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borin User Page User Talk Contribs E-mail Subpages Old signatures Guestbook Barnstars Vandalism Sandbox Archive 1 ← Archive 3 Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6 Archive 7 → Archive 10 Hello! Feel free to leave messages. Please use the plus (+) sign on the top of the page to add a new section and do not add your message to an existing topic. If you're looking for a thread posted before May 1, refer to the archives box. Thanks! Cheers, Thisisborin9 May 1, 2024 WP:CAVS Newsletter: You've been bitten. Same newsletter, new bite The Cleveland Cavaliers WikiProject Newsletter – PLAYOFF EDITION Volume 1, Issue 5 • May 3, 2008 • About the Project News Project and team news: The project currently has 10 members, listed here. The Cavaliers defeat the Washington Wizards in the first round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs, 4-2. The Cavaliers go on to the second round of the playoffs, to face either the Boston Celtics or Atlanta Hawks. Žydrūnas Ilgauskas was featured on NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad on May 3, 2008. Features Featured Cleveland Cavaliers articles of the week: Žydrūnas Ilgauskas Dan Gilbert (businessman) Project Collaboration LeBron James was selected as the May Project Collaboration, by the newsletters' editor. Archives • Newsroom If you would not like to recieve this newsletter, please add your name here. Delivered by Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours at 22:16, 3 May 2008 (UTC) NBA WikiProject May Newsletter The NBA WikiProject Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2 • May 5, 2008 • Written by: Noble Story News On May 5, the first round of the NBA Playoffs were completed. In the East, Boston, will face Cleveland, and Detroit will face Orlando. In the West, the Los Angeles (Lakers) will face Utah, and New Orleans will face San Antonio. For more up-to-date information, visit the 2008 NBA Playoffs. The end-of-the-year awards are now being handed out. So far, Byron Scott has been awarded the Coach of the Year award, Kevin Garnett has been named the Defensive Player of the Year, Hedo Turkoglu has won the Most Improved Player award, and Kevin Durant has been named the Rookie of the Year. Improved Content On April 9, Dirk Nowitzki was given Good Article status. On April 19, Yi Jianlian was promoted to Good Article status. On April 29, Yao Ming was given to Featured Article status. On May 4, the List of Houston Rockets first and second round draft picks was promoted to Featured List status. Current Projects Update all the 2007-08 Playoff game logs that are located in Category:National Basketball Association game log templates As the playoffs continue, keep the 2008 NBA Playoffs article up-to-date. Collaboration of the Month Magic Johnson has been chosen to be our very first Collaboration of the Month article. Although this is article is already a Good Article, it still can be improved. The goal is to improve this article by the end of May so that it can be nominated for Featured Article status. In particular, free-use images should be found for the article, all Manual of Style guidelines should be followed, and a neutral point of view should be maintained throughout the article. If there is anything you can do to improve the article, then please help out. Archives • Newsroom If you would not like to receive this newsletter, please remove your name from this list. This newsletter was delivered by Noble Story (talk) WikiProject Los Angeles Lakers Newsletter for May 6, 2008 WikiProject Los Angeles Lakers Newsletter May 5, 2008 By Thisisborin9 (talk) WikiProject Lakers Newsletter Issue 5 - May 5, 2008 In this issue Project News - Recent news from the WikiProject including FA and GA articles. Team News - Transactions and games won and lost by the Los Angeles Lakers. Collaboration - A report on this months' project collaboration, Los Angeles Lakers. Featured Picture - A selected image for the newsletter. Project News As of May 5, the project has 8 members, listed here. A userbox for the the members of the project is available at User:Basketball110/Lakers. Feel free to add it to your page to show that you are a part of the WikiProject. More members are still needed. To invite people, use the template at Template:WP LAKERS Invite. If and once they have joined, don't forget to welcome them using the template at Template:WPLAKERSwelcome. If you would like to write the next newsletter, please nominate yourself here. Project Collaboration – May 2008 Each month, the editor of the newsletter will select one article that he or she thinks needs a bit of work, or maintaining. This month, Thisisborin9 (the editor) chose the article "Pau Gasol." Don't forget to drop by the page and see what you can do. Featured Picture Kobe Bryant shooting a free throw. 