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Welcome to the 2013 WikiCup!

Hello Bill william compton, and welcome to the 2013 WikiCup! Your submissions' page is here. The competition begins at midnight UTC. The first round will last until the end of February, at which point the top 64 scorers will advance to the second round. We will be in touch at the end of every month, and signups are going to remain open until the end of January; if you know of anyone else who may like to take part, please let them know! A few reminders: *The rules can be found here. There have been a few changes from last year, which are listed on that page. *Anything you submit must have been nominated and promoted in 2013, and you need to have completed significant work upon it in 2013. (The articles you review at good article reviews does not need to have been nominated in 2013, but you do need to have started the review in 2013.) We will be checking. *If you feel that another competitor is breaking the rules or abusing the competition in some way, please let a judge know. Please do not remove entries from the submissions' pages of others yourself. *Don't worry about calculating precisely how many points everything is worth. The bot will do that. The bot may occasionally get something wrong- let a judge know, or post on the WikiCup talk page if that happens. *Please try to be prompt in updating submissions' pages so that they can be double-checked. Overall, however, don't worry, and have fun. It doesn't matter if you make the odd mistake; these things happen. Questions can be asked on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 18:17, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2013 WikiCup

Hello, Bill william compton, and welcome to the 2013 WikiCup! Your submissions' page is here. The first round will last until the end of February, at which point the top 64 scorers will advance to the second round. We will be in touch at the end of every month, and signups are going to remain open until the end of January; if you know of anyone else who may like to take part, please let them know! A few reminders:

• The rules can be found here. There have been a few changes from last year, which are listed on that page.
• Anything you submit must have been nominated and promoted in 2013, and you need to have completed significant work upon it in 2013. (The articles you review at good article reviews does not need to have been nominated in 2013, but you do need to have started and completed the review in 2013.) We will be checking.
• If you feel that another competitor is breaking the rules or abusing the competition in some way, please let a judge know. Please do not remove entries from the submissions' pages of others yourself.
• Don't worry about calculating precisely how many points everything is worth. The bot will do that. The bot may occasionally get something wrong- let a judge know, or post on the WikiCup talk page if that happens.
• Please try to be prompt in updating submissions' pages so that they can be double-checked.

Overall, however, don't worry, and have fun. It doesn't matter if you make the odd mistake; these things happen. Questions can be asked on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 13:02, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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WD translations

Hi Bill, could you just let me know if this was done correctly? I'm confident I got everything right but would like an opinion from you. Here you go. Also, I request you to pop up atleast once a week on WD. --17:57, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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Tirumala Venkateswara Temple

Thanks for the move. Please move talk as well for consistency. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 04:12, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

It's giving a technical error. I've asked User:EdJohnston to move back the talk page. — Bill william compton^Talk 04:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Please response .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tirumala_Venkateswara_Temple — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eshwar.om (talk • contribs) 08:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

RM comment request

In case, Eshwar is your student (Adopt a user etc), you can give him suggestions on his post here! Asking directly for support etc... --Tito Dutta (talk) 04:01, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Tito, xhe is not anything. I was just trying to help her/him (the page move request was just a way to stop her/him for making any further mess). Xhe's been blocked for a month for sockpuppetry. — Bill william compton^Talk 04:32, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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Re:WikiCup queries

Hi, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I'm not clear when an article would ever appear twice on DYK? J Milburn (talk) 19:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

(I've removed the nominations to which you drew my attention- thanks for that.) J Milburn (talk) 20:52, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure it would be eligible at DYK in that case, but if it's accepted, I suppose I have no problem with you claiming it twice. J Milburn (talk) 08:59, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Translation request

Hi william, is it possible for you to translate this page to your native language? ●Mehran ^Debate● 16:05, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Re:Highbeam request

I've done what you asked at the Highbeam page. Could you send it please? The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 20:39, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done — Bill william compton^Talk 21:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 2009 Mediterranean Games

KTC (talk) 16:02, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for 2013 Mediterranean Games

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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader ( Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
• Buggie111 (submissions) was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
• Spencer (submissions) was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
• Status (submissions) was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

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• Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
• Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
• HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

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A barnstar for you!

