User talk:Mifter

“ Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. ” — Aristotle

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== Welcome ==oppo f1s '2023(Note: This welcome message will not be archived)' Mifter (talk) 02:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Mifter! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Polly (Parrot) 22:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
• AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

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. 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. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

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WikiCup 2015 May newsletter

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by The Herald (submissions) during the second round.

The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

• Coemgenus (submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
• LeftAire (submissions) worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 16:37, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Has anyone ever told you...

Not to template the regulars? And if you must do so, please ensure you know what you're talking about first. Said IP has been doing this for well over a month, across numerous IPs. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 18:56, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

I personally don't believe in that idea that we shouldn't template the regulars (see WP:TR). However, I am concerned that your edit summaries, and general decorum (which I am assuming is sarcastic in nature) are straying close to being personal attacks and are assuming the bad faith of others. Finally, after looking over the articles you had requested to be protected, the IP which I suspect you are concerned about appears to have only started really editing yesterday. Best, Mifter (talk) 19:09, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

• The IP has shown precious little interest in sourcing things over the last month. Yes, that IP started editing yesterday, but they have a combination of a dynamic IP, and moving around the country a lot. Which is why they are not a new user, and why I am not treating them as such. They've hopped to another location on a totally different range. They've also been blocked under a few of the IPs before, but it would take me hours to list every single one they've used. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:29, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Why small=yes?

In your edit of 22:23, 17 May 2015 of Chinx, you added {{pp-pc1|expiry=7 June 2015|small=yes}} at the top. Given that template pp-pc1 defaults to small=yes, what is the purpose of adding small=yes? I'll look for a response here. Respectfully, Anomalocaris (talk) 03:29, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for your note. The "small=yes" is added automatically by Twinkle (a semi-automated piece of software designed to streamline maintenance functions) when it tags the page after I have protected it. As not all protection templates default to the smaller padlock, the software always adds it as a precaution unless I specify otherwise. Best, Mifter (talk) 03:33, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Message

Hi - Thank you for your message. I've just been working to made the article readable by reducing the length but ensuring all points are retained and POV is not changed. It wasn't a mistake. I felt the point of the paragraph was covered, and in better detail in the following paragraph - and the paragraph I removed was not relevant to that section. I have spent a lot of time on this trying to make it readable. What level of detail in the comment is necessary? 131.111.141.163 (talk) 03:14, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

regarding edit

Hi, Thanks for the edit on the page Pandaga Chesko. Actually some anonymous user did that I was just trying to revert that due to slow internet connection it took time..But,Thanks to you you did it fastly..

Regards