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Hi, publication is within about eight hours, I guess. Any chance you can finish the page? I've had a bit of a go. Tony (talk) 13:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
- hi, I am just online..Let me give a try..Herald talk with me13:06, 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.
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Tunnel rat "joke edit"
The translation is meant to be "not worth a rat's ass", not "ring". Wiktionary also mentions that 'anus' can actually mean "anus", not just "ring".72.200.151.13 (talk) 06:52, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- If then, what's the problem with ring...Herald talk with me06:55, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- ...are you being serious with that question? In context, the meaning is supposed to be "ass" or "anus".
- Just because it's vulgar doesn't mean it's not encyclopedic.
- 72.200.151.13 (talk) 07:00, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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Featured pictures on the Signpost
Just to note, unlike articles or lists, nominators can have absolutely no connection to the pictures they nominate, and may have done no work whatsoever on them. For example, the Rembrandt painting I nominated I nominated because it's pretty, and have done no work on it. However, the SMS Odin image I spent about 12 hours restoring. The people who need credit for FPs are Creator, restorationist, nominator, and sometimes photographer where this is different to creator, and significant effort is implied in getting a good photograph (for example, if a Wikipedian takes a really good image of the Mona Lisa, or Michaelangelo's David). The nominator is the least important of these. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:13, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- Yep.. I do feel the same. But in Signpost, we follow some layout like this and prepare it just so. Herald talk with me 04:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- That layout says to credit the creator, not the nominator, for Featured pictures. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- Well, you can't always pay the credit to the creator. Anyway, its a nice and useful suggestion and I will look into that next time..Herald talk with me 06:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- No worries. Just at one point you had a self-portrait, and didn't say who it was of, so it was getting a little silly. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- @The ed17:, Don't you think that's a good suggestion??..And please I am not the FC editor as given in newsroom.. I am just a contributor. Thanks..Herald talk with me 12:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, it would be good to include the creators, and thanks for moving your name! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:23, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- @The ed17:, Don't you think that's a good suggestion??..And please I am not the FC editor as given in newsroom.. I am just a contributor. Thanks..Herald talk with me 12:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
- No worries. Just at one point you had a self-portrait, and didn't say who it was of, so it was getting a little silly. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- Well, you can't always pay the credit to the creator. Anyway, its a nice and useful suggestion and I will look into that next time..Herald talk with me 06:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- That layout says to credit the creator, not the nominator, for Featured pictures. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:40, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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:
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).
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.
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.
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Voyager 1
Hello. Thank you for your update to Voyager 1; I want to ask you if you know the reason for its decrease of distance to Earth, being that it is travelling so fast away from the Solar System. I am curious, and did not want to use the article's talk page for that. Thank you. --BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:13, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- Yep, that does occur. it is because Earth moves around the sun faster than Voyager 1 is traveling from Earth, the distance between Earth and the spacecraft actually decreases at certain times of the year as given here. It may be also due to apsis position of the planet. Herald talk with me 11:44, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, I understand. (blushing) Thank you. BatteryIncluded (talk) 12:25, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: Never mind it. I am always grateful to you as you are the first to welcome me to Wikipedia. Remember 9th May 2013???Herald talk with me 12:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- I did not remember that! It must be the alzheimer's.... By the way, good luck to India with Mangalyaan. I am following that mission closely. I feel very proud of India's technological achievements and the economic benefit to its citizens. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 12:34, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded:Yep, that's because I got my username changed at least for 4 times. And BTW, I am after Voyager 1 rather than Mangalyaan. Yes, that's indeed a moment of pride. Herald talk with me 12:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- I did not remember that! It must be the alzheimer's.... By the way, good luck to India with Mangalyaan. I am following that mission closely. I feel very proud of India's technological achievements and the economic benefit to its citizens. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 12:34, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- @BatteryIncluded: Never mind it. I am always grateful to you as you are the first to welcome me to Wikipedia. Remember 9th May 2013???Herald talk with me 12:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, I understand. (blushing) Thank you. BatteryIncluded (talk) 12:25, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Derek Richter
You accepted an article I wrote. A bio of a scientist called Derek Richter I am now adding categories Question is in the category pages he comes up under "D" rather than "R" which is his surname. Can you shed any light? What do I do to change this, it is in every category. Psychetube (talk) 12:35, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- @Psychetube:..Don't worry. In Wikipedia, the categories are done alphabetically arranged according to the surnames. You may look out for any other categories. You don't need to make them right. Its fine.. For more details about it, check out here. Herald talk with me 14:25, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Actually I did fairly easily work it out: I hadn't put the DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Derek instruction above the category list, is all.Psychetube (talk) 14:23, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
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Whickham
I am from the area and i noticed the article was written in a very biased way, i did put a brief explanation with my edit. The metro centre is located near to Whickham but is not in Whickham and is not referred to as such, the photo makes no sense on the wikipedia entry for Whickham. Also I edited alot of the language used as it was clearly trying to promote the area as more affluent than all of the surrounding area which is incorrect. The article had very little in the way of actual references so i amended as i saw fit and made it into more of a fitting encyclopedia article rather than the previous editors opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.227.109.237 (talk) 16:12, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
- Nice job. But you can't just go on and edit wikipedia. Here, you must follow some rules. You must give a summary describing the edit made. You then provide a clear reference for any addition you make. You have done neither and hence your edit was reverted. IO am reverting it now and next time keep these things in mind. It would be also better if you could create an account and then inform me and I'll guide you next. Herald talk with me 16:30, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
You say i have done neither but I did leave a brief description on march 4 which you undid without explanation, why did you do that? Please read the two edits before reverting and explain why the original is a better article with more fact? Surely that is whats important not whether there has been a note left for YOU. I do not want an account, I rarely make changes but when i do they are on small articles like this with barely a reference. If you look over the old edits you will see the Metro Centre picture has been discussed before, it is NOT in Whickham, it is NOT referred to as Whickham Metro Centre. It is nearby, but there are arguably two towns between the Metro Centre and Whickham, the upper part of Dunston and Swalwell. You seem more bothered about being correct in your revert rather than the actual article. I feel I have explained myself well enough so feel free to explain yourself better, and actually read the two edits side by side to see for yourself why it has been changed rather than seeing an IP delete data and simply revert. I will also post this on the articles talk page so we can discuss further there, after i revert back to my edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.227.109.237 (talk) 16:39, 13 March 2014 (UTC)