User talk:Sock

I was Corvoe. I am now Sock. Still the same person. Leave me a message!

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Your GA nomination of Her (film)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Her (film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SNUGGUMS -- SNUGGUMS (talk) 00:01, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

The nomination is on hold until February 15th. Snuggums (talk / edits) 04:57, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for helping make Guardians of the Galaxy a GA. Favre1fan93 (talk) 05:53, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

@Favre1fan93: Whoa! I didn't realize it'd been promoted. Congrats! That was incredibly fast. I tried to keep up with the nom, but one of you always changed the problems before I could help, haha. Great work to you too! Sock (tock talk) 12:00, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Hail, Caesar!

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Deletion discussion

There is a deletion discussion at Central Ohio Film Critics Association, a topic similar to one in which you participated here. --Tenebrae (talk) 18:34, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Also, at 2013 North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards and 2012 North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards. --Tenebrae (talk) 18:41, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Her (film)

The article Her (film) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Her (film) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SNUGGUMS -- SNUGGUMS (talk) 05:00, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Enthiran/archive1

I have opened the peer review for the film. Please do suggest any changes that I should make before I go for FAC. — Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 04:17, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

For you efforts

		The Purple Barnstar
		I'm awarding this to you in hopes that it offsets the aggravation that you had to put up with in the last couple hours. Many thanks for your vigilance. MarnetteD|Talk 17:37, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

• • BTW as you have a pic of a red panda in your "Read before you proceed" message you might like my User:MarnetteD/Userboxes/RedPanda. It is the only userbox that I made. Do you remember how popular they were for a year or so last decade? Cheers and enjoy the rest of you day/night. MarnetteD|Talk 17:37, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

@MarnetteD: Thank you very much! Today was certainly unlike any other day I've had on this site. Plenty of people have been angry with me before, but this was a new level, haha. And yes I do! I've always loved. However, including that infobox would be lying, as my favourite animal is the chinstrap penguin. Red pandas are in a close second, though! Sock (tock talk) 21:05, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Her (film)

The article Her (film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Her (film) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SNUGGUMS -- SNUGGUMS (talk) 00:01, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you so much for for writing Her. Such a great film. 12 Years and Her were, without a doubt, the best films of 2013. They're now both GA! Well done again. Neuroxic (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Just a comment out of amazement

Up until March 2009, no one thought to register the name "Sock"? Snow -I take all complaints in the form of rap battles- 00:53, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@Snow Rise: Believe it or not, waaay longer than that. I only got this name this past July. 24.209.10.243 (talk) 04:54, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Didn't realize I was signed out, but this was actually me, as I guess you figured out :P Sock (tock talk) 16:39, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh, you transferred your contributions? Is that a fairly seamless process these days? I remember vaguely, from when I autoconfirmed that it was still hitchy, but that was four years back. But that truly is astonishing, about the name staying free. That many years of angry trolls just not even bothering to look. Still, you must run in to the occasional editor who gives you grief just on the presumption of the name, though. But then you also have that disarming little joke in the signature. :D By the way, if you have any busy work for District 9, I'm happy to lend a hand. Snow -I take all complaints in the form of rap battles- 05:08, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

The process is WP:USURP. I went from User:Erikster to User:Erik because of that. If you were so inclined, you could probably usurp User:Snow. :) Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 12:19, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh trust me, several people have. There was a veeeeeery long debate over some stuff on Leonardo DiCaprio's article and I changed my name from Corvoe to Sock in there, and the editor who was disagreeing with me tried to use it against me. Kinda confusing, given that I have a very long history here and have never used nor been under suspicion of sockpuppetry. I just ignored it, haha.

Also, what Erik said! Sock (tock talk) 16:39, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Hopeful

Sock, you have over 20,000 edits, most of them in article space. You got 80 articles, and a bunch of FAs and GAs. You made contributions to RFPP and to ANEW, to ANI and to AIV, and your block log is clean. Also, you have a Red Panda in your edit notice. I don't know if you do a lot of CSD nominations or AfD work, but I assume you are well aware of the various policies and can speak on them intelligibly: there really is no reason not to run for admin, unless of course you got skeletons in the closet. RfA loves content contributors, and you seem to be one. User:Kudpung, would you consider recruiting this editor? Drmies (talk) 16:40, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

@Drmies: Thank you very much for your kind words! I've dabbled in CSD, and usually only participate in AfD's when they involve a topic I work in (films, mostly), but I'm very open to working in those areas. I just have a tendency to focus on editing articles. I'm incredibly flattered by your analysis of me, though! I'm glad I didn't leave too bad a taste over my mistake on Daniel Day-Lewis' article, haha. And I've always been interested in going for RfA, but hadn't really given any thought to if I was ready yet. Sock (tock talk) 17:09, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

No worries. Look, you don't necessarily have to be an AfD participant, or a very active one, to succeed at RfA, but deletion is of course one of the most powerful tools we have--I suppose maybe in the order deletion, blocking, protecting. I saw your note on your user page, which is why I asked you. Kudpung follows the RfAs more closely, and he can perhaps give better advice, and in the business of film, MichaelQSchmidt is an active editor and admin who might want to weigh in. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 17:14, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

If this does happen, I would like to co-nominate Sock. For me, he has stood out among editors in his clueful and civil conduct. Let me know if that is feasible! Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:21, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

@Drmies: I'm glad you spotted the note! I always assumed I needed more under my belt to go for RfA with a chance of success, so it's good to hear that it isn't necessarily the case. Also thank you very much, Erik, that means a lot! Sock (tock talk) 18:33, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Well, Erik is kind of a rookie here, I believe. Listen, don't be a co-nom, Erik--be a nom. Let's wait for Kudpung, who's taking his sweet time since he's probably on a beach or eating something delicious for which there are no words in English. Sock, if you do think you have skeletons, or past disagreements that got out of hand or that you are unhappy with, feel free to drop me a line via email. Drmies (talk) 18:35, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

@Drmies: I've just sent you an email. Luckily my closet is quite empty, but one (fairly recent) incident stood out as a "play it safe and bring it up" type thing. Sock (tock talk) 15:29, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
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• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
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If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
• AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

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hey

so I had something happen perhaps user/operator error on my part....kinda a simple thing but potential problem non the less....I was trying to link the page for the new Coen film Hail,Caesar!(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail,_Caesar!) to my facebook page and since there is an exclamation point at the end of the URL it will not stay in the link when shared, which results in a page not found when you click the shared link. The exclamation no matter how you type or copy will not be allowed to be part of the (blue)link. Not sure if this is a facebook thing or url thing with the exclamation at end of link..perhaps a work around will work. I am new to this wiki and its cool that you can contact contributors etc. I somehow managed to see you post to that site, and seemed to be knowledgeable and a part of the Wiki force:) Thanks, and perhaps my message makes sense. If any questions or work around resolves let me know davidshaneduke at the G mail:) Take care and don't get lost:)