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The Signpost: 3 January 2011

• 2010 in review: Review of the year

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• In the news: Fundraising success media coverage; brief news

• WikiProject report: Where are they now? Redux

• Features and admins: Featured sound choice of the year

• Arbitration report: Motion proposed in W/B – Judea and Samaria case

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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WP:FILM December 2010 Newsletter

The WikiProject Film Newsletter Volume V, no. 12 - December 2010
Project news As 2010's credits have concluded rolling, our project had another successful year in improvements in various areas throughout the project. We saw the completion of the Tag & Assess Drive, which resulted in 31,000 articles being reviewed and re-assessed. In January, the most popular article of the year for WP:FILM was Avatar, reaching 5.1 million views for the month. Guidelines for writing film articles changed significantly, so if you have not already, it would be a good idea to re-read the page for bringing current articles into compliance with guidelines. As we improved dozens of articles to GA/FA/FL status in 2010, consider making a New Year's resolution to bring an article up to a higher class, pushing yourself to reach a level you have not yet reached. With over 150 members, our project would see great success if each editor worked to improve just one article. WP:HORROR, our sister WikiProject, is currently holding a discussion on how to revitalize the project. Consider weighing in on how the project can better serve the articles under its scope and its members. Koavf has suggested bringing The Fountain up to FA and would welcome assistance from other editors in further improving the article. It is currently undergoing a peer review, where any comments would be helpful for the article's journey to FAC. Based on views, the top five most popular articles from our project this month were: Tron, Tron: Legacy, Inception, Black Swan, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. For a list of our project's top 1,000 most popular articles, see here. Consider helping to improve one of these articles that is seen by thousands to millions of people each month. At the beginning of 2010, WP:FILM had 63,000 film articles. Our project currently has over 78,300 film-related articles, with over three hundred unassessed articles, thanks to the assessment department! Remember to always add the {{WikiProject Film|class=}} template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. If you believe that an article should be assessed at a certain class, feel free to follow the assessment scale and assess the article yourself (it's not too difficult to determine the basic classes such as stubs, categories, or lists). Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class. Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in December 2010. Taare Zameen Par (12/27) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (12/27) Quatermass and the Pit (12/5) Themes in Minority Report (12/18) K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (12/19) Pre-Code crime films (12/29) Laserblast (12/31) Our Gang (12/12) Halloween (1/1) Member news New members to the project since the last issue include: Delilah221, Rokman, Universalstonecutter, & Zargabaath. Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Film Award to another WP:Films member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue. Please add your name to the member list if you have not already. Film pages by quality Quality Total FA 186 FL 472 A 1 GA 1,408 B 1,358 C 9,558 Start 68,521 Stub 95,934 List 12,928 Category 51,306 Disambig 352 File 105,923 Portal 19 Project 228 Redirect 10,926 Template 9,333 NA 1 Assessed 368,454 Unassessed 26 Total 368,480 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 963,463 Ω = 5.44	Current proposals and discussions Coming to theaters Opened last weekend (12/25): Gulliver's Travels The Illusionist Opening next weekend (1/7): Season of the Witch Country Strong Other January releases: Barney's Version (1/14) The Dilemma (1/14) The Green Hornet (1/14) The Heart Specialist (1/14) No Strings Attached (1/21) The Company Men (1/21) The Way Back (1/21) The Rite (1/28) The Mechanic (1/28) From Prada to Nada (1/28) Did you know... ... that Mexico's Biutiful was named Best Foreign Language Film of 2010 at the 17th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards? ... that the 1999 film The Sixth Sense received six Academy Award nominations, and grossed more than sixteen times its budget? ... that Jonah Hex was named "Worst Picture" of 2010 by the Houston Film Critics Society at their 2010 awards ceremony? ... that The Skywalk Is Gone was the first short film to ever get a theatrical commercial run in Taiwan? ... that The River was called a "porn movie" by the lead actor's father? ... that the science fiction film Laserblast consistently ranks among the Internet Movie Database's bottom 100 films list, and was featured in the last episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 broadcast on Comedy Central? ... that Clarence Brown's 1925 silent film Smouldering Fires starring Pauline Frederick is considered a cautionary tale? ... that 1973 comedy film Bad Charleston Charlie was loosely based on gangster Charles Birger, the last man to be executed in Illinois by public hanging? From the editors If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Film. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 1 – January 2011). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this issue Nehrams2020 (Lead Editor, Distributor) Peppage (Editor) 2006: Nov Dec 2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2010: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2011: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2012: Jan–Feb
WikiProject Film announcements and open tasks [] Article alerts • Articles needing attention • Assessment • Cleanup listing • Deletion sorting • New articles • Popular pages • Requests • Reviews Did you know 06 May 2024 – Mrs. Brisby (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion 05 May 2024 – The Great Mecca Feast (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Crisco 1492 (t · c); see discussion 01 May 2024 – List of roles and awards of Liza Soberano (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Pseud 14 (t · c); see discussion 26 Apr 2024 – 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Prince of Erebor (t · c); see discussion 25 Apr 2024 – The Sheep Eaters (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juustila (t · c); see discussion 14 Apr 2024 – Me at the zoo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by LunaEclipse (t · c); see discussion 13 Apr 2024 – Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ezlev (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 25 Apr 2024 – Troika (1969 film) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Paleface Jack (t · c); see discussion 23 Mar 2024 – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Darkwarriorblake (t · c); see discussion Featured list candidates 05 May 2024 – List of accolades received by Hacksaw Ridge (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Sgubaldo (t · c); see discussion 29 Apr 2024 – List of awards and nominations received by Peter Capaldi (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by OlifanofmrTennant (t · c); see discussion 19 Apr 2024 – List of accolades received by Interstellar (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Sgubaldo (t · c); see discussion 19 Apr 2024 – Outline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Trailblazer101 (t · c); see discussion 28 Mar 2024 – Mid-credits and post-credits scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by ZooBlazer (t · c); see discussion 13 Mar 2024 – 96th Academy Awards (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PrinceofPunjab (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 27 Apr 2024 – Terror Train (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MagicatthemovieS (t · c); see discussion 26 Apr 2024 – 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Prince of Erebor (t · c); start discussion 14 Apr 2024 – Kristoff (Frozen) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Fieryninja (t · c); start discussion 06 Apr 2024 – Apocalypse Clown (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bilorv (t · c); start discussion 06 Apr 2024 – Metro Theater (New York City) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion 06 Apr 2024 – Hounds (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mooonswimmer (t · c); start discussion 03 Apr 2024 – Godzilla Minus One (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Eiga-Kevin2 (t · c); start discussion 03 Apr 2024 – The Asylum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Famous Hobo (t · c); start discussion 29 Mar 2024 – Sam Bahadur (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Twinkle1990 (t · c); start discussion 18 Mar 2024 – Giselle (Disney) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Changedforbetter (t · c); start discussion (8 more...) Good article reassessments 26 Apr 2024 – Primer (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Ltbdl (t · c); see discussion 26 Apr 2024 – Michael Myers (Halloween) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 05 May 2024 – Me at the zoo (talk · edit · hist) put up for PR by TrademarkedTWOrantula (t · c) was closed; see discussion Task force requests American cinema Expansion needed Cinema of the United States Tagging needed Category:Cinema of the United States Animated films Argentine cinema Requested articles List of missing Argentine films • Iris Alonso • Carlos Belucci • Adrián Cuneo • Juan Carlos Desanzo • Despabílate amor • Pedro Escudero • Damian Zifron • Expansion needed Amelia Bence • Carlos F. Borcosque• Hugo del Carril• Libertad Lamarque • Cinema of Argentina • Víctor Laplace Australian cinema Requested articles List of missing Australian films Baltic cinema Expansion needed Cinema of Estonia • Cinema of Latvia • Cinema of Lithuania British cinema Requested articles Andy Medhurst • Cinema Theatre Association (22 references on en.wikipedia) • Category: British Mixed-Race actors/actresses Expansion needed Cinema of the United Kingdom Tagging needed Category:Cinema of the United Kingdom Canadian cinema Requested articles List of missing Canadian films Expansion needed Cinema of Canada Chinese cinema Requested articles List of missing Chinese Films Christian films Expansion needed Christian film Comic book films Documentary films Film awards Film festivals Expansion needed Film festival • Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema • Jakarta International Film Festival • Locarno International Film Festival • Mar del Plata International Film Festival • Moscow International Film Festival • Newport Beach Film Festival • Pusan International Film Festival •; International Film Festival Rotterdam • San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival • Cork Film Festival • Anchorage International Film Festival; DisOrient Film Festival; Seattle Asian American Film Festival; Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital Filmmaking Requested articles Agfa Ansco • Alienbrain • Animo (redirect should be deleted) • Antimatograph • aperture plate • Argentine Society of Cinematographers • Arriflex 16BL • Arriflex 16M • Arriflex 16ST • Arriflex 235 • Arriflex 35BL • Arriflex 765 • Arriflex II • Arriflex III • Arriscan • Arritechno 35 • Association of Brazilian Cinematographers • Association of Czech Cinematographers • Austrian Association of Cinematographers • Avid Cinema • Avid Interplay • Avid MCXpress • Avid Mojo • Avid Videoshop • Avid Xpress • backfocus • backlit animation • Belgian Society of Cinematographers • Birtac • British Film Commission • Bulgarian Society of Cinematographers • casting agency • Champion Motion Picture Company • Chimera (filmmaking) • Cinema Camera Club • Cinema Products • Danish Society of Cinematographers • DeLuxe Labs • Deutsche Universal-Film AG • Digital Cinema Distribution Master • Dolby Digital Surround EX • DS Nitris • DVCPROHD • Elite Optics • film composer • Finnish Society of Cinematographers • fluid head • Fusion camera • geared head • George Kleine Productions • high-speed filming • Hungarian Society of Cinematographers • image plane (dab this to