|
User talk:AlexcoldcasefanWikiCup 2013 July newsletterWe're halfway through this year's penultimate round, and the competition is moving along well. Pool A's Other than that, there is not much to report! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:10, 31 July 2013 (UTC) WikiCup 2013 August newsletterThis year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:
We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation. Finally, the usual notices: If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 05:10, 29 August 2013 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Francis Folger FranklinHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Francis Folger Franklin you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Francis Folger FranklinThe article Francis Folger Franklin you nominated as a good article has passed Disambiguation link notification for September 24Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Edward of Angoulême, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Plague (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:36, 24 September 2013 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Edward of AngoulêmeHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Edward of Angoulême you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Disambiguation link notification for October 1Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Edmund Ætheling, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Orthodox (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:59, 1 October 2013 (UTC) WikiCup 2013 September newsletterIn 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:35, 1 October 2013 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Edward of AngoulêmeThe article Edward of Angoulême you nominated as a good article has passed Pedro, Prince Imperial of BrazilHi, Alex. How did you have access to the "Anuário do Museu Imperial"? --Lecen (talk) 17:59, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Alex: Hi, and thank you for the hard work on Pedro, Prince Imperial of Brazil. You will see that I have made a contribution to the Featured Article debate on this article; I felt it better to oppose the promotion of the article to FA status at this time, for reasons that I explain on the FA nominations page. I hope you will understand that this is not a reflection on the quality of the article, but arises from my concerns about the procedural issues involved. I am confident that in the future this article will have a good chance of becoming a Featured Article; we just need to wait until we are sure that the text and formatting are stable. This will probably take a few months, but I hope you'll agree that the delay will be worth it. Please feel free to get in touch if you'd like to discuss this further. And once again, congratulations on improving the existing article so much! RomanSpa (talk) 21:38, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Pedro, Prince Imperial of Brazil
Gatoclass (talk) 00:52, 10 October 2013 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for October 11Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:17, 11 October 2013 (UTC) Two many FACsHi, according to WP:FAC, an editor "is allowed to be the sole nominator of only one article at a time"; with your nomination of Arthur, Prince of Wales, you have two FACs undergoing review at the same time. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 04:51, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Edmund ÆthelingHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Edmund Ætheling you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Prince John of the United KingdomHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Prince John of the United Kingdom you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.
Your GA nomination of Edmund ÆthelingThe article Edmund Ætheling you nominated as a good article has passed Disambiguation link notification for October 22Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Prince John of the United Kingdom, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Halifax (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:18, 22 October 2013 (UTC) October 2013
Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 18:01, 24 October 2013 (UTC) Regarding ArthurGreetings. I just wanted to say, I think the article is in pretty good shape. It seems well sourced and reasonably complete. If you take care of the prose issues and minor MoS issues that people have brought up at the FAC, it will certainly be at GA status and would be a strong new FAC. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 18:25, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Dermide LeclercHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Dermide Leclerc you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Dermide LeclercThe article Dermide Leclerc you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of Prince John of the United KingdomThe article Prince John of the United Kingdom you nominated as a good article has passed A barnstar for you!
I actually owe you one of these, too:
I really appreciate all you're doing in this area. -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:55, 29 October 2013 (UTC
WikiCup 2013 October newsletterThe WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is
All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:
Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient! Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team. Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:10, 1 November 2013 (UTC) WikiCup 2014Hi, you should consider signing up for WikiCup 2014. Cheers, --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 00:42, 4 November 2013 (UTC) Pedro FACHi Alex, I suggest you, as the FA nominator of Pedro, weigh into the discussion that has been taken place over at that page. Unless you want to see the FAC fail, you should respond to the comments of Lecen and hamiltonstone's and address the opposes. Otherwise you could simply withdraw the nomination to let the dust settle. Regards, --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 06:50, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Arthur, Prince of WalesHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Arthur, Prince of Wales you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of RussiaHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of RussiaThe article Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of RussiaThe article Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia you nominated as a good article has passed A barnstar for you!
Your GA nomination of Arthur, Prince of WalesThe article Arthur, Prince of Wales you nominated as a good article has passed
Disambiguation link notification for December 17Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Marie of Romania, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Gala and Le Matin (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC) Streets?First, thank you for your excellent work on the article, which was much needed. (All our articles on Romanian royalty could use some improvement.) Second, what would you say to adding something like this? "Two high schools are named for Marie, in Constanța and Dorohoi. A boulevard and a square in Bucharest bear Marie's name, as well as a square in Timișoara and streets in Alba Iulia, Bechet, Berceni, Caransebeș, Dej and Râmnicu Vâlcea. In the interwar period, what is now Eroilor Avenue in Cluj-Napoca was named after her, as were streets in Cernăuți and Deva." On the one hand, it does seem useful. On the other hand, I don't think a source is strictly necessary, but it would be quite difficult to cite for each one if that were the case; I mainly gleaned the information from Google Maps, and this and this. Anyway, it's up to you. - Biruitorul Talk 22:30, 17 December 2013 (UTC) WikiCup 2014 January newsletterThe 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer
Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC) WikiCup 2014 February newsletterAnd so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:
Other competitors of note include:
After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC) FA congratulationsJust a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,323 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. BencherliteTalk 22:32, 17 March 2014 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Marie of RomaniaHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Marie of Romania you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. WikiCup 2014 March newsletterA quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer 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)
On request I took over the review of Marie of Romania. I have finished the review, and while I like the article I have some concerns over the amount of images and the length of the text, so the review is on hold until those concerns are addressed. SilkTork ✔Tea time 14:57, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup 2014 April newsletterRound 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's 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) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Katherine McKinley
A tag has been placed on Katherine McKinley requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 06:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC) WikiCup 2014 June newsletterAfter 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 The round saw this year's first featured portal, with 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) WikiCup 2014 August newsletterThe 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. There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog. There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC) WikiCup 2014 September newsletterIn one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC) WikiCup 2014: The results   The 2014 WikiCup champion is A full list of our prize-winners follows:
Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC) WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.
