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DYK for Special Air Service Regiment

On 22 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Special Air Service Regiment, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the SAS is based in Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Special Air Service Regiment. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:24, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi

On 23 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony (pictured) was the first for an Indian Prime Minister to which the head-of-government of every SAARC country was invited? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:38, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Special Air Service Regiment

Well, even though the British were sleeping, it looks like a lot of Australians clicked on it! Yoninah (talk) 10:36, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

I genuinely wonder why? I can understand Brits clicking, that's what it was designed for (pity about the timing). But Australians clicking to see that their own special forces regiment is based... in Australia? Anyway, thanks for the heads up, Mat ty.007 17:41, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Please help me to create page of JMBACC

Dear Matty.007

I am a member in organization committee of Japan MBA Case Competition(JMBACC). We are a none profit organization composed by MBA candidates in McGill MBA Japan Program, Hitotsubashi University, Aoyama University and other prominent business schools in Japan. I am a student of McGill MBA Japan. It is the first MBA Case Competition held in TOKYO. The first annual JMBACC event took place in 17th Nov last year. We started our organization activities this year to prepare our second year event, which will take place in 30th Nov 2014. In order to improve our public awareness, we hope a wiki page can be created for JMBACC.

I already post my request on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Business_and_economics/Organizations#J

If you need any further information for creating the page, please let me know. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMBACC (talk • contribs) 04:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

JMBACC: I'm not sure it meets our notability guidelines, there doesn't seem to be much external coverage available (i.e. not stuff from the company, and preferably not from the winners). Thanks, Mat ty.007 17:43, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Dear Matty.007

Thank you for the response. I will try to find more resources and come back to you again. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMBACC (talk • contribs) 12:31, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The 50 DYK Nomination Medal
		Congratulations (much belated) for reaching this milestone of making other editors' articles visible from the main page. Keep up your good work! Oceanh (talk) 16:38, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I wonder what number 100 will be? Thanks again, Mat ty.007 17:39, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Nice, Matty! Congratulations. Are people signing your guestbook everytime they come by or just once? Hafspajen (talk) 18:19, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Just the once I'm afraid (though I won'd complain if someone signs it more than once...). Thanks, Mat ty.007 18:21, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Joke Machine Adaptation

I created a Pun Machine, but it does not seem to be working well. Only the last some puns appear on the box. Just wanna ask- what is wrong? Can you help me check? Thanks! It is an adaptation from your Joke Machine, same type of box and everything. I hope you allow me to have a pun machine too. Nahnah4 | Any thoughts? Pen 'em down here! | No Editcountitis! 10:00, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Which ones isn't it showing? Thanks, Mat ty.007 20:05, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

The first five or six. Nahnah4 | Any thoughts? Pen 'em down here! | No Editcountitis! 04:20, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm afraid I have no idea, I tried a few things but templates aren't so much my area. I got the template in turn off of EWikist, so you may have more luck asking him. Sorry, Mat ty.007 12:04, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

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I don't know what I have done, but my antivirus program said you have some bad files on your coputer, we want to remove them, do you allow it, and now suddenly have MSN coming up everywhere, where it was Google before, such crap. Blast. What have I done wrong? How do I get rid of this stupid search engine? I want Google back.Hafspajen (talk) 12:58, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Hafspajen: to change browser homepage go onto the browser, then to options (then to 'general' on Firefox), then change 'Home page' to the URL you want (http://www.google.com, or whatever country ending you need). Thanks, Mat ty.007 13:27, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

How do I go into browser - just tried, don't know. Hafspajen (talk) 13:33, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

What do you mean? The broswer is the internet program: chrome, internet explorer, Firefox... Thanks, Mat ty.007 13:35, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Well if I click on my internet explorer thing icon, it is this MSN comming up, but Where do I go to change it. Hafspajen (talk) 13:37, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Have you tried going to options? Thanks, Mat ty.007 13:38, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Where is that.Hafspajen (talk) 13:46, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

