User talk:Yellow Dingo/Archive 7
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DYK for Adzo Kpossi
On 17 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Adzo Kpossi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Adzo Kpossi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Adzo Kpossi), 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.
Materialscientist (talk) 00:51, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Odile Ahouanwanou
On 18 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Odile Ahouanwanou, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Odile Ahouanwanou broke the Beninese record for the 100m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Odile Ahouanwanou. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Odile Ahouanwanou), 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, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
TFL notification
Hi, Yellow Dingo. I'm just posting to let you know that List of teams and cyclists in the 2016 Tour de France – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 16. 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) 00:20, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Marc Bassingthwaighte
On 21 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marc Bassingthwaighte, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Marc Bassingthwaighte is a two-time medalist at the Namibian National Road Race Championships? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marc Bassingthwaighte. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Marc Bassingthwaighte), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!
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DYK for Kennedy St-Pierre
On 22 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kennedy St-Pierre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mauritian boxer Kennedy St-Pierre has won two gold medals at the African Games, one in the middleweight division and one in the heavyweight division? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kennedy St-Pierre. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kennedy St-Pierre), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Welington Zaza
On 23 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Welington Zaza, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Liberian Welington Zaza is the African junior record holder in the men's 110 metres hurdles? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Welington Zaza. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Welington Zaza), 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, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer - RfC
Hi Yellow Dingo. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:48, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
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Africa destubathon
Hi Yellow Dingo,
I've just completed a complete re-write of the ex president of Burkina Faso and merged it with the existing content for him which was lacking a lot of references and also had a limited outlook.
So I've researched it thoroughly and made a big contribution. (See https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9) I am also almost finished with the English version of the same story but I don't think I will get it finished before the 27th Nov.
Can you also consider my French entry for the competition. You can see how far I am with the English one in my sandbox.
I do research for fun and sometimes for profit... Professionally , I am a technical writer.
regards Webworkx64 (talk) 23:41, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Swaziland national cricket team
On 25 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Swaziland national cricket team, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Swaziland national cricket team was disqualified from the 2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two after they fielded ineligible players in 2014? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Swaziland national cricket team. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Swaziland national cricket team), 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, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Issake Dabore
On 26 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Issake Dabore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that boxer Issake Dabore was the first athlete from Niger to win an Olympic medal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Issake Dabore. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Issake Dabore), 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, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
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DYK for South Sudan National Cup
On 28 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article South Sudan National Cup, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the South Sudan National Cup has been won more times by Al-Malakia FC than by any other team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/South Sudan National Cup. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, South Sudan National Cup), 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.
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 18:21, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The article Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics you nominated as a good article has passed 
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DYK for Ismaël Coulibaly
On 5 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ismaël Coulibaly, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Malian taekwondo practitioner Ismaël Coulibaly won a gold medal at the 2015 African Games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ismaël Coulibaly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ismaël Coulibaly), 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, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1
 Greetings, GA Cup competitors! November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break. There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll.
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DYK for Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
On 6 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Guinea-Bissau's participation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was the country's first at a Paralympic Games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics), 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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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.
For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):
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4th GA Cup - Round 2
Greetings, GA Cup competitors! December 29th marked the end of the first round, after it was extended from its previously scheduled conclusion at the end of November. Because of the smaller pool of contestants this year, it was decided to keep sign-ups open throughout the month of December. This extension proved to be very helpful as we saw that more users signed up and completed many reviews. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga earned an impressive 402 points, followed by Cartoon network freak with a close 338 points. Shearonink who signed up after our extension was in third with 170 points. We had a rule clarification in Round 1 which was that many articles were being passed with blatant copyright violations and plagarism occurring in the articles. Thus, the judges have concluded that if an article is passed even if it has a copyright violation/plagarism, we will not provide points for that article as it wouldn't be considered a "complete review" under the scoring rules. In the end, 94 articles were reviewed by 14 users who will all advance to Round 2. The judges had planned on having 16 contestants advance but since only 14 did, we are changing the pools in this round. We will be having 2 pools of 3 and 2 pools of 4 in Round 2, with the top 2 in each pool advancing to Round 3 as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 will begin on January 1 at 00:00:00 UTC and will end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase! To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.
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