If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC) Preciousnobility  Thank you for quality contributions to articles about European royalty and lesser known children, such as Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, Edward of Angoulême and Anne Hyde, performed in collaboration, for moving pages to people's proper titles, for your GA goal, - Alex, you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:27, 19 July 2016 (UTC) Three years ago, you were recipient no. 1437 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 20 July 2019 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Jolean Wejbe
A tag has been placed on Jolean Wejbe, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as at articles for deletion. Under the specified criteria, where a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. KAP03Talk • Contributions 22:49, 8 January 2017 (UTC) Proposed deletion of Aynsley Lemon The article Aynsley Lemon has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing Nomination of Disappearance of Anna Christian Waters for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Disappearance of Anna Christian Waters is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disappearance of Anna Christian Waters until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sitush (talk) 21:06, 30 September 2017 (UTC)  Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. RonBot (talk) 21:34, 27 August 2018 (UTC) Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. RonBot (talk) 21:40, 27 August 2018 (UTC) Please see Talk:John of Denmark (1518–1532)#EB1911 -- PBS (talk) 14:05, 10 October 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter message Hello, Alexcoldcasefan. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 2 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter messageHello, Alexcoldcasefan. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Pauline Robinson BushHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pauline Robinson Bush you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Talkback Message added 00:19, 4 January 2019 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. DannyS712 (talk) 00:19, 4 January 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Pauline Robinson BushThe article Pauline Robinson Bush you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Pauline Robinson BushThe article Pauline Robinson Bush you nominated as a good article has failed The file File:SophiaHanover 2.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 01:00, 19 November 2019 (UTC) The file File:Elisabethhesse.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 01:00, 29 January 2020 (UTC) The file File:Margaret1523.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 01:01, 31 March 2020 (UTC) The file File:Louise1515.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing This bot DID NOT nominate any file(s) for deletion; please refer to the page history of each individual file for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 01:00, 5 April 2020 (UTC) Precious anniversary 4
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 19 July 2020 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for March 24Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Plague. Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.) It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 06:09, 24 March 2021 (UTC) Frances Talbot, Countess of TyrconnellDear Alexcoldcasefan. Thank you for your edits on the article "Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnell". I see you are an experienced wikipedian with an impressive track record of GAs and FAs that I do not have. You improved, among others, the lifespan information of her siblings. But, should you not have also added the corresponding citations? She now seems to have two brothers called Richard. Is this an error? Please help. With many thanks and best regards, Johannes Schade (talk) 08:21, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Elizabeth of YorkHello, I noticed the changes you made for Elizabeth's naming. I like that just as much as my revision (which I coincidently did the same time as you did, though you published it just before mines, despite having the similar intentions), but I did that originally as a bit of a compromise; looking into the talk page for Edward IV, I noticed that there are some editors who don't like using "Elizabeth, Queen of England", thinking that people will idiotically mistake that for Elizabeth I. Just a precaution if someone does change it back to "Elizabeth, Queen Consort", or even worse in my opinion, bring back the "of York" naming conventions to the list of Edward's issue, which led to the jumbled up list we both encountered and wanted to fix. Thanks. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 20:48, 25 May 2021 (UTC) Using the Interlanguage link template instead of a piped link to an article in another languageHi, Alexcoldcasefan! I would strongly suggest that you use {{ill}}, a commonly used redirect to {{Interlanguage link}}. This has three advantages & a disadvantage.
Please have a look at my {{ill}} substitutions for your piped links to itwiki at Gian Galeazzo Visconti & Bianca Maria Visconti. Peaceray (talk) 18:43, 7 June 2021 (UTC) Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 19 July 2021 (UTC) ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message
The file File:CardinalInfante.JPG has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing The file File:Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans (ca 1543).jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Robin Bush portrait, 1953.jpg Thank you for uploading File:Robin Bush portrait, 1953.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale. If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator seven days after the file was tagged in accordance with section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. This bot DID NOT nominate any of your contributions for deletion; please refer to the history of each individual page for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 10:00, 21 December 2023 (UTC) The file File:InfanteFelipe.JPG has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing The file File:JosephFranzofAustria.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing Questions about expressions in Edmund ÆthelingDear Alexcoldcasefan Hello. My name is Ansokuko-San, a Japanese Wikipedian. I have some questions about some expressions in this article. If you can specify them, please tell me. ( I am now nominating this article of Japanese version for the Good Article, but some veterans are asking me to make some points more specific. I need your help……) Four points below are now being asked by veterans. Q1 ・ < Edmund and Edward were recorded as being "somewhat grown, and had passed twelve years" when they arrived in Yaroslav's capital, Gardorika [27] >
・< A mid thirteenth-century letopis (chronicle) records nothing of Edmund and Edward's stay at the Kievan court, although later Russian chronicles do mention their refuge.[29]>
Q4 ・<The Æthelings' presence at the Kievan court presented itself as "a very useful negotiating counter" for Yaroslav's Western-orientated foreign policy.[32]
These four points are all about I want to ask. I hope they are resolved and these resolutions make this article better! Sorry for bad English.If you need more explanation, don’t hesitate to ask! —安息香酸 (talk) 04:27, 16 February 2024 (UTC) regards Good article reassessment for Edmund ÆthelingEdmund Ætheling has been nominated for a 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. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:46, 17 February 2024 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Barabara Bush with her two children, 1950.jpg Thanks for uploading File:Barabara Bush with her two children, 1950.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 section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:07, 29 February 2024 (UTC) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
