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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIV (October 2009)

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the worse than wrong version

The version of List of terrorist incidents, 2009 that you have protected is a BLP violation. We cannot call Hasan a terrorist when the FBI is not yet willing to call him a terrorist. ~YellowFives 22:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm at a loss as to what exactly you should do about it, though. I know you're not supposed to revert the page you've protected. Perhaps you could ask another administrator to consider the BLP issue, and they could decide to revert or not. Does that seem reasonable? ~YellowFives 22:13, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

There is no BLP issue. The editor above simply misunderstands the policy. --William S. Saturn (talk) 23:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

As you know, administrators can't be taking sides in an editorial dispute when they have exercised their privileges. However, the protection policy does have a clause for BLP concerns; and given that Hasan is still alive labeling him a terrorist is enough of a BLP concern for me to remove the possibly defamatory material. Note, this is not an endorsement for any side of the content dispute, and shouldn't be given any weight in your discussion regarding it's conclusion; it's simply following the protection policy. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

fyi

[1] JoeSmack ^Talk 23:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Harmon Afd

I have to admit what a grueling experience that was. While I did not admit this at the time, but that was my first Afd discussion as well as my first article I had brought back from deletion. I must say I learned a lot, and made some Wikifriends (as well as some Wikienemies). My overall goal of bringing awareness and reform to the Bio Afd process is incomplete, however I have found and will soon close some of the loopholes used by the pro-deletionists. In your experience with other Afd's, have you ever seen another discussion that was as protracted or as contentious as Heather Harmon's was? - Stillwaterising (talk) 05:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

(laughs) You haven't seen a contentious AfD yet. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 05:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Good call on this one, kudos.  Skomorokh, barbarian  14:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. I couldn't have worded the close better myself. --ThaddeusB (talk) 02:20, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cordell Francis

Hi, I see that you warned User:Cordell Francis about personal information on his userpage and as a parent (and decent human being) I applaud you for that. He now has created a page on himself that is at AfD and I think it best if it is speedily deleted, perhaps A7? I don't want to see him publicly disparaged at the AfD. Thank you J04n(talk page)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.

For the Arbitration Committee,
Risker (talk) 08:01, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Adopt

I want to be adopted by you so that i could learn all the things i have to learn in order to be a good editor. BTW love your username. Reywashere (talk) 15:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I would like to be adopted. Looking for general guidance, to be able to edit articles/revise existing articles. Extremely interested in wikipedia.Natalie McPeek (talk) 21:55, 7 November 2009 (UTC)Natalie

I guess I could help you both out. What did you want to know - or what do you know already? \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 22:00, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I want to know everything :D Reywashere (talk) 11:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Wrote my first article RHI AG what do you think? Reywashere (talk) 13:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

It's actually not that bad; good job! Typically, Wikipedia articles should have more than one source; it makes the text more reliable. Try doing Google searches for the German phrase (Radex-Heraklith Industriebeteiligungs AG), and see if you cannot find anything with even more useful information. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 21:04, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi there, Could you please provide your feedback on the below article.

weiss research, I have published it on my talk page. Also, how do I check the notability factor for each article that I may post. Please also comment about quality and standards for my article.

Thanks!Natalie McPeek (talk) 13:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)Natalie

Richmond rape article

Sorry. When I reverted the deletion discussion tag, I was not aware you were an administrator. There has been so much vandalism to that discussion, I knee-jerked.

Aside: It's not too clear on your page that you are an administrator. That's why I reverted. I was looking for an infobox. I did not see the plain text until it was too late.

Regards.

--Manway (talk) 00:36, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at User:Splarka/sysopdectector.js; it shows the user rights of any user when you go to their userpage; very useful. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 05:28, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

A sensible close, given the number of views; not what I wanted, but that is neither here nor there Bielle (talk) 03:39, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Richmond High School gang rape

Hi Backslash Forwardslash

Your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Richmond High School gang rape put the {{ab}} too high up; it is about halfway down the discussion, leaving many comments orphaned. You might want to fix that. Cheers. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:46, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the problem seems to have been the empty </div> tag in the {{quote}} template used in the AfD; that's what caused the box to end partway down the discussion. I removed the tag from the quote template, and that seems to have fixed it. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 04:00, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Eh-10 fever!

