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user:francium12 is a bit frustrated with the Wikipedia project and is taking a bit of a Wikibreak. Might be back in the future sometime.  Francium12  04:30, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

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A proposal has been put forward to replace Tennis statistics with User:Fyunck(click)/SandboxTennisStats and name it List of non-Grand Slam tennis statistics and records. Thoughts, comments and/or votes are encouraged. SilkTork *^YES! 08:55, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

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We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.

• Pool A's winner was Sturmvogel_66 (submissions). Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare.
• Pool B's winner was Casliber (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology.
• Pool A's close second was Sasata (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology.
• Pool B's close second was ThinkBlue (submissions). Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock.
• The first wildcard was TonyTheTiger (submissions). Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago.
• The second wildcard was White Shadows (submissions). Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats.
• The third wildcard was Staxringold (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock.
• The fourth wildcard was William S. Saturn (submissions). Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas.

We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight. Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to Ian Rose (submissions), who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them hereand here. Thank you to Stone (submissions) for these.

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Above is the standard notice template. I am aware that the article is not copied exactly, but a large portion of your additions to the article (beginning here) closely paraphrase the copyrighted sources you use and so much of the material you added appears to constitute derivative works which are a problem under our copyright policy. VernoWhitney (talk) 13:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea what concern about close paraphrasing the orginal tagger was concerned about as they didn't leave any message on the talk page of the article. If I stray too far from what the sources state I will only get accussed of original research and/or synthesis :-(  Francium12  15:54, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't know what concern they had either, but I investigated the article because of that tagging and I did compare the article to the sources, which is why I went ahead and blanked it as containing copyright violations. You can use the facts from the sources (and in so doing avoid original research), but you cannot use the same structure and language as the sources to present those facts.VernoWhitney (talk) 17:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately over the next few weeks I am going to be busy in real life so it looks as If this article is heading for deletion then.  Francium12  17:20, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

The article shouldn't be deleted, it will either be rolled back to the last clean version or the problematic material will be rewriten/removed individually depending on the time available to the reviewing admin. VernoWhitney (talk) 18:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps User talk:Shubinator should be contacted to clarify his/her concerns. I'm also temporarily 'tied up' and away from my sources on this topic, but should be in a position to spend some time on the article next week.RashersTierney (talk) 19:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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I *think* you were trying a copy and paste move to undo a redirect, but that can't be done that way. The article would need to be moved to preserve its history (a requirement, see Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License); besides, you might need some consensus from editor, on the talk page. I urge you to consider starting a discussion to rename the article, and then getting an administrator to move the article over the redirect. In the meantime, I have reverted the moves to preserve the histories in the proper way; should an admin, for instance, think that I erred in this, I gladly stand corrected. Thanks, Drmies(talk) 01:10, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2010 October newsletter

The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), William S. Saturn (submissions), Staxringold (submissions) and ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

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No wonder our coverage of international relation is so poor :-(  Francium12  05:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

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WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions)(Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! 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, or by email. Good luck!If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:56, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Stop the Islamisation of Denmark

The article Stop the Islamisation of Denmark has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Organisation not notable. No sources for notability. I know the danish context well and this organization is not one of the important organizaionts involved in the anti-Islam debate - I don't think finding reliable thirdparty sources will be possible.

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