User talk:Tomcat7/2012/February

WikiCup 2012 January newsletter

WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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, or by email. 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 and The ed17 00:06, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! --PresN 00:22, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Your review work

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for your time and input in taking on doing the GA review for the Siri Nilsen article. Without a doubt the whole GA review process made this a lot better Arts bio article than it would have ultimately been otherwise. So thanks again and take care. Evenrød (talk) 14:33, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2012/Submissions/GreatOrangePumpkin

Hey, I'm afraid I have removed two good article reviews you have submitted, as they are not eligible. Talk:Siri Nilsen/GA1 was started last year, and Talk:Bastion (video game)/GA1 is minimal- while I've no doubt that it's a perfectly good review, shorter reviews are not eligible for points in the WikiCup. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 16:33, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

bpi

I don't think a site with such a poor reputation should be used as a reference in Wikipedia. --74.102.196.95 (talk) 21:53, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

you first need to proof how reliable mywot.com is. And you need to show me an alternative, more thrustworthy source. Thanks.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 21:56, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Reliablity information found here. Take it as you will, I'll get back to you with another source when I have the time to look. --74.102.196.95 (talk) 22:10, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Peer review limits changed

This is a notice to all users who currently have at least one open peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review. Because of the large number of peer review requests and relatively low number of reviewers, the backlog of PRs has been at 20 or more almost continually for several months. The backlog is for PR requests which have gone at least four days without comments, and some of these have gone two weeks or longer waiting for a review.

While we have been able to eventually review all PRs that remain on the backlog, something had to change. As a result of the discussion here, the consensus was that all users are now limited to one (1) open peer review request.

If you already have more than one open PR, that is OK in this transition period, but you cannot open any more until all your active PR requests have been closed. If you would like someone to close a PR for you, please ask at Wikipedia talk:Peer review. If you want to help with the backlog, please review an article whoe PR request is listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog/items. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:50, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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M (James Bond)

Hi, I've done the edits you outlined on the M (James Bond) GA review. There have been two points raised by another editor, one about the quote box (what he asks isn't the right thing to do) and one about the amount of white space around the lists. I'm not sure how to deal with it as I think the lists (as they are chronological) sit better in one, not two columns (there's also the additional concern that with the sub-sections shorter the images will run into each other!). As the reviewer, do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks very much - and for undertaking the review! - SchroCat (^ • @) 14:03, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Woodstock image

I removed File:Woodstock.gif from your edit notices as fair use images are not allowed in User space under WP:NFCC and WP:Fair use. I did not notice my "caps lock" key was on for the second edit notice and was not "shouting" - sorry. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:27, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Duke Ellington

Hier passiert wirklich etwas Merkwürdiges. Meine Watchlist zeigt, dass du zweimal fast den ganzen Text gelöscht hast -> (-239,112) . Deshalb mein Rollback. Wenn ich mir die History-Seite anschaue, ist das nicht der Fall. Hier muss es sich um einen Bug drehen, nehme ich an. Werde mal untersuchen. Asav | Talk (Member of the OTRS Volunteer Response Team) 00:26, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hi, can you help find me Russian sources...

...for the missile at [1], since you're fluent at Russian? --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 07:33, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Cheers, I'm collecting sources now. --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 07:07, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Broken Sword 4

Hi, Mr. Orange Pumpkin - a Great one indeed! While I was still a IP User, I promoted Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars to GA. When I signed up to Wikipedia, I also promoted BS2 and 3 to GA! Since You are a very talented editor, and a fan of Broken Sword, could you PLEASE help me with Broken Sword 4, since not even the plot section is not fully written - and I'm BAD with Plots! :) Later, I also plan to bring the Broken Sword series article to GA (allready worked on it a bit), and I turned the four badly made lists of characters of BS1, 2, 3 and 4 into one big, well-organised list "List of Broken Sword characters" (FULL SERIES) - which I want to bring to FL! :) So, could you please help? All the Very Best --Khanassassin (talk) 11:22, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I will contact you for the list :) --Khanassassin (talk) 15:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Disruptive editing

I don't know what you mean by this. My edits are all improvements to pages, mostly French communes or tennis-related articles. Ksnow (talk) 13:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC)Ksnow