2008 Playoff Bracket First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals NBA Finals                         1 *Boston 4 8 Atlanta 3 1 *Boston 0 4 Cleveland 0 4 Cleveland 4 5 Washington 2   Eastern Conference   3 *Orlando 4 6 Toronto 1 3 *Orlando 0 2 *Detroit 2 2 *Detroit 4 7 Philadelphia 2     1 *L.A. Lakers 4 8 Denver 0 1 *L.A. Lakers 1 4 *Utah 0 4 *Utah 4 5 Houston 2   Western Conference   3 San Antonio 4 6 Phoenix 1 3 San Antonio 0 2 *New Orleans 2 2 *New Orleans 4 7 Dallas 1 [Playoff Bracket Legend] Teams in italics have home court advantage Teams in bold advance to the next round Numbers to the left of each team indicate team's position in-season Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games won The division champions possess an asterisk (*) Team News The Los Angeles Lakers have taken the first seed in the West. Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div c-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 – 30–11 27–14 12–4 x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 2 30–11 25–16 10–6 Golden State Warriors 48 34 .585 9 27–14 21–20 10–6 Sacramento Kings 38 44 .463 19 26–15 12–29 3–13 Los Angeles Clippers 23 59 .284 34 13–28 10–31 5–11 Other team news The Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 4-0 in the Western Conference quarterfinals. The Lakers are leading the semifinals with the Utah Jazz 1-0. Laker's playoff log Quarterfinals (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Denver Nuggets / All times are in EST ABC April 20 1 Nuggets 114, Lakers 128 Staples Center TNT April 23 2 Nuggets 107, Lakers 122 Staples Center TNT April 26 3 Lakers 102, Nuggets 84 Pepsi Center TNT April 28 4 Lakers 107, Nuggets 101 Los Angeles wins series, 4–0 Pepsi Center Pau Gasol scored 36 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocked shots as the Lakers beat the Nuggets. Gasol, who was 0-12 in his prior playoffs, finally won a postseason game with the Lakers. Semifinals (Click here) (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Utah Jazz ABC May 4 1 Utah Jazz 98, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Los Angeles leads series, 1–0 Staples Center, Los Angeles TNT May 7 10:30 pm Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers Staples Center, Los Angeles ESPN May 9 9:00 pm Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City ABC May 11 3:30 pm Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City TNT May 14 TBA Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers* Staples Center, Los Angeles ESPN May 16 TBA Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz* EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City TNT May 19 TBA Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers* Staples Center, Los Angeles Conference Finals NBA Finals Transactions The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season. Trades Nov. 20, 2007 To Los Angeles Lakers Trevor Ariza Feb. 1, 2008 To Los Angeles Lakers Pau Gasol, 2nd Rd. Draft Pick (2010) Free Agents Player Former team D. Fisher Utah Jazz DJ Mbenga Golden State Warriors I. Newble Seattle SuperSonics Player New team S. Parker Miami Heat S. Williams Valencia BC Archives • Newsroom Delivered by: Thisisborin9sign here! Thisisborin9sign here! 04:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC) Pau Gasol Page If you could look at it and see what more should be done, along with giving me some tips on how to note more than one reference from the same site, it'd be much appreciated. Gamloverks (talk) 21:47, 6 May 2008 (UTC) Thanks a lot for the information! Gamloverks (talk) 19:44, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah, I'm pretty new, so any information is appreciated. So thanks for letting me know how I can improve on editing and such. ^_^ Gamloverks (talk) 20:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC) Okay I've retooled the headers, added the references, and improved the intro. Anything else you think should be improved? Gamloverks (talk) 20:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC) What do you mean copyedit? Gamloverks (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC) Sorry, I thought I was still logged in. I did include some more stuff in personal and intro. And included more references. Gamloverks (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC) I have replaced the references that included wikipedia except for one, because I cannot find the site that lists the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records. Gamloverks (talk) 02:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC) Do you think it looks good enough now or should I add more information, because at this moment, it's looking pretty good and developed. I have asked User:The Placebo Effect about using wikipedia as a source. I have yet to hear back from him. Gamloverks (talk) 14:56, 8 