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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:
Hurricanehink (submissions)
Sp33dyphil (submissions)
Yellow Evan (submissions)
Miyagawa (submissions)
Wizardman (submissions)
Casliber (submissions)
Resolute (submissions)
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 00:38, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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2011 WikiCup participation
It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:50, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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About Sentou Gakuen
Hi there, When I was going to edit the pages and adding more references. It seems that my article, Sentou Gakuen already deleted.
Just now I do another research and I found another sources and references appearing regarding this such as from Siliconera http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/03/whats-a-massively-multiplayer-online-visual-novel-ask-sentou-gakuen/ and from OtakuStudy (Dunno this one) http://www.otakustudy.com/2011/11/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-visual-novel-with-online-features-and-indie-developers/
So I need your help Canestenmobile (talk) 03:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah thank you.
- And by the way how do I know that this article is notable enough and ready to be placed on article space?
- Well this is my first article here :< still need to figure out how things work at Wikipedia
- Canestenmobile (talk) 04:01, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- Oh I see,
- And what should I do, when I think the article is ready? Is there any people that I need to ask to review or that userpage is constantly monitored? ::Canestenmobile (talk) 04:19, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- All right, will do ・ｗ・ ～～～～Canestenmobile (talk) 04:30, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Sentou Gakuen
Hey I kinda need help on format on references (citing webpages). Can you take look at the article? Is it okay or? hmmm, thanks! Canestenmobile (talk) 09:20, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
FYI
I've posted some comments at Joe Danger's FAC. Please bear with me, it's my first detailed FAC review. Feel free to object to any of my concerns. 
HurricaneFan25 15:13, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
...for your help. Cheers, 76.248.149.98 (talk) 16:39, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
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Deleted article named "Fischer Pharmaceuticals Ltd"
Hi Fox,
I would like to resubmit an article (page) to Fischer Pharmaceuticals. Our page has been deleted by you and we would like to recreate it according to the wikipedia guidelines. Please assist us with this matter.
Thank you. Shirley Ofer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shirleyofer (talk • contribs) 12:35, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Errors in Louis XVII of France
I have been trying for years to get the article on Louis XVII of France corrected , it is full of errors. For instants the death certificate you have is invalid. It was signed by two guards who only knew the boy in prison for a very short time after the real Louis XVII was already gone from The Temple.b At the time as now it required the signatures of family or close associates to validate a certificate. The sister was in the same prison and so were the family Tison long time servants of the Royal family.. Secondly a death certificates of Louis XVII exists in Delft Holland signed by a son and a Mayor of the Dutch Army and authorized by the King of Holland. Why is this legitamate certificate missing? See part of the article under Naundorff. This is only one of the many errors in the article written under the influence of the de Bourbon Parma family (Mr P. Delorme) and the French government and the Orleans family. The links to the P. Delorme site do not work, no scientific article on his DNA research exists. No link to his DNA research is active. Do not start me I could go on and on. edmond123Edmond321 (talk) 15:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
224 (number) listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 224 (number). Since you had some involvement with the 224 (number) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). 84.203.34.252 (talk) 02:11, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
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List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones for Boxing Day
Hey Fox, just wanted to run the idea of having the above list on the main page for Boxing Day? It would need to be updated for the 2011 number 1, and I'd appreciate it if you could check for dabs, MOS violations, dead links etc, but assuming you can do all that, let me know and I'll slate it for our own Xmas No.1... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
- Well, for what it's worth I've removed all that number two nonsense. Still interested? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:26, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
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For the help and listening in #wikimedia-au connect! :D
Thanks
Appreciate it. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 16:57, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hey! Quick Question about a Page
I created a page about Theory 47 and you tagged it as subjection to deletion. I wrote under the section why the page should remain and i'm asking you to consider leaving the page up. Theory 47 is an up and coming band in the Long Island music scene who has been around for 3 years. they have released two studio albums and are currently signing with a label for their third due out in the winter. thank you! i appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitarrock165 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Office Hours
- Hey, fokseh! Acknowledging that office hours sessions are normally pretty...what's the polite word...shit for those in the south-and-right-a-bit-hemisphere (what with being held at around 4am) I'm holding a session on Saturday at 3am UTC in #wikimedia-office on the Article Feedback Tool. Hopefully that fits nicely into the middle of the aussie day, and you can attend :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 05:40, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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I like it! Nice work! Eta-theta (autographs) 18:54, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hey
Hope you are having a wonderful Friday :-) Are you still accepting copy-editing requests? Best, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 01:28, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
MagicScore
Hello, You have removed the page MagicScore_(software) for what? It is not subject to copyright law, as its author, I like the English version as well as in Russian, where it was created originally.
If possible, ask to recover. Thanks in advance!
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Hi could you explain your reason for closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yochanan as you did. I was surprised to see it closed as Delete, after there was quite a lengthy discussion about a merge proposal. Also, despite being originally suggested in the deletion rational, I am not seeing the incentive to move Rabbi Yochanan; I struck out my original !vote and the last comment didn't seem to offer an explanation. None of the others addressed such a move. It might also help to look at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation#Dabs with honorific titles which I initiated, where we seemed to agree that such pages are valid. The discussion was a confusing one so I'm just hoping to understand how you interpreted it. Thanks, France3470 (talk) 16:16, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
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BHR Pharma, LLC. article deleted
Hello,
The article I posted titled BHR Pharma, LLC. was deleted and flagged as an advertisement. Do you have recommendations on edits so I can repost the article. The purpose is to help create awareness of Tramatic Brain Injury along with novel and emerging therapies.
Thank you, Jeffrey — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmacallister (talk • contribs) 21:11, 30 November 2011 (UTC)