User talk:Taylor Trescott/Archive 3

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DYK for Miraculous Journey

The DYK project (nominate) 08:08, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Dear WP:RFD regular

Hello Taylor Trescott,

I just wanted to let you know that it looks like DumbBOT, the bot that creates the new WP:RFD subpages, as well as posting the link onto Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion, is not functioning. This bot has not made any edits since November 23. I recently had to transclude Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 November 24 and Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 November 25 onto WP:RFD; they were never there until I added their transclusions. Also, the bot usually creates the subpages a few days in advance, and has not been doing that either; I went ahead and created the subpages up until December 1st.

I let the bot's owner, User:Tizio, know about DumbBOT's malfunctioning. It looks like it might have been shut off, but I cannot be for certain. Either way, I wanted to give you this "heads-up" in case the daily pages might need to be created and transcluded manually. Steel1943 (talk) 08:19, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for The Bold Bank Robbery

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:03, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

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RM notification for Lingdian (band)

I've requested a move of Lingdian (band) to Lingdian. Since you participated in the AfD for Lingdian, you may be interested in this discussion. --BDD (talk) 20:28, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

AFD

You could be interested in this afd. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zack Martin (2nd nomination). I observe you made the first nominate. Beerest 2 talk 22:06, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

• Will take a look. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 22:06, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Big Ass Spider!

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The No Homers Club

Hello, Taylor Trescott! Thank you for the explanation regarding the deletion of the No Homers Club article. I understand the current lack of in-depth coverage regarding NoHomers in 3rd party sources not related to The Simpsons, and we'll quickly remedy that issue. ;-) I won't go into the unnecessary amount of time I took to dig up all of the new references to the NHC community & add them to the article (in addition to adding Simpsons commentary audio clips), and I obviously understand my conflict of interest. :-) Our community was taken aback by the article deletion (we didn't notice the deletion request until after the decision was rendered), since the NoHomers.net article had existed on Wikipedia since approximately 2005 and also had survived prior deletion requests. So I'm sure you can understand our confusion. Just out of curiosity, have the general notability guidelines on Wikipedia changed in recent months/years, or do you consider it a mistake for the No Homers Club to have had its own, separate article for approximately eight years? Thanks for your time! --Ericwirtanen (talk) 04:50, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Chris Sheridan (writer)

The article Chris Sheridan (writer) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Chris Sheridan (writer) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TonyTheTiger -- TonyTheTiger (talk) 06:11, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Attacking new editors

Placing a speedy deletion tag on a new editor's userpage solely because he replaced it with an "I'm leaving" message is unacceptable. That was clearly not an attack page—if you can't contribute constructively, please leave the situation and de-escalate rather than exacting petty revenge. Please remember that these are real people with feelings. Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:51, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

In hindsight, this was not my best moment... I do feel that the "Fuck you and your site" and "Have a nice day, pricks." probably don't belong on a userpage though. I'm sorry for the disruption I've caused. I'll have to learn how to interact with new users better. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 00:54, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Precious

films
Thank you for quality articles on films and TV, such as How Brown Saw the Baseball Game and A Song of Ass and Fire, for work on articles for deletion and reviewing new articles, for attention to detail and simplicity, for missing people, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Bo (Obama)

Please see my notes on haircoat matters as relate to the PWD breed and this dog in particular. The scientific literature is clear on the subject. I can guide you to particular information on cutaneous adnexa (hair, horn, feathers)if you like, as the subject is frankly fascinating. Hiobazard (talk) 17:14, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

You have a new message!

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Thanks for the clean up on Colorado shooting

I added the reference before I found that an article had been created. I should have gone back and removed it, thank you... :) --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 00:08, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Here's a pie!

Hi Taylor Trescott! Thanks for passing the article SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1) to GA. Thanks again! :) Mediran (t • c) 01:43, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Raul Julia-Levy#Son or not

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Raul Julia-Levy#Son or not. Sam Sailor ^Sing 20:33, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Gordon Roberts (ice hockey)/GA1

Hi Taylor, I've responded to your comments at the review page. Thanks for reviewing the article! Resolute 01:09, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Went and promoted it. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 01:20, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Excellent! Thank you for the review, and the pass! Cheers, Resolute 14:29, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Chris Sheridan (writer)

The article Chris Sheridan (writer) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Chris Sheridan (writer) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TonyTheTiger -- TonyTheTiger (talk) 02:01, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

I have responded to your changes.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:36, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

GANs

Dude, you're really giving me a run for my money! Looks like I can't let or up, or I'll fall behind. (I see TonyTheTiger has the right idea: review your GANs, so you'll have to deal with those, to slow you down! Mwa-ha-ha!)

