User talk:Yellow Dingo/Archive 5

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Invitation to the African Destubathon

Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Yellow Dingo. I'm just posting to let you know that List of international cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 31. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 20:16, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Rebecca Wilson

On 8 October 2016, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rebecca Wilson, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:52, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Precious

people in sports

Thank you for quality article on sports such as Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's, for creating stubs on sports people, for articles on their results such as List of international cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval and 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final, for a careful and measured first statement in arbitration, - proud Australian, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much Gerda :) — Yellow Dingo (talk) 04:29, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

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Help

Greatly appreciate your help on this. If you could also help regularly update the main article achievements list too that would save me a lot of time than if I did it singlehandedly! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:43, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I'll try my best. I have both the main destubathon page and the entries pages watchlisted so I am in a good position to keep on top of things. Also, thanks to you for your great initiatives such as the destubathon. One thing that might hinder me is trying to win a country of two ;) — Yellow Dingo (talk) 09:50, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I've noticed a few Australian wikipedians showing an interest in the challenges and this. Aus was one of the first project I approached on proposing a challenge and contest for but I didn't get much support at the time, but I'm guessing more people have seen what I mentioned and seeing the results of all this now. After this Africa one I'd be happy to set one up for Australia/Oceania.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:54, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Yeah the Australian Wikipedians' notice board would be the best place to propose anything as it is heavily watched. I think that Oceania (except for aus and NZ) is an area much like Africa, i.e. it needs a lot of content improvement. I have tried to do a bit of work on Oceanian content (1, 2, 3 not including aus stuff) and have noticed many content gaps. Unfortunately there aren't many Wikipedians from Oceania (outside of Aus/NZ), but I guess people in places like Tuvalu or Solomon Islands don't have sufficient internet access, and even if they did, the area is sparsely populated so there wouldn't be many interested in WP anyway. Anyways, I'm sure non-Oceanians would participate, and with prizes and promotion like the African one, a similar event could be successful. Of course it would have to be set up a bit differently due to the large difference in countries between Oceania and Africa. Although you could probably do prizes for each aus state and nz state (if thats what they call them there) as well as for all the small island countries. Also, on the idea of a challenge, maybe a goal of 5000 would be more realistic for the area. Obviously, it would get more entries than the Nordic or Turkish ones, but I doubt it would get as much interest as the UK or African ones. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 10:10, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I think the Australian challenge would be smaller scale and perhaps feeding into a larger one for Oceania. I think it would be similar to UK and Europe, can't imagine lots of Brits wanting to contribute to one for the whole continent, so it would be set up differently, or the Australian one feeding into the wider one independently And yes, each continent and region is different. We'd need active editors on non Aus and NZ topics to make it worthwhile doing an Oceania one, but as you say, it would definitely be a needed one in terms of continent improvement and focus. We'll see how it goes anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:14, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: On a slightly un-related note; I think it would be good to make it clearer that special claims should be added to the sections at the bottom of the entries page, as I see quite a few entries already that would be eligible for a special claim that aren't listed in the special claims section. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 10:18, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

The special claims (except Good Articles) are intended to be claimed at the end of the contest. People collect their articles at the end and then make a claim. I don't mind people gradually building the claims, but it's too much to keep updating as well as the main contest. so I would probably exclude that from the main scoreboard for now.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:23, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Ah ok, fair enough. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 10:24, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

That makes it more exciting of course, people have to work out what they have to do to win that larger prize and play it tactfully. An element of suspense for that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:28, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Ohhhhh, I like it. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 10:29, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ralph Jean-Louis

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DYK nomination of Ned Justeen Azemia

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Your GA nomination of Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The article Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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:Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 12:01, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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DYK for Ralph Jean-Louis

On 19 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Jean-Louis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ralph Jean-Louis managed the Seychelles national football team to a gold medal at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ralph Jean-Louis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ralph Jean-Louis), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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2012 Tour

I want to get 2012 Tour de France to FA and because you did such a good job on the 2016 GA review I'm hoping you can help me out. I opened a peer review a year ago, but no one answered. If you can help, I'm not sure if I need to open another peer review or re-open it. Anyway you can just edit it yourself it you want. Thanks. Bald Boris 00:13, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

@BaldBoris: I'll have a look soon. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 02:36, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Doing... — Yellow Dingo (talk) 10:19, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