computers as well) • In-Three • Indian Society of Cinematographers • International Pictures • Isco Optic • Israeli Cinematographers Association • Italian Society of Cinematographers • Iwerks 70 • Japanese Society of Cinematographers • Joe Dunton Camera • Kinarri 16 • Kinarri 35 • Korean Society of Cinematographers • film lighting • Matthews Studio Equipment • Mexican Society of Cinematographers • motion judder • negative cut list • Netherlands Society of Cinematographers • Norwegian Society of Cinematographers • Obie light • Onation Studios • Pathéscope • Photo-Sonics • Pick-up shot • Polish Society of Cinematographers • Prizmacolor • production buyer • Rex Motion Picture Company • Russian Guild of Cinematographers • Schneider Optics • scratch removal • scratch test (dab needed) • scrubbing • Slovenian Association of Cinematographers • Society of Cinematographers in Estonia • South African Society of Cinematographers • Sovcolor • Spanish Society of Cinematographers • Spirit Datacine • Static Club • SuperScope • SuperScope 235 • Swiss Cinematographers Society • Unity Isis • Unity MediaNetwork • universal capture • Viper FilmStream French cinema Requested articles Régis Arpin • Marc Barbé • Jean-Pierre Cargol • Pierre Champagne • Pierre Chatagny • Clara Choveaux • Charlotte Clasis • Garance Clavel • Laetitia Colombani • Jérôme Cornuau • Chris Delaporte • Nicole Félix • Charles Gerdes • Philippe Grimond • Jenny Hélia • Joseph Ivens • Albert Juross • Chantal Mercier • Celia Montalván • Lucien Nonguet • Nadine Nortier • André Paulvé • Marcel Pérès • Pierre Pradinas • Henri Roanne • Janine Ronceray • Catherine Sée • Luc Simon • Irene Starevich • Albert Stemler • Gérard Valet • Daniel Vigne • Ana Vladescu • Annette Wademant • Pierre Watrin • Mahmoud Zemmouri • Love Me (2000 film) German cinema Requested articles Liselotte Eder (aka, Lilo Pempeit) • Karl Scheydt • Elisa Schlott • Das falsche Gewicht • Yoko (film) (de)(tr) and sources: [1] Expansion needed Cinema of Germany Indian cinema Cleanup needed Bot-generated cleanup listing • Hindi films and plagiarism • Ramoji Film City • IIFA Awards • IIFA • Anand Bakshi • Ajay Devgan • N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Requested articles List of missing Indian Films (see also lists of Indian films for redlinks) • Beary Cinema Expansion needed Draft articles: Tulu cinema • Anahat (film) • Prakash Jha • Central Board of Film Certification • Filmfare Awards South • Kerala Film Critics Association Awards • Amitabh Bachchan • Gabbar Singh • Sanjay Dutt • Hindustan Photo Films • Sanskrit cinema Citations needed Central Board of Film Certification Italian cinema Requested articles Al limite • Tommaso Bianco • Catene (1925 film) • César Sforza; Cocco di mamma, Il • La fuga • Fuochi d'artificio • Hijos del viento • Il principe idiota • Elma Krimer • L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory • Yole Marinelli • Nino Martinengo; Medusa Film • Antonio Morabito • Adriana Novelli • Giacomino Origoni; Padre Speranza • Giulio Panicali • Su e giù per la scala • Tre per sempre Japanese cinema Cleanup needed Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki • Sunae Shibari Dai-nihen (verify, there are many similar titles) Requested articles (empty) Expansion needed Film stubs • Ninkyō Shimizu-minato • Kochiyama soshun (1936 film) • Onna Keirin-ō • Hitogui Ama • Yogoreta Nikutai Seijo • The Romance of Yushima • Yoru no kiba • Shirayuki-sensei to kodomo-tachi • Totsugu hi made • Paco and the Magical Book Images needed Articles needing an image • Love Is Strength Korean cinema Cleanup needed Cinema of Korea Requested articles List of missing Korean films • Crossroads of Youth • International Women's Film Festival in Seoul • Seoul International Film Festival (currently a redirect) • redlinks in List of film festivals in South Korea Expansion needed Korean film stubs • List of Korean-language films • List of North Korean films • List of South Korean films • List of Korean film directors • Korean animation Mexican cinema Expansion needed Cinema of Mexico Tagging needed Category:Cinema of Mexico New Zealand cinema Cleanup needed Cinema of New Zealand Nordic cinema