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I have used a an example of you conversation as part of the RFC, I would appreciate your input Weaponbb7 (talk) 22:09, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
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Could you explain this one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=500_home_run_club&diff=377218321&oldid=377212430
It seems pretty mean to remove the work I did and call me a vandal. I'm trying to make a good-faith effort to add more detail, and everything is sourced properly. The only reason this stuff was removed in the past was because it was partially unsourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.193.21 (talk) 15:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
You reply that the table was "still heavily unsourced" -- what part was unsourced? Nearly every cell in the table linked to a box score or other outside citation. --67.180.193.21 (talk) 02:01, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi Stax, the column is ready for you. Just insert your blurb at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-08-09/Features and admins, where it says: "Choice of the week. Staxringold has written 26 featured lists..." If you can get it in before Sunday evening (North American time), that would be great. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 15:33, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
To quote Batman, "That's not what I wanted to hear", but at the same time I kinda knew I was gonna get this message. This is gonna be a hard task for me, but I'll try, don't guarantee anything. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Hey. Just checking to see if you have time tomorrow or Wednesday. If so, could you update all the draft lists for whoever ends up not signing? I'd do it but I'll be on sparingly all week, the bit of time I do have will go to working on the Nats draft list. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 21:57, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
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You undid my renaming of List of Major League Baseball runs batted in champions to List of Major League Baseball runs-batted-in champions, saying, "They aren't called 'runs-batted-in', this list shouldn't be." I believe you misunderstood the point of my move. When I first saw the article title, I asked myself, "what the hell does 'batted in champions' mean as a description of 'Major League Baseball runs'?" Of course, I figured it out, but it would be more clear if the compound modifier "runs batted in" were joined with hyphens. Personally, I would prefer "RBI champions", but I suppose that was considered to, um, "inside baseball" [w] for a WP article title... - dcljr (talk) 04:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Can you do me a favor and copyedit the Ben Paschal article for me, I'm a very bad copyeditor. Thanks Secret account 15:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Perhaps, if you're not too busy with your move, a helping hand would be appreciated at T:TDYK#Scott Barry? Thanks. Hope you're doing well. — KV5 • Talk • 16:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Regarding your note there, it's going to go up a lot when I move the Phillies roster to mainspace - almost 2000 more links! Eek! — KV5 • Talk • 18:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
It appears that you are one of the finalists. I have put together a summary chart for us to sort of get to know each other. Feel free to come by and fill in User:TonyTheTiger/sandbox/cup.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.
We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight.
Resolute (submissions) was not far behind.
Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round.
Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles.
Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals.
Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to
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Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.
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The article 1962 National League tie-breaker series 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:1962 National League tie-breaker series for things which need to be addressed. Brad78 (talk) 21:06, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
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A discussion has begun about whether the article What Is… Cliff Clavin?, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
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Can you update your strikes and respond to my queries.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:18, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm reviewing your triple crown nomination during sporadic downtime while I'm at work, and I had a question about the GAC The Problem Solvers. At a glance, I noticed you created the article, but it seems like someone else ran it through GAC and fixed the problems. Since I don't have the time at the moment to track down information regarding whether or not this is your GAC credit, I was wondering if you could provide additional information and appropriate links. – VisionHolder « talk » 19:09, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting a disruptive editor at Racism and ethnic discrimination in Israel. I'm starting to think the editor's behavior has something to do with the JIDF: their account was just created a few weeks ago, and seems consistent with the ANI discussion at . --Noleander (talk) 22:33, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, you recently !voted to delete Major League Baseball team captains at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Major League Baseball team captains. Another editor has substantially edited the article and added references, and I have withdrawn my nomination and endorsed a move to Captain (baseball). I would like you to take another look and re-evaluate your !vote in light of the recent changes. Thanks! —KuyaBriBriTalk 15:14, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Since you already reviewed a List of National Treasures of Japan, I thought you could help out with the following. List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) is currently a featured list candidate and listed as Nominations urgently needing reviews which means that it might fail unless somebody (you ;-) ) reviews the list. So far it received two "support" votes and one "oppose". All issues raised in the oppose vote have been addressed (the reviewer, "The Rambling Man") just needs to revisit the page). I'd be happy if you could take the time to review the list and leave comments, questions, suggestions and a vote ("support" or "oppose") on the nomination page. Thanks. bamse (talk) 09:43, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
