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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Be happy in Life!!! Sexymax15 (talk) 23:30, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

Sexymax15 (talk) I did not give myself a barnstar he is sexymax and i am sexymax15...we both find ourselves in a chess website LOL....i am sexymax15 he is sexymax —Preceding undated comment added 23:32, 8 November 2011 (UTC).

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October Wikification drive

		The Iron Wikification Barnstar
		This barnstar is given to Katarighe for wikifying 15 articles. Thanks for your work -- Nolelover Talk·Contribs 03:22, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Three new discussions on WikiProject Terrorism

I started three new discussions on the talk page, starting here. I think they're important enough to post a message to all participants. Do you agree? Mnnlaxer (talk) 17:49, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

I will try to do so. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 21:33, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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Help request

I need instructions on how to customize signatures when I sign posts. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 22:46, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

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Islamabad

I see that you indicate that the GAN for Islamabad "failed" (your edit summary), but I don't actually see a GA review or any comments to that effect. Could you explain why you marked it as failed? Note that I'm not saying it meets GA standards (it doesn't), but if anyeone in the future wants to work it up to GA, it will help them if they know what was wrong. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:17, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

I did quite a mistake here and I reviewed it again and it did not met its quality standards. I will try to reapply later if it met the GA criteria. Thanks for your notice. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 00:40, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I see the problem--I thought that the person who added the review and the person who removed it were two totally different people. The fact that your signature has no connection to your username threw me off. That's fine then, though a "withdrew nomination" would have been a clearer edit summary than "failed". Qwyrxian (talk) 01:08, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 01:08, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Barnstars

Hi. I just thought that I would point out that The Admin's Barnstar is for administrators. Having such a barnstar on a non-admin's talk page might convey the wrong impression to a new reader, user, or someone looking for help. Happy editing! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kudpung (talk • contribs) 23:45, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

That's true, but barnstars are informal and doesn't have rules restricting use and different use of different barnstars. (Also signed Kudpung's post) ~~Ebe123~~ → report ← Contribs 21:54, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, It's sometimes hard to understand exactly what the correspondence is. But I have been away from the office for some days, and that is the reason for my lack of response. I would still like to change my user name.

thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.93.93.106 (talk) 19:23, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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re: your message

Hi Mohamed, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:21, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

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can u help me plz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yasminekhaled (talk • contribs) 01:08, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok :) Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 01:10, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

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Help request

Can AWB automatically but the WikiProject Banners on the articles talk page if needed. Can you please how to do it? Regards --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 22:57, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

What do you mean? ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 23:11, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't use AWB, however you can check WP:AWB/MAN if AWB has the option for putting WikiProject templates on talk pages. You can go to WP:AWB/FR to suggest it as a new feature. -- Luke (Talk) 23:55, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

To put the WikiProject banner pages automaticly on the talk page via AWB. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 00:18, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

AnomieBOT (talk · contribs) can do that on request. Ask Anomie (talk · contribs). ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 01:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 01:04, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

It can be done easily with AWB, but more importantly, why would you want to? --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:23, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Likely on maintenance work on NPP but nothing else. Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 01:25, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

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You've been mentioned

Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Possible AFD trolling. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 06:36, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

It has also been suggested that in order to avoid confusion, you should use a signature that reflects your user name. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:08, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I've answered the noticeboard, Regards, --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 11:40, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply at the noticeboard. I see no problem with your AfD votes. But WP:SIGNATURE provides

Signatures which include no reference to the user's username (for example by signing with a nickname, as in [[User:Example|User:Nickname]] are strongly discouraged, as it can be confusing for editors (particularly newcomers).

Though you sign as 'Mohamed Aden Ighe' you are actually registered as User:Katarighe, which is quite different. To change your signature, you could go into Special:Preferences. If the problem is that you would rather not be known as Katarighe any more, you could go to WP:CHU/S and request a change in username so it would match your signature. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 14:21, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I have did that in the preferences but the problem is resolved. Thanks for your help! --Katarighe (talk) 21:49, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

• Just a suggestion from my experience: the most effective way to participate in AfD is to do more than just to give state the policy on which one's vote is based--that's sufficient for the closing admin to take it under consideration, but it help convince others coming there after you if there is a more extended argument as too exactly why this particular article merits either keeping or deletion. (fwiw, I agree with most of your !votes in both directions--that's not a problem--it's just that it would be more helpful to see your logic. ) DGG ( talk ) 02:49, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Katarighe, thank you for taking care of your signature. I also agree with DGG's observation. If an admin is closing a contested AfD and someone just votes 'per nominator', this may not carry a lot of weight in how the outcome goes. If the outcome is not obvious, then any editor who chooses to join the debate should take the time to give a sentence or two of their own reasoning. Just saying that something 'is notable' is not very persuasive. We need to hear specific facts about the article topic that match the agreed-upon criteria of notability. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 03:16, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hi. I am sorry and apologize unreservedly for my error in judgment re the AfD votes. Quis separabit? 19:18, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

inre Rome Sweet Rome

I wish to propose an alternative. Per WP:NFF and WP:CLARIFY the article on a proposed film, one that has only just been optioned by Warner, is far too premature for inclusion. However, I gave thought to alternatives where something recieving enough coverage might still be discussed. Rather that have an considered to be one about a planned film, I took it upon myself to write a different version that deals with the short story that is receiving coverage, has received critical anaysis and commentary, and then simply included a short section dealing with the story's film prospects. Please visit User:MichaelQSchmidt/Rome, Sweet Rome (short story) and see how a change of focus addresses the NFF issue and yet still presents the project with a well-sourced encyclopdic topic. I think moving my article based upon the sources found, to moved mainspace as a redirect target, might save a lot of drama. Opinion? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:08, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

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