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COA of Lower Saxony

Hey, it seems there was no response in WP:HV. But I'm dropping my objection so feel free to go ahead :) Phoenix of9 (talk) 06:56, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to WikiProject Germany

Welcome, Grandiose, to the WikiProject Germany! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Germany-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject Germany}}. A few features that you might find helpful:

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Flag of Dagestan

Well, when two good sources gave different proportions, I just had to investigate :) The article, however, can still be expanded with (at least) rules and regulations in regards to the flag waving etc. procedures, but that'd better be done by someone who cares about this subject a lot more than I do :) Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:20, April 29, 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Coat of arms of Colchester

Updated DYK query On April 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Coat of arms of Colchester, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royalbroil 11:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Barbed" and seeded

Thank you for catching that! I saw my error in your edit summary, but I see that you already corrected it at once. Thanks. Wilhelm_meis (talk) 15:26, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heraldry by country series

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology/Heraldry by country - in case you're interested. Wilhelm_meis (talk) 14:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see you've already been there. Thank you for taking a peek at the Icelandic heraldry page. I put in a request for assistance at the WikiProject Iceland talk page, and we'll see what turns up. I remember a couple of Icelandic editors I worked with on Tafl games, maybe I could drop somebody a line personally... Anyway, thanks for the help with the HBC project! Wilhelm_meis (talk) 14:32, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reusing images

Dear Grandiose,

Attributing the images to my username is fine by me. Sodacan (talk) 13:15, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup

Hey, per this thread, I'm seeing what I can do about you joining. Could you please choose a flag of a real or historical nation that has not already been chosen? I see you're in WikiProject Germany- the German flag is still available, as are plenty of historical or local flags in Germany.


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Also not used are the flags of  Libya,  Indonesia,  Monaco,  East Germany. Good luck! Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 01:55, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The initial note was me, I just forgot to sign. Nazi Germany is not appropriate for obvious reasons. I'm gonna go ahead and give you Germany and slip you into the competition now. If there's an issue with this, let me know on my talk page. J Milburn (talk) 02:35, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, you're in. Your submission's page can be found at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions/Grandiose. Don't forget to check the rules and the submission formats. Any questions are welcome on the various talk pages, or the judges' user talk pages. J Milburn (talk) 02:49, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia

Updated DYK query On January 17, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia, 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, quick check ) 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.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:01, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Crime statistics in the United Kingdom

Updated DYK query On February 7, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Crime statistics in the United Kingdom, 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, quick check ) 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.

Calmer Waterstalk 06:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for Flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Updated DYK query On March 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 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, quick check ) 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.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Coat of arms/Armorial

I only use the term to mix up what would otherwise be a repetitive paragraph. Coat fo arms this coat of arms that arms here coats of arms there simply gets cluttered and monotonous to read. I don't think armorial bearings, heraldic achievement, heraldic device and so forth are misunderstood, and would not be an issue. [tk] XANDERLIPTAK 13:05, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 23:10, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 September newsletter

We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Hungary Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants 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.

Despite controversy, the WikiCup remains open. Signups for next year's competition are more than welcome, and suggestions for how next year's competition will work are appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. More general comments and discussions should be directed at the WikiCup talk page. One month remains in the 2010 WikiCup, after which we will know our champion. Good luck everyone! 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 23:04, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2010 October newsletter

The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to New South Wales Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), William S. Saturn (submissions), Connecticut Staxringold (submissions) and Colombia ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Hungary Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round.

Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is New South Wales Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is Connecticut Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is Republic of Ireland Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three.

The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! 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 03:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2011

Hello. You are being contacted because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup but have not yet signed up for the 2011 WikiCup, which starts at midnight. It is not too late to sign up! The competition will remain open until at least January 31, and so it is not too late to enter. If you are interested, simply follow the instructions to add your username to the signup page, and a judge will contact you as soon as possible with an explanation of how to participate. The WikiCup is a friendly competition open to all Wikipedians, old and new, experienced and inexperienced, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute quality content to Wikipedia. If you do not want to receive any further messages about the WikiCup, or you want to start receiving messages about the WikiCup, you may add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the WikiCup talk page or contact the judges directly. J Milburn and The ed17 06:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!

Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:57, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Grandiose. You have new messages at Skäpperöd's talk page.
Message added 17:33, 2 January 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Do not delete assessments please

As a member of WPSweden, I find this type of deletion of assessments (in this case for Livonian War) as distinctly unhelpful. There is no point whatsoever in making an article unassessed because you wish to have a GA review. If it goes through the GA review, the new assessment will be added at that point. I restored the assessments, but left the GA review template in place, so I don't think there's anything more you have to do for the moment. Regards, Tomas e (talk) 12:28, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GAN

Your GAN Livonian War has been placed on hold pending completion of some cleanup tasks listed on the review page. Beyond that, I believe it is eligible for premotion to GA. Good job. WikiCopter (t • c • g • simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 03:30, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with File:Livonian war (1558-60) map.png

I've posted a message on the talk page. --Jaan Pärn (talk) 17:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Principality of Sealand Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:34, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Bavaria Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty

Here is some information about the Jagiellon Poland article that I mostly wrote and in response to your initial comments, in case it may be helpful with the GA review. Most of the information comes from the two main sources, Wyrozumski (to 1505) and Gierowski (from 1505), that I found suitable because of the continuous semi-chronological presentation. Other sources listed were used comprehensibly to check/add/verify material, but were not quoted in specific references, unless significant additions or corrections were found. I have been using captions occasionally to make additional side comments or remarks. Stanisław Orzechowski in particular was not mentioned in the main text (possibly because there is no English Wikipedia entry for his name). I found this image and included an explanation with it; he is important as a founder of the ideology of Polish nobility that found its full expression in the period that follows the Jagiellon period (the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). Many images relate directly to the text, other I included to make the subject of the article easier to comprehend for a reader uninitiated to this period of Polish history. This is intended as a chronological presentation, not a set of tables and summaries, I don't see how the wars could separated from the rest. Orczar (talk) 18:53, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I moved Talk:Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty/GA1 to Talk:History of Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty/GA1 so that the GAN bot doesn't get too confused. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:21, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I hadn't even thought about it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 10:19, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks You!

Thank you very much for helping me tidy the Woods Runner page I was creating. If you can help any more, that would be awesome! Again, Thanks! (This has earned you a barnstar!)

The Minor Barnstar
Thank you for cleaning up and editing the Woods Runner (User: Toontown59153/Woods Runner) page a bit. Even though it was a small act of kindness, it will help me as I continue to create that article. (If no one ever created electricity, how could someone create an electric circuit?) Toontown59153 (talk) 22:25, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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