Seriously though, thanks for all you do for Wikipedia. I think we can all agree on what the real goal is for this GAN drive: making sure Edge3 and J Milburn have to pay big money due to their pledges! All the best, – Quadell ^(talk) 20:10, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Bold Bank Robbery

The article The Bold Bank Robbery you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days let's say 14 days, the article will pass; otherwise it will fail. See Talk:The Bold Bank Robbery for things which need to be addressed. – Quadell ^(talk) 19:56, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

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Brown film FAC

When you renominate your withdrawn FAC, let me know. Sorry I missed that one.--ColonelHenry (talk) 19:54, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. I'll probably renominate it sometime in January - if my schedule clears up I'll ask a delegate for an exception. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 19:55, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

• Definitely, if you need someone to go through it beforehand with a c/e, let me know. If you have a few minutes to do a FAC review in the next few days, I'd be glad to hear your comments and suggestions for improvement at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey/archive1.--23:10, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

• Sure, I'll see if I can give it a lookover. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 23:27, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

• I appreciate it. Many thanks.--ColonelHenry (talk) 01:49, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Archive.is

I notice that you reverted my old removal of a link to Archive.is. I totally AGF in your action (hence the thank you), but you may wish to read about that link, because it has a nasty history. Wikipedia experienced a truly massive unauthorized bot attack which added links to Archive.is, and the immediate reaction by many, including myself, was to start deleting them. That's why I did it. A concerted effort to deal with this emergency occurred, including the creation of bots to automatically delete them. An RF/C then dealt with their fate. This link takes you to a statement, and there you will find a link to the RF/C:

• WP:Using Archive.is

I'm actually surprised you succeeded in restoring it, since the link is now blacklisted. -- Brangifer (talk) 01:03, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Didn't know that, thanks for telling me. (I thought it was an webcitation link Facepalm) Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 01:07, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Bold Bank Robbery

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Billy Bates

I have responded to the GA comments on the review page. Thanks for looking it over. Seattle (talk) 15:22, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks. Promoted to GA. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 16:25, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Chris Sheridan (writer)

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Talk:Richard Smith (silent film director)/GA1

• Talk:Richard Smith (silent film director)/GA1

Thanks very much for your GA Review at Talk:Richard Smith (silent film director)/GA1.

I responded to your points, as they were all prudent, I simply implemented all the recommended changes.

Thanks again for your helpful suggestions,

— Cirt (talk) 23:07, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, most appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 04:22, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Now it's okay

...to review Gerald S. Lesser for GAC, if you like. The Wikicup starts day after tomorrow, so do your best! ;) I appreciate it, and hope you're having a happy New Year. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:33, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

Hello Taylor Trescott, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

3RR reply

You left no note on my talk page. I left it myself, and then Derby continued on reverting. Get your facts right. Rusted AutoParts 05:45, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

• Yeah, but you still can't go over 3RR. Plus, you've been blocked for edit warring before, so you are clearly aware of the guidelines. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 05:47, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I didn't revert the same edit three times, that's the thing. I reverted him replacing Walker's pic twice. I reverted his readdition of the pictures, even when I specifically asked him to go to the talk page, twice. Then I hid the pictures. Deleting and hiding are not the same. And if 3RR means several different edits, that is unfair, as the same edit is not being continuously reverted. Rusted AutoParts 05:53, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

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A Trout

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Doc talk 10:18, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Brown movie FAC

Just a few comments... hope you didn't mind my copyedits, I'll do another run through in polishing, it looks like it's in good shape and I'll support it. --ColonelHenry (talk) 16:07, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

I did the spotcheck. It looks good. Should be promoted soon. Any thing else your gonna nom soon? Beerest 2 talk 17:38, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

• Probably The Bold Bank Robbery, once my friend gives me back the DVD it's on and I can upload the film to Commons. But for now I'm gonna focus on creating more articles. There's lots of notable lost silents that need a filling in. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 17:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Ford Nation

My apologies for delaying so long, I've been able to shave a bit off the backgrounder off. That said, the context of this show is fairly crucial to its existence, so there was only so much I felt I could trim. -- Zanimum (talk) 20:57, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Subway Sadie

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Your GA nomination of Subway Sadie

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DYK for Bernard Glasser

Thanks from me and the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Subway Sadie

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Your GA nomination of Subway Sadie

The article Subway Sadie you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Subway Sadie for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 23:32, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Red Ruffing

Hi. I believe I've addressed all comments specified in the GA nom so far. Please let me know what else needs to be done. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:06, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

@Muboshgu: sorry I forgot about this. Unfortunately my internet is quite spotty ATM, so it'll be a day or two before I can get back to you. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 21:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

No problem. I forgot about it too. Take your time. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:29, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles December 2013 Backlog Drive

