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Wikipedia request and philosophy

Please try your utmost not to hurt others' feelings when writing in Wikipedia. Don't call people names. Remind others if there is a more tactful solution. Let's wikicooperate, not wikicurse.

Article achievements

GA: 

Alamogordo

GA: 

Nokian Tyres


Updated DYK query On November 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nokian Tyres, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 02:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Barnstars, selected comments, and other achievements

The 3rd Anti-Drama Barnstar
Awarded for participating in the 3rd Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Thanks for participating to reduce drama during the festival!
Note:Thank you for the kind comment about the Texas firefighter story. Kindness is most rare on Wikipedia.Billy Hathorn (talk) 14:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
This user participated in the 2010 Great Wikipedia Dramaout, a dedicated effort to exclusively article write for five days from July 5th to 10th.
2010 Wikicup Semi-finalist
Awarded for progression into the 4th round (semi-finals) of the 2010 Wikicup

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  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Full/Round_3


WikiCup 2010 August newsletter

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 Colorado 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 New South Wales 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 Hungary 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 Colombia 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 New Orleans 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 Connecticut 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. Alberta Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Republic of Ireland Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. Toronto Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Finland 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. Norway 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 here and here. Thank you to Bavaria Stone (submissions) for these.

Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. 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.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 23:16, 31 August 2010 (UTC)


Userboxes (kept to the minimum by design)

vn-388This user page has been vandalized 388 times.

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This user is fan of Mariah Carey.
This user believes that Finland, Russian controlled sections of Vyborg (Finland), the western USA, Singapore, Australia, a small enclave in south India, and Scotland should be one unified country with a capital of either Helsinki, Glasgow, or Singapore.

Selected list of errors in Wikipedia corrected by me

  1. Savita error (unsure of the error that I corrected, taken from a previous list of mine)
  2. Panavia Tornado production end year was wrong
  3. Nazi Germany date of dissolve was wrong
  4. months old vandalism fixed at Jacques Tourangeau
  5. incomplete list at BMW 3 series (E90), added India
  6. 2010 Haiti earthquake countries (Monaco added)
  7. Jyväskylä (Finland) - Mayor Andersson took office in 2004, not 2006
  8. Steven Chu (wrong spouse listed), this is an American cabinet member (government)
  9. Olympic map 2010
  10. GoldenEye (Eurocopter not French)
  11. Television in Finland (corrected dtv date)
  12. John Lennon (corrected time of death with reference)
  13. St. Lukes-Roosevelt (corrected residency programs, a 3 year old error)
  14. missed Cuidad de Salmanca on the Acciona Trasmediterranea page even though it's been used since 1982
  15. very unclear Air Force One statement which might be interpreted as Reagan being president of the USA in the 1960's when he was actually president in the 1980's.

new article: Victoria Corderi

new template: afdmergedhere

Stolen from King's page

RM:Heysel Stadium Disaster to Heysel Stadium disaster

Other events

Jimbo Wales page Aug 8 FBI seal on DYK, asks him to consider if WP should assert right or not

One lesson learned is that Mr. Wales believes that Wikipedia should be practical and not be in the business of asserting its rights to the point of making a statement

Essential tools

http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Reflinks

Assorted images

Wissant, France
Lest we forget, 11 September 2001
Food at the Smith Point Beach Hut, Long Island

park article

Assorted notes and templates

closing template - very interesting

Template:Notretired Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 19:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Footnotes

  1. ^ allowed per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive583#User:Zaferk_keeps_putting_fraudulent_templates_on_his_userboard


clerk.[1]

Policies and rules learned / others' comments

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ANotability_%28people%29&action=historysubmit&diff=358090099&oldid=358088479 Oppose. The main difference between a policy and a guideline is that an editor can be blocked for violating a policy, but going against a guideline is permissible with a good reason. The policy issues related to people are already covered explicitly in WP:BLP and implicitly in other policies. Also, as pointed out by others, WP:N isn't a policy either, and the notability of certain occupations is being actively debated. Will Beback talk 22:06, 24 April 2010 (UTC)


Unknown and to be sorted

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notes:

1. Wikipedia is not a dictionary is a policy. Applies to words, not stubs, unless the stub is hopelessly just a definition. Poorly written stubs don't count if they could be reasonably re-written. Conclusion: after discussion, no need to modify the policy.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SpacemanSpiff/Editnotice

File:Ariane Sommer-und führe uns in Versuchung. Go Veggie-depropagandised.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ASpacemanSpiff%2FEditnotice&action=historysubmit&diff=313136428&oldid=313136089

References

  1. ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015199.html?categoryid=25&cs=1
  • "Sharona Alperin". Real Estate Web Marketing. Retrieved 2010-02-16.




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