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		Thank you so much for answering this question. Regards.···Vanischenu「m/Talk」 09:54, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! — Bill william compton^Talk 12:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Jon D. Glassman

I'm adding references. Cripes. I'm drafting a page. I just started it. And you are deleting it after how many minutes?

Look at the Jon_D._Glassman/draft

The guy is notable. He's been in the paper much, in books much, in magazines. Was Quayle's Nat Sec Advisor. Was last Chargé d'Affairs out of Kabul. Was Ambassador to Paraguay (with a scandal there). Notable. Who deletes articles while they are being drafted? Hopefully not you. Give me a bleeding hour. Zenyattà Mondatta (talk) 13:42, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not deleting it. Also, I never questioned his notability. According to WP:BLP all biographes (of living person) must have at least one reference to a reliable source. You have plenty of time (10 days to be exact) for improving this article. — Bill william compton^Talk 13:47, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Alright. I'm putting one reference on it just now to feed the wolves. But *seriously*. I *just" opened the page...Zenyattà Mondatta (talk) 13:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

This is all required to avoid violation of WP:BLP. We all are bound by policies. In future, start your draft in your sandbox (e.g. User:Zenyattà Mondatta/Jon D. Glassman; almost everybody do this) and you can move it to mainspace whenever you feel it's ready. You can do anything in your snadbox and nobody will interfere (of course, if you're not writing something obscene:-)). Thanks for your cooperation. — Bill william compton^Talk 14:07, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

But how can you be *sure* my article *won't* be obscene?  ;) j/k. Yes, I should have done a sandbox. "Bad dog"  ;) (hits self on nose with newspaper). Seriously, it's been ages since I've edited on WP, and I forgot how hyper everyone is here. Usually it takes at least 24 hours before anyone gets in a fight about a new page (kidding again). See you. Zenyattà Mondatta (talk) 14:12, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Nazie Eftekhari

Citations have been added to all assertions on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazie_Eftekhari — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kabirat (talk • contribs) 13:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Please summarize the article in lead. — Bill william compton^Talk 13:42, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Done, I've simply replaced the "business" section as the lead. Kabirat (talk) 14:00, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikicup credit by assisting me with some DYKs?

If you're interested in Wikicup points for DYK, I'd really love assistance with some articles I've prepped on my user space. (I also have QPQs to use for them as I have a fairly substantial pile of them sitting around.) They need spelling and grammar checked, possibly a little organisational fixing, better and more consistent wikilinking to competitions, and possibly finding some piece of interesting information for the DYK. They are currently all at length and just need to be moved over from my user space.

• User:LauraHale/Jacob Guilera
• User:LauraHale/Óscar Espallargas
• User:LauraHale/Daniel Caverzaschi
• User:LauraHale/Ramón Homs
• User:LauraHale/Nathalie Carpanedo
• User:LauraHale/Félix Aznar
• User:LauraHale/Raquel Garcia
• User:LauraHale/Úrsula Pueyo
• User:LauraHale/Andrés Boira
• User:LauraHale/Gabriel Gorce
• User:LauraHale/Aleix Suñé

Any assistance is appreciated. --LauraHale (talk) 18:18, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

I'd love to assist! However, I don't know much about winter para-sports. — Bill william compton^Talk 08:05, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks much. I know some. The para-alpine skiing article is good and can be a good guide for finding wikilinks for the major events and ski events (like distances for athletics). Feel free to move over to the main space when you think it is ready and nominate. Otherwise, I can do that. I'm hoping that by getting Spanish skiers done, we can create a program similar to the one done at WP:GLAM/HOPAU outside of Australia. --LauraHale (talk) 14:25, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

If you see them and can fix them, that would be fantastic. I've been doing some source checking to make sure there are not problems. That was another reason I wanted copy editing done. The translation part adds new wrinkles I'm not 100% used to yet and I'm still learning about this sport. The Australians I've written about are not competing in the same events at all. --LauraHale (talk) 19:52, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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Kelly Hill Middle School

Yes, you're right, I should have just deleted it as vandalism. Deb (talk) 15:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Not in the obvious sense of being incorrect or a hoax or whatever - but the contributor's other edits show that it was not made in good faith. Deb (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

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Mediterranean Games 2009

Hey Bill, I'm a little next week, so I don't think I would be able to do it. However, I might be able to do so the week after; drop me a talk page message and I'll see what I can do :)—Jennie | ☎ 13:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

That's OK, whenever you have time. — Bill william compton^Talk 12:42, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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Welcome to STiki!