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FA congratulations

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of How Brown Saw the Baseball Game to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. I've spotted you've already put it in the list at WP:TFARP, so you've beaten me to it, but if you've got any other suggestions between now and then, do pop by. Yours, Bencherlite^Talk 23:44, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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Life of Brian

Do you think the article is qualified to be nominated for good article now? If you choose not to respond, I will consider nominating it on Monday. Blurred Lines 18:21, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

• I think you should wait. It does not look to be ready. Compare it to other GAs, like Roads to Vegas, and try and model it to be like that. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 01:22, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
• I'll do my best. Blurred Lines 01:27, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

WP:FOUR for How Brown Saw the Baseball Game

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on How Brown Saw the Baseball Game. TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:57, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:57, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

• Congrats, TT, for a job well done.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:50, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Fuck peer review, again

1. Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties
2. Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1

I've listed the article Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for peer review.

Help with furthering along the quality improvement process would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 01:11, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Sure, Cirt, I'll try and have a look sometime. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 02:23, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Oh, great! Thank you so much, — Cirt (talk) 05:27, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Club Havana

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:58, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2014/Submissions/Taylor Trescott

Hi TT; while I appreciate the good work you've done on How Brown Saw the Baseball Game, it very much seems to be last year's article, with only a comparatively small amount of copyediting this year. As such, I'm afraid it's not eligible for points in this year's WikiCup, and I have removed it from your submission page. Sorry about that- if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 18:47, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

• Sure, no problem here. Thanks for correcting it. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 19:10, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

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2013

Per WP:RYB

• Births are only to be included if there are Wikipedia articles in at least ten languages about the individual in question.
• The same criteria apply to deaths as to births.

In that case, there should be absolutely no births listed since there were not 10 articles about the person at the time of date of birth. You cannot use one set of logic for one yet another logic set for the other when they have the same criteria.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 04:06, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• 12george1 (submissions) and TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
• WonderBoy1998 (submissions) scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Wikipedia:Featured topics/She Wolf.
• TheAustinMan (submissions) scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
• Igordebraga (submissions) has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

GAN Backlog Drive Award

		The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit
		For reviewing 17 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive! On another note, hope you return to Wikipedia soon!--Dom497 (talk) 15:23, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Cheer up mate! Count on me if you ever need somethin' Soham 10:20, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

WP:AN#Taylor Trescott

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Fred Phelps date of death

I don't understand what you mean with what you wrote on the talk page "Since he died in Topeka, where it is currently 1 PM on the 20th, it should be clear." Can you clarify? DrKilleMoff (talk) 00:42, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

• One of the news articles I read had the sentence "He died shortly before midnight" which ruled out 20. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 00:58, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

But other news articles said that he died shortly after midnight DrKilleMoff (talk) 13:00, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Charlie Murder/GA1

Talk:Charlie Murder/GA1 has been ready for you to look at for several days. Can you let me know when you anticipate being able to look it over? Sven Manguard Wha? 18:44, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been without a computer for a while (on phone). I'll pass it ASAP. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 21:26, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup error

Hi there- this is just a quick note to apologise for a small but important mistake in the last WikiCup newsletter; it is not 64 users who will progress to the next round, but 32. J Milburn (talk) 18:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Mistaken rollback

Looks like I accidentally hit rollback on Ex Temple of Corpus Christi ; thanks for reverting me. I don't even remember looking at that article but apparently I did, and hit the rollback without realizing it. Sorry about that! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 08:23, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

• No problem. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 11:18, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Standing Up in the Milky Way/GA1

Yeah, hi... I've done (fixed) the article per your recommendations, and I think that you should take a look, check it out. I'm not trying to rush you, its just because it has been a while since the edits I made. Kind regards, Phill24th (talk) 17:38, 24 April 2014 (UTC).

Hi... sorry, but it has been more then 10 days since I nominated the article for GA-status, can I get a notice on when you'll be able to continue with the process. Thank you. Phill24th (talk) 11:57, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar (submissions) and Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of The Screaming Skull

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Screaming Skull you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Crisco 1492 -- Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:40, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

• I'm pausing for now so that you can address the first three points (one of which may entail a lot of elbow grease). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:53, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Ann Davis

Thanks for pointing that out. I had been going off the interwiki links in a past revision. I didn't know about the wikidata page. Calidum ^{Talk To Me}

Your GA nomination of Dishaster

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Dishaster you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wirenote -- Wirenote (talk) 23:41, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Her Sister's Secret

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dishaster

The article Dishaster you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Dishaster for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wirenote -- Wirenote (talk) 22:41, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Screaming Skull

The article The Screaming Skull you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Screaming Skull for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Crisco 1492 -- Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:21, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Hi! I've been watching your progress on The Screaming Skull. Great work on getting it to GA status! ThomasO1989 (talk) 03:24, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 13:42, 14 June 2014 (UTC)