Requested articles Denmark: The Early Years-Erik Nietzsche Part 1 • List of missing Danish films • Finland: Revolution • List of Jussi Award winners for Best Finnish Film • Iceland: Dís • Parents • Ahead of Time (aka, takt við tímann) • Norway: Films missing in List of Amanda Award winners • Sweden: Films missing in List of Guldbagge Award winners for Best Swedish Film Expansion needed List of Norwegian films • List of Swedish films • List of Finnish films • List of Danish films • List of Icelandic films Pakistani cinema Requested articles List of missing Pakistani films (see also Lists of Pakistani films for red links) • Pothohari cinema (in Azad Kashmir) • Regional cinemas in Saraiki, Khowar, and Gilgit-Baltistan • Film industry in Islamabad Expansion needed Draft articles • Lollywood • Kariwood • Punjabi cinema • Pashto cinema • Sindhi cinema • Kashmiri cinema Citations needed Central Board of Film Censors • Cinema of Pakistan Tagging needed Category:Cinema of Pakistan  Doing... Persian cinema Requested articles 12th Fajr International Film Festival • 13th Fajr International Film Festival • 14th Fajr International Film Festival • 15th Fajr International Film Festival • 16th Fajr International Film Festival • 17th Fajr International Film Festival • 18th Fajr International Film Festival • 19th Fajr International Film Festival • 20th Fajr International Film Festival • 21st Fajr International Film Festival • 22nd Fajr International Film Festival • 23rd Fajr International Film Festival • Coma • Gharibaneh • Hasan Kachal • Jazireh Ahani • Ransomer • Takhti Expansion needed Close-Up • Gaav • Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine • Taste of Cherry Romanian cinema Requested articles My Beautiful Dacia • Ryna • Marele jaf comunist • Marfa și banii (Stuff and Dough) • Tudor • Aur • Dragoste la mănăstire • Amor fatal Expansion needed Strigoi • Odessa în flăcări • The World According to Ion B. • The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu • Silent Wedding • The Paper Will Be Blue • Tertium non datur • List of Romanian historical films; Child's Pose (Berlin International Film Festival Winner is a stub!) Silent films Southeast Asian cinema Cleanup needed Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award • LVN Pictures • Gabi ng Parangal • Crayon • Mr. Suave hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! • Moments of Love • Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos • Now That I Have You • Ging • Once Upon a Time in Manila Requested articles SBM Golden Lens Awards • International Documentary Film Festival Jakarta • Chants of Lotus • Lucky 7 • List of missing Thai films Expansion needed Jakarta International Film Festival • Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam Merging needed Bituing Walang Ningning (split) • Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos (split) • Citations needed Waris Jari Hantu • Raja Bersiong • Deathrow • José Rizal • Muro Ami Soviet and post-Soviet cinema Expansion needed Cinema of Russia Spanish cinema Requested articles Álvaro Fernández Armeroes • • El bosque animado • Brigada criminal • La Busca • Mary Carrillo • Los chicos • La corte del faraónes • Dulces horas • • Hay un camino a la derechaes • Madregildaes • Moros y cristianos • El mundo sigue • Murió hace 15 años • Nacional IIIes • Nueve cartas a Berta • Terele Pávez • El Puente • Queridísimos verdugos • Roberto Salazar • Sevillanas • Luchy Sotoes • Tamaño naturales • A Toda Máquina • La trasiendaes • El último cuplé • Lo verde empieza en los Pirineos • Vida en sombras • War films Attention needed ...to referencing and citation  • ...to coverage and accuracy  • ...to structure  • ...to grammar  • ...to supporting materials  Popular pages Full list Cleanup needed Add an article here! Requested articles Destination Death (1961 film) de Expansion needed 6th Marine Division on Okinawa • 25 April (film) • more... Images needed Add an article here! Merging needed Add an article here! Citations needed Add an article here! Translation needed Add an article here! Tagging needed Category:War films
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The Signpost: 10 January 2011

