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Villa Park at FAC
Hi Giants2008, thanks for your comments at the FAC for Villa Park. I think I have dealt with all your comments, any further observations would be great. Thanks for the review, Woody (talk) 20:52, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Talkback
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Wonder Word Tour
I have answered back to your comments. Please cross out the comments you think are done. -- ipodnano05 * leave@message 02:54, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
- Oops, yeah I meant Miley Cyrus discography. I'm sorry. -- ipodnano05 * leave@message 02:08, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Trade dollar
Hi Giants. Thanks for the comments at the FAC for Trade dollar (United States coin)! I've responded to them.-RHM22 (talk) 02:13, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Headley FAC
Thanks for the comments; all done. --Sarastro1 (talk) 07:41, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
- Round 2 done as well. Thanks for spotting those typos! --Sarastro1 (talk) 18:25, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Giro FLC
Just a heads up to let you know I've addressed your comments at the FLC, any further observations would be great. Cheers NapHit (talk) 16:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Giants, I've addressed all your comments at the FLC; it has been 3 days and I was wondering why didn't you respond back [may be the page is not in your watchlist]. I'd appreciate if you take a look there, thanks. --Bill william comptonTalk 06:38, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, you commented on the above FLC and I just wanted to let you know I've restarted the nomination as it somewhat stalled. Any contribution you'd like to make to the restarted nomination would be gratefully received. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
US state horses FLC
Hi Giants2008 - Earlier this month, you left comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of U.S. state horses/archive1. I have responded to them, and am hoping that you will have time to return to the nomination and review the changes. Thank you for your time, Dana boomer (talk) 15:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Neil Stevens
 | On 25 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Neil Stevens, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that sportswriter Neil Stevens was presented with the Hockey Hall of Fame's Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 2008? 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. |
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Necrid FAC
Hi! I addressed the issues you brought up with the Necrid article in the FAC awhile ago, would you be able to take another gander at it to make sure everything's up to snuff?--Kung Fu Man (talk) 14:54, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. 
Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to 
Hurricanehink (submissions) and 
Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to 
Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!
Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. 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, 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 19:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey there, the above FLC needs a revisit. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:55, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
Just wanted to say thanks for supporting the Atlantic Coast Conference football championships featured topic. JKBrooks85 (talk) 08:10, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
There's an ongoing discussion related to the notability of players from the Mexican League going on at Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports), as an outgrowth of the discussion at the linked AFD. As such, your input would be welcome. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 20:56, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
FLC comments
Hello. You not-so-recently commented on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Benet Academy alumni/archive1. Your further input would be very much appreciated. Edge3 (talk) 05:09, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for the clarification. Just out of curiosity, how many comments do you like to see on an FLC before you're willing to close it? Two editors currently have supported my FLC, and three more have commented. Edge3 (talk) 00:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
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Crystal Clear x3 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
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Crystal Clear x3 05:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Quick question.....
Is TVbytheNumbers.com [1] a reliable source? Crystal Clear x3 22:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the review. A bad review is much better than no review at all. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 19:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
- I tried paraphrasing the sentence from Brett Elston in the first paragraph of Racial stereotypes. Do you think that this is appropriate paraphrasing, or is it too close? - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 19:05, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
- Eh, it's no biggie. Like I said, your opposition was a lot more helpful than if you said nothing. So thanks! I'll just take a couple months to spruce it up (and fix paraphrasing in other articles), and then bring it back. Hope to see you there! - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 21:28, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Shooting off
Hey Giants. I'm away tomorrow morning (destination unknown) for two weeks. I wanted to let you know in case you needed to supersede anything I've written on any FLC/FLRC. I know you and Dabomb will be more than able to deal with my absence, and I look forward to getting stuck back into reviewing upon my return. All the best!! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by 
Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and 
Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.
A running total of claims can be seen here. 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, 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 23:27, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Giants2008, When you have a chance, would you revisit the comments you left on the Featured List review for this article, and my responses to them here? Let me know whether I've adequately addressed the issues you raised. Thank you for taking the time to offer your critical feedback. It's definitely looking better now than when it was nominated! Lemurbaby (talk) 11:06, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
TFL deployment
Hi Giants, just wanted to make sure you're aware that we're ready to start the TFL process: Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list#Deployment. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:48, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
- To that end, I was just wondering if you could have a quick look at the draft proposal, here. I'm very confident that it reflects consensus and is thorough, but I just want to be sure that I haven't missed and/or misrepresented anything. —WFC— 22:46, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Proposal looks reasonable at a quick glance. Keep in mind that it's late where I live and I'm tired, but there was nothing that caused me to raise my eyebrows. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 01:56, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
FLC talkback and thanks
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Thank you so much for the input! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 17:15, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
FLC revisit
If you have the time, may you please revisit the 2011 WWE Draft FLC, thank you.--Truco 503 01:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the gentle reminder: I completely missed your comments on my initial run through, and then as I say, it just slipped through the cracks. Think I have now addressed all of your, and TRM's issues. Harrias talk 08:43, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
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Moray An Par (talk) 11:26, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Check?