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah, I'm really working hard on it ^_^ There's still a lot of stuff I have to go find yet. Gamloverks (talk) 10:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC) I think my article is getting vandilized, the stuff I had that was referenced in the intro, was removed, can I request it to be blocked from users editing it or something so I can return it to the way I had it before people starting majorly changing it? Gamloverks (talk) 23:58, 11 May 2008 (UTC) Now all I have to do is get it to GA status ^_^ Gamloverks (talk) 14:37, 16 May 2008 (UTC) Not to mention I've managed to counter all the tags that were on the article. I've gotta get better at some stuff. Gamloverks (talk) 14:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC) Thanks for doing some cleanup, I'm busy with graduation stuff and haven't been able to do anything. Gamloverks (talk) 13:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC) Well, I fixed the citations that we're not already fixed. Should I try again at a GA or keep working towards it? Gamloverks (talk) 17:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC) Let's hope I've done enough hard work on it to get it there! Gamloverks (talk) 00:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah, I'm pretty dedicated when it comes to stuff that I work on. I like to do the best I can. Gamloverks (talk) 21:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for May 2nd and 9th, 2008. 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The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 20 12 May 2008 About the Signpost Explicit sexual content draws fire Sighted revisions introduced on the German Wikipedia  Foundation receives copyright claim from church Board to update privacy policy, adopts data retention policy  Update on Citizendium Board candidacies open through May 22  Two wiki events held in San Francisco Bay Area New feature enables users to bypass IP blocks  WikiWorld: "Tony Clifton" News and notes: Autoconfirmed level, milestones  Wikipedia in the News Dispatches: Changes at Featured lists  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  The Report on Lengthy Litigation Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 09:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC) 40 Articles Challenge Hello! As per your challenge that you will present "an AfC barnstar and a Tireless Contributor barnstar" for those who created 40 articles...well, please check my User Page for the 40 articles that I created. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 12:09, 22 May 2008 (UTC) Thanks, but I think one of your Barnstars came out malformed. Can you please fix it? Ecoleetage (talk) 19:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC) Super! Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 19:37, 22 May 2008 (UTC) can you give me some stuff Do you have any more of that blocking and testing stuff. like watchlist and stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malupa123 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC) so how do make an article send me that article rule thingy. Malupa123 (talk) 21:54, 23 May 2008 (UTC) Award Center Newsletter Issue 3 • May 23, 2008 Special request If you are familiar with or like using photoshop or the GIMP, your help is needed to create some special awards for an important upcoming AWC project. 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Useful Links In case you ever get lost: Award Center AWC Collaboration of the Fortnight Collaboration of the Fortnight Brian Stewart More Links Archives Random Challenge About the Newsletter - Newsletter Bot Talk 22:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)The above newsletter was delivered by Newsletterbot (talk · contribs). If you would not like to receive this newsletter, please add your name here. Thanks for that manuel stuff things. Malupa123 (talk) 00:11, 24 May 2008 (UTC) hey you have some more manuel stuff i should know about —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malupa123 (talk • contribs) 22:09, 25 May 2008 (UTC) Adam Thorpe I see you've added the _Unreferenced_template to this page. The information I used to create it came from this novelist/poet/playwright's biography on the British Council's website, given as an External link. Please advise: Is that considered a "verifiable source"? Must I use a citation-style reference? If so, is once sufficient? Is there some other way to indicate the info source? I'm not sure how to proceed and would appreciate your guidance. Meanwhile I'll add the relevant Stub templates to attract the attention of other editors who might help expand the content. -- Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 15:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for May 19th and 26th, 2008. 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