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FA Review

Who is directing FAR now that Raul654 has gone on hiatus? The message on his talk page says, "Raul654 has not edited since February 2013." It seems like maybe FAR should have another director if the current director has been absent for six months. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 23:43, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Please see the lengthy recent discussion regarding Raul and the position of FA director in general on WT:FAC, and participate there if you feel so inclined. Dana boomer (talk) 00:08, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Sergeant Reckless

I was wondering if you'd do the GA review on this article. PumpkinSky talk 10:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. Life's been a bit crazy lately :) Dana boomer (talk) 11:16, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

MTBW and I would really appreciate it. It's a very interesting and unique story. Thanks PumpkinSky talk 13:28, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

And really, really FUN! (Hint: Horse once ate $30 of poker chips...) Montanabw^(talk) 05:35, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Yup, I've read through most of the article at various points before, and looked at most of the references/illustrations, so reviewing it for GAN wouldn't take that long. I just need to sit down and actually do it. Hopefully this afternoon? I'll try to give it a shot, but if something comes up I might not be able to. Dana boomer (talk) 11:55, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

OK PumpkinSky talk 23:29, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

MTBW says she can have the lead done by Monday. Is that OK? She wants to reread it, etc. PumpkinSky talk 23:17, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Yup, that's fine. I have the review page watchlisted; just ping me there when the changes have been made. Dana boomer (talk) 11:34, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

I did some work on the lead, such as adding the two wounds and poker chips. PumpkinSky talk 11:32, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

ITD helped too. PumpkinSky talk 22:16, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Ping! I think we are ready for the final run-through. I finished my (overdue) promise of redoing the lede. Montanabw^(talk) 23:09, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks Dana, it's a much better article now. Great review. PumpkinSky talk 21:55, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

August 2013

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Kiko4564 (talk) 22:12, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

We have a template for THIS crap??? (gaze up) Ealdgyth - Talk 22:22, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Oy vey. More content contributions, less templating the regulars, please. Dana boomer (talk) 00:31, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 August newsletter

This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:

1. Hawkeye7 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
2. Casliber (submissions), another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
3. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
4. Sasata (submissions), a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
5. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
6. Ealdgyth (submissions), who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
7. Miyagawa (submissions), a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
8. Adam Cuerden (submissions) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Piotrus (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), Dana boomer (submissions), Status (submissions), Ed! (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

Finally, the usual notices: 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 05:37, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Million Award

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Horse (estimated annual readership: 2,485,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

		The Half Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Cabbage (estimated annual readership: 547,000) and Malawi (estimated annual readership: 610,000) to Good Article status, and Lettuce (estimated annual readership: 564,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

		The Quarter Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Thoroughbred (estimated annual readership: 312,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Looking again at that thread on WT:GAN reminded me that I owe you quite a few of these! You're also welcome to display the following userboxes:

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Horse to Good Article status.

This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Cabbage to Good Article status.

This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Malawi to Good Article status.

This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Lettuce to Featured Article status.

This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Thoroughbred to Featured Article status.

If I've made any error in this listing, please don't hesitate to correct it; if for any reason you don't feel you deserve it, please don't hesitate to remove it; if you know of any other editor who merits one of these awards, please don't hesitate to give it; if you yourself deserve another award from any of the three tiers, please don't hesitate to take it!

Thanks for this terrific body of work; it's amazing how many readers you've served with your contributions here. Cheers and thanks, -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for all of these! I think this award is a great idea to bring a bit more press to those editors who work on high-profile articles, whether they are history or pop culture. One tweak, though...horse is only a GA, not a FA. I've changed that above and am headed over to the main MA page to change it. Dana boomer (talk) 16:50, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the catch! -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Looks like I forgot to list it there entirely; this is still a work in progress. It's up now, though--thanks again for all your core contributions-- Khazar2 (talk) 17:05, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

GAR

Apple, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 23:11, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

WikiIndaba and Wikipedian in Residence Notice

Dear Dana boomer As a Wikipedian interested in African subjects and specifically Malawi, I would like you to be aware of the following two opportunities:

1. Wikimedia South Africa and WikiAfrica are organising an WikiIndaba for February 2014 – a continental meeting for Africa-based Wikipedians to get together, discuss challenges and drive the agenda for Wikipedia from Africa. If you support this initiative, then please sign up on this site: http://wikiindaba.net – we also want to hear what you want the Wiki Indaba to achieve. What are your expectations? What does it need to include? Who and what do you want to see happen at WikiIndaba? What is your area of interest? Languages? Data? Please share your ideas and thoughts on the Community Portal

2. WikiAfrica is looking for a Wikipedian in Residence from Malawi. This might be a position that you would consider. Or it could be the perfect opportunity for someone you know from Malawi, please spread the word! For more details, please look at this page: http://www.wikiafrica.net/wikipedian-in-residence-malawi

If you have any questions about either of the above, please contact isla on isla [at] wikiafrica [dot] net : Isla Haddow (talk)

CCI update

--Wizardman 14:52, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Hulluch

Did a quick CE of the grammar of Gas attack at Hulluch.Keith-264 (talk) 21:45, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm still seeing missing words, missing linking, improper punctuation, etc., though, on just a quick glance. It looks like you've done a great job on the article, just needs a bit more of a bump before it's B-class, IMO. Dana boomer (talk) 22:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

It's kind of you to take the trouble. Any examples?Keith-264 (talk) 22:41, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Mostly it's picky little things that would take more time to list than to do myself. I should have the time to take a run through later tonight and at least leave some example edits. Dana boomer (talk) 22:48, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm a bit tired myself. No commas before "and" though. ;O)Keith-264 (talk) 22:57, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

OK, I did a run through, fixing typos, punctuation, etc. I linked quite a few things, but more of the armament stuff may need linking - not sure on MILHIST protocols for that. I also left a couple of hidden comments in spots where I think more info would be useful. Feel free to toss these when you've read them if you wish, they're just my suggestions and it was easier to put them there then start a new section on the talk page. At this point, I would ask for a new assessment on the main MILHIST assessment page, as I may be considered too involved to do a new assessment. Are you considering taking this article to GAN? Dana boomer (talk) 00:39, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Your fresh pair of eyes has been very helpful, I've been writing Great War history for so long that everything is familiar and I've obviously overlooked lots of links. I haven't bothered with any classification above B (except for Messines 1917) as I've been concentrating in filling gaps, I only had a dash at Hulluch because I've been procrastinating over Delville Wood. ;O)Keith-264 (talk) 08:16, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