BaldBoris I have had a look through, making these edits: Lead, Teams, Favourtites; Race overview (1); Race overview (2), Doping, Classification leadership, UCI World Tour rankings. If I was you, I would put a request in at WP:GOCER. If you mention you are going for FA, you'll get a quick response by a really, really good copyeditor. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 22:55, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for going through it all. My eyes just don't seem to pick up on the little ones... I've put it up for FAC already, so a bit late now. I've used GOCE before and I think it will cause more problems now than it's worth. It needs some one who's knowledgeable in road cycling really. I think your edits will be enough? Bald Boris 23:06, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) BaldBoris Good luck! It's a really good article and, IMO, it should have a good chance of passing FAC. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 23:09, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Yea, it should do. I can't remember what put me off doing it last year. Let me know if there's anything you need a hand with. Bald Boris 23:45, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Fernandez (pentathlete)

On 20 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles Fernandez (pentathlete), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2015, nineteen-year-old Charles Fernandez became the youngest modern pentathlon champion in Pan American Games history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Fernandez (pentathlete). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Charles Fernandez (pentathlete)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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[[WT:DYK#[Needs attention] Prep 1]]

Hi, could you please join this discussion? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:26, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Edit war

sir i will not edit war anymore but can you see how a fact based on hundreds of sources showing leon trotsky was the founder of the red army allows roland, who is a fan of trotsky as shown in his profile, to remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 00danbr (talk • contribs) 01:22, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi 00danbr. Try to discus it with Roland on the talk page. State your point of view in a cilvil manner and listen to what he has to say. If you two are still arguing after trying to resolve the issue on the talk page, try one of the dispute resolution procedures. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 01:26, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

ok yes i already did and he hasnt responded please keep an eye on it if he undo's it again.. his only justification in undoing every time was "its unnecessary"..

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bolsheviks&action=history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bolsheviks 00danbr (talk) 01:38, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Lists of Google Doodles

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DYK for Johanna Umurungi

On 23 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johanna Umurungi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Johanna Umurungi was the only female Rwandan swimmer at the 2016 Summer Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johanna Umurungi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Johanna Umurungi), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:51, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Leaderboard

Hi, I've moved the leaderboard to the subpage. Can you maintain it and watch closely over that table for number of countries held, there'll be some drawn so you'll need to scan the list and spot names which have not only hold a few but draw a few as well they all count. Click the clickable table of course to make it easier.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:25, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Ok, I'll try my best. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 02:24, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Oceania

Reluctant to propose anything yet, as I know the Pacific Islands are less likely to have support, but if interested perhaps ask around and see if there is interest in perhaps a 1000/5000 Challenge for Australia feeding into a Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge or just a general Oceania one. Show them the existing challenges and contests and see if they'd like the same. If there are enough editors who would be interested in working on the islands too we could start it. I think though Australia would need its own challenge and contest series perhaps feeding into a general Oceania one. Certainly achievable.♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:23, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

It's probably good to hold of for a bit. Maybe something could start in the Australian summer, where people are more likely to have time and motivation (Jan - March). — Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:07, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it wasn't one I was sure about that's why I asked you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:29, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lesotho Football Association

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barnstar

		The Running Man Barnstar
		For an excellent expansion and DYK nomination of Abraham Niyonkuru. LavaBaron (talk) 22:17, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks LavaBaron! Much appreciated! — Yellow Dingo (talk) 05:44, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Wordcount

Hey what tool do you use for word count? I'm working on the Corruption in Angola page and I know I'm close to meeting the 5x number. But Wikipedia's word count tool I frankly found a little confusing, and copy and pasting into word and doing word count there also (i assume) includes references and section headers. DaltonCastle (talk) 01:33, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

@DaltonCastle: I use User:Shubinator/DYKcheck. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 05:47, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Ghana Space Program IMportance

Hey there. I didn't want to assess it myself as mid or higher importance, but would you be able to do it? If it is, I'll mark it as a core article. I didn't want to assess it for importance since I am biased. Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre Kees08 (talk) 07:13, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

@Kees08:

Done. — Yellow Dingo (talk) 07:15, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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DYK for Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics

On 30 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that no men competed for Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)

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DYK for Lidiane Lopes

On 1 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lidiane Lopes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lidiane Lopes holds the Cape Verdean record in the women's 100-metre sprint? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lidiane Lopes. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lidiane Lopes), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

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Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

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