In IE, the cog on the top right, then 'Internet options', then choose a home page. Thanks, Mat ty.007 13:47, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank God, is back, fixed. Thanks for your help. I really think you are great. Matty, do you wan't to be an administrator? Then read the discussion on Drmies archive User talk:Drmies/Archive 69#Curious about your and your stalkers opinion on something. Some good advices there. (Was thinking about you reading that) Hafspajen (talk) 14:01, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the compliment! I've had a look. I asked H J Mitchell a little while ago (I think 5000 edits ago) about his view on adminship, and he gave the excellent advice not to apply until you are actually needing the tools. I have spells when they would be useful, in CSD, histmerges, and redirects, but I don't really want to apply at present (it's something I have given thought to though). I am pleased to see someone with 10,000 edits looking like they'll pass at the minute, but I have too few AFD edits (especially which match the result) to pass anyway. Thanks again, Mat ty.007 14:59, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Well, it was, so to say - for the future. To know how to edit and where. To start doing tasks helping out at pages where non-admins can do things to. To know what piches not to fall into. (Like this - don't talk to J thing). Apparently in is not seen well. Hafspajen (talk) 16:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Which 'don't talk to J thing'? Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:49, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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Boat Race DYKs

Hi Matty. No problem at all with you continuing to use the articles I'm writing at DYK, but do let me know if anything gets challenged as it appears that some reviewers aren't quite sure what they're reviewing. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:23, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I'll give you updates. I think the problem in the present one was just an honest mistake, it can be confusing that they are both 'blue'. Nonetheless, I'll update you on noms if that's what you want (though my style of etiquette dictates notifying someone if I nominate their article with a link). Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:12, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I just said let me know if anything gets challenged. It's a problem that we have people reviewing things and making judgements on false assumptions. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:14, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I wrote the wrong thing. Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:14, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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P.S. Thanks for the swift response to my request at WT:DYK. I usually don't make such requests, but it was surprising to find that the independence day anniversary was coming up so soon. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 16:32, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

That's OK, I've made my fair share of noms I want down for a date, some (such as the majority for the Winter Olympics) were only days away, so I had to ask on DYKT. It's nice if it gets done in time after you've put work into it. Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:50, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Crisco's responded to your concern regarding when to count 5×. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:03, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I wasn't on wiki yesterday, so couldn't reply. Thanks, Mat ty.007 18:16, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Re: GAR

Sounds good to me. —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:36, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Bloom6132: OK, so do you want me to review Khanjar, or something else? Thanks, Mat ty.007 15:38, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Embarrassingly, that's the only GAR I've got open at the present moment. I also have an FLC nom opened, though I'm unsure of whether you have a corresponding FLC I could review in return. —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:43, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Bloom6132: well, I newly opened List of currencies in North America, hopefully for third time lucky. I'll take a look at the PL one now (is it part of a series, I seem to remember seeing the golden boot a little time ago?). I will do the GA review, probably starting today. Do you want it done by a specific time, or simply by the end of the round (not that it should take anywhere near so long)? Thanks, Mat ty.007 15:45, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Just by the end of the round. I don't have a time limit – I'm not in a rush. And barring a miracle, I'm probably not advancing into the last round of the Cup, so I'm simply going to enjoy the ride. —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:55, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Have you been in the cup before? I don't rate my chances as much either, 20/1 or somesuch probably. The FP brigade's excellent job on the pics has meant that about 2/3 of the slots are a forgone conclusion, and some of the other competitors seem to be machines, the amount of good work they produce. Thanks, Mat ty.007 15:57, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Note to self: CQC-6 and Randall Made Knives are only knife GAs. Note to Bloom6132: which article are you planning o review? Thanks, Mat ty.007 19:41, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

I've taken a quick look at all three; I haven't decided which one to review yet, but I'm leaning towards 2006 CECAFA Cup. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:15, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Mat ty.007 12:37, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Bloom6132: have you decided which? (Also, if you have time please could you comment on List of currencies in North America|my FLC]]?) I have started the review page for your GAN, and will start commenting in the next few days. Thanks again, Mat ty.007 09:23, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Picked the cup article. Are there any comparable GAs I could cross-reference it to see what an similar quality article should look like? —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:24, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