Thanks for getting the ball rolling with some actual text to build off of. Originally I was going to ask if it was appropriate for non-admins to input sizable changes... mind you I know we're allowed to, but weight and experience are a factor. The other contributors thusfar are Rollbackers like myself (but by account creation date I still am way into newbie territory... not quite a month yet), which I think works just fine since this is one of the two basic patrols areas. This should be fun! ♪ daTheisen(talk) 13:27, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Fribbulus Xax's RfA

Thanks, Backslash Forwardslash, for supporting me in my RFA. It passed unanimously. I am very grateful of your input – if you have any further comments, let me know! Fribbulus Xax (talk) 12:08, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

A favor...

Could you take a look at THIS and tell me if there are any problems with my uploads? I believe I have dotted the i's and crossed the t's with my NFC uploads.... but wish a second set of eyes. Thanks. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not an expert on non-free uploads, but from my look over you could really use some more verbose descriptions on why the image is needed, and why it is irreplaceable by free media. See File:2012_Poster.jpg for a good example. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:30, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for looking in. I thought I had provided proper fair use rationales when I added a seperate FUR section to my uploads like I did with this. However, I see the benefit of including and expanding such in the actual summary. Would save me some time too. Appreciate the advice. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 22:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nidal Malik Hasan

Kudos. You let it run the 7 days before closing (and I personally like your closing remark/comment).The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 04:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Just wanted to second the kudos. While I supported deleting, fully agree with you that there was a "valid argument" for doing so, and think it would have been possible to close the discussion as "no consensus" while giving a bit more weight to the delete side, you were right that it was clearly "the majority will of the participants that the article be kept." Given the arguments that's ultimately what mattered and as such it was a very fair close, so thanks for taking care of it and reading through an overlong debate in the process. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 01:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK

can you teach me about DYK, and how to go about nomiating articals for it. regards--Orangesodakid 16:56, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Nominating for Did you know is very simple; although I'd recommend that you focus on writing the articles, rather than nominate them. There are enough experienced DYK'ers that other peoples articles don't need to be nominated for them.

Basically, a DYK article must be less than 7 days old and longer than 1500 characters or expanded 5x. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 22:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Do you think that 8 days is still acceptable. Sorry about the WOTD, it probably made you mad :(--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 23:23, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Depends on the article. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:23, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Well I guess the best way to find out is to try. Anyway I have gotten 2 DYK's under my belt...I am makeing progress!--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 23:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Making*. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Im sorry I didnt really understang your comment.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 23:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

You misspelled making, and more recently 'I'm', 'didn't', 'understanding'. Will make it easier when copyediting your articles if you watch your spelling. :) \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:29, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh sorry about the typo's. That's Murphy's Law for you. Anyway as I fear this conversation will drift off topic for some unknown reason, Ill be going off to edit. Thank you and once again, I hope that you did not take the "award" in bad faith. (this may also be off topic but Im still waiting for Dylan620 to respond about adopting me.)--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 23:32, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Heh, typos... Airplaneman ^talk 05:07, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RadioFan

I see you have logged an oppose opinion in my RFA. If my request fails, how long would you recommend I wait before logging another request?--RadioFan (talk) 15:07, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Examples of animals versus species

I added the examples to the criteria A7 because it seemed to me obvious that an individual animal or plant is not the same as a species, but many of the most active AfDers are single purpose accounts nominating as many articles for deletion as possible, and don't seem to understand some of the criteria. This one in particular gets ignored with prods to species stubs. It will probably work without the examples, but I'm not sure. I think it should have worked "individual animals" without having to point out that's not the same as a species... --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 16:29, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry!

Thanks for reverting. I was on my (touch screen) iPod and I accidentally clicked on rollback. You reverted before I could. Lesson learned, I'll never edit while on my iPod again. Sorry for the inconvenience. :( TheWeakWilled (T * G) 14:10, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

no point in keeping a stunted afd

Would you also please delete Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grant Butler Coomber (2nd nomination)? I made it just before I noticed that article was a recreated speedy deletion candidate. It's already been delisted from the day's log. ~YellowFives 23:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Standard practice is to leave it. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:39, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, that works. Thank you for cleaning up the mess. ~YellowFives 00:43, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Image Copyvio

Hi, this is to inform you that an image file (with copyrights issue) which you have deleted a few hours back has been re-uploaded by the same editor → Zuhdizuhdi (talk · contribs). The article itself is also listed up at AfD. --Dave ¹¹⁸⁵ 08:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