A discussion has begun about whether the article List of largest single day Jeopardy! winnings, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
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How does season four look? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 15:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, is that DYK? I submit for "The Fabian Strategy" a good one? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 03:39, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
I should be able to finish it up within the next two weeks. Been so busy with offwiki matters that I've barely had time to handle FTC; heck I've reviewed maybe one GA this month, lol. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:26, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey Stax. I'm (finally) finished with the data entry for the Phillies roster. I have one lead done, and I'd like your opinion before I get in too deep. If there's anything I can do for you, let me know. Thanks! — KV5 • Talk • 16:32, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Staxringgold, I noticed you first created the What Is… Cliff Clavin? article. I'm assuming you are a Cheers fan). I am hoping that you will be sympathetic to my cause. I created the The Gift of the Woodi article years ago to cover the Cheers episode in which Woody sings the K-E-L-L-Y song. People who apparently know nothing about Cheers are threatening to delete this article. Please take a look at the article and judge for yourself.Clerks. (talk) 19:15, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
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Despite controversy, the WikiCup remains open. Signups for next year's competition are more than welcome, and suggestions for how next year's competition will work are appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. More general comments and discussions should be directed at the WikiCup talk page. One month remains in the 2010 WikiCup, after which we will know our champion. Good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:09, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Looks like there's probably going to be a tie-breaker article to write after tomorrow's games are done. Both SanFran and Atlanta have to win to prevent one. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 22:56, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you with this... again, but since there's a deadline for the 30 Rock seasons page, October 18 I believe, I was wondering if you can look over the plot summaries, which I worked on with what you suggested that I do and stuff, and tell me what you think, and if everything is set for a nomination at FLC. I would appreciate this A LOT. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to
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Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists –
White Shadows (submissions),
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Staxringold (submissions) and
ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to
Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.
Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is
Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is
Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is
TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is
Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three.
The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 03:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi James,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Beijing Castle Boxer Rebellion 1900 FINAL.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 2, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-11-02. howcheng {chat} 23:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
As a regular at FLC, I'd like to draw your attention to ongoing discussion here about changes to the format of tables which will affect all existing FLs and all current and future FLCs. Your input would be welcome. Thanks for your contributions so far! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:20, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
In what way were my corrections to the 30 Rock viewing figures vandalism to the previous editor? If an episode was watched by 4.996 million it rounds up to 5.0, does it not? Similarly, 5.66 rounds up to 5.7 - that is correct. I'm getting a little tired of making any edit whatsoever to Wikipedia and some militant member comes and gets rid of it. You submit your work and anyone can change it - why do some users have such a problem with their work being changed? RM-47 (talk) 00:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the message, Staxringold. I've just re-worded the "considered rare" part in the article and added a source. As for .330, that just seemed like a good cutoff, in my personal opinion. There are much fewer players over .340, and a lot between .320 and .330. - PM800 (talk) 14:28, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hey Stax. This list is close, but the reasonable objection over grammar in episode summaries is outstanding. Anything you could do to push it along? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:31, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi there,
I know it may seem silly, but I keep editing the caption of Pete Rose on the "3000 hit club" page because mentioning his 4256 hits in the caption is irrelevant because the page isn't about his 4256 hits. Mentioning his 3000th hit is, IMO, very relevant. I'm just trying to provide the best information, as are you, and I just wanted to explain my actions.
Best wishes, -Jason 66.213.24.10 (talk) 15:58, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi James,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Jane Austen, from A Memoir of Jane Austen (1870).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 16, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-12-16. howcheng {chat} 22:28, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi ! I've translated this article for the french wp and I try to make it a featured one. So I have several questions about your version (I say "your" because you seem to be the main contributor), could you answer to it, please ?
