User talk:TheCatalyst31/Archive 3

Illinois precincts

Thanks for your work with the precincts on the templates. Two questions:

  • I really don't pay attention to Illinois geography, other than its templates. Any idea why they've been renamed?
  • What do you think about rearranging the precincts on the Pope County template, so that they're in numerical order rather than alphabetical?

Nyttend (talk) 00:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ZIP code pages

Thanks for removing the bluelinks; it's been so long since I've done much with creating lots of community articles that most of the lists probably have plenty of blue links. Please feel free to remove bluelinks from any of my ZIP code subpages! Nyttend (talk) 02:40, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite welcome; I basically copied them from the deleted lists of ZIP codes. Of course userspace isn't meant for problematic text, but I knew that using it as a working page wouldn't be a problem. Nyttend (talk) 03:15, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Do you still have only about 10,000 edits? I expected that you'd have plenty more. Nyttend (talk) 03:24, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And thanks, too, for striking Wisconsin in my box. Nyttend (talk) 03:02, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why you Redirected My Page

I am creating a page for our tech event NAKSHATRA@NITC kerala india, i hv noticed that everytime i create the page someone edits it and redirects to other page..... is there something wrong that i m doing ...plz reply to this mail id bipworld@gmail.com !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bipworld (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unincorporated Communities

Hello!

I've noticed you've been creating several articles for unincorporated communities complete with an infobox and references. Is there a tool that creates the wiki-code automatically - somewhat like Elkman NRHP infobox generator? - Ichabod (talk) 04:04, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Berlino tested positive

Mascots don't take drug tests, usually, but Berlino's funny behaviour let many have serious doubts. The IAAF ordered a drug test and he was tested positive. That explains many of his reactions —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.52.62.227 (talk) 17:09, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Triple Crown

Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow the Triple Crown upon TheCatalyst31 for your transportey contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FA. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:09, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My community directories

Thanks for editing the navbox for communities-with-postoffices-without-articles lists; of course I don't normally welcome people editing my subpages, but this is nothing but helpful :-) Nyttend (talk) 03:30, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

For helping clean-up the vandalism to my page. -- Banjeboi 07:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Gwinn Plantation

You like copying and pasting my text, eh? Just wanted to stop by and say you are doing a great job on wikipedia! Btilm 02:28, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. Sorry about that. I user the generator also, and that looks like the kind of articles I write. Look at this. Life would be a whole lot easier if the generator generated the text also. Btilm 02:32, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox generator

I have created a tool that I am testing, and I am wondering if you might be interested. Once you copy and paste the text from the infobox website generator to the new article, you have to type in an edit summary, scroll down, and press save page. With this tool, all you have to do is paste the text and then click on a tab that says rep. Another cool feature is that instead of copying and pasting National Register of Historic Places each time you create an article, you only have to type 1ab2 and when you press the tab, it will change it to National Register of Historic Places. Pretty cool, huh? Let's review, shall we? It automatically adds an edit summary (it is preset and says new article). It converts 1ab2 to National Register of Historic Places. It saves you from scrolling down. It saves you from clicking save. Are you interested in the tool? If you are, you know how to contact me. Btilm 05:32, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cragin and Hermosa Metra Stations

Just out of curiosity, do you have any information on when Cragin (Metra) and Hermosa (Metra) stations opened? I looked on some railfanning sites and didn't find anything. ----DanTD (talk) 03:30, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For all the West Virgina articles you've just created! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:41, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chili Line DYK

I expanded the article, and submitted it to DYK on my and your behalf. If you would like to suggest an alternative hook or remove yourself from the nomination please see Template talk:Did you know#Chili Line. Cheers, Synchronism (talk) 11:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010 WikiCup Signups Reconfirmation!

To ensure that everyone who signed up is still committed to participating in the 2010 WikiCup, it is required that you remove your name from this list! By removing your name, you are not removing yourself from the WikiCup. This is simply a way for the judges to take note of who has not yet reconfirmed their participation. If you have not removed your name from that list by December 30th, 2009 (by 23:59 (UTC)) then your name will be removed from the WikiCup.