That whole A10 thing & polishing it a bit

Thanks for the explanation in your edit summary on that government article, and thinking about it I feel rather silly for not thinking of that in the first place. Good timing, too, since this might fit into a few of the things I'm trying to edit-- I'm creating a talk page with obsvervations and special syntax on the A10 talk page, and I'm expanding the "duplicate article" portion of CFORK to mention A10 (in the sense that we don't want to lose any new information and highly encourage further participation on the topic. Semi-related: Did anyone make, or do you think it would be good to make some short templates that could be placed on user's talk pages that explain the outcome of their A10'd article? Because it has multiple outcomes it could be helpful to summarize what we did and how they can keep going on it from there. Thanks for your time. ♪ daTheisen(talk) 11:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

The {{db-a10}} template is meant to explain everything that is going on. If you want to expand CFORK, make sure the scope of A10 in that is as narrow as possible. A10 should not interfere with anything that could be useful. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 12:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Right. Hm. Actually I might leave a note on that talk page about it, as someone who was part of reinstating it or wrote the template changes would be much preferred. I can appreciate that A10 shouldn't be deleting one scrap new content, which is why I'm smacking myself for not considering redirect as a probably most cases. As it looks to me, A10 is a narrow-spec shotgun AfD sharing the same possible outcomes? Keep delete merge redirect because 4 ways A10 could go. Sizable concern though-- would it be left to admins to mark for merge to be done to do the redirect immediately when checking an A10? I have a nasty feeling about open encouragement, but then again anyone can PROD or open a deletion discussion. My opinion would be that gigantic, endless WP:GAMEing could be done by someone with even a sole puppet and the actions could be substantially separated and not remotely suspicious to report. Though not easy it would be practically foolproof from the examples I'm randomly thinking up. I hope there aren't A10s that pop up this week like "Greenhouse Effect, merge into wider topic Climate Change because it's like the same but with more so move it all back!" ...Okay, extra CSD patrol for me this week. Cheers~ ♪ daTheisen(talk) 14:13, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Good news! ...Your edit to a redirect was changed back to something similar to previous article text without any edit summary given and obviously no contact with you at Government of the Ming Dynasty. Talk about this user continues at ANI. Cheers~ ♪ daTheisen(talk) 13:52, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

My colleague, I reverted your close, because I do not think sufficient time for discussion was allowed. I've explained why at the talk page there, and also explained why I did not engage more strongly in the debate. . If you are really unhappy with what I did, I certainly do not want to provoke an edit war, so you are welcome to revert me, say it was with my permission so it's clear what's going on, and I will proceed further by way of an RfC on the policy. DGG ( talk ) 14:14, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

RFA one strike

That was quite a one strike at RFA.[2] Thanks for bringing it up in case I had missed it. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 00:46, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Uw-csd-a10 not formatting properly for C&P in db-a10

Hey Backslash Forwardslash. I was not thinking about the db- template notice when I changed to the un-named parameter format (and have updated the documentation subpage I created to detail the named parameter). However {{db-a10}} is not providing the proper code for posting {{Uw-csd-a10}} on the creator's talk page. For example, if I tag this page under A10 I get the following code to warn you:

{{subst:db-a10-notice|User talk:Backslash Forwardslash|header=1|article={{{article}}}}} ~~~~

The treble curly braces enclosing "article" need nixing. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

The correct usage of the template is {{db-a10}} When that syntax is used the code for copying works correctly. I am working out a way to incorporate that requirement into {{db doc}}. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 06:29, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Question about Giants27 RfA

I saw that you said this on his RfA: I don't like your opinions on WP:CENSORED, and the arguments you made at various DYK discussions when 'censorship' comes up. (Here). I can't support an editor with a view so contrasting to mine. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 23:47, 3 December 2009 (UTC) Maybe I missed something in the previous discussion, but I don't know what this comment is referencing. I'm not asking as a rhetorical question; I'd like to comment on that RfA but your comment gives me pause, but I can't easily find what exactly you're referring to. If you think it's more appropriate for me to ask this on the RfA page itself then let me know and I will, so you can reply in the proper place. Thanks Shadowjams (talk) 10:52, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

In the linked discussion Giants27 saw no problem with letting the following hook onto the Main Page;

• ...that players in the Flash game Cunt take control of a penis that shoots semen at an enemy vagina?