Although I don't agree with the use of n-dashes in tennis scores, I think if you check, you will find that I am not adding scores, just putting in commas, etc. I am certainly not going to spend my time changing all the hyphens to n-dashes. Apology accepted. Ksnow (talk) 21:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)Ksnow

Inspirations for James Bond

Hi, I've gone over your initial comments on the review for Inspirations for James Bond and covered them all, except one, which I am not sure about. You ask "Any copyright issues? What was James Bond's response?" Could you clarify this one for me please? Thanks - SchroCat (^ • @) 08:54, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Earl Hines

Hi GOP:- Re your, "Hello, why do you believe that a video from a Scientology member is WP:RS. Regards.--♫GoP♫TCN 22:07, 10 February 2012 (UTC)"

I'd say, "Wot??!! If you honestly think, GOP, that this great Hines vid comes from [I assume you mean uploaded by] a Scientology member, why not look it [XenuTV] up on, er, Wiki! Or Google it. In fact Mark Bunker/XenuTV is also, along the way, a great source for the very best jazz films as well as being an Emmy winner himself". [Hope he doesn't sue you!]

But seriously, it's surely a real a pity if that Hines film can't be linked to Wiki for the benefit of Wiki readers - it's great. If it can't be, it can't but, I wonder, can YOU perhaps find a way of doing it? It would be good.Tolesi (talk) 20:01, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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Da du ..

... mich einen Lügner und faul nennst, stehe ich für Anfragen, Mitarbeit, etc. definitiv nicht mehr zur Verfügung.

Zur Erinnerung: Dies ist ein Freiwilligenprojekt. Neben meinem durchaus anstrengenden real life tue ich in der Wikipedia viele Dinge gern. Mehr als 5 Jahre alte Artikel komplett neu durchzuarbeiten, damit du sie übersetzen kannst, zählt nicht dazu. Das mache ich, wenn überhaupt nur aus Freundlichkeit.

Du hättest in den beklagten Monaten viel Arbeit beim Belegen selbst erledigen können. Schon eine der Hauptquellen war nur einen Klick weit weg, auch für dich leicht erreichbar (David Evans: Charley Patton Biography. Im Begleitband zur Werkausgabe 2001, online). Anstatt den Text damit durchzugehen und/oder selbst den Weg in eine Bibliothek zu nehmen, wartest du ab bis ich es tue und beschimpfst mich, weil ich es nicht tue. Vielleicht bist du es ja, der zu faul ist, seine Arbeit selbst zu tun? Wir werden sehen. Ich auf jeden Fall nehme diese Arbeit jetzt auch von meiner erweiterten ToDo-Liste. Denis Barthel (talk) 01:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Ich bitte um Entschuldigung für meine Ungeduld und Arroganz. Jedoch plane ich selber, mir diese Bücher aus örtlichen Bibliotheken auszuleihen. Obwohl doch manche von meinem Standtort her eher weit entfernt sind (das "Charlie Patton" von Fahey ist in München, immerhin in Bayern), würde ich als Optimist die Arbeit natürlich irgendwann beenden. Grüße.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 10:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Okay. If you give me your mailadress, I will send you a Fahey-copy. Denis Barthel (talk) 19:52, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Something seems to be wrong with the e-Mail-adress. Couldn't reach you. Denis Barthel (talk) 20:19, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Did it work? Denis Barthel (talk) 06:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Folk Singer

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK review of King & Queen

Hello! I've reviewed your King & Queen nomination. It is mostly OK, but may do with a bit of improvement. GreyHood ^Talk 13:57, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Btw, could you help specifying archivedates at the List of Russian explorers? There are some mistakes shown in the reflist. GreyHood ^Talk 14:51, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Duplicate categories

Please don't If you want to rename Category:Albums produced by Jim Stewart (music), then suggest it for renaming--don't empty it and create the name that you prefer. See WP:CFD. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Pain in My Heart

Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:02, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

X-Files Articles

Hey there! I just was wondering when you planned on starting those X-Files GA reviews? They've been sitting dormant for awhile. Cheers!--Gen. Quon (talk) 14:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, I was just checking to see! Thanks for responding!--Gen. Quon (talk) 00:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

RFC

Could you comment at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television#Reformating_Emmy_Awards_episodic_Directing_and_Writing_templates.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:30, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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Talk:Michael Cammalleri/GA1