I'm sorry for language mistakes, if any :). Could you answer me on my french page please ? Thank you ! Petit Djul (talk) 15:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Staxringold, do we know the lifetime dates of Albert Farrington of this? Regards Hekerui (talk) 11:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi James,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Walter Johnson and Calvin Coolidge shake hands FINAL.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 9, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-01-09. howcheng {chat} 18:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Just checking to see how that's coming along. I'll try to start working on one of the three remaining articles to get that topic wrapped up, though with all the other stuff i do here now who knows. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 20:32, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Zack Greinke on July 29, 2009.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 23, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-01-23. howcheng {chat} 17:45, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 23:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Template:Romania ties has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. — This, that, and the other (talk) 11:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello I saw you work with baseball articles and maybe you would be interested in helping 2009 Little League World Series get to GA status? Its currently at Peer Review. I know you work with professional baseball but maybe you can give it a look. Its important event for the city of Chula Vista which im trying to expand coverage of for their centennial this year. Its ok if you dont want too help. Spongie555 (talk) 04:16, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
FYI: the Miss Intercontinental page that you deleted before was renamed into another title Miss Intercontinental Pageant with basically the same content. --Ped Admi (talk) 00:57, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
I remember you mentioning to me at one point that you were a Connecticut Huskies fan, so I thought I'd ping you with this:
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Currently no one WikiProject covers all UConn-related content:
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I did! I'm just trying to clear some of the backlog on my watchlist. :( Gone four days and it seems I have a mountain of revisions to check. I should get to it soon. Thanks for the review by the way! NiciVampireHeart 02:18, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by
Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to
Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1,
Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and
Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
I'd say maybe go to PR first just to make sure everything's covered/any deadlinks are caught, then we can try fac. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC) I'll read through the article and comment at FAC thursday night. Would do it earlier but have some featured topics to promote and the GAN drive to finalize so there's no issues come march 1. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1959 National League tie-breaker series, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Los Angeles Dodgers' victory in the 1959 tie-breaker series was one of five tie-breaker appearances in franchise history, more than any other team in Major League Baseball history? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
You are welcome. Happy to help. Chris (talk) 00:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi James,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Andy Pettitte by Keith Allison 8 31 09 pic2 CROP.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on February 8, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-02-08. howcheng {chat} 21:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Pittsburgh Pirates first-round draft picks, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Pittsburgh Pirates' first-round draft pick Barry Bonds (pictured) went on to set Major League Baseball records for most MVP awards (7), most home runs in a single season (73), and most career home runs (762)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Stax. Just a quick note to let you know about the GA review here. I found the game summaries to be particularly good reads, so I'll look again tomorrow to ensure that I have scrutinized them objectively, and I always leave the lead until the very end. On the whole it's an excellent article, and I look forward to promoting it soon. Regards, —WFC— 08:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
The official baseball guides had "92,500" as the baseball seating capacity for the Coliseum, which was probably a round number. Capacity could be more like 100,000 for football and other events. However, "over 90,000" is certainly a safe figure. The three World Series crowds ranged between 92,300 and 92,700. The largest-ever regular season crowd was about 78,000, as the seats in the east end of the stadium were too far away, but they were opened up during the World Series, resulting in those huge crowds. The folks in the lower rows of the east-end seating probably got a good view of the right field fence and not much else. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments at this review, I have responded to each of your points, and hoped you could revisit? Harrias talk 12:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi James,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Nardwuar1-photo-rgb NR.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on February 24, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-02-24. howcheng {chat} 23:35, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Starting to get disenfranchised again... — KV5 • Talk • 01:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I regret to inform you that one of your featured sounds uploads was delisted. However another of your uploads, the original, unedited version of the same song, was promoted in it's place. Details are at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/delist/A Long Way to Tipperary. Sven Manguard Wha? 22:14, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi James,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Mariano Rivera allison 7 29 07.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 4, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-03-04. howcheng {chat} 19:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and
Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round.
Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to
Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to
Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.
Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.
Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
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