User talk:Matthewrb/Archive/2012/August

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The Signpost: 30 July 2012

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Conradh na Gaeilge Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees New York City Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Minnesota Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

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) 22:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

The Great Revival: CVU Vandalism Studies Project

Hi! We're dropping you this rather unexpected message on your talk page because you signed up (either quite a while ago or rather recently) to be a member of the Vandalism Studies project. Sadly, the project fell into semi-retirement a few years ago, but as part of a new plan to fix up the Counter-Vandalism Unit, we're bringing back the Vandalism Studies project, with a new study planned for Late 2012! But we need your help. Are you still interested in working with us on this project? Then please sign up today! (even if you signed up previously, you'll still need to sign up again - we're redoing our member list in order to not harass those who are no longer active on the Wiki - sorry!) If you have any questions, please leave them on this page. Thanks, and we can't wait to bring the project back to life! -Theopolisme (talk) & Dan653 (talk), Coordinators

User:Sobur09

The user Sobur09 Is spamming his/her talk page after the last warning. --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 04:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Also, 203.188.254.132 appears to be his sock puppet account. They're posting the same spam message. --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 04:22, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
The admins appear to have handled it, thanks for the heads up! ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 04:38, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the help! --Vincent Liu (something to say?) 04:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
No problem at all. ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 22:50, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

For reverting spam on my user page that even I haven't noticed. Vincent Liu (something to say?) 04:40, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Why, thank you! ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 22:50, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Brian Worley

Hello! I noticed that you declined this article over at AfC becuase it already existed in the main space. It would appear that these are two different people who share the same name which was confirmed by the author of the declined article. Just thought I would let you know. Topher385 (talk) 18:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the heads up. It appears the article is up for review again, so no problem. ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 22:50, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Independent Review Committee

Hello Matthewrbowker. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Independent Review Committee, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article has been edited since it was tagged and is no longer a copyvio. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:25, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 August 2012

Ambassador census

Hey Matthew, can you add yourself and your preferences here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Academical Village/Online Ambassador Census if you are planning on working with classes next term? This helps match up OAs with classes of their interest. Best, The Interior (Talk) 04:24, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Just added my name, thank you! ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 04:28, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Submission at Articles for creation

Articles for creation/Wealth-X

I have reviewed the article accordingly to your comments. Please advise if there are any further changes to be made. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlwsg (talk • contribs) 09:28, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Dlwsg! Welcome to Wikipedia!
I'm sorry, but the changes you made on the article are not sufficient to grant approval. To be honest, we don't care what the company is currently doing. Wikipedia is not a promotion platform for that. Instead, we're looking for information about why the company is notable. Right now, your article reads too much like it was written to promote the company.
I'd recommend totally re-writing the article using this page as a guide. Good luck! ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 16:34, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 August 2012

Getting Wikimedians to the Olympic Games

Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 04:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

AFC Backlog

Articles for Creation urgently needs YOUR help!

Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 2921 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.

Do you have what it takes?
  1. Are you familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines?
  2. Do you know what Wikipedia is and is not?
  3. Do you have a working knowledge of the Manual of Style, particularly article naming conventions?
  4. Are you autoconfirmed?
  5. Can you review submissions based on their individual merits?

If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.

PS: we have a great AFC helper script at User:Timotheus Canens/afchelper4.js which helps in reviewing in just few edits easily!

We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial.
On behalf of the Articles for Creation project,
TheSpecialUser TSU

The Rehearsal Club (New York) Page

I've revamped the page to conform (I think) with Wiki guidelines. Could you please re-review? Thanks! August 17, 2012, 12:20pm EST, Denise — Preceding unsigned comment added by DenisePence (talk • contribs) 16:19, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

It does look like you've made some great improvements to the article! I like the addition of sources. A couple quick notes:
  • You removed the first paragraph and replaced it with just the date the club was established. The first paragraph introduces your topic, so removing it actually removes some credibility.
Actually, that's all I can see. Why don't you submit the entry again? It has a decent chance of being accepted, now. Good luck! ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 13:51, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
P.S. Sorry about the delay, I haven't had much time for Wikipedia recently. ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 13:51, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 August 2012

Vandalism Studies Update - August 2012

Hello, members of the Vandalism Studies Project! As some of us are quite new with the Vandalism Studies project, it would make sense for us to re-read some of the past studies, as well as studies outside the project. Please do so if you have a chance, just so we can get into the groove of things. We're planning on attempting to salvage the Obama study (or possibly simply convert it to a new Romney study), as well as hopefully begin our third study this November. If you have any ideas for Study 3, please suggest them! If you have any questions please post them on the project talk page. Thanks, and happy editing - we can't wait to begin working on the project! --Dan653 (talk) and Theopolisme :)
11:31, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 27 August 2012

User talk:Settdigger

Hi Matthew. Settdigger did ask a question. It was in the header of the section of his talk page where the {{helpme}} template was. Maybe the header doesn't get displayed where these notices are posted, but when you edited his talk page, the question was in the header right there. So, I think you can answer it given the circumstances. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 04:41, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

I didn't see the header, sorry about that. I did answer the question, thanks for the heads up! ~ Matthewrbowker Talk to me 04:56, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
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