia Commons of Ashes, so I thought I'd notify you that the Wikipedia page of Josh Woodward has been deleted. Thought you might be interested :) Logictheo (talk) 13:44, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
The thing is that it does feel that since Jesus Christ is Risen Today ran on the main page at Easter, I do appear to have my DYKs being forensically examined, which means that the minor grammar mistakes (not my strong suit I admit in that I sometimes cant see them) that do happen are often left and the nom is held up. Also when points are raised and I fix them, the nom often gets ignored too. I always try my best to write DYKs and articles to the best of my ability and I have no intention of nominating articles I think are sub-par. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn, as you shared your thoughts in the last FAC, I thought you might like to know that I have opened a new FAC for Proteus (video game). It would be great to hear your opinion on the article again. Sam Walton (talk) 20:38, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
I've responded here. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:24, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Well, starting to pull together some relatively easy FP points so that I can take some leisure to work on a couple difficult ones I had planned for May, but got preempted by the burnout from that stupid attack on FPs in the Wikicup. I really hope that isn't allowed to develop like that again without the Wikicup heads forcibly ending the conversation; I can't afford to lose most of a month of Wikipedia work to harassment again. (Not helped by some failed efforts to get sufficiently good scans of some Shakespeare illustrations: I really need an A3 scanner for some of the things I want to do, but they're way out of my budget, so I have to use stiff board and an A4, which is... finicky. Not fun).
There are some things I can do in a pinch - check for half-finished work from previous months (for example, the Drums of the Fore and Aft four-image set is actually almost half-done, and there's a Urania's Mirror image ready to be added to a set. I'm going to come back in with some relatively easy work for the moment. Mind, relatively easy for me is still a pretty high standard of restoration work and prep. Maybe I'll finish the Heroes of Asgard illustrations - did two of them back in 2009, but was listening to Durova's ideas at the time - she thought that one had to flit around subjects rapidly, and could never complete work, because FPC would never stand for it. In the last couple years I've started doing what my preference has always been: Completionism. Far better to have a consistent set than a half-finished thing of much less value. If people are interested in, say, the illustrations from Puck of Pook's Hill, they want to see all twenty of them, not some random selection, with no more to be seen again ever, which is what Durova's plan seemed to work out to a lot of times. (Was also annoying because I have always done quite a few of my own scans, which meant I was jumping awkwardly around books, when I wanted to finish one...
Eh, well, just needed to vent a little bit. Take care, J! Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:50, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. If you don't mind, could you please take the peer review for "Can't Hold Us Down"? As the last FAC it failed so I need your help to bring the article to FA status. Feel free to ignore this, by the way. Cheers, Simon (talk) 10:06, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi J.,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Wirecoral goby.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 19, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-06-19. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:12, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
I've opened a GAR on the Askam and Ireleth article that you are a major contributor on. I have some concerns regarding sourcing, and general tidying up. See Talk:Askam and Ireleth/GA1. I feel the tidying up is not a serious matter, and should be able to be done fairly quickly. The sourcing may prove more problematic, but also should be achievable with a little effort. Any questions, please ping me. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:30, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
I noted you have written most of the Anti-Vivisection Coalition article.
On 6th June 2014 You removed Luke Steele from the list of key people - do you have any evidence for him not being in the group anymore? There are plenty of links online mentioning Luke Steele's involvement. In fact over the past few months you seem to have gone through systematically removing Steele's name and replacing it with "spokesman".
Also a lot of the article reads like a Press Release - with AVC statements (of which their value is inverified) being added to mentions of protests of up to 50 people (which doesn't seem notable for mention). London prophet (talk) 13:59, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Desolate North, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--Retrohead (talk) 08:58, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
I understand where you're coming from, which is why I suggested having a pseudo-RFC (i.e. not actually post the RFC template, but advertise the discussion in the usual forums) to see if the video would be acceptable to the general community. We've done it twice, once for the smallpox image and once for the Michelle Merkin FP. The first one went, according to consensus, and the second one was sent back to WP:POTD/Unused (also according to consensus). If consensus is against running the video, it will go straight to POTD/Unused.