Hi GreatOrangePumpkin! I see you indicated you would review this article at GAN on January 31, but nothing appears to have been done as of yet. I just wanted to ping you and see if you were still interested in reviewing it. Thanks! Resolute 05:07, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you for the review! Resolute 17:43, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of King & Queen

Hello! Your submission of King & Queen at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Just wanted to let you know that, as I noted a couple of hours ago on the nomination page, the updates look fine, but I realized that you need to do a QPQ review, something not mentioned by the original reviewer. Once that's done, I'll happily sign off on the nomination. I've got the nomination template on my watchlist, so I'll see any update you make there. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:32, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Your church article

Hi there. Congrats on your excellent Moscow church article. Please take a look at the suggested translation of the comments made by the reporter published in the Moscow newspaper. I believe that this translation would be a great improvement and much closer to the intent of the reporter. Gandydancer (talk) 20:44, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Otis Blue

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Please vote

Can you please vote at the Broken Sword 1 nomination for FA? I allready fixed the problem (in the Reception section, which seems to be the only problem), so I think it's ready for FA. Best --Khanassassin ☪ 16:10, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Also, can you please start working on List of Broken Sword characters a little? --Khanassassin ☪ 12:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

GA review of Berge Meere und Giganten

I notice that you've started the review - thanks for taking this one on! Please feel free to contact me through my talk page if you have any questions or suggestions. Sindinero (talk) 11:29, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for doing the review! Glad you liked the article. Sindinero (talk) 17:11, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan FLC

Hi GOP - I think I've taken care of your comment at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan/archive1. Would you mind returning to see if you have any further comments? Thanks! Dana boomer (talk) 18:49, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Gamaliel (talk) 18:03, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for King & Queen

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Just a friendly reminder that the QPQ review you started to meet the requirements this particular DYK to be approved has still not been completed, although the nominator addressed your concerns a few days ago: Template:Did you know nominations/List of Sturgeon class submarines. It would be nice to see the review continue today. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 14:05, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Sammy Who?

The second infobox is pretty distracting and I am for it to remove it from the article. Or you convince me it is a notable cover. Regards.♫GoP♫_T^C_N 12:24, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure why the second single infobox in (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay is "distracting". It lies to the right of the running text just as the infobox for the Otis Redding version does. As for the cover being notable, it was a charting single by a major performer and has received coverage in multiple independent sources and represents an important (negative) aspect of Hagar's career. I added brief additional text to try and convey this but many sources on the subject (e.g., contemporary news coverage) are not in electronic form and not as readily available for me to cite. Because it is a non-album single, there is no album article to host such information and Hagar's career is too extensive for the material on this one song to fit with the tone of the Sammy Hagar article. As far as the larger issue of multiple single infoboxes in article, I have not found any definitive consensus to be gleaned from the Template talk:Infobox single archives but I routinely come across articles such as Lean on Me (song) or Always on My Mind where infoboxes are eagerly employed. —  AjaxSmack  03:38, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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The Adventure games task force Magazine - Issue 1

THE ADVENTURE GAMES MAGAZINE Issue #1, February 27, 2012 Let's Go! The future of the Adventure games WikiProject wasn't looking bright for the last couple of months... until now. Since the Adventure games WikiProject moved to a Video game taskforce, quite a few people added themselves to the members list, and there was quite a lot of activity. So, we decided to make a monthly Adventure games magazine! In this first issue we will give You an update on the status of our taskforce, a poll, and a Exclusive article on our beloved Monkey Island! STATUS UPDATE: LOOKIN' GOOD EXCLUSIVE: MONKEY ISLAND POLL: YOUR FAVOURITE

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51, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi! I think you got the voting wrong. You can only vote for your favourite - If it is from LucasArts, post your vote there, if it's from Sierra, vote there, if it's from others, vote there. :) Best --Khanassassin ☪ 16:14, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Question

Hi, would you like to be a member of the Adventure games Magazine staff? I'd really like that! Please answer on my talk page --Khanassassin ☪ 16:18, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit
		It is with great admiration that I award you this barnstar for completing Good Article reviews for the December 2011 Good Article Nomination backlog elimination drive Cheers,AstroCog (talk) 22:34, 3 February 2012 (UTC)