It's worth noting the rules have changed, likely after you signed up. The changes made thus far are:

  • Mainspace and/or portal edits will not be awarded points at all.
  • Did you know? articles (which were worth 5 points last year) will now be worth 10 points.
  • Good articles (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
  • Valued pictures will be now awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.
  • Featured lists (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
  • Featured portals (which were worth 25 points last year) will now be worth 35 points.
  • Featured articles (which were worth 50 points last year) will now be worth 100 points.
  • Featured topics (which were worth 10 points per article last year) will now be worth 15 points per any article in the topic that you were a major contributor to.
  • Good topics (which were worth 5 points per article last year) will now be worth 10 points per any article in the topic that you were a major contributor to.
  • In the news will still be awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.

If you have any final concerns about the WikiCup's rules and regulations, please ask them now, before the Cup begins to avoid last minute problems. You may come to the WikiCup's talk page, or any of the judge's user talk pages. We're looking forwards to a great 2010 WikiCup! On behalf of the WikiCup judges, iMatthew talk at 03:47, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Chili Line

Updated DYK query On December 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chili Line, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Whats up. --Zzguitar14 (talk) 22:45, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow!

Welcome to the biggest WikiCup Wikipedia has yet seen! Round one will take place over two months, and finish on February 26. There is only one pool, and the top 64 will progress. The competition will be tough, as more than half of the current competitors will not make it to round 2. Details about scoring have been finalized and are explained at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Please make sure you're familiar with the scoring rules, because any submissions made that violate these rules will be removed. Like always, the judges can be reached through the WikiCup talk pages, on their talk page, or over IRC with any issues concerning anything tied to the Cup. We will keep in contact with you via weekly newsletters; if you do not want to receive them, please remove yourself from the list here. Conversely, if a non-WikiCup participant wishes to receive the newsletters, they may add themselves to that list. Well, enough talk- get writing! Your submission's page is located here. Details on how to submit your content is located here, so be sure to check that out! Once content has been recognized, it can be added to your submissions page, from which our bot will update the main score table. Remember that only articles worked on and nominated during the competition are eligible for points. Have fun, and good luck! Garden, iMatthew, J Milburn, and The ed17 19:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello TheCatalyst31! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to this article, it would greatly help us with the current 14 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

  1. José Segura - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:30, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Service awards proposal

Master Editor Hello, TheCatalyst31/Archive 3! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards.

If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 04:21, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Clayton, West Virginia

Updated DYK query On January 11, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clayton, West Virginia, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lowell, West Virginia

Updated DYK query On January 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lowell, West Virginia, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to Hungary Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions) and New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to Isle of Man Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! 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, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:22, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion and later rewriting my invitation

Just thought you may want to know, an alternate account deleted my poorly worded invitation on your talk page. Some editors disagreed about these deletions.[1] and also went to ANI about it.

I actually appreciate this deletion because I completely rewrote the template. The template was inviting you here: here. Ikip 04:14, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Solomon Andrew Layton

Updated DYK query On February 1, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Solomon Andrew Layton, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

news

The WORCESTERSHIRE Project Newsletter - March 2010

The WikiProject WORCESTERSHIRE Newsletter
No. 2 - March 2010
(Archived here.)
Morgan car factory main entrance, Malvern Link, Worcestershire
Welcome to the second WikiProject Worcestershire newsletter

You are probably receiving this because you have significantly contributed to one of our pages. If you are not yet a participant in the Worcestershire project, now is the time to consider joining - it might help you get some assistance on a page you feel particularly attached to.
Here goes for the second irregular news bulletin...

First GA in 2010

We finally got over our euphoria over the Malvern, Worcestershire promotion to Good Article status. The GA sets a benchmark for the quality to be targeted for other articles in the project, and clearly demonstrated how important teamwork is.

Recently founded

A lot of work has already been done since the Worcs project was started, including the recent tagging of the talk pages of all the articles about people connected with Worcestershire, keeping spam and vandalism at bay, and welcoming new editors on their talk pages.