No problem, it was an interesting article to read! Feel free to drop me a note any time you need a fresh pair of eyes, Dana boomer (talk) 12:40, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

It passed the B class review, thanks to your work.Keith-264 (talk) 07:37, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Cabbage

Hi Dana, I think cabbage is pretty close to FA quality. I plan to do a few hours of work on it this weekend when I'm at the library, but I don't expect any major changes. Would you be amenable to putting it in the FAC queue next week? Sasata (talk) 16:14, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Yup, that's fine with me. I'll take a run through it this weekend, as well, to make any last minute changes. Drop it at FAC whenever you're ready! Dana boomer (talk) 17:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

I hope I'm not stepping on any toes with my latest reference tweaks. There are still some minor referencing inconsistencies that need to ironed out for FAC:

• ending period after short citations or not?
• when source has two authors, should they be separated by "and" or just by a comma? (see e.g. cited literature list)
• et al. italicized or not?
• author initials spaced or not?
• date format for accessdates? different or same date format for citations dates?

I have no strong feelings about any of these, but bring it up here in case you do :) If you don't, I'm happy to just go ahead and make the formatting consistent. I don't think I have any more content additions to make, so it's just final copyediting now. Would you mind being the lead nom at FAC (you did the bulk of the content work). Sasata (talk) 18:20, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't have any really strong feelings on any of the above. Usually, I 1) have no periods after short citations, 2) use "and" to separate to authors, 3) don't italicize et. al., 4) space author initials, 5) use yyyy-mm-dd for access dates and month day, year for citation dates. However, if there are any of these that have mostly another type of formatting and its easier to use that, go for it. I will try to take a final copyediting run this evening (probably fairly late), and could then nominate it for FAC, if you feel that you'll be done with your final checks at that point? I don't mind being the lead nom at FAC. Dana boomer (talk) 18:38, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I hope to be done the final checks later today (although it depends on how busy things get here ...), then it's GTG when you are! Sasata (talk) 20:27, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Ok done! I think we can handle anything that might come up @ FAC. Sasata (talk) 16:14, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Awesome! I took another run through the article and just ended up tweaking a couple of things. I've now nominated for FAC - cross your fingers :) Dana boomer (talk) 17:12, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The more I dig around trying to find info to address Indopug's oppose, the more I'm convinced that the article currently has a pretty good balance based on the sources we've used. Most of the English-language literature is Euro/North America-centric, and I haven't been able to find anything specific to China that isn't actually about the Chinese cabbage. I've added a few mentions of India in the text. Regarding how it got there, there doesn't seem to be much more known than we already have in the text ("Cabbages spread from Europe into Mesopotamia and Egypt, and later followed trade routes throughout Asia and the Americas.") Is there anything you want to add or check out before I/you reply to Indopug? Sasata (talk) 16:13, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I did quite a bit of digging when I was first putting the article together, and my conclusion was also that most of the "cabbage" grown/used in China is Chinese cabbage. This is made even more confusing by the FAO conflating multiple brassicas in their production data. From all of the source material I can find, true cabbage is mostly used (and has traditionally been used) in Europe/Russia/N. America. I like your additions, thanks for taking the time to dig through the source material again. Dana boomer (talk) 18:45, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

• Can we substitute all instances of "fresh market" (currently 4) with "market", or is there some distinction I'm missing? Sasata (talk) 05:55, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
• How do you feel about cutting the final two sentences of "Taxonomy and etymology" to help address Quadell's balance concern? I'm not sure a 17th-19th century use of the word is important enough to include here (especially since, looking at the source, there's several other obscureish meanings that we haven't included). I always thought Cabbagetown was so named because the early Irish immigrants planted cabbage on their front lawns (corroborated here, for example, although not a RS). The alternative to trimming would be to expand the slang uses and make a subsection for it. Sasata (talk) 06:10, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you so much for doing most of the work so far on the FAC comments. I will try to get to addressing some of the remaining ones this afternoon. I think we can substitute "market" for "fresh market", it just sounds a little odd to my ears, but as far as I know there's no distinction. I have no opposition to trimming the slang usages...IIRC, I just mostly found references for stuff that was already in the article when I began working on it. Dana boomer (talk) 11:34, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• LOL, Sasata, every time I come online to work on the article, you're already in there :) Let me know if there is anything specific that you would like me to do...it seems that you're taking care of everything. I know I said I would be the lead nom, and expected to be doing the heavy lifting... (Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not complaining, just wanting to make sure that I'm not leaving you feeling like you're working alone on this.) Dana boomer (talk) 23:31, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• That's quite alright, this is a part of Wikipedia I enjoy ... quietly improving articles guided by excellent feedback from others! I'm working on expanding the history section (found this which has some old texts that have interesting tidbits), and later I'll see if there's anything good to add to medicinal properties. Please feel free to work on all the other points! Sasata (talk) 23:40, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Success! Nice to work with you Dana, and let me know if you have a hankering to collaborate on another high-importance crop article sometime in the future (perhaps next year's WikiCup?). Sasata (talk) 05:42, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Yay! (And congrats on Pinniped as well - two high value articles promoted in the same day is awesome!) More collaborations for next year's wikicup sounds like a plan; there are still a ton of high importance crop articles in really poor condition, so we have a lot to choose from. Dana boomer (talk) 11:36, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Nicely done, you two! Hooray! Montanabw^(talk) 22:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

MILHIST coordinator nominations closes shortly

Gday Dana boomer. Have you considered putting your name forward for this? I certainly think you have a lot of experience in the project and would be more than capable of doing the job. We currently only have 10 nominations and they close today so if you are interested pls have a look here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2013. All the best. Anotherclown (talk) 04:31, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013