• News and notes: Anniversary preparations, new Community fellow, brief news

• In the news: Anniversary coverage begins; Wikipedia as new layer of information authority; inclusionist project

• WikiProject report: Her Majesty's Waterways

• Features and admins: Featured topic of the year

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• News and notes: Anniversary celebrations; Foundation reports; local language problems; brief news

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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010

Your military history newsletter – Volume LVIII, December 2010 From the editors • "Military Historian of the Year" • Discussions • The month's new featured and A-class content • Review awards Contest results • A-class medal recipients • bahamut teaches us proper usage of "Jargon and acronyms" To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here. BrownBot (talk) 21:50, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Small district categories in Category:Karnataka geography stubs

Greetings! Two or more stub types which you created have been nominated for renaming or deletion at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. The stub type most likely doesn't meet Wikipedia requirements for a stub type, through failure to meet standards relating to the name, scope, current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Wikipedia:Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals! This message is a boilerplate, left here as a courtesy, and should not be considered personal in nature. Dawynn (talk) 14:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! Since you've been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Konappana Agrahara

The article Konappana Agrahara has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

does not meet the notability criteria per WP:N

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 16:10, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

If you are not aware, deletion request on articles on places have always failed. The place articles are traditionally considered as inherently notable. -- Tinu Cherian - 17:27, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Well I have come across articles on places that were deleted based on the prod. But per WP:GNG, Konappana Agrahara, does not meet the general notability guidelines. Besides, the article remains unchanged since 2009. Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 17:34, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Really, then please go ahead :P. WP:GNG doesn't talk about articles of geographical locations. If you have been around for sometime, you would have known the non-consensus of notability guidelines of geographical locations and the status quo is usually maintained. So what if the article remains unchanged, there is no deadline for Wikipedia? Please go ahead and improve the article, if u wish so. BTW I have received a few complaints that you are biting new users. Request you to not kindly drive away new users -- Tinu Cherian - 17:46, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Oops, I stand corrected. It was on some areas of Bangalore. BTW, I mistook it for Konena Agrahara and proded it, sorry about that. To clarify, may I ask which new comer I have bitten? If I have I would have admitted the same. Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 17:51, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I am not accusing you anything as such But there were instances like [2] , [3] . I am not saying that user was essentially right, But as experienced Wikipedians, we should not overdo and assume that we are only right. Communicate with newbies effectively and be compassionate to them who come genuinely to help here. -- Tinu Cherian - 18:08, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

On geographical locations notability, I think these links should be useful to note : Wikipedia:Notability (geography) , Wikipedia:Common_outcomes#Geography_and_astronomy , Wikipedia:Geographic_imbalance#Solving_geographic_imbalances -- Tinu Cherian - 18:13, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok sorry! I take that as a suggestion and would not repeat the same again. All User:MikeLynch and me were trying to explain to him was about the copy-vio issue on Chowdiah Hall article and his additions of list of banks and shopping complexes to Girinagar. Apparently he did not take it in a positive sense. I was upset when he said bye and was not feeling like replying back for which I asked MikeLynch to do the same. What makes me feel sad about your warning is that just because it was on my talk page, it does not mean I was the only one involved, User:MikeLynch too was involved. I do not want to be made into a scapegoat please. I'm really upset on what you said now! Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 18:23, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey no, Kindly don't feel discouraged or hurt. As I have said , I am only trying to help here. I have also talked to MikeLynch (privately over mail) . Sorry, If my statement also read as a warning, which definitely was not my intention. If you had seen my mail to Ashok [4], I have explained what is notable & non-notable to be added to place articles. No need to get upset too. Enjoy what you are doing here..

But please be extra cautious while communicating with other users and making deletion requests. Also remember to read this Wikipedia:Geographic_imbalance#Solving_geographic_imbalances. It is a very nice thought! Happy Editing !! -- Tinu Cherian - 18:46, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Just for clarification is there any way I can contact that user and apologise to him? Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 18:42, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

You may email him here -- Tinu Cherian - 18:46, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I will send him my apologies. It was nice getting in touch with you, but I wish it wasn't this way (my mistake!). Yes I did read your reply to him. I would definitely get back to you for any doubts/clarification cheta =(if you don't mind me calling that). Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 18:53, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Haha.. I won't mind that ! Feel free to point out if I make mistakes. We all do .. and we help each other like this. Would love to see you, Mike & Ashok working together creating FAs & GA articles on Wikipedia. Btw if you are in Bangalore, why don't you come for one of regular WikiMeetups in Bangalore? Looking forward to meet you soon.. Keep in touch -- Tinu Cherian - 19:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I would definitely try and make it for one of the meetings. I too would be glad to meet you. I could not make it to the 10th anniversary meet as I was busy with my project. I have just sent Ashok a mail. I would be only too glad if he gets back. Bye, Why so serious? ^{Talk to me} 19:16, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

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Protection Needed

Hi, please take a look at the article on Makara Jyothi. The article is poorly written and has serious factual issues. The Travancore Devaswom Board has recently confirmed that the Makara Jyothi is man made. I have made some changes in the article because of this. But I don't think it would stay on for long on the article. So could you protect the article? If it is too early to ask for protection, could you please add it on your watchlist? Thanks! — Finemann (talk) 20:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! 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 22:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)