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Hey everyone, it's iMatthew! I'm so glad to finally back, and I need to thank Garden for taking care of things while I was ill. There are about 6 days left in the round, and I'm sending the newsletter out now to remind some of you to pick it up in these last few days if you want to get in the next round.
I've listed a few of you that have the chance to catch up before the end of the round in italics over to the right. Keep working!
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (611)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (242)
Pool C
Theleftorium (450)
Pool D
Candlewicke (504)
Pool E
Durova (460)
Pool F
Sasata (961)
Current Wildcards
Scorpion0422 (338)
Useight (338)
Rlevse (323)
Wrestlinglover (303)
Paxse (286)
Ottava Rima (248)
Mitchazenia (226)
the_ed17 (172)
Juliancolton (155)
97198 (141)
Ceranthor (108)
J Milburn (107)
Matthewedwards (97)
Those in italics are not currently in place for the next round, but are very close.
All scores are accurate as of 16:15, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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ThankSpam
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My RfA
Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record. I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 19:34, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
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Well, back to the office it is...
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WikiCup newsletter XVII.V
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This is just a quick reminder that the round ends this Friday, May 29, 2009.
I wanted to let you guys know the current standings. If you are very close, but not close enough, work as hard as possible these next two days. Pool leaders are listed as usual, and under the 10 wildcards, are competitors that are still fighting for a spot. Also, if you currently have any un-reviewed GAN's up and you'd like them to be reviewed and counted for this round, you must place them on the appropriate thread of the WikiCup talk page.
Hi all. Round 2 is officially over, and we're very pleased with the results. The lowest passing score was over 200! We are very impressed with the last minute pushes to get a spot, which many of you did through mainspace editing your butts off for the last week or so. We really hope that those of you who did a lot of mainspace editing this time around will take some of that and turn it into good and featured content next round.
The pools for Round 3 will be up soon; the round starts tomorrow, June 1, 2009. As always, nominations that were nominated last round but not passed yet, may count for this round. Hope to see you all working very hard, as you are down to the Top 16, and it's going to take a lot to make the Top 8!
Those of you who were eliminated and no longer wish to receive this newsletter may remove your name from this list. If you were eliminated, but are still looking for some fun editing competition, check out User:Shappy/Amazing Race Wikipedia which starts in July.
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool winners are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (683)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (251)
Pool C
Theleftorium (462)
Pool D
Candlewicke (552)
Pool E
Durova (497)
Pool F
Sasata (961)
Wildcard winners
Useight (420)
Scorpion0422 (409)
Wrestlinglover (356)
Rlevse (334)
Paxse (285)
Ottava Rima (249)
Mitchazenia (228)
Gary King (213)
the_ed17 (211)
Juliancolton (211)
Those in italics are not currently in place for the next round, but are very close.
All scores are accurate as of the end of the round.
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Ip robot
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Hello Jj137! Thanks for the clarification and for correcting my mistake. Is there some way one could state in User:90.176.233.122 and User talk:90.176.233.122 that this is a bot and who operates him? With {{Bot}}? The Ogre (talk) 15:11, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Probably not with that template, because technically he is unauthorized (that I know of); however, there doesn't seem to be any harm in the small amount of interwiki editing he's doing, so it might be best to just leave him alone for now (although occasionally keep an eye on him of course :)). JJ(talk) 14:30, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Ok. Thanks! The Ogre (talk) 16:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Wow, what a big start to Round 3! We already have people past the 50 point mark, in one week. We can tell that this round is going to be tight, and we'll likely see every Top 8 contestant with over 500 (maybe 400) points by the end of this round. Keep working hard! – weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthew : Chat , and TheHelpfulOne
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Turns out last week's newsletter was never sent out. Sorry about that! Since we already had it done, we are sending you both. This newsletter is the one for this week though. Anyway, we're seeing you guys working really hard. There are a few of you over 100 points in the first two weeks. Also, we have switched Ottava Rima from Pool D to Pool B, and Shoemaker's Holiday (who has withdrawn) from Pool B to Pool D. Scorpion0422 is more than likely to withdraw before this round ends, because he will be inactive next round. That would leave 2 contestants in Pool B. So, to make things fairly even, we have switched the two contestants. Sorry for all of the confusion!
Finally, we know it's very early, but you can already sign up for the 2010 WikiCup, here! We want to get everything ready way in advance for next year. So we opened the list up, and we'll start working things out in September/October, most likely. Information is all on the page, and you may leave any questions on the talk page. So go sign up before your favorite flag is taken! 'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthew : Chat , and TheHelpfulOne
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Some did well this week, but a lot of you didn't move much. Some are still hanging under the 200 mark. Our current top 8 are all over 200, so if you are below that line, get moving! There is a poll up at the talk page about the rest of this year's competition. If all of you could give your opinion there, it would be very much appreciated.
