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User oldman10000Hi Spencer, I'd like to plead my case regarding your verdict on my edition of the page 'Vincent Kompany'. Your reasoning that my edit of Kompany's red card being the result of a 'foul' on Nani was not neutral whereas to write 'tackle' would be is something I find illogical. Both words are not neutral - the word 'foul' gives the impression that the editor believes it was worthy of the red card, however the word 'tackle' gives the impression that the editor believes it was a fair challenge and therefore not worthy of the punishment. As a red card was given by the referee (a 'neutral' figure during the proceedings and indeed the most important) it would therefore make more sense to use the word 'foul' in this instance despite it not being an entirely neutral stance. Thanks (Y), oldman10000 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldman10000 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 10 January 2012 (UTC) January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects The January 2012 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. The Signpost: 16 January 2012
Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articlesThis means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 11:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Community input required: lowering delist bar at FPCYou are receiving this because of your current or past association with the Featured Pictures project. Following on from several cases where closers did not observe the prescribed minimum votes required for a delisting, there is now a motion to entirely dismiss the requirement for a minimum. Please participate in the discussion as wide-ranging changes may arise. Link: Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates#Delist procedure changes Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 23 January 2012
ITNI know things are moving really slow at ITN right now, but I'd really hate to see this nomination get passed by until it's no longer relevant like Cyclone Funso did. Would you mind giving it a glance over? — C M B J 23:55, 28 January 2012 (UTC) ITNCan you explain this Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#.5BPosted.5D_2012_European_Men.27s_Handball_Championship on ITN? its quiet clear there wasnt consensus for it despite the claim(Lihaas (talk) 23:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)). The Signpost: 30 January 2012
WikiCup 2012 January newsletter WikiCup 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 00:18, 1 February 2012 (UTC) Nordonia High SchoolI was just wondering why the Matt Lupica section was removed from the Wikipedia page? Yes, that is me, and I just published that book. What is not worthy or notable about that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piratematt67 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 4 February 2012 (UTC) ITN updatesThere's a couple more stories over at ITN that look ripe for posting. — C M B J 06:29, 5 February 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 06 February 2012
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MSU InterviewDear Spencer, My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you. Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you. Sincerely, Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 20:51, 15 February 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 February 2012
Barnstar?Fame at last ;) would have loved to see ont he main page but it swent too soon ;)Lihaas (talk) 01:49, 23 February 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 27 February 2012
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) 00:08, 1 March 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 05 March 2012
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Dylan (DBF)I am VERY concerned about my page that YOU postes a 'speedy deletion' thingy on. Please remove that NOW!Beachdyl (talk) 21:54, 27 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) 23:28, 31 March 2012 (UTC) HelpThe policy of wikipedia does not say anywhere, that I can't not put the flag of the countries in the music pages and Mr. Binksternet, clears the flag of the pages of Cuban music, I think that is not correct, Mr. Binksternet has something against Cuban music and Cubans in general. I let you know because I think it's not fair that Mr Binksternet clear the Cuban flag like he do.174.98.141.237 (talk) Flag icons should only be inserted in infoboxes in those cases where they convey information in addition to the text. Flag icons are visually distracting in infoboxes and lead to unnecessary disputes when over-used. Examples of acceptable exceptions would be military battle infoboxes templates and infoboxes that include international competitions, such as FIFA World Cup or the Olympic Games. The guidelines for a number of common infoboxes (e.g. Template:Infobox company, Template:Infobox film, Template:Infobox person, Template:Infobox football biography) explicitly prohibit the use of flag icons.
Dear friendThe Spain bolero is really different from the Cuban bolero. In Spain they called with the name bolero in the late XVIII century, today, they called it fandango; Spain bolero used a pattern of 3/4 and Cuban bolero used the pattern 2/4, that means they are different genre with different musical structure. The person who wrote the bolero article, let it know very clear, that are two different type of bolero with the same name and different origin. The Cuban bolero is a popular genre in Latin America and the world. Which the Spain bolero is not.174.98.141.237 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC). The Signpost: 02 April 2012
Vandal warnings and blockI don't know if you noticed but you were warning this user about edits to pages that s/he had first done page move vandalism on. I just moved the pages back and reverted one of the articles (CompUSA) back to its original text. I would have blocked for longer than 24 hours for that. I don't know if all those Cartoon Network edits today need to be rolled back but it might be worth taking a look. Please remember to look more carefully at an editors' contribs, thanks! Valfontis (talk) 02:47, 7 April 2012 (UTC) The Signpost: 09 April 2012
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For submissions contact the Newsroom • To unsubscribe add yourself to the list here EdwardsBot (talk) 20:45, 29 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 |
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