Hello, Bill william compton, and welcome to STiki! Thank you for your recent contributions using our tool. We at STiki hope you like using the tool and decide to continue using it in the future. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Information about STiki, including: Using STiki and its hotkeys Comparison to other tools Information about vandalism on Wikipedia Here are some pages which are a little more fun: The STiki leaderboard - See how you are faring against other STiki users! Userboxes - Do not hesitate to wear the STiki label with pride by choosing from a selection of userboxes! We hope you enjoy maintaining Wikipedia with STiki! If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions don't hesitate to drop a note over at the STiki talk page and we'll be more than happy to help. Again, welcome, and thanks! West.andrew.g (talk) 05:25, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations from STiki!

	The Anti-Vandalism + STiki Barnstar
	Congratulations, Bill william compton! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (talk) 05:18, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Andrew! — Bill william compton^Talk 05:36, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't think it's often that the "Welcome to Stiki" message and the first 1000 edits barnstar are awarded 24 hours apart. Very impressive. Andrew³²⁷ 06:55, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)

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Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit)	5.02 weeks	8.57 weeks	1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited	58.7 articles	116.9 edits	2.0x articles edited
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Average total edits (all namespaces)	182.1 edits	532.4 edits	2.9x total edits

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Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

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Editor @ ar.wiki

Hello. I would like to inform you that I have granted you editor flag at Arabic Wikipedia, all your edits there will be automatically marked as patrolled. Best regards.--Avocato (talk) 05:49, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! — Bill william compton^Talk 09:50, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

1. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
2. Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
3. Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

• Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
• Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
• Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
• Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 17:20, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

February 2013 Wikification awards

		The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For finishing eighth place on the leaderboard during the February 2013 Wikification drive, with a count of 4 articles, Bill william compton, you are hereby awarded the Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 13:11, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

del henderson

its not really constructive...just wanted to add it to filmography...of course henderson was in countless films and always a treat...great scene stealer...he plays the cop in little orvie who throws a rock through a car window...was watching the movie and looked him up on wiki and noticed the movie wasn't listed...a minor matter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjblake (talk • contribs) 15:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

You picked the wrong place. Filmography section is just above the References. — Bill william compton^Talk 11:58, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Let America be America Again

_" Hello, I'm Bill william compton. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Let America be America Again because it didn't appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. — Bill william comptonTalk 12:28, 24 February 2013 (UTC)"_

Yes, well, you're wrong.

Before I edited the "Let America Be America Again" article, it stated that "Hughes represents not only African Americans, but other minority groups as well." Now it says so again. This is entirely inadequate. "...the farmer, bondsman to the soil... the worker, sold to the machine... the people, humble, hungry mean..." are not "minority groups". On the contrary, "the people, humble, hungry, mean" are, of course, the MAJORITY. The article implies that Hughes is exclusively concerned with discrimination against minorities, when he portrays discrimination against minorities and economic inequality as two aspects of the same problem.

Oh well. I don't know what your reason was for undoing my edit, and I don't care enough to find out. I strongly doubt that anything I saw is going to make you decide you shouldn't have undone my edit, but I don't care enough to fight about it. Do whatever you want. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.182.142 (talk) 04:27, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

What you say matters! You should have proofread your edits before you saved it; it was a broken sentence. I'm a vandalism fighter, review hundreds of articles at a time. I've restored your edit with correction. Thanks for letting me know. I hope you decide to stay here and help contribute to Wikipedia. — Bill william compton^Talk 13:35, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Ah. I thought I had proofread it. Evidently not well enough. Thank you! And sorry for being bitchy.

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Per this edit you should probably see this.

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I'm mortified. All I can say that I'll be a lot more careful in the future. Thanks for letting me know. — Bill william compton^Talk 01:59, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

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Please remember when you rename/move an image to remove the rename template and/or any other unnecessary templates like shadow commons as they no longer apply. If the rename template is left, it looks as if the file still needs to be renamed. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 20:57, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't know that they were not getting removed. Will take care in future! — Bill william compton^Talk 01:31, 16 March 2013 (UTC)