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CCI update

Such a small one, yet such a pain to get through. Glad it's done. Wizardman 03:03, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Fractional currency FLC

Hi Dana boomer- Should you have any inclination to review something off the beaten path, any comments or feedback (positive or negative) would be welcome. Thanks-Godot13 (talk) 01:41, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

FAR at AC

For some reason the username linking there didn't trigger a notification for me, so just wanted to be sure you were aware of Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Ebionites_3/Workshop#FAR_guidelines_should_be_enforced. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:53, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Huh, I wasn't automatically notified either...wonder if it has something to do with the linking template that was used? Anyway, thanks for the note, I was not aware of that aspect of the case and will keep an eye on it. Dana boomer (talk) 21:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:59, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Newfoundland pony

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Your GA nomination of Sable Island horse

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sable Island horse 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 FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 14:51, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sable Island horse

The article Sable Island horse you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sable Island horse for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 22:22, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

A possible task for you

Could you possibly close this CFD[1]? The category was deleted per G4 by another administrator but that administrator felt he couldn't close the CFD because of a possible COI....William 19:03, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Done. Dana boomer (talk) 19:59, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!...William 20:05, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

American Cream Draft

I suggested American Cream Draft for TFA, as PumpkinSky had proposed, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:59, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

I don't know where he proposed it, and I think having articles on the front page is a PITA, but I won't oppose, as it has to happen sometime. Dana boomer (talk) 22:48, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

I probably mentioned it to PSky at WP:QAI, where Gerda has been working on having articles suitable for TFA pre-prepped for noms, so if it runs, I'll also help babysit. Montanabw^(talk) 04:40, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Mvto for the barnstar and a general toast to a lack of drama :). Have a good one! -Uyvsdi (talk) 17:06, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Newfoundland pony

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Easy GAN review

With all the GANs you are putting up, if you need what will probably be an easy review, note Talk:History of Chincoteague, Virginia/GA1. Montanabw^(talk) 03:05, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

With the backlog at GAN, I've been trying to work on some of the old nominations, unless new ones are obvious quick fails. I did a bit of cleanup in the Places category, though, so the above article has moved a couple places closer to the top :) Looks like a nice article, as I glanced through it...nice for Chincoteague Pony to have a companion!

Even easier idea

Wehwalt has a GAN reviewer for History of Chincoteague, but I'm about to put Homer Davenport up for PR with a possible notion of going straight to FAC with it, depending on outcome. Want to pop over and take a peek? (Another Arabian horse breeder article about someone famous outside the horse world as well). Montanabw^(talk) 22:33, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

OK, I took a run through and left some comments on the talk page. PR is pretty dead these days, unfortunately, so I still prefer GAN, but whatever floats your boat. Dana boomer (talk) 00:33, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Wehwalt has History of Chincoteague at GAN and I'm not sure if he can do two at once. He's also thinking this one could go straight to FAC, bypassing GAN. (Didn't know we could do this, but I did it with Oxbow (horse), and it was less of a hassle than I thought). Montanabw^(talk) 03:31, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

TFA time?

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Cabbage to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. It's a crying shame that the article couldn't find room for the use of the cabbage as a boobyprize on Crackerjack but perhaps that needs to wait until someone writes Cabbages in popular culture... or perhaps I'm just showing my age! Bencherlite^Talk 10:18, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

I like cabbage much more than sorrow, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:38, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Sean Patrick Maloney

I've addressed every issue you've outlined, If you can now take another look at it I'd appreciate it. Grammarxxx ^{(What'd I do this time?)} 23:10, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 October newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Hawkeye7 (submissions)
3. Sasata (submissions)
4. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions)
5. Casliber (submissions)
6. Adam Cuerden (submissions)
7. Miyagawa (submissions)
8. Piotrus (submissions)
9. Ealdgyth (submissions)

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:

• Casliber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
• Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
• Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
• Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
• The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
• Finally, the judges are awarding Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

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Cabbage

Given the generally negative reaction to this article that I titled, I wanted to apologize in case you felt it was a negative comment on the hard work you put into the article. Regards, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 21:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

I thought the headline was funny... Guess I was in the minority, given the comments. Maybe I'll go take Crisco's suggestion to get Brussels sprout up to FA so that we can terrorize schoolchildren with that, too. Dana boomer (talk) 21:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

I was never threatened with cabbage as a child, personally, my nemesis was canned spinach! LOL! Montanabw^(talk) 09:49, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup award

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Virago250

I'll take a look. I did a bit of searching last night and it looks like those last few will be tough. Since you've tackled so much of it already you'd probably know better than I what remaining diffs are ok and what are not. As for a bigger cleanup, now that SCV/CP are in good shape for once I'm good for doing another drive, the question would just be which one. The ones I know a couple people are interested in are relatively small and don't really need a drive. We could always just do Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20091230, since that's the oldest and many of the contribs are ok (any offline we can agf on that one), it just needs the fine-tuning since sentence here and there are ripped from allmusic. Wizardman 16:12, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

As an addendum, I know Dianna has been working on Racepacket's CCI. The three of us combined could probably clean that one in a week or two if you're up for that. Wizardman 16:15, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

The Racepacket CCI looks like it could be done relatively quickly, if there are three of us working on it. I'm fairly well stuck on the last few articles in the Virago CCI, so I pinged MRG in on it. I'll keep plugging along on that one too, though. Dana boomer (talk) 20:07, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

FAR closure

Hey Dana. I'm just wondering if you can close the Our Friends in the North FAR since everything has been fixed up and looks to be up to the current FA standard. GamerPro64 21:47, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

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CCI update

If you guys decide to collaborate on one, let me know - I'm in. :) That said, I'm going to try to help keep CP from backlogging again! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:45, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

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If only a magic fairy could make them ALL go away.... --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:12, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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Silly season has erupted and I'm the only one at the fort. Need more WPEQ eyes, please: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Thrush_(horse)#Requested_move Montanabw^(talk) 02:24, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Big Bay Point Light

I think this one has got to at least be a "Start" not a "Stub". Happy editing. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:11, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Yup, see my next edit. Now all of the projects are classed as "start" for that article. Dana boomer (talk) 17:08, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

