User talk:Caliburn/2015
Fixing your deprecated tagsHi GeorgeEdwardC, with this edit, I've replaced the center tags on the top of your talk page with CSS as those tags were deprecated as of HTML 5. I'll fix your header with another edit. I hope you don't mind. Thanks! Darylgolden(talk) 13:20, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Happy New Year!Dear Caliburn, This message promotes WikiLove. Originally created by Nahnah4 (see "invisible note"). WikiCup 2015 launch newsletterRound one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
Untitled comment 1this morning I received a Wikipedia message from someone called Madarjeff reference an article I submitted (late Sept) on artist David Lax. Unfortunately, Madarjeff apparently did not sign his attempted edit to my submission properly and I therefore cannot contact him. He appears to have information vital to my submission. You seem to have been in contact with him this morning, so I hope you can ask him to e-mail me at bobatfiu@gmail.com so we can discuss his edit and his knowledge. Surely, a person who is editing must have left some trace of who he is and how he can be reached thanx
AfC Giuseppe SorgeHi, i completed the references and the bio of Giuseppe Sorge. I need a quick review for my very bad english, before publishing. thanks! --Berryfeels (talk) 07:50, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Your experience with Wikipedia so farHello George.Edward.C, I am conducting research about newcomers to Wikipedia and I was hoping to ask you some questions. I’ve noticed you’ve had some good activity recently. Is there any chance you have time in the next month to speak with me? If you are interested or have any questions, please email me at gmugar [at] syr.edu or leave a message on my talk page. I hope to be in touch soon, Gabrielm199 (talk) 23:54, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. at any time by removing the My rejected submission about actor Mark GriffinWelshWonderWoman (talk) 00:27, 7 January 2015 (UTC)Hello, I am very new to Wikipedia and I submitted my first article only two days ago. It was rejected and I saw the comment you left me saying that I could receive some help at the Teahouse. I appreciate you taking the time to send the comment and I wonder if there is any experienced Wiki editors who might be able to help me in re submitting my article correcting whatever I got wrong? If not is there anything you could suggest to me to help me better understand the editing process. The reason I was given for rejection, by yourself I believe, was... 'This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.' Well the article I submitted was about a famous actor whose information is easy to find on the internet so how am I to convince Wikipedia that he is 'notable and worthy of inclusion'? when any web search proves that he is. I find that confusing. Any help would be most helpful, Thank you -(WelshWonderWoman) — Preceding unsigned comment added by WelshWonderWoman (talk • contribs) 00:27, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
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Request on 06:35:57, 10 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Andano
Thank you for reviewing my submission at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Andano I am unsure how to proceed from here. There are a number of other periodicals very similar to scenestr which have wiki pages. Our direct competitor in the same geographical market has a wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Off I could site another 10 similar publications with wiki pages if you wished. I realise I haven't used citations — I am yet to learn how to do so. I did put a couple of references in my original draft, but another user deleted them. I'd appreciate direction in getting this article to publication. Examples of references include: http://scenemagazine.com.au/ (right-hand side Time Capsule) http://musicfeeds.com.au/features/interview-top-dog-howard-duggan-talks-scene-magazines-1000th-edition/ (website not related to/ associated with me) http://www.brisbanemediamap.com.au/clients/200-scene-magazine http://www.brisbanemediamap.com.au/profiles/528-howard-duggan http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/175707/street-press-future-the-writings-wall.htm http://postcardsfromthepits.com.au/about-the-book Thank you in advance. Howard Andano (talk) 06:35, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
You corrected my correction on a mackeral page!Hi there, Excuse me, but I believe you 'corrected' my contribution.. Please explain why you did this? Thanks, Dylan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.134.113 (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
MessageWill this message to you be public? Is there any way for me to contact you privately? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.174.210 (talk) 18:55, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
My pageGeorge, I need the page about me to be temporarily removed/edited for safety/privacy concerns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.174.210 (talk) 19:01, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Wards Crossing BridgeIf I have violated the rules, please delete the page. I photograph old bridges and was simply trying to add some photos to bridges that you don't have. Sorry for the mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldiron15 (talk • contribs) 19:08, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
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11:46:57, 31 January 2015 review of submission by Ssantacroce
Ssantacroce (talk) 11:46, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. You mention newspaper and magazine articles, maybe other media. We are a not-for-profit organization. We're in local newspapers and cable access television but that's about it. Am I not allowed to create a page about an amateur football team that I own? If it's against policy, I'll gladly delete my entry. Thanks again George Steve
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never mind Your review of an article I createdThanks for your feedback and encouragement. I thought I'd let you know I've removed the incomplete tag from 2014 Washington Kastles season. It's done. Taxman1913 (talk) 17:44, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Submission declinedHi George I created the following page, which has been declined due to inadequate references: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:International_Fundraising_Consultancy&oldid=644977564 Would you be able to advise on which references need improving and how I can go about doing this? Many thanks Group IFC (talk) 16:13, 5 February 2015 (UTC)Christina Cullen
FFRF article deletion and repostingI would like to know why this article regarding the Freedom From Religion Foundation is being reposted? Isn't it enough to have the link to the newspaper article about this incident? Although it is true and therefore not technically slanderous nor libelous it is misrepresentative of all the GOOD things that happen at Columbian High School. Why is this incident singled out when others are not? Also I might add that the newspaper article is not entirely truthful as it has more than one fact misreported. Please respond with a valid reason why this should not be delete and left deleted. Thank you Cwaggy (talk) 17:28, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes! If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) Thanks for your assistance! Miyagawa (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiCup. (Opt-out Instructions) This message was send by Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:56, 1 March 2015 (UTC) 00:25:10, 2 March 2015 review of submission by JCSMapleRidge
JCSMapleRidge (talk) 00:25, 2 March 2015 (UTC) I've just resubmitted the James Cameron School submission. I made substantive edits to remove marketing tone and be fact based. More consistent with other private school article, such as Fraser Academy on wikipedia. Thank you Glenda Ouellette