Experts needed!

The Worcestershire project mainly concerns settlements. It's generally agreed that the immediate priority now is to improve the articles that shiould be the flagships of the project, namely Worcester, and Worcestershire which are some of the articles in the worst state.

Meet up

Kudpung has booked his flight from Asia and will be back in Malvern from 1 April for a month, and looks forward to meeting up with as many Wikipedians as possible, especially those who work on the Worcs project.

NEWS

Two major debates are raging on the 'pedia and we have been cautiously taking part.

WP:BLP (Biography of Living Persons)

In for a shake up is an accumulation of nearly 50,000 totally unsourced articles that may end up on the cutting room floor after a period of grace. As a project, we can help by taking a look at those BLP in the county and doing what we can before the axe falls.

citations

A war almost broke out over citation formats, but a mature approach from Worcs project members prevented any physical injury. There, are only three basic rules for citations: 1. All articles must have them. 2. Consitency of format throughout an articles. 3. Changes to the format require a consensus.
We are not obliged to use citation templates, and WP:LDR might not be such a good idea while chunks of text and/or their references are being copied and pasted around related articles in the county. In any case, let's always discuss what we have in mind HERE.

new project pages

The project main page has been pruned to be cleaner, and much of the support material has been transferred to dedicated pages. New usefull banners and templates have been created, and shortcuts to the new pages that also include a side bar navigator and a brand new easily edited To Do list.

new participant

After all the hints getting him to join, we now welcome User:wotnow !

sysop (admin)

Our only admin has resigned his tools. It would be great to have an active admin as a member of the project. If you think you would be able to cope with all the responsibility adminship involves, checkout WP:RfA and nominate yourself. Nobody needs to have a high edit count or to be an expert in all areas, but being active, having a reasonable overview of the workings of the Wikipedia, and a decent level of maturity, are expected minima. The process is not painless, and is worse than a British army promotion board! Alternatively you can always nominate another user.

Would you like to join the WP:WORCS?? Please enter yourself at WP:WORCS! - new editors are always welcome!

Happy Wikying, and thanks to everyone else who has contributed to our articles.

New project resources

Before making any major edits to articles or stubs, please be sure to read the new WP:WORCS/HowTo. Urgent tasks are now listed at: WP:WORCS/ToDo. It should be referred to often, and will be your main stop for most maintenance tasks. We recommend keeping the page on your watchlist. Most project pages now have brand new side bar for easy navigation. (Thanks, GyroMagician). Priority Articles== The top priority articles have been identified as probably being:

The number has been kept deliberately low to give us a fighting chance of improving them to at least GA status, so we can concentrate our efforts on these first. Priorities are not set in stone and if you would like to discuss changes, please join in at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Worcestershire.

Other priorities:

  • The recommended priority by kind is for creation/improvement of complete articles is:
  1. Places in the county
  2. Schools in the county (Particularly susceptible to vandalism - please keep them on your watch lists if possible).
  3. Transport in the county
  4. Notable buildings/objects/geo features/AONB/Heritage sites, etc. in the county
  5. History in the county
  6. Industry & Commerce in the county.
  7. People in the county - NOTE: These all need the Worcs project banner adding to their talk pages, and assessing.
  8. County related articles about things not actually in the county, and/or other related projects.

These lists will help:

New Aims

Specific aims for the project are:-

  • Monitor
    The watchlist to keep an eye on changes to the project's articles so that vandalism and spamming can be removed as quickly as possible.
  • Infoboxes
    Some of our articles need their infoboxes completing infobox.
  • References
    Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion is always in need of attention. Please take a look and see if you can help. One small edit, such as adding a reference section and reference, to an article each session would make a big difference. If you are uploadiing an image, be sure it has a correct FUR, and that you have preferably already created a link on the page where you want it to be.
  • Moves, merges, and multiple edits
    Please be careful when performing articles moves and check if anyone seems to be in the middle of doing the same thing. If he; she, or they are, stop and have a chat about it. Otherwise you may be unintentionally duplicating or reverting each other's work. This is particularly important if an article is currently under a GA review. image may be deleted as it has an incorrect FUR.
Guidelines

Get your article referenced now!