That is one I seriously edited. Could be a "C" not a "Start". Or even a "B" although I know there is a separate process for that. But I don't mean to quibble. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:11, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

While I think that you've done good work on the article, I don't think it's quite C-class. I'm seeing unreferenced chunks, lots of short, choppy paragraphs, un-reliable sources, etc. It's close, and a lot better than a lot of the other articles I'm re-rating right now, but not quite there yet, I think. Dana boomer (talk) 17:15, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Compare to the "B" for Cape Hatteras Light. Certainly there are a lot more sources. Until I stopped editing the Michigan Lighthouse articles theee were all small. Some of them I did not start on. But something like Sturgeon Point Light or White Shoal Light (Michigan) are as detailed as 90+% of the lighthouse articles in Wikipedia. Thanks for the substantive critique. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:20, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

I wouldn't consider Cape Hatteras Light a B-class article. Basically, the same sourcing issues. I can see that you've done a lot of good work on the lighthouse articles, though...I think I've re-rated five or six of them in the last day or so, all at least start-class, and I think two or three of them were C and B-class! Dana boomer (talk) 17:23, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Dana.
I quit working on lighthouse articles when the Wiki powers decided to undo at a stroke several templates I and another editor had worked on for a very long time, which listed large numbers of sources. They did not understand the sources, did not understand the scope of what we were doing, or the consequences of their decision. And there was no reasoning with them. They applied what they saw as "policy" without looking at the circumstances or the effect. Given that there should be 150 lighthouses in Michigan alone, accessing each of them to change a comma was (and remains) bullshit. As I am a volunteer helping build the railroad, I don't need to clean up after others deliberately tear up the track. So there are some Michigan lighthouse articles that were not improved very much, and there are a lot of nascent articles that were never written.
I damn near quit Wikipedia at the time. But that is past, except for the fact that I made the decision to abandon a rather grand project. Their loss. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:13, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Michigan Brewing Company

Very long and well sourced "Stub"? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:41, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I've bumped it to C-class. At the moment, I'm mainly addressing importance ratings, not class ratings, which is why you mainly see AWB contribs in my history. Feel free to leave me notes for any others you think should be re-rated, or you can just change my ratings if you disagree with them. Dana boomer (talk) 19:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm hesitant to rerate anything I contributed to. This article is one in which I darn near wrote entire sections at least. And I still grieve the loss of a really good brewery that I regularly patronized. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:37, 9 December 2013 (UTC) 22:35, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

I see we are getting on the same page. Happy holidays. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:06, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

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Contract farming

Please advise which sections have caused you to blank the page for Copyvio reasons. The page has been up for several years so I am surprised at this sudden change of policy. I'd like to try to resolve this amicably. Roundtheworld (talk) 19:19, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

The first copyvio issue I saw with the page was that the Types of Contract Farming contained copyvio and overly close paraphrasing from the source given. Other parts of the article, including the Key benefits of contract farming section, appear to be copied from this article. That was as far as I checked, since that covers a major portion of the article. There has been no "sudden change in policy" - just a lack of volunteers to weed out all of the copyvio that makes its way into articles. I was assessing articles for the agriculture project and the text caught my eye as suspicious, so I checked it and found copying. Hope this helps. Dana boomer (talk) 19:32, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

The Indian article you flagged as a potential source of copyied material seems to be the one that copyied the text of Wikipedia and not the way around. The article is from 2012, but the text in question was entered in 2008. Please reinstate the page, as it is a very useful resource on this theme.

Fair enough - for some reason I thought that information had been inserted later than that. However, the Types of Contract Farming issue remains. Dana boomer (talk) 21:42, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. As far as I could establish, the text on types of contracts was originally published in a book by FAO in 2001, which is one of the references of the Wikipedia page ( Contract Farming : partnerships for Growth). If you look at the FAO copyright notice in their publications, you will see that use of their materials for non commercial purposes is allowed, provided the source is mentioned. The text can be kept as is, with a clear indication of the source or else if this is not acceptable under Wkipedia's standards, you can remove it, preserving the rest of the page. I am confident a volunteer would present these contents again with a more original write-up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.126.102.231 (talk) 08:04, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

The Types of Contract Farming could be removed with no significant loss of content. Restoring the page with that section deleted would enable me to do some much-needed revision of the article. Agricmarketing (talk) 08:45, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

A license for non-commercial purposes in not acceptable - one allowing commercial re-use is necessary. I will check through the article later today for additional copyvio, and if this section is the only issue I find, I think it can be removed and the rest restored. Dana boomer (talk) 12:43, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Later comment: Nope. A further look found additional copying from the FAO (link to archived version to show we copied from FAO, not the other way around) in the lead and Issues of concern section. The Rationale section appears to have been copied at least in part from the summary of a 2005 article. I continue to find problems with the article. A rewritten version of the article can be created by following the directions under the "Otherwise, you may write a new article without copyright-infringing material. Click "Show" to read where and how." section of the copyvio notice on the page. Dana boomer (talk) 16:47, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, so we are making significant revisions to the text, and hopefully improving it in the process. The problem is that the authors of the FAO content are the authors of the Wikipedia page, so we have been plagiarizing ourselves.Roundtheworld (talk) 18:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

I have submitted a rewrite. Thanks for your speedy consideration. Roundtheworld (talk) 15:53, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Any reactions to the new submission? The contributor says it is a revised version, with no plagiarism. When can we see it? _______ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.126.132.34 (talk) 10:58, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

It looks better, but will need to be reviewed by the clerks/admins at the copyright board. As I was the one who initially flagged the copyright issues, I'd prefer another admin check the work done before replacing the article. It is the holiday season, and many are busy in real life, so patience may be necessary. Dana boomer (talk) 23:15, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays...

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		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 23:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy holiday season....