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Thanks a lot for your help! I added a sentence with a reference to it. I do not know if is relevant but the article is already on other five languages on Wikipedia. I do not mean that it has to be accepted because of that, I understand each Wikipedia has different moderators, I only hope if you can help :). because this humble guy is pretty notorious in Puerto Rico and I think (personal opinion) he deserves it, and he is American (Born and raised half of his life in New York. You can check his verified Facebook. Thanks again for your interest on help!! Manufacturapr (talk) 12:29, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
I understand. Thanks!Manufacturapr (talk) 13:55, 28 February 2015 (UTC) Regards again. Sorry to bother you. Article can be accepted with that basic info? I added two more lines. Thanks in advance! Peace Manufacturapr (talk) 11:44, 3 March 2015 (UTC) Hi! Dear Admin: The article about Cirex is already fixed?? I can see you are busy, but can you checkout the article? here is the draft submitted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Cirex Thanks!!!207.150.249.7 (talk) 18:16, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Done my friend! I just leave the Canadian Review of the album (the most accurate). It is ok to go up now? :) Thanks in advance Manufacturapr (talk) 20:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! I will appreciate:) Manufacturapr (talk) 23:36, 10 March 2015 (UTC) 23:36, 10 March 2015 (UTC) It is ready for today?? You are nice,You must be busy, sorry..., just a reminder. You are reasonable person, what I respect :) Thanks in advance!Manufacturapr (talk) 22:10, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Manufacturapr (talk) 14:44, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Ah ok Thanks! Is something that I have to do on the article? Manufacturapr (talk) 11:19, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Oh ok! Thanks Manufacturapr (talk) 21:22, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate! Manufacturapr (talk) 22:25, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! I am going to link the other 5 wiki languages of the artist related. Very helpful. Thanksssss a lot! Manufacturapr (talk) 15:04, 14 March 2015 (UTC) new to wikihi Caliburn, I am new to wikipedia as you can tell, and i was wondering what happen to my wiki page i attempted to create? the one about Masisi. it went from my sandbox to a draft and i am unable to see it unless i am logged in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Masisi on the History it lead me to your User name. I dont really know what is the next step. Could you provide me with some help please? thank you. --Mc peewee13 (talk) 17:14, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
--Mc peewee13 (talk) 23:31, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
CVUATrain me User:Howicus User:L235 and User:primefac want me retrained. Have a nice day! Bobherry Userspace Talk to me! Stuff I have done 17:11, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Request on 19:44:23, 31 March 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Spngbobsfo
19:44:53, 1 April 2015 review of submission by BeeCeePhoto
BeeCeePhoto (talk) 19:44, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Request reviewhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:She_she_she not really a newbie, but any help is gratefully accepted. This draft is a result of trying to source BLM firefighters just after the onset of WWII being drafted and being replaced by women in jobs that were seasonal fighting wildland forest fires. Many came from the She-She-She program of 33'-37'. BeeCeePhoto (talk) 19:44, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
15:11:28, 2 April 2015 review of submission by Spngbobsfo
Thank you for your feedback. Do I need to add more reference articles from independent third parties? I added an article to back up each point on the page, but I can add more if that is what is missing. I appreciate a little more specifics on my submission. Thank you again. Spngbobsfo (talk) 15:11, 2 April 2015 (UTC) Spngbobsfo (talk) 15:11, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
AFCPlease, please check for copyvios when reviewing AfC submissions. Thanks, BethNaught (talk) 10:45, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
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Keeping Wikipedia Expanding Not ShrinkingHello User:Caliburn sorry for disturbing you. The reason I am writing you is we all love Wikipedia and we want it expanding. However there is a discussion going on to delete a notable game article because of biased opinions. I saw that you edited this article: Yu-Gi-Oh!_Power_Of_Chaos and let it stay for further expansion, update and keep growing Wikipedia. So I believe you are a neutral, professional, objective and who believes in expanding Wikipedia not shrinking it type of person. So I would like you to check out this discussion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/MonsterMMORPG_(2nd_nomination) and make your comment based on references it has. References are here Talk:MonsterMMORPG. Please feel free to delete my message to you after you read it. Thank you very much have a nice day.176.233.41.152 (talk) 14:03, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
WikiCup 2015 May newsletterThe second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus. Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 16:55, 4 May 2015 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotNote: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have. SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 23:48, 7 May 2015 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotNote: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have. SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 01:58, 8 June 2015 (UTC) New to AntivandalismHello I am new to anti-vandalism Please guide me.Prymshbmg (talk) 17:44, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
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The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it. Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC) CVUAHi. The Counter Vandalism Unit is still very much an active project and users regularly ask for training. Please take a moment to update your trainer details at Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy/Instructors. If you are currently unable or no longer interested in being a trainer, either move your detaile to the list of inactive trainers or remove them entirely. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:23, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotNote: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have. SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 00:44, 28 September 2015 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotNote: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have. SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 00:47, 26 October 2015 (UTC) WikiCup 2015: The resultsWikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition. This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points. Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon. A full list of our award winners are:
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 2016 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. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · logs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · logs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · logs) 18:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC) WikiCup AwardHi, WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins. After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors. We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition. The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia. If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotNote: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have. SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. We appreciate that you have signed up to receive suggestions regularly; your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping! If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please let us know on SuggestBot's talk page. Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 01:40, 28 December 2015 (UTC) |