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Aw, Eddie, you shouldn't! Congrats on that article, but there is no way that my work is "invaluable" or "irreplaceable." Icy could have done a better job, and surely plenty of other c/e-rs out there could do the work faster, better, and...politer(?). Just thank me simply, if at all - it's nothing that merits any special treatment, hon. :) —La Pianista(T•C)17:19, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and Durova has passed the 1000 point mark on points, with 1347 points so congratulations to her! GARDEN, iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:
In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Gary King (792)
Catalan (254)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (419)
La Pianista (66)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (530)
Candlewicke (502)
Pool D
97198 (240)
ThinkBlue (141)
Pool E
Sasata (412)
X! (211)
Pool F
Bedford (284)
the_ed17 (169)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (157)
Ceranthor (137)
Pool H
Juliancolton (582)
Tinucherian (110)
Pool I
Durova (1347)
Theleftorium (840)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (779)
Matthewedwards (503)
Wildcards
Useight (396)
Bedford (284)
Catalan (254)
97198 (240)
Spencer (238)
Climie.ca (234)
J Milburn (216)
X! (211)
the_ed17 (169)
Sunderland06 (157)
All scores are accurate as of 17:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Why do some people devote themselves to deleting userpages when they could add to the encyclopdia. They have no need. Unless smething is harmful to people who don't want it then why delete it? Chubbennaitor18:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Every person finds different things to their liking. I like adding to articles about old warships, J.delanoy loves to Huggle, La Pianista likes to copyedit (and occasionally contribute real stuff :P), Icy likes to copyedit and contribute to cloud-related articles, and MZMcBride likes to delete stale IP talk pages. Everyone has their niche that they like to be in—for example, don't ask me to Huggle, because simply editing isn't fun for me...it's the research behind ship classes and the finding of a good source that makes me love to contribute. Finding out why x class of ships was designed a certain way intrigues me. Working within MILHIST and reviewing articles isn't quite as fun, but reading the articles I review teaches me stuff, and it's the learning from researching and reading that keeps me here. Otherwise, I would have left lonnnng ago. :) —Ed 17(Talk / Contribs)20:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
(@ Icy) - I love you. <3 :) Really, it's not that hard to review article, especially when you go through just looking for prose problems (don't have to know anything about the topic!). :)
(@ Julian) - not really...they are just in backwards chronological order on the page. Just pick one (or three :-)))) that you think would be interesting to review...we just need reviews period. :/ 27 are on there, I think!
Meaning, of course, that I'll try one or two and see how it goes. (Oh, and I do believe you love too many people. Love that is rare is love that is cherished - treasure is treasure due to its elusiveness. :P) —La Pianista(T•C)06:06, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's more than adequate. Love you all! (well, not Julian....!) Anything helps...PR and A-class are both backlogged there. :( So many people are starting to use that A-class review page, it's scary (but also good!). There aren't so many PR requests, but that's prolly because they sit there for a month and garner only one, maybe two, reviews. :/ So, if you wanted somethingto do that was quick in your limited spurts on, milhist PRs could call your name if you want.... ;)
Yes, I will miss teh big blue Pianista, but it's for a good cause. I'm planning to take it up too. Oh, and your editnotice is still blue, by the way. ;) QueenieTalk16:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why are articles under MySpace categories deleted? They don't destroy the encyclopedia. As long as they aren't offensive and open to the public then the problem is... If the user devotes themselves to the MySpace then they should be deleted. Only then. Chubbennaitor16:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
(@ Ed, Queeneh): Yeah, I was thinking the same. Perhaps one of you (:D) can design a new one for me? Not too colorful please - and I would like to maintain the "Dolce ma non troppo" part (meaning "Sweetly, but not too much.").
(@ Chubb): MySpacey pages are disruptive. They detract from the real purpose of the project - writing articles. They aren't blatantly harmful, like vandalizing and POV-pushing are, but they can be distracting. Users who wish to use Wikipedia as MySpace should, well, look to MySpace. / La PianistaDolce, ma non troppo17:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aaaaie! --Pwitty user page :D, Ice loves grey color schemes and her page sucks but she likes it that way anyways! Sry Ed, I had to hop off computer really soon yesterday, will try and look at more today. Icy // ♫20:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aaaaie! You are excited aren't you, considering that you are talking in run-on like I am right now. breathe...
Yes, but isn't it even more pointless to go round deleting them. I'm sorry. I stated that as soon as they get too distracting then I agree they should go on that users' pages. It doesn't affet anyone. What's wrong with this place being too myspacy. As long as we have users who contribute to the encyclopedia then the problem is... Chubbennaitor20:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
affect ;)
An element of myspacey-ness is kind of unavoidable when you've got on your hands an enthusiastic community full of people who inevitably are going to make friendships. Even if it doesn't directly affect the project, it's going to distract from the focus. We can't have users running around the community who do nothing but chat all day - not that we have any, I'm just saying - though I stick around and talktalktalk, I pretend to make up for it by doing minor rewrites and copy-editing whatever I can. If pages that have nothing to do with the project pop up all over the project, then it's not Wikipedia anymore. And we can't have that on our hands, either. Icy // ♫20:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
@ Queenie - they're good, but I was thinking of some color schemes.
@ LM5 - Thanks, but the colors are a little too shocking, and the font is a bit unlike me. Besides, my page already looks like EVula's - I don't want to adopt the double-slashes, either. :)