	Cheers, pina coladas all round!
	Damn need a few of these after a frenetic year and Xmas. Hope yours is a good one....Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:46, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Cas! Hope you had a great Christmas...ours was relaxed and snowy - perfect! Dana boomer (talk) 23:15, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Racepacket is over

Happy New Year! MER-C 09:51, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

That was over fast. MER-C 09:25, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Happy New Year and wikicup thoughts

Dana, you doing wikicup 2014? We (I?) sort of let a couple articles we had ready for GA drop off the radar. Will submitting them now count for wikicup 2014? I'd like to get this stuff cranked up again. I asked Ealdgyth if this is the year to finally get American Quarter Horse up to speed (pun intended). Be a good WPEQ project and get wikicup points for both of you! Montanabw^(talk) 01:56, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Yup, going to do WikiCup again. The rule is that the competitor has to have completed "significant work" on the article in 2014 for it to be eligible for points, so it depends how much more work we end up doing on the articles. The first rounds of the Cup are pretty easy to pass through, though, so even if the articles we were working on (the Free-Roaming Act, Pryor Mountain Mustang, Pryor Mountain itself, and I did some work on Kiger Mustang in the fall - I think this is the series you're referring to) aren't eligible for points, I'd like to keep going on them. On the Free-Roaming Act, I think (IIRC) that I was done with my initial run-through, and was waiting for you to check to see if you were good with the new balance, etc. There may also be a couple of questions on the talk page about things from source material I didn't have? If you have the time and wanted to head over there, I think that article's pretty close. Then we could move on to the Mustang article, which mainly needs some updating, I think. If we get these four articles up to GA status early this year, it would provide a good background of source material that could be transferred over to work on the main Mustang article whenever we get around to that. I like the idea of working on Quarter Horse - it's definitely one of the big ones that's in need of some TLC. Dana boomer (talk) 13:40, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm game to get those up for GA, if you want to run them up the flagpole, I'll deal with any issues that arise in the review (sometimes it takes the actual review to get me to polish stuff up, yes, I suck... LOL) I kind of dread Mustang, though with a team I could face it. It needs to be sourced up the wazoo, and it's long. Incidentally, if you are looking for low-hanging fruit, the jockey articles largely suck. You did a good job with David O'Connor so I know you can handle BLP stuff. I'm trying to get the gumption going to improve [{Rosie Napravnik]] and have been nibbling at that article a bit. some of the other famous women jockeys of past and present, none of whom have very good articles (Julie Krone just got elected to the women's hall of fame). Javier Castellano just broke an earnings record and his article is pathetic. All the major jockeys have poor articles, I don't think there's a GA in the bunch. When I was looking for photos, I found a few better ones for a couple of people (Corey Nakatani, Ramon Dominquez) and I dropped a little bit of stuff into the Gary Stevens article (which also sucks) when I was working on Oxbow and Mucho Macho Man, and have been updating all of those since. Anyway, lots of articles that could be improved and might even be fun to work on. Just thoughts. Montanabw^(talk) 22:22, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

OK, I've just done another read-through of the Act article and nominated it for GAN. Next, I think I'm going to toddle over to the two sub-type articles (Kiger and Pryor Mustangs), with a goal of maybe nominating them by sometime next week? The main Mustang article is going to be a PITA, but, hey, we got TWH and Andalusian and a few other POV-draws to GA!! I've never been able to get myself too interested in flat racing...don't know why. I keep telling myself that this will be the year I finally get around to working on Endurance riding (my kind of racing) - that suite of articles is also in need of some major lovin'. Let me know if there are any articles that you're working on that you'd like me to take a run-through, though. Dana boomer (talk) 14:01, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

I'll help with the Pryors, will watchlist Kiger and pop by if I spot anything significant. I fully agree with you on the endurance and Competitive Trail Riding articles. The two articles I have in the "GA pretty soon queue" are Mucho Macho Man (quite close) and Rosie Napravnik (not very close yet, just started cleanup). Just got GA for Katherine Ritvo, but I don't think there's enough there to take up to FAC. I probably could with MMM, as I did with Oxbow, but my god, his stats chart is eating the article! Montanabw^(talk) 21:16, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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Horse question

Regarding the last photo on Horse grooming illustrating highlighter, would you say that it's judgmental/POV to use the word "excessive?" Thanks, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 20:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Eh, borderline. Personally, if I were writing the caption, I would probably go with "large amounts". However, given that highlighter is supposed to be used to highlight certain parts of the face and this horse looks like he had a bucket of the stuff poured over his head, "excessive" is really not, well, excessive. IMHO, YMMV. That article in general needs some major work. I have the books to do it - any interest in tag-teaming it, or were you just interested in the one caption? Dana boomer (talk) 21:12, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd be happy to help with it, though keep in mind I know very little about horses except from what a horse-owning friend tells me occasionally. I see what you mean about "excessive," in that even though it is a little POVish, even a horse neophyte such as myself would acknowledge that it looks odd. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:58, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Cool. I have a couple of other little things to finish up first, but I'll try to take a good look at it by the end of the week. Dana boomer (talk) 00:18, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

By the way ... that's "grease" or "oil" in American terms (at least in Arabian showing circles). When I read "highlighting" i thought of highlighter pens... (nor is that an excessive amount for some Arabian show horses but we won't go there...) Ealdgyth - Talk 00:21, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Good to know - the article definitely doesn't reflect that at the moment. Making sure it does will go on the to-do list. Anything Arab-specific sourcing that you have would definitely be welcome! Dana boomer (talk) 00:37, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Harris' Grooming to Win pp. 158-159 briefly discusses using baby oil. Kathleen Obenland's The Arabian English Pleasure Horse pp. 134-136 discusses what oils go where ... including a handy body outline and chart. Trust me, oiling an Arabian halter horse is a very exacting art. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:54, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

I have Harris' Grooming to Win - it's probably going to end up being a major source for the article. The US and UK pony club books have quite a bit too, I think. The D-level book especially is usually pretty good with super basic stuff that a lot of sources take for granted. Will need to double check. If we end up needing more, I may ping you for more on Obenland's book...I don't have that. Dana boomer (talk) 01:01, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

No worries. I can always scan the relevant pages as pdfs for you. I've got my own huge pile of stuff planned for this year ... I've been spending the last few days deep in research on JSTOR - I have a list ten pages long of various articles I wanna work on and need to research. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:09, 8 January 2014