On a related topic, we do have one advertisement scheduled for the main page, actually... Daisy. Of course, the person it's been promoting has been dead for forty years, so I don't think we need to go as far as a pseudo-RFC. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:29, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Christian Woman single - Type O Negative.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 22:50, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
Echoing Sasata's concern after the end of the 2012 comp, I'm disappointed by these 2 edits. The DYKs and ITNs claimed were promoted several weeks before back in May. I wonder why they are being claimed only now when there are just 2 more weeks left for round 3, making it nearly impossible to equal them. Sure, it's not against the current rules, but I don't think abusing the system is acceptable either, is it? I thought this comp is suppose to "make editing…more fun"; if this kind of sly trickery is deemed acceptable, then I will seriously consider withdrawing from the tournament in protest. —Bloom6132 (talk) 21:37, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Celestiial, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--Retrohead (talk) 18:27, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
You know, J, I like you, but you're either incredibly tone-deaf, or didn't bother to read the three-paragraph post I made on your talk page - that is, where you are now - explaining the burnout in detail, and why I was upset. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:30, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
After I removed the excessive non-free images in Bonny Hicks per your concerns, an unregistered editor restored them. What should we do, admin? --Hildanknight (talk) 05:57, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn, I wonder if you are available for a special request: I am taking Tintin in Tibet to FA soon. You're an editor I trust, so would you please consider reviewing it for me first? I have had a few other expert editors take a look at it also. Thanks for your consideration! Prhartcom (talk) 16:20, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
This DYK was claimed for both DYK and GA points. However, it only got promoted at DYK because it was improved to GA, not because it was new or 5× expanded. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:44, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
A week has passed since I brought this up – any progress? What have the other judges said about this issue? —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:49, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello J Milburn, Why did you remove "Ain't It Fun" from my submissions page? The user didn't close the review page but he did indicate that the article was a GA, he did add the GA icon to the page. You can ask him if you want to... But I think this is very unfair because if you hadn't removed it, I would have gotten 244 points and advanced to the next round. pedro | talk 20:42, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
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 Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, 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 Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 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 Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of 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)
Hello there J Milburn, The ed17, and Miyagawa. When I checked in a few days ago, I was marked as progressing through as a wild card. I just saw the newsletter and went over to the cup page, however, only to find that I was not listed. I didn't really spend any time working to earn points this past round, and had actually planned on resigning and letting the next person in line take my spot, but I was still surprised.
As I'm now spending my time putting out a major licensing fire over on Commons, I really don't mind going out (so long as I either win or tie for most featured portals, and get that badge again, otherwise I'd feel bad for not having done more). I just wanted to let you know that I was kind of taken back by how that situation played out, since no one told me that I was out after seemingly making the cut, or how/why it happened. Sven Manguard Wha? 19:51, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi in answer to your question I understand it's better to not immediately redirect baseline names after moves in order to allow WP:BRD from anyone watching the page. There is more specific information about why the 5 moves you questioned were made in the edit summaries and on talk pages of some of the articles, and I've also answered per each one on my own User Talk page. As regards 28 May 2014 (In ictu oculi moved page Self Made Man to Self Made Man (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles): no primary), the reason I say no WP:primary topic is because of the other items at the Self-made man (disambiguation), principally the book, however the book has a hyphen, hence leaving the hyphen base name intact as a redirect. The italics issue I missed, thanks for pointing that out. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi J Milburn, please can I just check a few things with you regarding the article? Thanks, Matty.007 14:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I've had a go, but it is not particularly good. I've tried to combine the NHLE with Pevsner, but the problem is that neither is comprehensive, and the details given are (to me) confusing. Both sources describe the west front, but say little in detail about the rest. The photo is, I think, of the east front; the NHLE does not even mention the porte-cochère, which is so obvious on the photo. Using BING bird's eye views, I think I have identified the orientation of the fronts correctly, but would accept any correction. So, for what it is worth, my attempt is here. Please let me know when you have "finished" with it, so that I can clear the sandbox. Good luck. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 16:01, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Yo. When you say the sound sample is "too large", do you mean file size (bitrate quality?) or clip length? The guidelines said 30 seconds; it's 25 seconds long. What do you think an acceptable length would be? Popcornduff (talk) 16:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Alright, in about a couple weeks, we're going to get the half-way point Wikicup report. How should we handle this? I'm willing to make a gallery, but I suspect it's not going to be as representative as the round end ones, and probably would end up not including a couple people who make the cut. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:38, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
The Reviewer's Barnstar | ||
Where to start? An excellent and detailed review of "His Last Vow", then topped by further help with making the article better. And you run the WikiCup. How do you have time to do so much good work? Best, Matty.007 08:35, 17 July 2014 (UTC) |
On 17 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flass, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Flass, an English country house in Cumbria, was built by opium traders in the nineteenth century and used for cannabis cultivation in the twenty-first? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flass. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The former article Arsenal F.C.–Stoke City F.C. rivalry was submitted for points, but was subsequently AFD'ed and deleted. What are the rules concerning the submission of non-existent articles for Cup points? —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:43, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Harrowing (Inside No. 9) 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. 23W 21:35, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi J, I'm afraid your help on "His Last Vow" was so good I've come to ask you something else... Please can you give Ernest Radcliffe Bond a thorough going over/tell me issues as if it was a peer review, as I would really like to get him to FA sometime. I would be happy to review Inside No. 9 if you wanted in return (bearing in mind I am currently doing a GA review for a Cup contestant)? Thanks, Matty.007 16:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of The Harrowing (Inside No. 9) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Cbl62 (talk) 15:21, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
The article The Harrowing (Inside No. 9) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Harrowing (Inside No. 9) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. 23W 21:01, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
I have addressed most of the concerns left from your GA review. It seems I can never remember how hard it is to pass a GA nomination! If you could have another look and tell me if you still think anything needs to be changed, that would be great. Jinkinson talk to me 00:43, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Jinkinson: I still don't think it'd sail through GAC, but it's much better. Here are a few more things you may want to change:
Feel free to strike/reply inline/whatever. I think it would now probably be best for me not to be the GA reviewer if you renominate so that you can hear another voice. J Milburn (talk) 19:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi John, you kindly complimented my article on Stroma, Scotland when it appeared on DYK back in January. I thought you might like to know that I've nominated it for GA, hopefully as the first step towards an eventual featured article nomination. Prioryman (talk) 22:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
Personal feelings aside, your input is needed in reviewing the images used in Thirteen for its FA candidature. Giving weight your experience as Wikipedia administrator, it should be a piece of cake for you.--Retrohead (talk) 18:02, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
On 11 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Gregorson Campbell, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John Gregorson Campbell was at the same time a church minister and a folklorist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Gregorson Campbell. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Hi,
I am still learning about "Fair Use" photos, and only today learned that on Wikipedia they can be used in a biographical article, but are harder to use in other articles.