As for your FLC, I'll try to add some comments on the technical aspects of it (table formatting, scope row and col, etc.) but I'll have to reserve my support/oppose vote until more comments trickle in, as I'm unfamiliar with how a currency-related FL (and one that is passed recently) is suppose to look like. —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:29, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Regarding the Cup, only the 1973 CECAFA Cup, which is really on the short side given that it was the inaugral edition and to be honest, no-one in the media over here really cared. There's a few articles, and a few more, but they are UK based: there will be troves of info about these, the CECAFA Cup there isn't much. Seems similar in a way to the knife article, the only comparable articles are bigger and receive better coverage. Thanks, Mat ty.007 14:34, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

For the Premier League Player of the Season FLC, I've finished addressing all your comments. Would you like to have another look? I'll get on to reviewing your GAR and FLC soon (sorry, but I've been pretty busy these last few days and haven't been active on WP). —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:37, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

My apologies for the delay to both your FLC and GAN. Over these past few weeks, the long summer holidays meant that I lost the motivation to edit and to start any new content/reviews. I've only nominated one DYK within that time, and those were for two articles that were already sitting in my sandbox for over half a year now. Not to mention that I'm struggling to edit the third article that I had originally planned as part of a three-article DYK hook for Debussy's birthday. However, because I had made the promise above to do the GAN review, I guarantee you that I will get it done – give me time to pull myself together and I will complete it before the end of this round of the Cup. Thanks for understanding! —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:50, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem, I don't mind when they are done as long as it is before the end of the round. Thanks, Mat ty.007 07:52, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Colors in tournament articles

Having only the green when the tournament is finished is pretty standart. Look at the following years. Red is not needed, as no green color shows they didn'T advance. And in that particular example, having the second place blue is strage, as he progresses to the semis just like the first place finished. Another color would be needed maybe, when second places play straight for third place. -Koppapa (talk) 16:15, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Koppapa: there isn't a policy though? I used 2013 CECAFA Cup as a guide, and I quite like the colours, and if there isn't a policy then I may restore the old colours. Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:17, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Guess no policy and I don't really care. But see in 2013, the third place finisheds are blue because they were not directly eliminated or qualified through next round instead they were compared in a separate table. Thus a third color makes sense there. In 2003 runners-up just advances like the group winners thus they should both be green. -Koppapa (talk) 16:23, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

OK. It was quite aesthetically pleasing, but that's life. Thanks for explaining it, Mat ty.007 16:27, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Henry Alexander Stuart-Menteth

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More DYK potential

Hi Matty, as before, some new GAs you can use for DYK as you see fit:

The Boat Race 2010 – could hook the Winklevoss twins quite easily.
The Boat Race 1984 – first race on a Sunday after the Saturday attempt was postponed following a crash.
The Boat Race 2006 – first French rower.

The Rambling Man (talk) 13:32, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, done:

2006 was already nominated, I left you a note on your talk, but I think you missed it (and removed it): link Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2006
Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2010
1984 had been previously promoted, see Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1984

Thanks again for the help, Mat ty.007 16:45, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about the repeats, several more lined up. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:48, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for linking them for me. How far through them are you? Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:50, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Not far. I need to get back to 1829. I'm probably about 10% done...! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:51, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, good luck. If you need any help (reviews and the like) then just ask. Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:53, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

User page

Hello Matty! If you don't mind, I used your userpage and tweaked it a bit. Is that okay with you? Awesome design, by the way. ;) Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon! 01:05, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem there. In turn, the blue design is originally from another user (I'll look up who if you want), as was the basis for the navigation bar. Are you aware that some of the navbar links are to my pages? Lastly, would you mind crediting in a hidden comment at the bottom (say) of your userpage/navbar page? Thanks, Mat ty.007 16:25, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Matty! I am aware of the fact that "Funny stuff", which is the only link that links to your page, is linked to your page (funny grammar). Also, I added a message at the top about you! Cheers! Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon! 02:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. As an aside, this is probably an accident, but a few (the first two) of the pictures currently link to my userpage and user talk page respectively. Thanks, Mat ty.007 10:43, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Parental Advisory

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DYK for The Boat Race 2006

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Triple-barreled British admirals