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your mfd script
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Hi.. there have been some slight changes to how {{mfd top}} works. Would you be able to update your script to incorporate the changes? I would but my skills at .js scripting are outshone only by my ability to pilot MiG fighter jets. Thanks! → ROUX₪ 06:42, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Yep, I'll get to it ASAP. JJ(talk) 21:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! No rush though :) → ROUX₪ 22:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
There were a few mistakes in last weeks' newsletter. Apologies about that. In regards to the competition, a few of you shot up in points this week. Very, very impressive. However, now that some have shot up to the top, others of you have to work even harder to catch up! There are about 3 weeks left in the round, so if you're behind, now is really the time to start nominating content, so that it can count for this round. If you wait too long, we won't be able to hold off the round while your content is being reviewed.
Per this tiny poll, the remainder of the competition has been altered.. sorry!! The changes being made are as follows: "We will be combining the last three rounds. Round 4 will now last from August through September, with 8 contestants. On September 1st, however, we will eliminate the bottom four contestants. The top four contestants will continue the round with the same score. Then, one person will win out of the remaining four on September 30th." You can also see this change to the main WikiCup page.
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Hi jj137. I am a new contributor to the wikipedia community, and am looking for the right adopter. Your name surfaced from the adopt-a-user list as a cool guy that likes sports. I am serving on the cleanup_volunteers team right now, and I was hoping you could spare some time to show me the ropes (or just be there to bounce ideas off of from time to time). I would really appreciate it. Bobinit (talk) 08:58, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Sure! I don't have tons of experience with the adopt-a-user program, but I'd be more than glad to help out. :) Just out of curiosity, which type of sports do you like? JJ(talk) 23:51, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks jj, I am excited to have you as my mentor. Regarding sports, if it has a ball and a scoreboard you can pretty much count me in. Football (NFL) is my first love, baseball, basketball, and pretty much all watersports. How about you?
What's the best way for us to communicate together in my mentoring? I promise not to be a pain in the butt, and really appreciate a seasoned pro giving me some guidance. Learning more every day :-) Funny enough, last night I realized that this doesn't need to be so manual---found it out when an rfa had done 4,000 edits in 4 months. Heck, I spent at least 3 hours creating spreadsheets and building tables to fix the 2000 NHL Draft cleanup that had been open for almost a year. I just assumed no one else wanted to do it because of the tedious nature of the job.
Anyway, feel free to email me or whatever you want to keep in touch. I will send questions on your talk page when they come up unless you tell me otherwise. Bobinit (talk) 16:00, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm mostly the same when it comes to sports; baseball, basketball and football are my favorites, although I'll go with just about anything. As for communicating, talk pages should be OK for now, I guess just whatever's easiest. :)
Yeah, the good the thing about wikipedia is how much you can learn (as in, the content of the articles and editing-wise). I can give you some advice/guidance when it comes to almost anything around here, so just ask me about anything and I'll see what I can do. (Additionally, nice work on the NHL Draft cleanup- I usually find it very challenging to stick with one section/article for that long :)) JJ(talk) 17:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi jj, I hope you had a nice weekend. I recently started using Twinkle. Are there settings on this that you would recommend I use or avoid? Also, what other tools should I be using to be effective?Bobinit (talk) 21:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Hope you had a good weekend as well. Hmm... I don't know of any features on Twinkle I would recommend against, although some are very effective and useful. It's really up to each individual person (depending on where they spend their time here) on what they use the most. The XFD and the Anti-vandalism tool specifically come to mind; the XFD tool can be used to nominate just about anything for deletion; Anti-vandalism is very useful and very fast, although I think most people now prefer Huggle. Other than that, you can sort of "play around" with the various uses of Twinkle and tweak them as necessary (I can help you with that if you want). Let's see... as for other scripts or tools, WP:JS lists most popular scripts for all sorts of various functions; you can edit your Monobook page to add/subtract those. WikEd is the only very obvious one there that I would recommend for everyone, the rest mostly depends what areas of Wikipedia you work with. I think that's mainly it; feel free to ask/comment/etc. about anything. :) JJ(talk) 04:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Revision Concern
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Concerning your deletion of Astonia, Put the wiki back up for that game. If your not sure that it exists then do research but don't destroy other peoples work because your too lazy to do the foot work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.128.240.121 (talk) 16:19, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
I don't doubt that it exists; I didn't even add the reason for deletion (over 18 months ago?). It was an expired Prod page, meaning it was tagged for deletion for five consecutive days with no objections. I had nothing to do with the article, I just occasionally clean out old pages that need deletion. Also, see this page; not everything is included in Wikipedia. JJ(talk) 21:45, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
: 18 May 2009
Shoemaker's Holiday (647)
ThinkBlue (247)
Theleftorium (455)
Candlewicke (539)
Durova (479)
Sasata (961)
Useight (393)
Scorpion0422 (372)
Rlevse (329)
Wrestlinglover (307)
Paxse (285)
Ottava Rima (248)
Mitchazenia (226)
Juliancolton (181)
the_ed17 (179)
J Milburn (168)
Bedford (156)
Gary King (147)
97198 (142)
Ceranthor (111)
Tinucherian (106)
Matthewedwards (98)