I have those as well, so ping me if you start - this was one of the articles I did a lot of cleanup on in about 2007 or so that I agree needs the 2014 update and sourcing. It's true,the obvious stuff probably needs sourcing (remember that time I got in a spat with someone over use of the metal currycomb? Sheesh) (and BTW, about half the photos in there are mine...all of the ones of brushes and stuff... I do requests.) And even in Arabian circles that last horse is, as Ealdgyth says, goobered in gunk! Montanabw^(talk) 22:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971

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Dana, can we count this one for the wikicup or not? Montanabw^(talk) 01:33, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

No, for either of us. The only changes this year were an infobox, a few image switches and a couple of external link changes. There needs to be significant content work within the calendar year by the person claiming the points for it to be eligible. Dana boomer (talk) 01:47, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Erg. Oh well. If you want points for a GAN review, I have two up right now (and am pinging the wikicup judges for a ruling whether they have the same problem of not having enough 2014 edits), Mucho Macho Man and Rosie Napravnik. Montanabw^(talk) 10:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Agriculture

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Kudos to your gentility!

		The Civility Barnstar
		I'm very happy to know that humility and knowledge are coexisting in you. You truely have a beautiful mind with a beautiful heart. Thanks for being the way you are. Seabuckthorn ♥ 05:16, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I was thinking of awarding this accolade to you after working on your two phenomenal articles, but somehow missed it. But after reading the review page of Agriculture, I was forced to act with a sense of urgency. --Seabuckthorn ♥ 05:16, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Seabuckthorn. I'm really not sure what to say, as I went to bed thinking I had lost my temper a bit and was probably going to wake up in the morning with someone yelling at me. This was a much nicer surprise! Dana boomer (talk) 13:17, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I've been a fan of yours ever since I created my account here. The first review I read of yours was for this article here. I visited your user page then and got a lot of inspiration from your fantastic contributions here, but somehow could not muster enough courage to interact with you, given my meager contributions at that time, as they are even now. I borrowed your two statements from that review "Hi! I'll be reviewing this article for GA status, and should have my full review up shortly." and "OK, everything looks good now. Passing the article to GA status.". I've plagiarised those very statements in almost my every review since then , just to remember my inspiration and goal always. Thanks for being such a great user and a great human being. --Seabuckthorn ♥ 15:43, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm happy to have been an inspiration :) I remember that there were users that I felt like that about when I first started, but it's amazing how fast one comes to feel like being part of a community. It looks like you're off to a great start, so keep up the good work! Dana boomer (talk) 13:31, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

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You're ridiculous

I see you arbitrarily deleted the entire Yaverland Battery article claiming something about copyright issues. Are you for real? Most of Wikipedia is just copypaste of plagiarised facts? Or don't you bother to read this testament to cheating on high school essays? Besides what have you got against Palmerston Forts along the south coast of England that irks you so much that stuff is removed as if it were offensive? Even deleting the history too?

FFS what facts are you talking about, that have to be so different that you can claim it isn't copyrighted any more? It is clear to me , that whoever complied the information/data sheet obviously used primary sources (which this site does not allow anyway) so under your ludicrous decision, what you're basically killed editing on the article because unless someone else publishes a book on the site, nothing can ever be written on it??!! Because you can't use first-hand accounts or the work that has already been done as it's copyrighted!!

Your actions are so single-mindedly ridiculous, I think Wikipediocracy should be informed. I still find it hard to believe you *actually* have some authority on this site? What was the hiring process? Putting numbers in the right order or pushing difference shaped blocks through holes?

Sadly sarcasm aside, what this shows is that after more than 10 years of dipping in and out on here, your actions only prove how Wikipedia is painfully just becoming a site for people who don't have much power/life/esteem in the real world. What you have done only demonstrates how illogical Wikipedia has become, that there is no parity in application of the rules (most articles plagiarise published sources, taking with impunity names, dates, conclusions etc), and that without proper checks, reviews and balances (I mean IPs are metaphorically nothing nothing more than ants under soles of admin's "boots"; squashed without a care) see how easy/lazy/ignorant it is to make stuff up as you go along. No wonder this site is losing editors by the dozen. You're actions justify it! I pity you, I really do.  :-( 81.129.203.246 (talk) 16:43, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Please read WP:COPYVIO, WP:Close paraphrasing and WP:Revision deletion. The article was a combination of direct copyvio and extremely close paraphrasing from the source, and was cleaned up as part of an ongoing WP:CCI. The history was rev deleted due to the blatant nature of the copyvio. I have nothing personal against Palmerston Forts, I'm merely doing cleanup. If you (or anyone else) wants to rewrite the article, they are welcome to, but not using entire sentences and paragraphs lifted from copyrighted sources. I agree that there is extensive copyvio and close paraphrasing on Wikipedia, as is shown by the thousands of articles listed in individual CCIs, but not doing anything about it is not an option. Also, please refrain from personal attacks. Dana boomer (talk) 17:16, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

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TFA for Boulonnais horse

Hi Dana, hope you don't mind, but I've nominated Boulonnais horse for TFA after noticing a deficit of noms there. Thanks, Ruby 2010/2013 03:28, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

That's fine. I think that TFA is a pain in the butt, but it's cool to get attention for some breeds that almost no-one knows about. ~~

Once you get a day, ping WPEQ and we will help babysit. Luckily, these obscure articles tend to not be hit too bad, mostly the vandals the bots catch. Montanabw^(talk) 03:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

There's some discussion at WP:TFAR about which image to use, and a few extra images of the breed have been found on Commons - would you mind taking a look to see whether you think any of them would be useful in the article as well as / instead of the current ones? Thanks, Bencherlite^Talk 10:16, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I've commented at TFAR and switched out one of the images in the article. I don't think there's room for "as well as", but was definitely room for improvement in "instead of"! Dana boomer (talk) 15:05, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Misclick

Yep, this was a misclick. What's weird is that I barely clicked it before clicking on another one, and I checked immediately to see if I had reverted it! Gah, thanks :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:45, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

No problem. I've done exactly the same thing before - rollback can be so touchy! Dana boomer (talk) 17:55, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

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Question about User:Theparties

• Theparties (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

1. User seems to be nominating to GAN lots of stuff lately that the user was NOT the significant contributor on, across all sorts of different topics.
2. It appears from user's talk page the user has been asked to stop, and has not stopped.
3. This wastes time from other potential GA Reviewers, and is therefore disruptive.
4. Can something be done about this?

