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We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Hunter Kahn (submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. TonyTheTiger (submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:22, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:02, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to ThinkBlue (submissions) and Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Judge iMatthew has retired from Wikipedia, and we wish him the best. The competition has been ticking over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. A special thank you goes to participants Stone (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) for their help in preparing for round three. 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 17:38, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

See the tilt adjustment at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Demetri McCamey signals a play.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:24, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Previously you voted at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Barack & Michelle Obama. I have nominated it at WP:VPC as well as several other Chicago related candidates that could use some feedback. Please stop by and help us make some decisions.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

There is a new edit to consider at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Demetri McCamey signals a play.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Sasata (submissions), who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by Hunter Kahn (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Two of last year's final 8, Theleftorium (submissions) and Scorpion0422 (submissions), have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to White Shadows (submissions) for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 20:53, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Demetri McCamey signals a play.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:10, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Spencer-

I created a page on Wikipedia called Bring Flashforward Back.

A day later it was deleted by you.

Why?

The page was created by me and all of the work on the page was original(I wrote it all myself).

The page was made to educate people on the fan campaign currently running called "Bring Flashforward Back" and the efforts being made to bring the show back for a second season.

I want to know why it was deleted! There should not have been a single reason!

Thanks,

Kris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krisp8888 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

The elbow hair/scratch has been addressed at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ernest Hemingway in Milan 1918 retouched‎.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Coming soon to a Wiki near you...The Third Great Wikipedia Dramaout will be July 5-9. Please join us for serious content creation! Signup is here. You have received this message because you participated in The Second Great Wikipedia Dramaout.

I see you have signed up! Consider notifying 3 good editors of this to encourage more participation. Perhaps saying

I am participating in this. Please consider doing the same! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Great_Wikipedia_Dramaout/3rd#Participating_Wikipedians Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 16:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Hopefully I have addressed your concerns. Let me know if there's anything else I can do. Thanks! Jujutacular ^T · C 05:25, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

There has been dissent at WP:ITNT toward your mandate to include countries for every city mentioned in ITN. Would you care to provide some reasoning for it? -- tariqabjotu 12:57, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey Spencer, if you have a minute, could you have a look at WP:ITN/C#World's oldest champagne. I think it's ready for posting, but I won;t do it because I nominated it and updated the article. Thanks a lot, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:57, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Spencer,

My nomination of that update was really only an effort to start a discussion of candidates at all yesterday. At the time we were nine hours overdue for a story. It will obviously not get a consensus, and I accepted that when I nominated it. Thank you for inventing the new template, it has the potential to solve a lot of re-occurring problems on WP:ITN, but I respectfully submit that my nomination does not deserve a place on it. Up to you, but I would say, save space for something more important/likely to be posted. Food for thought, and again thanks. Cwill151 (talk) 20:18, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.

Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:47, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

You are being contacted because you have in the past participated in the Valued Picture project. The VPC project is suffering from a chronic lack of participation to the point that the project is at an impasse. A discussion is currently taking place about the future of this project and how to revitalize the project and participation. If you're interested in this project or have an idea of how to improve it please stop by and participate in the discussion.

— raekyT 10:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi there,

I got your name from the Wikimedia:Meetup/Ohio 1 page. I will be in Columbus Aug 8-11 and was wondering if any Wikimedians would be interested in meeting up then. If so, I started Wikipedia:Meetup/Ohio 2 for quick planning :) best, -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:31, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

I've seen Homs Gap used most often, I hadn't seen Hims Gap until I read your entry. Do you have a basis for keeping it Hims Gap? Do you have an objection to moving it to Homs Gap? Discussion at Talk:Hims Gap. --Bejnar (talk) 19:24, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I can understand the city being Hims, as that is the modern name most used, and it was not discussed much in English, although Homs is the older English version. Unfortunately in Wikipedia policy, continuity gives way to frequency and communality of use. I guess that the issue will have to go to Requested Moves. --Bejnar (talk) 16:25, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

You've been led up the garden path by the Huggle Happy, and probably owe an apology. Keeping blatant, marked, copyright violations out of Wikipedia is not something that warrants editing privileges being removed, and certainly isn't "vandalism". I contend that edit warring with Huggle to keep blatant copyright violations in Wikipedia is the action that is worthy of such a reaction. Uncle G (talk) 13:59, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

You previously participated in a discussion of the name of the article Hims. You might be interested in a move proposal at Talk:Hims. — AjaxSmack 01:05, 20 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.

• Pool A's winner was Sturmvogel_66 (submissions). Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
• Pool B's winner was Casliber (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
• Pool A's close second was Sasata (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
• Pool B's close second was ThinkBlue (submissions). Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
• The first wildcard was TonyTheTiger (submissions). Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
• The second wildcard was White Shadows (submissions). Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
• The third wildcard was Staxringold (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
• The fourth wildcard was William S. Saturn (submissions). Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight. Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to Ian Rose (submissions), who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to Stone (submissions) for these.

Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:15, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I have several questions.

1: How do I view how many edits someone (including myself) has made?

2: How do I cite sources? I copied and pasted a cited source from one article and modified the info. I know of several pages I want to edit, but I haven't gotten around to it because I'm not sure how to cite the source, and I wouldn't want to add unverifiable facts. If I use one of the citation templates and I leave out some things, such as the author or publisher because the article doesn't say it, will the citation still be valid?

3: How do I add warnings to a page. One of my favorite bands is Firewind, but the article seems to not have enough valid citations. How do I add the banner thing (what are these called?) at the top of a page?

4: How do I nominate an article to be a good or featured article?

5: What is your favorite color, lol.

Unibrow1994 (talk) 16:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)