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DYK for Joel Kinnaman

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Re: Oakley

Thanks. Still get a bit to do on it and then it'll be off to GAN. Shame I can't find a super reliable source for the birthdate, or anything mentioning that (what I think has happened) Oakley and Weinstein have had some kind of falling out and don't work together anymore. Gran2 14:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hubbards Foods

Sorry, but what claim to notability? "Its founder is Dick Hubbard, who stepped down as CEO from 2004-2007 to serve as the mayor of Auckland." is the nearest thing - and so? He stepped down to become mayor. What's that got to do with the notability of the company? That's him personally. The article is just a vanity/spam thing, which I have been watching for a while. There's no attempt to reference it, and it consists mainly of a product list. Peridon (talk) 20:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there's a COI username been editing there recently. I say vanity. Peridon (talk) 20:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Replied at your talk page. Theleftorium (talk) 21:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Article looking better now - I do this sometimes to stir people into action. Speedy and AfD work the best - prod doesn't seem to have the same impact. BTW, I don't patrol new pages as such - I patrol new accounts, which isn't quite the same. I do patrol new account userpages, which until Mean as custard came on the scene were rather neglected. Peridon (talk) 21:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Snabba Cash (film)

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 July newsletter

We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Hungary Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants (Hungary Sasata (submissions), Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by New South Wales Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards.

Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Finland Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. 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, Fox and The ed17 22:50, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bart's House of Weirdness

Hey, absolutely! Glad to see you're putting some work into that one. It's not very long, so here is the full text. BOZ (talk) 03:46, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Simpsons: Bart’s House of Weirdness

Konami PC/MS-DOS version $49.95 Without a doubt, Bart’s House of Weirdness is one of the best arcade games we’ve played. It also happens to be one Konami’s best products!

As Bart Simpson, you have six adventures to complete. Each time you encounter an alien or a bug and it bumps into your character, the Cool-O-Meter reveals a loss of coolness. Find a cool item, and you increase your coolness. With such weapons as a Burp Gun, Water Balloons, or Spray Gun, you can (using your joy stick or keyboard) keep the bugs away from you for a time.

Hey, don’t have a cow—this is really a fun arcade game. You not only get to participate in Bart’s favorite TV show, but you also help Maggie find her ball as well as find Krusty in Krustyland. There are two modes for your joy stick. The first mode is best applied to adventures where shooting skill is required, and the second is for adventures where jumping is necessary. This game is available for EGA and MCGA/CGA, and can use either AdLib, Roland, or SoundBlaster sound. With superb Roland sound (the TV show theme and opening animations are quite good) and smooth animation, our only wish is that Konami would consider releasing this fine arcade delight with full VGA support sometime in the future. If you like Bart and really enjoy arcade games, you have to get this one.

Hey, that's great to hear - good luck!  :) BOZ (talk) 13:34, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I've been thinking about this one. It seems like it might need more expansion, as it's a bit short, but it may pass GA anyway. One VG article I worked up to GA mostly by myself was Pool of Radiance, although Bart probably doesn't need to be anywhere that long. :) I would say you might want to find at least one screenshot, though. BOZ (talk) 02:15, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DeMatador

Hi, I like to bring something to your attention as I have no idea what to do. DeMatador seems to be going to some articles and adding {{Good article}} to articles without GA status [7][8] and there maybe others. d'oh! talk 10:40, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll leave a note on his talk. Can you revert the edits? Theleftorium (talk) 10:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I started reverting the edits. d'oh! talk 10:51, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stark Raving Dad

Thanks for watching the page, though the FAC appears to be heading for a no consensus. I have improved the rationale for the image, and hopefully it now works better. I'll be around for the next two weeks or so, then I'm off again until September. -- Scorpion0422 15:46, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GAs

Hey, since you're tired of episodes, do you want to help me prove a point by getting all those AfD characters up to GA, possibly exception Radioactive Man. CTJF83 chat 19:58, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, maybe. I'll start with adding sources first. Theleftorium (talk) 20:13, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I have 0 character experience, so will follow your guidance. CTJF83 chat 20:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the full text of the TV Guide source used in the article. You can double up the commentary sources with a third-party source, and it's got some bits for the in-universe sections. Note: It says "Azaria has proposed there be an episode featuring Frink's father", which isn't exactly the same as the article now. Probably best to say he conceived the idea and it was later used for "Treehouse of Horror XIV":

Professor John Frink

Wacky genius with IQ of 199, 81 points below Steven Hawkings. Works and teaches at Springfield Heights Institute of Technology. His inventions, which never work, include mood pants, the Hoax-a-Scope, the Frinkiac-7 computer and the 77X42 Super Sour Ball. (Voiced by Hank Azaria.)

Memorable line: "Sorry I'm late. There was trouble at the lab with the running and the exploding and the crying when the monkeys stole the glasses off my head."

First appearance: March 28, 1991, "Old Money," in which he tries to solicit a $106,000 grant from Grampa Simpson for the purpose of building a prototype death ray that, for the moment, he somewhat dejectedly admits, "only has evil applications."