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 04:42, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

• Fine. I agree to stop. I'm not nominating anything else, for now.--Theparties (talk) 05:41, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

• Cirt, this appears to be addressed with the user's promise to be more careful about what they are nominating. As a general note, if a user is being disruptive at GAN, the place to take it would be the GAN talk page, where discussions are held about placing limits on users' participation in the process. I don't think this is necessary at the moment for Theparties, given their statements above and on their talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 15:33, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good, thank you both, — Cirt (talk) 18:07, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Update: Did it again, at Aung San Suu Kyi. Time to bring to GAN talk page? — Cirt (talk) 12:41, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

My mistake, that nomination was before above exchange. What should be done about these outstanding nominations to which the user was not a significant contributor? — Cirt (talk) 12:43, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

If they're really inappropriate (lists rather than articles, already GA or FA, contain cleanup banners/lots of cleanup tags) I've just been removing the GAN tag from the talk page and notifying Theparties on their talk page that I did so. If they're not, I think they can be left up for review - at least one that I looked at was actually in decent shape, although I think a couple of others have already been failed. Another option would be to ask the user to remove any noms that they don't plan to work on in response to GAN comments. Last I checked there were several from the user in the Social Sciences section - maybe a few in Media or something? - but I've been offline for over a day, so this may have changed. Dana boomer (talk) 14:08, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

@Theparties, can you please go through your nominations at WP:GAN and remove all the nominations you don't plan on working on to address all GA Reviewers' concerns to bring them to GA? Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 14:41, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ban Ki-moon/archive1

I'm asking for a little bit more time to get this done. I'm still trying to work on it, but I've found myself rather short on editing time of late. I don't know how long you usually leave things at this phase, but I'm confident I can make the necessary improvements within 2-3 weeks. --Laser brain (talk) 15:21, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

No problem. Just post on the FAR page as you make progress with the editing, if you wouldn't mind. Thanks, Dana boomer (talk) 22:49, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pryor Mountain Mustang

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Dana, I pinged the WikiCup judges about whether it was OK for me as well as you to claim GA wikicup points for this one. Don't want to steal your thunder, I'm presuming if it's OK for me, it's OK for both of us, but if you have an opinion, let me know. I'm new to it this year and don't want to claim anything I shouldn't. Montanabw^(talk) 05:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm cool with you claiming it if the judges are OK with it - your claiming doesn't affect mine at all. We could go for FAC on this one; any interest in working towards that? Dana boomer (talk) 14:14, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that would be fun. How much more do you think we need to do? And, do you want to put it up for a peer review first or not? Montanabw^(talk) 22:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it needs a ton more work. I wasn't going to do a formal PR (unless you really want to), but I was going to ask one of the other bio editors to take a look. I want to do another read through of it, too. Dana boomer (talk) 14:57, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

PR can be a troll attractant. I'm OK with a trusted reviewer looking at it. Montanabw^(talk) 20:06, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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If copacetic...

I have Thunder (mascot) up for GAN and it needs a reviewer. Just saying...  ;-) Montanabw^(talk) 20:06, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• 12george1 (submissions) and TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
• WonderBoy1998 (submissions) scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Wikipedia:Featured topics/She Wolf.
• TheAustinMan (submissions) scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
• Igordebraga (submissions) has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Question

Since when does a quote count as copyright? by the way these are all old ones which i already have discussed with the admins about. --Mossadegh-e Mihan-dust (talk) 17:58, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Excessive quotes of copyrighted material are to be avoided, see WP:QUOTE, especially when the material can easily be paraphrased and integrated into the text. I am completely aware that all of the cleanup I'm doing is of your old edits, as I'm currently working through Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/HistoryofIran. If I thought they were new, I would have blocked you already. It would be helpful if you did some of this cleanup yourself, instead of waiting for other editors to do it for you. Dana boomer (talk) 18:03, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Already working on it [2] and [3]. --Mossadegh-e Mihan-dust (talk) 18:05, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

I need to do something then i will return and help you in this little problem. Just making you know that so you won't think that i am too lazy to help. --Mossadegh-e Mihan-dust (talk) 19:46, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Hadn't Kansas Bear already fixed all the copyright issues on Bahram V and Shapur II some time ago? if not, then I would have removed the information from those articles to save you the trouble. --Mossadegh-e Mihan-dust (talk) 17:46, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

No, he had done some rewriting, but there was still substantial copyvio left in the diffs that I checked. Thank you for the work that you've done so far in reverting copyvio and adding the proper templates for copying within Wikipedia. Dana boomer (talk) 18:08, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Anglo-Norman GA

Hi Dana, I just put in another gob of hidden text to the article. Peek at my comments and then feel free to tackle the hidden text, whether you change anything or not. Ping me when you've done all you want to do with it and I'll look it over then. I think I got to the root of what was going on that was bugging me, and however you get to the solution I'm looking for is fine with me whether you do it my way or your own way. No worries; you're basically just one whopping round of copyediting from GA. Montanabw^(talk) 23:26, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Source question : this source Dominique Auzias, Caroline Michelot, Jean-Paul Labourdette et Delphine Cohen, La France à cheval, Petit Futé,‎ 2010 (ISBN 2746927829 et 9782746927827, lire en ligne [archive]), p. 161 . I've forgotten to replace it in the fr-version --Tsaag Valren (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, it's one of my own articles but I've not the precise date... what a shame xD ! Probably in 2012, when most of the steps have been taken ... --Tsaag Valren (talk) 18:16, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Impressive

Thank you for another precious horse on the Main page! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

On your list?

