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User talk:ChildofMidnight/Archive 17
Another hilarious YouTube videolink Grundle2600 (talk) 19:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
If you're fond of the idea...... of me tweaking the images on your userpage, then feel free to continue tweaking mine. If not, reserve your userpage creativity for you own. Thanks, Lara 03:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
link to info on prairie dog teeth touching. Grundle2600 (talk) 01:04, 3 March 2010 (UTC) This made me think of you
To investigate (merge somehwere?)User:ChildofMidnight/My Jewel ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Workshop talkHello. I don't know if you've seen this Workshop talk page. I think it would help your case if you made some type of considered response there, even if it's just to say that you've noted the discussion. Jonathunder (talk) 22:37, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of James W. McLaughlin
BarnstarI note the same regular suspects put Hitlerszalonna up for deletion, ignoring WP:BEFORE. *sigh*
Ooh. You merging, or fixing up for recreation? TBH I was a bit miffed by that deletion, seeing as WP:OR was a reason given for deletion I'd just added sources showing it wasn't. Artw (talk) 22:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
An option would be to rework the article as: Mermaid morphology. I started an article on mythological conundrum, and some of it might fit there, but the new article is a bit of a mess so far. :) I'll add that cite to the article in userspace so it's not lost. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC) I did some brainstorming with Malleus and Iridescent. They didn't seem to think it had much potential. But my thoughts so far are that it may be possible to have an article on: or to integrate into the mess of an article on Mythological conundrums I created. (I think there may be a subject there somewhere with sources, but I haven't found it yet). So it's an uphill effort so far, but I'm hoping that a great inspiration will arise in an epiphany or, better yet, someone else will come up with a good idea? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:59, 3 March 2010 (UTC) First PresbyterianNo, sorry. I was on my way with family members to a wedding in the next county north of Napoleon, and I had a hard time persuading the driver even to go the two blocks to the church. Nyttend (talk) 04:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
User:Sky Attacker/Bacon WikiCup 2010Let's not make changes to the scoring methodology in the very last time period of this contest. Cirt (talk) 20:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Just dropping byHi there ChildofMidnight. I saw that LadyofShalott userfied Mermaid problem for you, which is perfectly fine with me. I was just wondering, is there any reason you didn't ask me? Generally, people ask the deleting admin for this sort of thing, so I wondered if there might be a backstory. I didn't do anything to make you avoid me, did I? NW (Talk) 23:51, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
<--Why are you singling out the Kennedys? Why not keep it modern and mention that great southern statesman Trent Lott? or Wallace, who actually claimed that he was cool cause he had a black friend? Anyway, let's keep it real: I made lardons out of salt pork tonight, for a wilted salad. Now, the smell of salt pork cooking isn't very good--but those lardons, with a warm vinaigrette, man it was good...dare I say it? better than bacon. I just said it. Drmies (talk) 02:43, 4 March 2010 (UTC) Cleaning up bare URLsThank you for adding description to the bare URLs on Hitlerszalonna. Note, though, that it is best to give as much information as possible when replacing a bare URL, including author, title, publication, date, etc. if available, as well as the URL. That way the reference may still be tracked down and used for verification if the original page moves or is taken off the web. See also Wikipedia:Linkrot. Cheers, Cnilep (talk) 19:56, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Climate change denial An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Climate change denial. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Climate change denial (4th nomination). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:16, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
architect infoboxIf you do anymore architect bios you can use this infobox -- 114.182.186.52 (talk) 04:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC) {{Infobox architect
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The RfC on the Community de-Adminship proposal has begunThe RfC on the Community de-Adminship proposal was started on the 22nd Feb, and it runs for 28 days. Please note that the existing CDA proposal was (in the end) run as something of a working compromise, so CDA is still largely being floated as an idea. Also note that, although the RfC is in 'poll format' (Support, Oppose, and Neutral, with Comments underneath), this RfC is still essentially a 'Request for Comment'. Currently, similar comments on CDA's value are being made under all three polls. Whatever you vote, your vote is welcome! Regards, Matt Lewis (talk) 10:33, 4 March 2010 (UTC) To doMy search for answers has taken me far afield... Here are some notes. Harry Wachter's buildings on pages 50, 65, and 83 (The Cratz House) are interesting. I can't find anything on Charles Crosby Miller despite his supposedly designing all the major buildings in Toledo (or some such thing). I've discovered that Hungarian architecture has no article and Architecture of Hungary redirects to categories (which seems unhelpful). Some photos I came across suggest Imre Makovecz and Odon Lechner (1845-1914) have done some interesting work. Here's aninteresting church by the former. And if anyone is wondering what this has to do with bacon, please don't forget Szalonna, the town and the bacon. And in fact it's the double pitched roof in the town photo that has sent me on this insane quest... ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:57, 3 March 2010 (UTC)   
Although I've not left a comment at T:TDYK, someone else likely will: the article is too short. By my count, the article currently has 1456 characters of prose text — as you may remember, text in the lists doesn't count toward the total. Nyttend (talk) 23:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest in my picture of the Cornelius Hotel in Portland. You can find my answer on my page to keep the discussion together. --Eaaumi (talk) 01:58, 4 March 2010 (UTC) Bennes also credited with Broadway Hotel [2], [3] ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:54, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Thomas D. McLaughlin
Gatoclass 12:04, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Re: Bacon DeluxeHey, no problem... I liked the article - made me feel a bit hungry... :-) GregorB (talk) 18:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC) Fearful questionHow do they know what it tastes like? Geoff Who, me? 22:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Photo requests?I'm to be travelling for a couple days to Bloomington, Indiana, with a likely stop in Rushville to photograph the house of Wendell Willkie. I don't know the way that I'll be coming back, but I may be able to go through Franklin or Shelbyville. Any photo requests? As usual, can't promise anything in the smaller communities, but I'll likely have plenty of time in Bloomington. Nyttend (talk) 16:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
This isn't what it sounds likeHi Com, I popped in from my break to look up some information on outdoor children's games. I ran across this one, Poohsticks, and wondered if you've heard of it? Shinerunner (talk) 23:19, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
THE STICK BOAT RACE by John W Townsend January 05, 2010
ArbCommHey, are you following the proceedings there? My name was brought up by another editor as someone who could maybe work with you within certain proposed remedies, and I have just made an offer regarding a similar one. What do you think? LadyofShalott 21:24, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
An award
DYK for James W. McLaughlin
Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of Walter D. PughA tag has been placed on Walter D. Pugh requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard. If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding SuggestionHello ChildofMidnight. I fully respect that I may not be the person you want to hear off most at this point in time but I wanted to make a suggestion to you. I see from your contributions you've been concentrating hard on articles - you seem to be doing some very good work. Why don't you write a note on the proposed decision page of your request for arbitration and state that you respect that there have been issues with your past conduct, that you apologise for them and that in the future you're going to make a real effort to act in a more collegial way with others. The two proposed remedies don't look good at the minute for you - one is a ban and one is an extremely severe editing restriction. If you do what I've suggested, I for one will campaign to have your editing restrictions reduced significantly and I expect others will as well. We all respect your work on articles, we just want you to work a little better with others - you have the potential to be on of our best editors here. Ryan PostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 22:49, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Bacon vs. sharksHas bacon jumped the shark? Leah Zeldes wants to know. - Dravecky (talk) 04:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Message to the Grass RootsYou can see it here. My footnote was wrong; it's on page 3, not page 4. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 08:14, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
DYK for
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Barnstars March 2010
May your future be bright. I'll miss you. I still intend to get a pic for that article, and I'll work on the article itself. -- JohnWBarber (talk) 03:14, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, ~ Amory (u • t • c) 03:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Kemper Nomland
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
BACN/PDX and moreThis post is for bacon fans who are likely watching this page.
There is talk of a "meat locker co-op", the Red Wattle, and "The Bacon Gospel: BCN/PDX". Let me know if you want photos of the stall or need me to do some WP:OR for the taste of this bacon. tedder (talk) 07:16, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
DYK for John Virginius Bennes
Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Bacon WikiCup 2010 Award
WindowsI observed on Giano's page that you had enquired about the windows of that church. They are characteristic of Venetian Renaissance palazzo and were often imitated in 19th century buildings because they could be made with wooden or brick frames much easier than Gothic tracery could. That building is somewhat Medieval in its form, but is Classicising in its details. Hence the Renaissance-style windows. I don't know of a specific name for them. You shouldn't try to apply Gothic terminology to the, like "Geometric Decorated" etc. I would tend to describe them as "Venetian Renaissance-style" for want of something better. Amandajm (talk) 10:28, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Is this really you?Just to confirm, is this person on encyc.org you or an impersonator? --J. 216.241.55.204 (talk) 21:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
BreakfastCome on over for some Jonnycakes tomorrow. With Tedder's help I'm trying to turn it into a GA. Take care. Drmies (talk) 04:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Drmies said he was going to update Kees Christiaanse and hasn't
return to editingI have found at wiki that all the guidelines are fluid , you have made a lot of positive contributions to the article space. A year does not have to mean a year. I could see a chance to return to editing in perhaps a few months, perhaps with a few accepted conditions, a new beginning so to speak, meanwhile you can create content here on your talkpage and offer it for inclusion. Off2riorob (talk) 21:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I am stuckat our local office in Ulan Bator. My charter to site is delayed. Twelve hours in the country and no bacon in site, but I did have a delightful meal at the Seoul Inchon Airport, but I think I will need Caspian Blue to identify one if the things on my plate...--kelapstick (talk) 02:18, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
For your contributions... Hope these will tide you over for a year... sorry to see you go and bring your contributions with you. In the meantime, enjoy these potato doughnuts! 
Do they make water skis out of bacon?I commend to your attention this article suggesting that the shark may have been jumped. - Dravecky (talk) 02:45, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
NotificationWell, in case you happen by, you kindly asked me to update you when I update my blog, which I have done, in surely an earth-shattering post. Cheers.--Milowent (talk) 16:48, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
How about a Jerry Springer instead? (I was really only waiting for a chance to use that cool template!) Fiddle Faddle (talk) 08:55, 18 March 2010 (UTC) COM, i have a new post up now.[8] cheers.--Milowent (talk) 18:25, 25 March 2010 (UTC) Sorryto see you go :( I do hope that you return next year and help cordinate the next Bacon cup! Maybe then you can move the cup into the mainspace and out of a usersubpage (like the Wikicup). good luck this upcomming year and I'll see you around!--White Shadows you're breaking up 00:26, 31 March 2010 (UTC) Wazzup?How's it going, Child? I thought of you today, when I was cutting up salt pork to make lardons, and later when I was searing a ham hock to make black-eyed peas. Bon appetit, Drmies (talk) 04:50, 31 March 2010 (UTC) Yeah, hi there ChildofMidnight! Grundle2600 (talk) 03:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 March newsletter We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. 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) 22:11, 31 March 2010 (UTC) When the ATF comes a callin'...tell them this perfectly innocent reason for you stockpiling all those machine guns and buying up all that aluminum foil. They're bound to understand. - Dravecky (talk) 07:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC) Survey on quality control policiesAs part of a project funded by the European Commission (QLectives), we are collecting and analysing data to study quality control mechanisms and inclusion/deletion policies in Wikipedia. According to our records, you participated in a large number of AfD. We are currently soliciting editors with a long record of participation in AfD discussions to send us their feedback via a very informal survey. The survey takes less than 5 minutes and is available at this URL. Should you have any questions about this project, feel free to get in touch. Thanks for your help! --DarTar (talk) 10:34, 6 April 2010 (UTC) I hope you'll be back in time for the next bacon challenge.Because it wouldn't be the bacon challenge without you. Green Dragons Love Bacon (talk) 01:04, 9 April 2010 (UTC) Not sure if this has already been coveredA link for bacon fat popcorn [9] Shinerunner (talk) 22:32, 15 April 2010 (UTC) AfD nomination of Can of whoop assAn editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Can of whoop ass. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Can of whoop ass. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:07, 19 April 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 April newsletterRound 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 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 SockingHi CoM. As you an see that wiki is still rolling along. Disruptive block evasion is going to set your ETA date back, finger waving.... Off2riorob (talk) 03:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Block resetFollowing evidence from Versageek at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/ChildofMidnight#Log of blocks, bans, and restrictions (as noted above) I have reset your ban for one year from May 3rd (363 days from today) for using a sockpuppet to evade your block. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 22:42, 5 May 2010 (UTC) I have nominated First Presbyterian Church (Aurora, Indiana), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First Presbyterian Church (Aurora, Indiana). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. SchuminWeb (Talk) 14:44, 8 May 2010 (UTC) AfD nomination of List of most popular cat namesAn editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is List of most popular cat names. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most popular cat names (2nd nomination). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC) AfD nomination of Chiropractic controversy and criticismAn article that you have been involved in editing, Chiropractic controversy and criticism, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chiropractic controversy and criticism. Thank you. Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. - I am notifying you because you participated in the original AfD. DigitalC (talk) 19:57, 16 May 2010 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:R2D2 style Boom Box art.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:R2D2 style Boom Box art.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --▫ JohnnyMrNinja 08:31, 30 May 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 May newsletterWe are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Two of last year's final 8, DO
I see you have signed up for the last dramaout. 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 15:13, 22 June 2010 (UTC) see Talk:International Freedom Alliance. Regards, --JanDeFietser (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2010 (UTC) I nominated the redirect from System malfunction for deletion, as being only loosely related to information crisis, even if the latter article is kept at AfD. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 20:25, 26 July 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 July newsletterWe are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by 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 Sockpuppetry case
Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ChildofMidnight for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC) I'm accused of being your sock! I looked through the contributions on your userpage and I don't really understand why you were blocked, but after my experiences with admins here I suppose it's not hard to imagine. You certainly did a lot of good work. Some of the articles you created are great fun. I even added a couple to my watchlist. I especially like the Food and sexuality article and subjects like egomania (although it needs expansion). I was sorry to see that your can of whoop ass article got deleted. I would have liked to have read what was there. At the very least they could have redirected to Wiktionary. Since you appear to be female it's kind of weird to be accused of being you. I suppose I could offer a sperm sample and (a photo of my genitals?) to the checkuser. But I think it's probably not a great idea given the lack of any appreciable sense of humor among those running the show here. Anyway, just thought I'd stop by to say hi. I hope you are prospering. Keep up the good fight. And watch your bacon consumption. That stuff is supposed to be very hard on the arteries. Freakshownerd (talk) 00:18, 27 August 2010 (UTC) ArbCom, againThis notice is to inform you that I have asked the Arbitration Committee to extend your ban to for an indefinite period. As you are blocked you can either post here or email ArbCom directly. You can read the request for amendment at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment, and you can contact ArbCom via arbcom-l
Articles for deletion nomination of Mythological conundrumI have nominated Mythological conundrum, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mythological conundrum. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Rd232 talk 17:44, 30 August 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 August newsletterWe 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. 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 23:07, 31 August 2010 (UTC) Bacon in the newsNPR has come to the odd conclusion that Elvis ate his fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches with bacon. - Dravecky (talk) 19:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
WikiCup 2010 September newsletterWe are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. 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 23:02, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Request to loosen your restrictionsWould you please stop socking? Our interactions were positive enough that I was quite sad to see you sitebanned, and I'm not at all happy to see that you've gotten your block extended: I had hoped to work together on Ohio historic architecture before next August. In the event that you decide to wait until the ban ends and then come back to edit, I've asked ArbCom slightly to loosen your restrictions, so that we could work together more easily. The motion has been filed at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment. Nyttend (talk) 02:09, 16 October 2010 (UTC) AN/II have mentioned you here[10]. I or someone else will pass on any responses you may have. PhGustaf (talk) 04:28, 16 October 2010 (UTC) Speedy deletion nomination of File:Shapely turkey bacon.jpgA tag has been placed on File:Shapely turkey bacon.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding WikiCup 2010 October newsletterThe 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 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 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 03:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC) Non-free files in your user space
Thank you, -- DASHBot (talk) 05:01, 5 November 2010 (UTC) File copyright problem with File:FuFu flour.jpg Thank you for uploading File:FuFu flour.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page. If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:06, 6 November 2010 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:FuFu flour.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:FuFu flour.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --— ξxplicit 00:19, 14 November 2010 (UTC) Hello. You are being contacted because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup but have not yet signed up for the 2011 WikiCup, which starts at midnight. It is not too late to sign up! The competition will remain open until at least January 31, and so it is not too late to enter. If you are interested, simply follow the instructions to add your username to the signup page, and a judge will contact you as soon as possible with an explanation of how to participate. The WikiCup is a friendly competition open to all Wikipedians, old and new, experienced and inexperienced, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute quality content to Wikipedia. If you do not want to receive any further messages about the WikiCup, or you want to start receiving messages about the WikiCup, you may add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the WikiCup talk page or contact the judges directly. J Milburn and The ed17 06:46, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Happy, happyWikiCup 2011 January newsletterWe 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 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 22:28, 31 January 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 February newsletterSo 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 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 23:38, 28 February 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 March newsletterWe are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is 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 three 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 00:54, 1 April 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 April newsletterRound 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims 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 19:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 May newsletterWe're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. A running total of claims 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 23:23, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Bacon ipsum dolorSometimes you need filler text to complete a design. Why not fill that space with bacon? baconipsum.com You're welcome. - Dravecky (talk) 08:46, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 June newsletterWe are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores. We would again like to thank Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. 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 23:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC) New Mail You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{YGM}} template. --William S. Saturn (talk) 01:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 July newsletterWe are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. 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 11:24, 1 August 2011 (UTC) Party on my commie brotherIndeed, teapartypooper. You might be back here soon. Will you promise to be a good boy this time? Drmies (talk) 16:16, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Upon your return your first order of business should beto comment here.--kelapstick(bainuu) 00:34, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
What they said ...and more good things besides. Hope you do come back. Geoff Who, me? 23:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
If you come back to editing, I'll raise a Bloody Mary toast (with a slice of bacon in it, of course). Cheers. Jonathunder (talk) 15:49, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 July newsletterThe finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup. A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 23:54, 31 August 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 September newsletterWe are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 12:30, 1 October 2011 (UTC) Bacon cotton candyYes. Bacon Cotton Candy is real. You're welcome. - Dravecky (talk) 15:02, 27 October 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 October newsletterThe 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is
Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.