It was in the section with the heading I linked to. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 11:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I think the original diff is gone, but I see what you're referring too. So I understand, the user suggested Cunt as a frontpage addition, with a Did You Know as the "hook" to it? Shadowjams (talk) 11:49, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

There is a whole section for discussion on that page with the subtitle "Appropriate for the main page?" here. That should explain everything. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 11:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

2010 WikiCup Signups Reconfirmation!

To ensure that everyone who signed up is still committed to participating in the 2010 WikiCup, it is required that you remove your name from this list! By removing your name, you are not removing yourself from the WikiCup. This is simply a way for the judges to take note of who has not yet reconfirmed their participation. If you have not removed your name from that list by December 30th, 2009 (by 23:59 (UTC)) then your name will be removed from the WikiCup.

It's worth noting the rules have changed, likely after you signed up. The changes made thus far are:

• Mainspace and/or portal edits will not be awarded points at all.
• Did you know? articles (which were worth 5 points last year) will now be worth 10 points.
• Good articles (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
• Valued pictures will be now awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.
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If you have any final concerns about the WikiCup's rules and regulations, please ask them now, before the Cup begins to avoid last minute problems. You may come to the WikiCup's talk page, or any of the judge's user talk pages. We're looking forwards to a great 2010 WikiCup! On behalf of the WikiCup judges, iMatthew ^talk at 03:40, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Dr Prabhat Das Foundation

Any chance of userfying this? I suppose it's a bit late to ask why you thought this was consensus to delete in the first place. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 17:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XIV (November 2009)

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RE: Stuff on my User Page

Hi Backslash Forwardslash!! Thank you for letting me know about this. Sorry I couldn't get back to you earlier. I haven't checked my account lately. I will think about it and get back to you about restoring that stuff. Please let me know on my talk if you got this message. Thank you very much for your time and thought! Merry Christmas to you and your family!! And also Happy New Year!! --Nelson J. Steffens (talk) 23:13, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!

You are one of the twelve editors advancing into the second round of the Henry Allingham World War I Contest. The second round started at 00:00, 29 December and ends 23:59, 31 January. The top six ranked players at the end of this stage will advance into the final round of the contest so keep up the good work! --Eurocopter (talk) 00:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow!

Welcome to the biggest WikiCup Wikipedia has yet seen! Round one will take place over two months, and finish on February 26. There is only one pool, and the top 64 will progress. The competition will be tough, as more than half of the current competitors will not make it to round 2. Details about scoring have been finalized and are explained at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Please make sure you're familiar with the scoring rules, because any submissions made that violate these rules will be removed. Like always, the judges can be reached through the WikiCup talk pages, on their talk page, or over IRC with any issues concerning anything tied to the Cup. We will keep in contact with you via weekly newsletters; if you do not want to receive them, please remove yourself from the list here. Conversely, if a non-WikiCup participant wishes to receive the newsletters, they may add themselves to that list. Well, enough talk- get writing! Your submission's page is located here. Details on how to submit your content is located here, so be sure to check that out! Once content has been recognized, it can be added to your submissions page, from which our bot will update the main score table. Remember that only articles worked on and nominated during the competition are eligible for points. Have fun, and good luck! Garden, iMatthew, J Milburn, and The ed17 19:15, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLVI (December 2009)

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WikiCup 2010 and Dermatology-related content

I noticed that you are participating in the 2010 WikiCup. I have been working on the Bolognia push which is a project to make sure Wikipedia has an article (or redirect) on every know cutaneous condition. With that being said, there are still many cutaneous condition stubs to be made, and Bolognia could be a source for a lot of DYK articles, etc. Therefore, I was thinking maybe we could help one another... a competative WikiCup that also serves to improve dermatologic content on Wikipedia. I could e-mail you the Bolognia login information if you have any interest? ---kilbad (talk) 03:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Where are ya?!

:( –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:58, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Septemberboy009/Ayush Goyal

Hi, Backslash Forwardslash. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Septemberboy009/Blades (band), you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Septemberboy009/Ayush Goyal. Cunard (talk) 23:36, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:09, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2010 February newsletter

Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to Sasata (submissions), our round one winner (1010 points), and to Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions), who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). Staxringold (submissions) claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), Geschichte (submissions) claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points), Jujutacular (submissions) claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and Candlewicke (submissions) claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.

Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Nominations for the March 2010 Military history Project Coordinator elections now open!

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLVIII (February 2010)

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Coordinator elections have opened!

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April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:17, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 March newsletter

We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Hunter Kahn (submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. TonyTheTiger (submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:09, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: My user page

Hi backward slash forward slash. I would like to ask you if you could restore my user page. This would be greatly appreciated. Thank You for your time. I would also like to wish you a happy easter to you and your family. --Nelson J. Steffens (talk) 14:38, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Planning an RFC for deleting secret pages

Hi, Backslash Forwardslash. You nominated a number of secret pages for deletion in November 2009. Since you are experienced in this matter, I hope that you can participate in the discussion at User talk:MZMcBride#Secret pages at WP:MFD. I plan to create an RFC to delete all secret pages and hope you can help draft one. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 06:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIX (March 2010)

The March 2010 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Greetings!

I'm in the process of updating the Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Participants page, and your name is in the "unsorted participants" column. Would you be so kind to add yourself under the proper location column, with some of your interests listed? We'd love to know more about you. Thanks much! --Funandtrvl (talk) 01:28, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Copy of Deleted Page

Could you provide me with a copy of the deleted article Allie Brosh? I spent quite a bit of time on it and it got speedy deleted before I even saw the tag; I'd hate to loose the work I put in. Thanks. Alataristarion (talk) 15:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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Hello Backward slash forward slash. I believe you have deleted my User Page along time ago. I was wondering if you could make it available to the public. My user page name is User:Nelson_1998. If would be great if it could be replaced as soon as you get this message because I can't even access it myself. Thank You very much for your time and consideration! --Nelson J. Steffens (talk) 22:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter

Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to ThinkBlue (submissions) and Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Judge iMatthew has retired from Wikipedia, and we wish him the best. The competition has been ticking over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. A special thank you goes to participants Stone (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) for their help in preparing for round three. Good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 17:30, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : L (April 2010)

The April 2010 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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Wrong AFD deletion decision for DRV

I will open a DRV case when I find time for your wrong decision on deletion of the article [even without a merge] on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Israel Defense Forces T-shirt affair (2nd nomination) which bases on sheer number of 2nd AFD votes and misapplied Wiki Guidelines referring to tabloid news. I added several more RS news sources that covers the story about the case which resulted a ban by IDF against wearing the t-shirts, in talk page. In the meantime you may review the links. Kasaalan (talk) 11:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Restore

I'd like to ask you to restore article about Edgars Portnojs, because he has played in Latvian Higher League... and in Latvian Wikipedia we have some stub about him... --Dark Eagle (talk) 11:51, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

If this is a new development (i.e., if he had not played for the Latvian Higher League last year when the article was deleted), you can re-create the article with the new information. If it's not, but you disagree with the deletion decision, you can appeal the decision at WP:Deletion review. rʨanaɢ (talk) 15:58, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to see what did this article include before, maybe i can improve it with more information --Dark Eagle (talk) 19:30, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Restore/userspace request

Hello, I am requesting that you restore T-Wayne and move it to my userspace under User:Andrewlp1991/T-Wayne so that I can keep the references and original history of this article. Before it was deleted, I frequently contributed to that article. It was deleted for being [[WP:CRYSTAL|overly speculative]. Andrewlp1991 (talk) 00:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 May newsletter

We are half way through round 3, with a little under a month to go. The current overall leader is Sasata (submissions), who has 570 points. He leads pool C. Pools A, B and D are led by Hunter Kahn (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and White Shadows (submissions) respectively. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Two of last year's final 8, Theleftorium (submissions) and Scorpion0422 (submissions), have dropped out of the competition, saying they would rather their place went to someone who will have more time on their hands than them next round. On a related note, a special thank you goes to White Shadows (submissions) for his help behind the scenes once again. There is currently a problem with the poster, perhaps caused by the new skin- take a look at this discussion and see if you can help. The competition has continued to tick over well with minimal need for judge intervention, so thank you to everyone making that possible. Good luck to all! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 20:45, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LI (May 2010)

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Thank You

I just created a page that talk about me. Don't worry about that. Thank You!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by GambleSchriefer (talk • contribs) 14:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 14:37, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LII (June 2010)

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WikiCup 2010 July newsletter

We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.

Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:30, 31 July 2010 (UTC)