Noticed that Nivernais horse is low hanging fruit for an easy GA. Montanabw^(talk) 03:44, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I have a sandbox someplace with all of the French breed articles and how far along they are. My goals for this year are to get French Trotter, AQPS, Selle Francais and Anglo-Norman up to at least GA status. The first two I still have to do full translations on, the third needs cleanup, and of course you're reviewing the fourth. After that, Nivernais and Landais pony (which I did some work on last year, but then Tsaag really expanded the French article) would probably be next. Dana boomer (talk) 12:38, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Re: FAR on hold

Well yes, I failed to receive any proper responses from editors over the past couple hours prior to starting the FAR. Thanks for the message, Dana boomer! IX|(C"<) 15:50, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

I started a section on WT:VG titled "Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening needs rewrites/cleanup to maintain FA status" It starts with a question to improve the Devil May Cry 3 article as many users aren't interested in maintaining its FA status since the article's old. Indeed, more users are interested in writing new Good Articles (GAs) and Featured Articles (FAs) than deal with old ones, which is a topic what users there are discussing, even me. The section is pretty interesting since the point is "old is asleep, new is awake." IX|(C"<) 05:11, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

The DMC3 article talk page has a proper talk page notification. I wasn't the first editor to notice the issues the article had, but I raised them, and I discussed with other users about the article's poor quality. However, we moved on to dealing with featured/good content instead of improving the DMC3 article with edits, and the article was edited 4 times after I started the FAR. That's very little improvement to the article during the week-long "wait" period. IX|(C"<) 04:29, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

I have now reopened the FAR, as no significant improving edits were made during the hold. Thank you for your patience, and it's good to see people going through older FAs to see which ones need work and/or a review! Dana boomer (talk) 16:13, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

• This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
• Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
• The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
• An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014

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CCI update

A smaller one, but still, quite a few have thankfully been cleared this month. Wizardman 04:21, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive

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Your GA nomination of Anky van Grunsven

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Anky van Grunsven 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:40, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Anky van Grunsven

The article Anky van Grunsven 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:Anky van Grunsven for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 14:50, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ulla Salzgeber

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ulla Salzgeber 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 Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 19:21, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Multiplier points?

Any interest in getting stallion to GA? Might tone down the "don't take their balls" nutcases if we get it the green plus. And good multiplier for WikiCup points if we do. Montanabw^(talk) 19:58, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I've actually been thinking about posting this exact same message for you :) Definitely interested, especially since some of the material we come up with could probably be transferred over for a final buffing on Gelding, too. Getting both articles fully sourced and up to GA would definitely help with the POV-pushers. I have a couple of GA reviews (thanks for the one, by the way!) to respond to this evening, plus chores (which take twice the time, given that it's literally zero degrees outside) and a bit of RL work to do, but I'll try to take a first swing at the article tonight or tomorrow, unless I see you in there working. Dana boomer (talk) 20:12, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Montanabw, I've started with a bit of work, and I think that GA is definitely doable. Do you have any thoughts on your timetable for working on the article, so I don't conflict with you? In addition, just wanted to mention that I'm kind of playing with the idea of using this year's WikiCup as a motivator for cleaning up the project's B-class articles. There are a few that need to be downgraded to C-class, mostly due to referencing, but there are a bunch of others that need only relatively minor work to be ready for GAN. Any thoughts? There are quite a few Arabian articles in there, if you want to join me! I'll probably leave those and the color articles and some of the major articles 'til last, in case anyone else is interested in working on them...hint, hint :) Dana boomer (talk) 19:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If it involves an Arabian, ping me immediately! LOL! Maybe we could start a list at WikiProject Equine (call it "upgrading B and C class articles" or something) and figure out what to prioritize. When I am online is a total mystery; If we start to edit conflict, one of us can just go work on something else. No worries, god knows there is enough to do! Montanabw^(talk) 21:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Montanabw, see User:Dana boomer/WPEQ B-class. I tossed it in my userspace, because that was easy, but I have no problem with anyone else playing there. I sorted them roughly by category, so we could see what was there, although if anyone else has any different idea I'm all ears. There are, according to my new calculations, five individual Arabians, an Arab breeder and an Arab association on the list :) I'll probably initially work on buffing some of the breed articles on my own, but am free as a new pair of eyes on anything that anyone else may need a peer review for. I think Stallion is a good team project for now, but I also think that there are some very high-priority, high Cup point articles on that list for later in the year, as well. Feel free to ping in anyone else who you think might be interested, and once I've taken an initial swing through the list, I'll probably start pinging individual authors to see if they are interested in taking articles to GAN. Dana boomer (talk) 01:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

As far as GAN prospects go in the Arabian field, Bazy Tankersley is the closest and I'd really enjoy collaborating on that article, as it has been my solo project and I have just plain seen it too many times to view it fresh; the research is extensive, but there are more sources to tap (listed on talk page) and the lede needs to be expanded. She was really quite a fascinating person and I think that article is a potential FAC. See what you think. As for the rest, Witez II would be the most fun due to the history of the horse. Saddle and stirrup are, I think, core articles, and stirrup in particular gets weird hits from POV-pushers from time to time; we'll need Ealdgyth for that one, given her medieval sources (I also pinged her on stallion). Incidentally, if you are up for a peer review, I'm thinking about taking Mucho Macho Man to FA, he will retire at the end of this year. Would welcome fresh eyes there too. Montanabw^(talk) 02:40, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Anky van Grunsven

The article Anky van Grunsven you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Anky van Grunsven for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 11:41, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless CCI Contributor Barnstar

Frankly, every one of the 17,000,000+ users or however many we are up to these days could give you a barnstar, and it still would not be sufficient thanks for the tireless work you do behind the scenes at CCI. I appreciate your efforts; thanks to people like you doing that "grunt work", people like me can have fun writing articles on topics we enjoy ... I appreciate that opportunity. Thanks again for all you do; without editors such as yourself keeping us legal, this project would not exist. So when I say thank you, I would like to think I do so on behalf of the roughly 116 million people who visit Wikipedia on a monthly basis who have no idea the hard work that you and others perform at CCI on a daily basis. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and did I forget to say thank you. Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia because of your efforts. Go Phightins! 03:58, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ulla Salzgeber

The article Ulla Salzgeber you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ulla Salzgeber for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 07:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC)