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Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I figure it's the least I can do to leave your message right here for you, rather than making you follow a talkback template! I've said it before, but I'm very grateful and humbled. I think that nomming anyone is a tremendous show of faith, but to offer and follow through based solely on one encounter, answers to a couple of editor review questions, and a contributions review? Well, that's an enormous show of faith. I mean, I think you're an excellent judge of character and all, but still… ;>)
Anyway, thanks again. Don't be shocked if you do find me knocking on your door with a question down the road and, please, consider this full license to swing an entire stream of trout upside my head if you ever see me doing something that's not according to Hoyle. Mlaffs (talk) 22:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
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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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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Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hello all, iMatthew here. I just wanted to let you know about "The Great Wikipedia Dramaout" which starts this Saturday. The goal of the Dramaout is to spend five days working on improving articles and abstaining from any of Wikipedia's drama. I don't think that any of you will have a problem focusing on articles for five days, because of course, any work you get done during the Dramaout will count towards your score in the WikiCup. Details are on the page; hope to see you all signing up! :) iMatthewtalk at 00:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Latest comment: 14 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion
Thanks for the review. I've responded to your concern on the GAN page. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 15:38, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the speedy response. If you've got any GAN waiting in the backlog, I'd be happy to take a stab at reviewing it. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 16:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Ah, righto. I'm drafting up comments as we speak, but I'd rather post everything at once and since I have to entertain company this weekend I'm not sure if I'll get to it immediately. You can look forward to something early next week. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 16:48, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
About two weeks left, now. To those of you in the back, don't give up. There is still enough time to get some more work done. To those of you in the front relaxing... don't. We've seen it happen before, where users in the back will jump ahead in the final weeks and make it though.
We'd also like to wave goodbye to Scorpion0422, and thank him for all of his hard work this round even though he knew he needed to withdraw at the end of it.
'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthewtalk, and TheHelpfulOne
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For future reference
Latest comment: 14 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
RM's backlog notice is here. —harej (talk) (cool!) 02:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I applied it to WP:RM, but I don't think I invented the concept. —harej (talk) (cool!) 02:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Invitation to provide further input on desysop proposal
Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
As someone who commented either for or against proposals here, I would like to invite you to comment further on the desysop process proposal and suggest amendments before I move the proposal into projectspace for wider scrutiny and a discussion on adoption. The other ideas proposed on the page were rejected, and if you are uninterested in commenting on the desysop proposal I understand of course. Thanks! → ROUX₪ 04:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Khatri page....
Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hey my mistake, please ignore that last post I placed on your page about Khatris. Please leave the page locked as long as possible as to avoid trouble makers making uncited changes. Thanks!
Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Greetings,
Regarding the dispute about the grand slam tennis champions lists, I'm quite disappointed that the list has been frozen in its current state...it does NOT reflect outside sources, only the POV of a single editor, Fyunck(click) who has been WP:OWNing these pages for several years.
I do note that many outside sources, from the Encyclopedia Britannica to ESPN to the World Almanac to the official Roland Garros website, ALL list winners of the French "Open" back to 1891, not 1925.
At the VERY least, Wiki policies require that the articles reflect a pluralist view, incorporating all major viewpoints. It is thus against Wiki policy to have names of winner DELETED. These people won many years ago, they are all dead. It is a shame to be disrespecting their existence, and the history of tennis, by deleting their names.
Regarding this dispute, I'm convinced that Fyunck(click) is 100% wrong and that if this were a court of law, he would lose. However, he has shown that his own POV is more important to him than Wiki consensus. Because he was lucky enough to have this frozen with HIS version of events, I'm sure that he has NO incentive whatsoever to compromise or resolve this dispute. Therefore, I am asking if you could revert to the version which reflects the outside sources, not a single editor's attempt to control this page.
Sincerely
Robert Young
Ryoung122 04:47, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
External links in articles
Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hey, I remember that <excessive> external links are not to be embedded directly inside articles, is that correct? I'm asking because I was fixing up the HackThisSite article and saw that there were a lot of external links directly embedded within the article itself. Thanks! Netalarm 10:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
The round is over in about four days from now. Sit back, watch your nominations being reviewed, and hope for the best. In these four days, you don't have much control over your score. It's what you did prior to now, that's going to pile up your points (or not). We're very, very pleased with this round's results so far, and of course hoping to see some more submitted before the round ends.
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Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Right, last newsletter before the next round and it's a congratulations to eight of you lot. Unfortunately we say goodbye to a fair few users along the way but that is the competition. Next round, there will only be one pool which will see the lowest scoring users eliminated two months into the round. Should be good fun! Get your nominations in soon!
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Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 21:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
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