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Fui "Albacore". Quiero el nombre "Seattle". Gracias. Seattle (talk) 19:14, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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Health issues FAC

Hey, just letting you know I've responded to a few of the issues you noted in the FAC. I'm going to work on knocking the rest out shortly. Toa Nidhiki05 00:08, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

@Toa Nidhiki05: OK. There is no deadline. If you have the time, please do take a look at Chris Gragg, a featured article candidate. Thanks. Seattle (talk) 00:28, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Canvassing

Seattle, your involvement in the discussion doesn't prevent you from leaving the same warning I did on HesioneHushabye's talk page. Please follow up on it, and if it continues, you can report it to WP:ANI as the guideline suggests.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:17, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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Talk:Jackie Tavener/GA1

Hey. I hate to ask but could you fail this? I gave it another read through last night ready to fix the concerns, but honestly I found a good deal of issues that would take a good amount of rewriting to fix. Wizardman 23:03, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

@Wizardman: OK. Contact me when you want to renominate it, and I will be glad to give it another look. Seattle (talk) 20:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
  2. Scotland Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
  3. Nepal Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
  4. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
  5. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
  6. Florida 12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
  7. Colorado Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
  8. Canada Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Herm Matty.007 (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), United States WikiRedactor (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), Portugal Prism (submissions) and Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

The Inside Corner : September 1, 2014

What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter:

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"all things" FAN

Sorry to get back to you so late, but I fixed the issues you brought up on the FAN page for "all things".--Gen. Quon (Talk) 05:29, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

@Gen. Quon: Chris Gragg is still open too... Seattle (talk) 18:47, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
Boom. Added some comments!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 19:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

FLC request

Hi, I've nominated List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Courtney Walsh at FLC. Could you have your comments here when you get some time? --Khadar Khani (talk) 16:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Talk:My Lord John/GA1

Seattle, you opened this GA review on August 15 and said you'd start soon. It's now four weeks later, and it hasn't been started. Are you planning to get to it in the next week or so, or should it be put back into the unreviewed pool in the hopes of finding someone? Please let me know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:40, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: I will conduct the review Sunday. Seattle (talk) 23:59, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
@BlueMoonset: Next Sunday that is. Seattle (talk) 20:57, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

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Second opinion

Do you still wish a second opinion on Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville's GA review? Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 14:45, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

@Jonas Vinther: Yes, I requested it after my general review. Seattle (talk) 16:49, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
OK, I shall do that for you right after my dinner. :) Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 17:25, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Ahh fuck it, I'll just do it now. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 17:26, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
It's done friend. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 18:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

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The Inside Corner : November 3, 2014

WikiCup award

Awarded to Seattle for participating in the 2014 WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 21:35, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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Matthew McConaughey filmography FLC

Hi. Hope you're well. Sorry to chase. I was wondering if you had anymore to add in terms of the FLC discussion. Cowlibob (talk) 12:32, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

List of Space Shuttle missions FLC

Hey, Seattle!

I was wondering if you had any more comments to do with this FLC. If not, could I ask you to re-conciser your oppose?

Thanks much! ~ Matthewrbowker Give me a ring! 18:48, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

@Matthewrbowker: I'm happy to strike the oppose when the second set of comments are addressed. Best, Seattle (talk) 22:40, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much! Sorry about my delay... I hate finals. I am handling the comments now. ~ Matthewrbowker Give me a ring! 23:15, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Conversion help

Hey Seattle, I answered your question over at WP:RDMA#Conversion help before I realized that you had reasked it (as suggested) at WP:RDS, and I wanted to make sure that you were still looking at the original location. Cheers! -- ToE 11:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

  • We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
  • In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
  • 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. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure 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. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Asia Cup five-wicket hauls/archive1

Hi, would you mind revisiting the page? I think most of your concerns have been resolved. —Vensatry (ping) 12:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Would you mind offering your support (only if you feel the list meets the criteria) or collapse your set of comments? —Vensatry (ping) 17:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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Hello! Since you've reviewed similar list(s), would you be interested in commenting at or reviewing my FLC for Guy Sebastian discography? It's currently urgently needing reviews, so any input would be appreciated. Thank you! — Usfun8991 (talk | contribs) 05:20, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

Round 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)
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