No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work. Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:34, 1 November 2011 (UTC) Hello, ChildofMidnight, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you worked on, Ring toss, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:
It helps to explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the Help Desk. Thanks again for contributing! — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 13:26, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
A must haveCookiesNext time you find yourself in Dallas, you have to try these bacon cookies (then visit a cardiologist). - Dravecky (talk) 15:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Can I ask you what your interest was in working so diligent on this article? I wanted to thank you for your contributions. I just found out that he is my great-great grandfather. I've learned so much thanks to your work. -- RandorXeus. 19:42, 25 December 2011 (UTC) 2012 WikiCupHi! As you've previously expressed interest in the competition, I'm just letting you know that the 2012 WikiCup is due to start in less than 24 hours. Signups are open, and will remain so for a few weeks after the beginning of the competition. The competition itself will follow basically the same format as last year, with a few small tweaks to point costs to reflect the opinions of the community. If you're interested in taking part, you're more than welcome, and if you know anyone who might be, please let them know too- the more the merrier! To join, simply add your name to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2012 signups, and we will be in touch. Please feel free to direct any questions to me, or leave a note on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! You are receiving this note as you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Please feel free to add or remove yourself. J Milburn (talk) 01:42, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you, -- DASHBot (talk) 05:40, 5 January 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 January newsletterWikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20. A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.
We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition. A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 00:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 February newsletterRound 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design. The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 would 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 (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:54, 29 February 2012 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Boom box bag.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Boom box bag.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. 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You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Old Dutch Dill Pickle Chips.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Old Dutch Dill Pickle Chips.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Pearsons nut goodie and salted nut roll.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Pearsons nut goodie and salted nut roll.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Patra in a box.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Patra in a box.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Sixlets 007.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Sixlets 007.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC) Possibly unfree File:Angel Brand Irish Moss.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Angel Brand Irish Moss.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 March newsletterWe are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Congratulations to It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/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 receiving 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) 23:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC) SpaghettisburgerI saw this soon to be deleted article, and thought of you. "A Spaghetti Burger wrapped inside the Gettysburg Adress [sic]"--kelapstick(bainuu) 02:29, 10 April 2012 (UTC) Denton, TexasIn case you're looking for a reason to visit historic downtown Denton, Texas, may I humbly point out the new Atomic Candy with "a whole counter of bacon-themed candies" on the courthouse square. There are pictures with the article. Enjoy. - Dravecky (talk) 19:40, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
WikiCup 2012 April newsletterRound 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's 65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Possibly unfree File:Plan Toys 002.jpgA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Plan Toys 002.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 13:18, 10 May 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 May newsletterWe're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, WikiCup 2012 June newsletterApologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 July newsletterWe're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 August newsletterThe final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:10, 1 September 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 September newsletterWe're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work! The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 19:50, 2 October 2012 (UTC) WikiCup 2012 October newsletterThe 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to
Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.
Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants. Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:19, 1 November 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/My JewelUser:ChildofMidnight/My Jewel, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/My Jewel and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/My Jewel during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/Bacon economyUser:ChildofMidnight/Bacon economy, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/Bacon economy and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/Bacon economy during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:24, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/Mermaid problemUser:ChildofMidnight/Mermaid problem, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/Mermaid problem and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/Mermaid problem during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:29, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/SuperHamster's DadUser:ChildofMidnight/SuperHamster's Dad, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/SuperHamster's Dad and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/SuperHamster's Dad during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/Digital ArchitectureUser:ChildofMidnight/Digital Architecture, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/Digital Architecture and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/Digital Architecture during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:33, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/Exploding chickenUser:ChildofMidnight/Exploding chicken, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/Exploding chicken and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/Exploding chicken during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:36, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/Flandreau CemeteryUser:ChildofMidnight/Flandreau Cemetery, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/Flandreau Cemetery and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/Flandreau Cemetery during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:39, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/FAT (Architecture)User:ChildofMidnight/FAT (Architecture), a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/FAT (Architecture) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/FAT (Architecture) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:ChildofMidnight/Fictional triosUser:ChildofMidnight/Fictional trios, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/Fictional trios and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:ChildofMidnight/Fictional trios during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC) |
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