Imprint
Written by User:Kudpung • All comments to WT:WORCS
Based on an original concept by WP:YORKS

Vera, Texas

Thank you for rectifying the name; I had not even noticed that.

Lothar the Terrible 16:55, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

  1. Proposal to Close This RfC
  2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 02:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mapit-US-cityscale

FYI: I see you have converted some instances of {{Mapit-US-cityscale}} to {{coord}}. I did a lot of similar conversions where the {{coord}} functionality is provided by {{Infobox settlement}}, but I skipped articles such as Bayview, Alabama because it didn't have an infobox. User:Plasticspork is adding those infoboxes and I thought that leaving {{Mapit-US-cityscale}} would be a signal that the article needs an infobox. Perhaps there is some other relatively-easy way to find articles that need {{Infobox settlement}}. — John Cardinal (talk) 02:12, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. — John Cardinal (talk) 02:34, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 February newsletter

Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to Hungary Sasata (submissions), our round one winner (1010 points), and to Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions) and New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions), who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). Connecticut Staxringold (submissions) claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), Geschichte (submissions) claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points), Jujutacular (submissions) claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and Republic of Ireland Candlewicke (submissions) claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.

Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. 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; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. 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, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Michael Catholic high School Niagara falls

Thank you, I did not think of an intro —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanello1 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oak Hill Railroad Depot

Updated DYK query On March 14, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oak Hill Railroad Depot, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Calmer Waters 00:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work here! I almost never see you doing anything except creating lots of community articles and removing bluelinks from my ZIP code pages, so I didn't realise that you were part of WP:NRHP. Nyttend (talk) 06:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Thank You for adding the projects to Talk:Maitland, West Virginia. --Nascar1996 18:24, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Join the WP:USRDCUP 2010!

We're going to go ahead and try this again! The contest will begin April 1. It is a contest to encourage editors to improve teh quality of WP:USRD articles and participate in USRD. Precautions will be taken to make sure that people do not "game the system" and bring article quality down. Please sign up ASAP! Announcements regarding the contest will be made at WP:USRDCUP, Twitter, and/or IRC. --Rschen7754 06:51, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 March newsletter

We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. 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.

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) 22:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Col. James Graham House

Hello! Your submission of Col. James Graham House at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yazan (talk) 08:21, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Col. James Graham House

Updated DYK query On April 14, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Col. James Graham House, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

{{DYKbotdo 11:53, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Great work. Congrats! youngamerican (wtf?) 14:49, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 2010 USRD newsletter

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Departments
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— JCbot (talk) 19:17, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter

Round 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 Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to Colombia ThinkBlue (submissions) and Norway Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. 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.

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 Bavaria Stone (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) for their help in preparing for round three. 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 17:39, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Belva, WV

You've managed to find another error in the GNIS site (I say "another, because I've seen a few). Belva, West Virginia, if you check the maps on Google Earth or via USGS topos or TIGER data, is north of the Gauley River and on the east bank of Twenty Mile Creek, which act as the county line between Nicholas and Fayette. It is, however, possible that part of Fayette County identifies itself as "Belva," given the inexact nature of delineating unincorporated communities.

BTW, thanks for your hard work on said unincorporated places. Many are wonderful little towns that deserve to have their stories told. Cheers. youngamerican (wtf?) 11:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've also added a "thank you" award to your user page. youngamerican (wtf?) 13:08, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 May newsletter

We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Hungary Sasata (submissions), who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) respectively. 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.

Two of last year's final 8, Sweden Theleftorium (submissions) and Iceland Scorpion0422 (submissions), have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to White Shadows (submissions) for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! 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 20:54, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rappahannock Corner

Thanks for fixing this page. Don't worry that you misread the GNIS; seeing how their entry was spelled, I emailed them and received a reply of "oops, yes, you're right, so we've updated the entry; thanks for letting us know". Nyttend (talk) 06:11, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

coordinates_region

Nice work creating all these settlement articles. If you could do me a favour, and start including the coordinates_region parameter (e.g. as Xenobot did here), that would be great. Thanks, –xenotalk 14:41, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to thank you for the time you took to alter my changes so they appear correctly. Google Maps currently has the Village found instead of the City when searching "Georgetown, IL," which I don't believe to be correct. I am currently asking for a "duplicate named towns" feature to be added, or at least have it default to the correctly order one.

But again, thank you very much.

TamusJRoyce: 75.145.189.185 (talk) 02:59, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Elmhurst (Metra station): Former Amtrak station?

You seem to know Illinois-area railroad history better than I do. Is there any chance that the Elmhurst (Metra) station could've been the former Elmhurst (Amtrak station) that served the Amtrak Black Hawk? ----DanTD (talk) 00:34, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! That's not even an Amshack. ----DanTD (talk) 12:56, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sebastian, Ohio

Thanks for adding the county template; you know how much work I've done with county templates, but I forgot to add it to my own creation :-( Nyttend (talk) 13:29, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 June newsletter

We're half way through 2010, and the end of the WikiCup is in sight! Round 3 is over, and we're down to our final 16. Our pool winners were Ian Rose (submissions) (A), Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (B, and the round's overall leader), Colombia ThinkBlue (submissions) (C) New South Wales Casliber (submissions) and New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) (D, joint), but, with the scores reset, everything is to play for in our last pooled round. The pools will be up before midnight tonight, and have been selected randomly by J Milburn. This will be the toughest round yet, and so, 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.

Though unaffiliated with the WikiCup, July sees the third Great Wikipedia Dramaout- a project with not dissimilar goals to the WikiCup. Everyone is welcome to take part and do their bit to contribute to the encyclopedia itself.

If you're interested in the scores for the last round of the Cup, please take a look at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Round 3 and Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round 3. Our thanks go to Bavaria Stone (submissions) for compiling these. As was predicted, Group C ended up the "Group of Death", with 670 points required for second place, and, therefore, automatic promotion. This round will probably be even tougher- again, the top two from each of the two groups will make it through, while the twelve remaining participants will compete for four wildcard places- 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

Wiscoal, Kentucky

A friend of mine asked me to start an article about Wiscoal, Kentucky; her grandfather worked for the railroad and lived in Wiscoal, which is in Knott County, Kentucky. I was wondering if you would please start the article, since I am not familiar with Kentucky. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 12:03, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and my friend thanks you also-RFD (talk) 18:41, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion declined: DZAC-TV

Hello TheCatalyst31. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of DZAC-TV, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The other site is a Wikipedia mirror. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:55, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll go back and double-check all the articles I declined. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:02, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks

Thanks for recategorising. Because I put my previous one, a list of neighbourhoods, under places and transportation and forgot to switch this one to media and music... :) Kayau Voting IS evil 00:04, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michel Bellavance

You removed the PROD tag after I added a few sources but did you see the question on the discussion page? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kenwood branch (CTA)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Oak Circle Historic District

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cumberland GA review

I've reviewed the Cumberland (CTA) article and left notes on the talk page. Overall I'm happy with the article, but I've raised some issues that I think need addressed before it can be a GA, so I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed.—Jeremy (talk) 21:02, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good job. I tweaked the lead slightly, and I altered the wording of the passenger boost as 'short-term' implies to me that it fell off afterwards, which we don't know. If you are happy with my changes then I'll go ahead and promote the article. —Jeremy (talk) 14:28, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've completed the promotion. Well done! One thing that might be good to have on this, and other Chicago area articles, is a locator map like the one on the Embankment tube station article that you linked to in the review. OpenStreetMap has reasonable coverage for the Chicago area and I have a little experience with templates like Template:Location map United Kingdom Central London—so if you are interested in this we could discuss it further. —Jeremy (talk) 17:34, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll look into it. —Jeremy (talk) 18:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter

We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Hungary Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants (Hungary Sasata (submissions), Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by New South Wales Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. 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.

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 Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Finland Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. 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 22:50, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]