Matty007, good work. Talk to User:Simon Harley, who is the resident expert on the RN in this period. Better still, look at his Dreadnoughts site and there may be a page on this Admiral already. Buckshot06 (talk) 04:33, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Left him a message, thanks for the heads up. Best, Mat ty.007 10:41, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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Re:His Last Vow

No problem- what's the issue? J Milburn (talk) 14:02, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

J Milburn: regarding the end comments you made at the GA review:

The plot section still feels a little long.
The citation style is a little inconsistent, and the use of italics is questionable in some cases.
The reception section still leans on some less-than-ideal sources when better may be available. It's also structured in a rather "X said this. Y said this. Z said this" way. Also, avoid personification. The Times doesn't say anything- a Smith, writing in The Times, says something.
The allusions section comes across as a little listy, and some of it comes across as trivial.
To stress again, go out and find the best sources. If the broadsheets, a noted critic or even an academic publishing in a peer reviewed journal has said something about the episode, that belongs in here!

With 1, I don't really know what to cut, it all seems fairly relevant
- I appreciate that this is difficult. It may be good to find someone else to look over it and trim mercilessly. It's currently at 562 words, which isn't actually too bad; Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film suggests 400-700 words, but I suspect a little less would be wanted for an episode. J Milburn (talk) 17:24, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
With 2, is a thing such as the Telegraph a work or a publisher? What's the difference?
- Newspapers are works. My view (and there are some who disagree...) is that there isn't much of a difference, and what's important is that it looks right to a reader. If you're using {{Cite news}}, The Telegraph would be entered as "newspaper". If using cite web, it'd be entered as a "work". I wouldn't worry about including the publisher of newspapers/magazines/journals. What you do need to worry about is consistency across the article (publishers, locations, date formats, etc) and compliance with our guidelines on italics and other formatting.
  - So basically consistency?
    - Pretty much. Consistency and MOS-compliance in the referencing will be picked apart at FAC. J Milburn (talk) 14:44, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
With 3, I fixed (I think) the personification, but regarding the second part, what is an alternate way to structure. Which sources would you consider less than ideal?
- I'd recommend structuring around themes, rather than around publications. If you'll excuse me using my own articles as examples, take a look at how I've done the reception sections at Sardines (Inside No. 9) or A Quiet Night In. In terms of the sources you've cited, none are "below the bar" in terms of reliability, but Den of Geek, Digital Spy The Mirror and the Huffington Post are a bit "bottom of the barrel", especially as you start the section with some of them. In terms of newspapers... Times, Telegraph, Independent and Guardian are ideal. Entertainment Weekly and Radio Times are good, too. Are there others out there? I'm not sure, but I suspect so- I'll try to find time to have a look around. J Milburn (talk) 17:24, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
  - OK, I'll take a look at your GAs (are there any FAs you would advise looking at?), and see if any of the tabloids can be subbed out (though some are rare negative reviews). Thanks, Mat ty.007 17:40, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
With 4, which ones are trivial?
- I removed some of the AGRA stuff myself, which is what I was thinking of. The listy element is perhaps more problematic; there doesn't feel like there's much flow in the third paragraph. J Milburn (talk) 14:38, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for the list-y questions, and thanks again for the help. Best, Mat ty.007 16:40, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Can I also point out that the article could do with an awards section? It's been nominated for an Emmy, and I think I mentioned another award in the review. This is big information which shouldn't be left out! I know my responses here aren't as helpful as they could be- I'll get back to you. J Milburn (talk) 17:24, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

This seems fairly helpful, as is this and this. Seems to have been nominated for Emmys, but that looks like it. Will create section. Thanks again, Mat ty.007 17:40, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Not the only award- see here; four separate nominations, but no wins. I can find you a secondary source if you want one, which may be best if you're aimed at FAC. J Milburn (talk) 10:50, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

We have an article on the awards- see 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards. J Milburn (talk) 10:52, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Hadn't seen that, thanks. (J Milburn: sorry, would you mind answering the fourth point please?) Best, Mat ty.007 11:56, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Take a look at this; Mint is a decent Indian newspaper. The Daily Dot isn't a great source, but that article does seem to have some interesting information. May be worth checking the reliable sources noticeboard to see what people think. J Milburn (talk) 15:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the link and the replies, all look excellent. I'll start working on the article to fix these issues soon (football now...). Thanks, Mat ty.007 18:41, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