Do you know of any kinds of supporting citations that I could provide that would allow reinstating her image in the St. Mary's College of Maryland article?
Thanks, Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 18:24, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I looked at the issues you expressed regarding the non-free files in the article and took steps to deal with them, and as such I've removed the {{non-free}} tag you added to the article. When you mentioned "the sample" I took it to mean the sample for "Bloqué". Now that that's over with, it would be nice if you began reviewing it for GAC since you're a sysop and you're the one who brought these problems into the spotlight. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 13:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Inside No. 9 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. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lemonade51 -- Lemonade51 (talk) 16:21, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
The article Inside No. 9 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Inside No. 9 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lemonade51 -- Lemonade51 (talk) 20:02, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!
TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.
If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.
At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.
As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!
Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your review of Stroma, Scotland. I've now nominated it for FAC - please see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stroma, Scotland/archive1. Feel free to comment or offer any suggestions there! Prioryman (talk) 18:49, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
I see you're reading for a PhD. May I encourage you to register for an ORCID identifier (if you haven't already) and to then display it on your user page, using {{Authority control}}, as described at WP:ORCID? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:29, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
I started an article on Marton, Cumbria, but it's just a stub (with an infobox). You may want to expand it. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:46, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
for pointing out those dab links on So. The David Rhodes links now lead to his band Random Hold, of which I believe he is most prominently associated with. Do you think that's suitable? —JennKR | ☎ 18:10, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
On 24 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Harrowing (Inside No. 9), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the mix of modern elements and traditional gothic norms in "The Harrowing", episode six of Inside No. 9, was used for both comedy and horror? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Harrowing (Inside No. 9). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thanks for your contribution Victuallers (talk) 00:25, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
On 24 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Inside No. 9, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the British television series Inside No. 9 won the Sketch and Comedy prize at the 35th annual Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inside No. 9. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you from the DYK project and me Victuallers (talk) 12:11, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
Is this considered acceptable? I was fine with what ThaddeusB did earlier, because his editing patterns were consistent in terms of editing his content log in blocks. But in this instance, this strikes me as gaming the system, given that this user edited his submissions page individually in the previous rounds and was active throughout the entire summer to make any updates needed. —Bloom6132 (talk) 06:17, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!
As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:
For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.
For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).
The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.
--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
I nominated Stroma, Scotland for FA status nearly two weeks ago - see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stroma, Scotland/archive1 - but unfortunately it's received only one substantive review in that time. I'm a bit concerned that the FAC is at risk of failing for lack of responses. In the light of your previous feedback on this article, do you think you might be able to offer some comments on the FAC? Prioryman (talk) 18:03, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
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:
We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and 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)
If Godot13 doesn't win - and, frankly, my money's on Cwmhiraeth - but you still allow FPs to be devalued, despite not ever being shown to be a route one could use to win since the bonus point system was added in response to Durova, I will have lost all respect for you. I'm sorry, but after nearly a year of largely-personal attacks on the idea of people working with featured pictures being in the Wikicup, it's already a very hostile environment. If you're going to make it even more hostile, and if you cannot back up your making it more hostile, I'm done with you. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:58, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
On 2 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Psylliodes luridipennis, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Lundy cabbage flea beetle is found only on the small British island of Lundy, where it feeds on the endemic Lundy cabbage? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Psylliodes luridipennis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Hi J.,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Cymbiola nobilis 01.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 22, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-09-22. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:17, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
. See the preceding edit summary... sigh. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:05, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Maybe we should start collecting those: . --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:13, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tintin in Tibet/archive1#Comments from Neelix. In this section, please look for the phrase "please help". Thanks. Prhartcom (talk) 19:05, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
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