User talk:Go Phightins!

This page was last edited or modified by MarkBernstein (talk) on Thursday 15:02:31 May 12, 2016 (UTC).

NOTE TO FELLOW ADMINISTRATORS: If you deem that an administrative action I took was objectionable, a misreading of consensus, against Wikipedia guidelines/policy, or simply stupid, you are free to revert it without prior consultation. However, please explain what you did and why on my talk page thereafter. Thanks! Go Phightins! 13:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC) NOTE TO FELLOW WIKIPEDIA CONTRIBUTORS: Did you know that there is an Editor's index to Wikipedia? It looks super helpful, is painstakingly maintained, and I never knew it existed ... passing it along.

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NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	90	72	0.556	—	49–32	41–40
Washington Nationals	83	79	0.512	7	46–35	37–44
Miami Marlins	71	91	0.438	19	41–40	30–51
Atlanta Braves	67	95	0.414	23	42–39	25–56
Philadelphia Phillies	63	99	0.389	27	37–44	26–55

Wikipedia-applicable food for thought: "The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia." – Umberto Eco in Serendipities: Language and Lunacy

Note: If you'd prefer, I can be reached via email here. -Go Phightins!

Here is a list of the print resources I personally own in my virtual library, in case they would be useful for article expansion. Go Phightins!

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Merry Christmas and happy new year. (:

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Season's Greetings

	Wishing you a Charlie Brown Charlie Russell Christmas! 🎄
	Best wishes for your Christmas Is all you get from me 'Cause I ain't no Santa Claus Don't own no Christmas tree. But if wishes was health and money I'd fill your buck-skin poke Your doctor would go hungry An' you never would be broke." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1914. Montanabw(talk)

Writing an article for Signpost for 'Spy Week'

Hi, Rosiestep suggested I contribute an article to the Signpost regarding the recent collaboration between Wikiproject Women in Red and Edinburgh Spy Week on the Women in Espionage editathon. I've blogged about it here but can you let me know if I would need to re-jig things for a Signpost article. Best regards, Stinglehammer (talk) 00:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter

FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13

Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by Cas Liber (submissions) and one by Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by Hurricanehink (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while The C of E (submissions) and MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

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Signpost

Would The Signpost be interested in a short opinion piece on the subject of Wikipedia and extortion? I think it would surely be topical and timely. Like its author, it would probably not be popular among all Wikipedians, but I think it will be of interest to many. I’ll be writing about the topic elsewhere, but some aspects are specifically interesting to active admins, who are perhaps better approached in The Signpost than through a general-interest publication.

If you're interested, let me know about your editorial schedule. Don’t hesitate to email or phone. MarkBernstein (talk) 15:02, 12 May 2016 (UTC)