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Please comment on Talk:Michael C. Seto

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 21:35, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Imagine (song)

If you have the time, I would appreciate another excellent review. If you're too busy I'll understand. Cheers! ~ GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 06:25, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 16:15, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Portal talk:Miley Cyrus

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 16:08, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Pinky ring

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 16:05, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Freedom of speech = New WikiProject

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Hi there, I'm notifying you as I noticed your excellent work on the Featured Quality article, Birth control movement in the United States. I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do:

1. List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech#Participants.
2. Add userbox {{User Freedom of speech}} to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
3. Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}.
4. Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
5. Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.

Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, — Cirt (talk) 17:40, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation. It looks like a great project ... unfortunately, I'll be busy in real life for the near future, so I probably wont be able to contribute much. However, I do note that two of my featured articles involve major free speech principles:

• Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders
• Birth control movement in the United States

So I guess that proves that I'm interested! --Noleander (talk) 18:12, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:2012 main page redesign proposal/Straw Poll October 2012

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Done. --Noleander (talk) 21:51, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

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Russia Today DNR

Hi, can you kindly comment on the Ben Smith issue and criticism and controversies section issue on the RT section in the DRP? Festermunk (talk) 18:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Sasata (submissions)
3. Grapple X (submissions)
4. Casliber (submissions)
5. Muboshgu (submissions)
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• The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
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• The picture award goes to Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2.
• The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
• Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:37, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Kabulbuddha blocked

Kabulbuddha has been indefinitely blocked because he is one of about a dozen sockpuppets used by banned editor Zrdragon12, who specializes in editing warring to sacrifice one of many accounts to the cause of "baiting" other editors.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 16:50, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Ah, okay. I've put a note on the DRN case page, suggesting that the case be closed. Thanks. --Noleander (talk) 17:38, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision

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Please comment on Talk:Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 00:39, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Great job with your quality improvement efforts on the article Pi, a significant contribution to Wikipedia within the field of Mathematics. :) — Cirt (talk) 06:58, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, thank you. It was a lot of fun, and I learned some interesting things along the way (mostly that my math skills are pretty inadequate :-) --Noleander (talk) 20:08, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Michael Crichton

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Talk on Russia Today

Just letting you know I've made some important changes to both the reception section on the RT Talk page and the proposed material talk page, and that your input would be appreciated. Festermunk (talk) 16:31, 9 November 2012 (UTC)