J Milburn: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television states "As a rough guide, summaries for episode articles should be about 200 to 500 words", and give that the episode is actually quite long... I wasn't sure what to put in the 'Awards' section, and I think it reads a bit listy. Would you be able to advise me please? Thanks, Mat ty.007 17:02, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Great stuff- I'll take a closer look soon. J Milburn (talk) 17:08, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, you caught me early; I overestimated your reply time. Just adding Mint, and hopefully the other one if I have time (dinner's calling!). Thanks, Mat ty.007 17:10, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

J Milburn: thanks for waiting, added Dot. Please could you have a look at the article? Thanks, Mat ty.007 18:09, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

On my to-do list; can't promise it'll be this evening! J Milburn (talk) 18:18, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

J Milburn: no problem, thanks again for all the help. Best, Mat ty.007 11:19, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

I think 16 separate nominations justifies a table, so I've gone ahead and created one. It may not be perfect (for example, do any of those people have articles? Are the capitals right?) Take a look and let me know what you think. J Milburn (talk) 18:45, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

J Milburn: wow, looks great! Just looking for articles for the people... (Nice title of the section by the way, more sophisticated than mine.) After that and consistency, do you think it's ready for FA (or peer review first?)? Thanks, Mat ty.007 18:56, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Nope, none of them have a page. Thanks, Mat ty.007 19:07, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

I'd recommend sending it PR's way first- try to hunt down some editors with FAC experience who may want to comment! I'll give it another close look-through as well. J Milburn (talk) 19:32, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

The best DYK award

		The 100 DYK Nomination Medal
		This is the very best DYK award as it represents 100 nominations of other people's work. This is great for DYK and in my opinion a nomination is much better than creating an article. So stick out your chest. Thanks from me, the DYK project and the wiki. Victuallers (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much Victuallers! I've been looking forward to #100 for a while... Best, Mat ty.007 18:47, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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Henry Alexander Stuart-Menteth

Matty, regarding Cmdr. Stuart-Menteth, I have been to the National Archives and photographed the contents of file ADM 358/47 as promised a while ago. There was a lot of material, so I have quite a lot of image files (over 100, I think); let me know how you would like me to get them to you. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 08:55, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Hassocks5489: thank you very much for that. Are they all important for the article? Please would it be possible to email them to me at matty.double0seven@yahoo.co.uk ? Thanks again, Mat ty.007 10:55, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Will do; look out for it this evening. I will send as a .zip file if that's OK. I didn't look in any great detail at the docs as I photographed them, as I was a bit short of time after the other research I was doing took longer than expected; I think only a minority of the documents are pertinent, because the file also discusses the others who were on the ship. Hopefully there's something of use anyway. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:50, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

All being well, it should be with you now. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 18:58, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Received, just downloading-they're massive! Thanks once again for all the help. Best, Mat ty.007 19:02, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

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Wikicup semifinalists interview request

As you may know, I write for the Signpost, basically Wikipedia's newsletter. I'd like to do a feature on the semifinalists, would you be willing to provide, say, 250 to 500 words saying: (1.) Why did you join the Wikicup? (2.) What you you hope to get out of it? and (3.) Which of your contributions to the Wikicup are your favourites?

Not quite sure how I'll order them - I'll probably make the ed17 decide, as, you know, Conflict of Interest: I am a semifinalist. I'd imagine point order or alphabetical or the like.

Can you please reply at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-07-30/Wikicup#Matty.007? Thanks! Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:29, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

I'll reply there in the next few days. Thanks, Mat ty.007 10:21, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Information Technology Park, Nepal

Hi! I have made 1500+ characters in the article Information Technology Park, Nepal. Can you please review the DYK nomination? — Ascii002 ^{Let's talk!} ^{^Contribs} 02:18, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Ascii002, well done on getting it done so quickly! I'll take a look at it later today. Thanks, Mat ty.007 07:48, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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