Hi, sorry I didn't get a chance to ask you for quotable quotes on the main page thing. Could you check what I've written at The Signpost, please? Tony (talk) 11:57, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Availability note
Hey there, just wanted to let you know that I'll be away June 21–28. I'm sure you and TRM will keep things running smoothly as always. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 20:27, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey dude. You currently opt for delist. Is this still the case? I'm borderline to close this now, but I'd like you to at least revisit one final time. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:48, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- Alrighty then. Thanks for your attention and your note. I'll be back shortly and "do the do" as Betty Boo once said. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:29, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Jewish MOH recipients list
Greetings, I think I addressed all the concerns on the list and I just added some parting comments. In general I think its a uch better list than when we started and should keep its FL status. Even if it doesn't I can live with it because I think it provides good information to the readers. Please let me know if you need me to make any more changes to it. --Kumioko (talk) 19:51, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- Since many don't like citations in the lede and somem may actually oppose its promotion with it I changed the lede and removed the quote. I hope thats ok. --Kumioko (talk) 13:40, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
NFL
Hi! I'm from Latvian Wikipedia. I really want to write some articles about tha most known NFL players in Latvian, but I don't know about whom should I write in Latvian Wiki. So could you tell me please who are the most known and greatest players (current and all-time) — some 5-10.--Edgars2007 (Talk/Contributions) 10:23, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
- Big thanks ;) --Edgars2007 (Talk/Contributions) 07:35, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Sanchez
If you have a moment, could you possibly provide some guidance at PR for Mark Sanchez? Thanks! -- The Writer 2.0 Talk 19:50, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
I corrected the trouble areas you identified at FAC and I also went through the article to double check and found more that I also fixed. If you have time, could you take another look at it, I would appreciate it. Thanks! -- The Writer 2.0 Talk 11:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by 
Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by 
Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.
No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.
We would again like to thank 
Jarry1250 (submissions) and 
Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.
Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. 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 23:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
I cannot thank you enough for the wonderful review and your honest words at the above FLC. Thank you again. I really wanted a thorough review by somebody. I would rather that it be not promoted, than promoted with prose glitches. I have addressed your comments and also carefully looked at the other awards listed in the article to eliminate any other similar issues. would you care to look back when you get the time? — Legolas (talk2me) 06:40, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
I replied to all comments.--WillC 07:44, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
- Replied again.--WillC 10:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
- If you have anymore comments regrading Turning Point (2008) would you please return to the review as it has come to a stand-still, thank you.--WillC 13:55, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi there
Hi! Since you're more familiar with FLs than I am, would you mind taking a look at my FLC Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance/archive1 and leave some feedback. I'd greatly appreciate if you would! Crystal Clear x3 02:18, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for your input. I have addressed all of your comments at the FLC. Crystal Clear x3 02:51, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello. The comment you left about a month ago in the list's nomination page have been dealt with. Could you please return to have a second look? Thanks. Timbouctou (talk) 20:19, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- I already responded to the FLC and struck out all of my comments. The reason I didn't support the list when I came back is that I'm a director of the FLC process. If I supported the list, I'd be disqualifying myself from closing the FLC when the time comes. I'm aware that this list has received few reviews, and it makes me unhappy when FLCs make it to the bottom of the page with insufficient review. However, I've found that the FLC community tends to pay more attention to lists when they're at the bottom of FLC. Hopefully you'll get more reviews soon. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 21:33, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for feedback. Out of curiosity, how many reviews are normally considered sufficient for promotion? Timbouctou (talk) 02:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
- Ideally, before promotion a list will have a few supports and substantial commentary. This list is close; it probably needs one more good review. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 16:21, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for feedback. Out of curiosity, how many reviews are normally considered sufficient for promotion? Timbouctou (talk) 02:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Responded. Pedro J. the rookie 20:53, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
- Fixed your concerns and the artical has been copyedited. Pedro J. the rookie 21:45, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
- Fixed the last concerns you posted. Pedro J. the rookie 16:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- Dose the capping of all comments mean that you are okay with the artical. Pedro J. the rookie 18:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- Fixed the last concerns you posted. Pedro J. the rookie 16:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I fixed your concerns.--WillC 04:05, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
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FLC
I just wanted to say thank you for your input at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs in Rock Band 3/archive1, which has now passed. The list is now much better than it was at the start of the FLC, and your input helped make it as good as it is now! –Drilnoth (T/C) 14:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
About Alt Film Guide being a RS
After talking to User:Dabomb87 I think that it is safe to consider it a RS for FLs. Crystal Clear x3 03:17, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
True Grit FLC
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DYK for Garry Bjorklund
| On 26 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Garry Bjorklund, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that runner Garry Bjorklund qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m despite losing a shoe during the U.S. Olympic Trials? 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. |
The DYK project (nominate) 21:12, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
List of stutterers
Responded to your post on this list. Fix all but one as I have a question. PumpkinSky talk 01:23, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
- Back to you. PumpkinSky talk 21:40, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Dick Gordon
Thanks for the rapid review. I'll make the fixes you suggested, and await the outcome of AfD. It looks like no consensus to delete (if it were to be closed as of this moment); all but one of the delete arguments came before the rescue attempt. Appreciate your ready interest in matters sporty. BusterD (talk) 17:36, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for making this DYK so easy for me. I don't do enough of this, and I should do more. The somewhat arcane way the DYK process occurs has been difficult to see clearly. If you don't mind, I'm going to follow some of your edits in this arena. The copyedits and feedback you've provided have been useful and instructive. Thanks again, no matter the final outcome. BusterD (talk) 23:27, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
- Closed as keep. BusterD public (talk) 09:47, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
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— Bill william comptonTalk 03:22, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Concerns have been addressed.--WillC 07:06, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are 
Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and 
PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from 
Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. 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 11:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
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