The scoop: Named after Simpsons supervising producer John Frink. The voice, Azaria confesses, is a rip-off of Jerry Lewis's "Nutty Professor" character. In fact, Azaria has proposed there be an episode featuring Frink's father, who would be voiced by Lewis himself. Frink's scenes almost always reduce the writers and actors to laughter. Groening says: "He was just written as a mad scientist character until Hank did the voice, and suddenly he became this nutty professor persona. What I love about Hank is that, you give him a single line - and most of these characters have very few lines - and he just brings it to life. Every time."

Oh and two reception links: [9], [10]. Enjoy, Gran2 22:08, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see if I can find some more stuff tomorrow. To be frank, Frink is the only one worth saving. We should rebrand Radioactive Man so the comic is the primary focus. Dr. Nick, Cletus and Wolfcastle really are not worth fighting over. They will work fine as a nicely sourced section of the list. They're not really developed characters, all three are basically one joke. Lionel Hutz could be saved though. But, I'm amazed the guy didn't nominate Martin Prince (an article I thought we'd already got rid of) and Hans Moleman. Both of those are far less notable than the ones he did nominate. Gran2 22:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like a plan. This AFD highlights the one thing I hate about this place. We don't really get any praise at all for the work we do, but then when somebody nominates a Simpsons page for deletion, you get all these people popping up with "good riddance, there's too many Simpsons articles, they don't belong here, they're all cruft, great to see them be deleted etc." It's so frustrating when almost always we're the ones trying to get rid of the stuff... It makes me wonder when I bother. Gran2 22:43, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a source for reception of Frink's inventions: [11] Gran2 09:29, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lisa's Wedding

I noticed that there seems to be edit warring. While I agree with the reverts due to a lack of notable sources, I recently found one that is now listed on the Discussion page. I hope that helps solve the issue. Best!Luminum (talk) 21:50, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Signpost: 2 August 2010

Glass Joe

Thanks for filling those references in! :) - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 19:31, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, no need to thank me. It just took me a minute or two with Reflinks. :) Nice work on the article BTW! Theleftorium (talk) 19:35, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lisa Siwe

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Glowing Stars

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dramatiska Institutet

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Romanization for words of English origin

On the MOS:JP talk page, a discussion has been started about including or not including romanizations for words of English origin, such as Fainaru Fantajī in Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī) (for the sake of simplicity, I called this case "words of English origin", more information on semantics here).

Over the course of a month, it has become apparent that both the parties proposing to include or not include those romanizations cannot be convinced by the arguments or guidelines brought up by the other side. Therefore, a compromise is trying to be found that will satisfy both parties. One suggestion on a compromise has been given already, but it has not found unanimous agreement, so additional compromises are encouraged to be suggested.

One universally accepted point was to bring more users from the affected projects in to help achieve consensus, and you were one of those selected in the process.

What this invitation is:

  • You should give feedback on the first suggested compromise and are highly encouraged to provide other solutions.

What this invitation is not:

  • This is not a vote on including or excluding such romanizations.
  • This is not a vote on compromises either.

It would be highly appreciated if you came over to the MOS:JP talk page and helped find a solution. Thank you in advance. Prime Blue (talk) 11:38, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RE Copy right

i have restored a huge chunk of the section and eliminated all in my eyes site of copy right but plese adress me if i am wrong. --Pedro J. the rookie 20:58, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help Left you helped me out of a prob. --Pedro J. the rookie 21:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I will try to get one, thanks left :D. --Pedro J. the rookie 21:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Left tell me those this artical look good enough for GA. --Pedro J. the rookie 09:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 August 2010

BIPAC

Hi Theleftorium. As a Representative of BIPAC I have sent permission to copy material already online to Wikipedia and have OTRS pending. I went to add it to the page which was deleted out from under me. How do I restore the old version or do I need to create a new one? I am a wiki noob so I apologize if I messed up.

Yudanashi (talk) 20:01, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User Arpanmehra

You blocked Arpanmehra (talk · contribs), which didn't last long, see Arpanversatile (talk · contribs). I'm blocking as WP:DUCK. Let me know if you have any problems with that. Dougweller (talk) 12:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. It looks like he tried to contest the block on June 30 [12], but didn't do it correctly so it went unnoticed. It's obvious that he didn't learn from that block so I definitely don't have any problems with the new block. Thanks. :) Theleftorium (talk) 14:41, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ajdebre

These are just some of the known sockpuppets I was able to uncover:

I did an IP Whois lookup, and they all pointed to Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Some of the things that User:Ajdebre has in common with the sockpuppets are that he posts references from Google Books from their Swedish servers.

Ajdebre is also obsessed with putting the Latin and Greek transliterations of the medieval rulers of Serbian lands.

All-in-all, Ajdrebre and these supposed sockpuppets of his are known to edit articles regarding Medieval Serbian history, and even Serbian culture judging from the range of contributions made by some of the users listed. The most recent sockpuppet, Kovac09, has not made and edit since 3 August 2010, but I do believe that Ajdebre will strike again sometime soon if not later. I admit, I should have notified the Administrators' noticeboard with this information, but I did not for the reason that, disregarding the fact that he has made several copyright violations, the edits he has made have been very helpful in providing knowledge of a topic that is very vast yet minimal here on Wikipedia. I hope this information will further help with your (ongoing?) investigation. Cheers! --Kilibarda (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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