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Nomination of Aiza Khan for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Aiza Khan is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Marketing

Why do you keep creating "Marketing" sections that go against the guidelines? MOS:FILM#Marketing clearly states, in bold, "Do not merely identify and describe the content of customary marketing methods such as trailers, TV spots, radio ads, and posters." Such a section should at least have commentary as part of it. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:24, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

@Erik: I think it's the best way to put marketing and promotion details, the section would grow eventually. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 18:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

There cannot be such a section until reliable sources that provide useful commentary actually appear. For most films, there won't be that kind of commentary. If you really want, you can keep links about marketing on the talk page until there is commentary to include, then some of the links would be useful. Sometimes trailers have commentary, like being noticed for getting a lot of views, but releases of photos are very rarely worth noting. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

@Erik: Hmm yeah, got it. Thanks. Will you please take a look at Draft:Angry Birds (film), I think it should be moved to mainspace now, as it got all cast announced suddenly and an image, which is probably from production. What do you say about that? --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 18:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I just suggest thinking about the value such details add or do not add. Just about every film comes out with trailers and posters. Marketing content, we need to be sensitive about per WP:PROMO, because we can't come off sounding like we are dutifully sharing everything that is publicized. That's why we need to follow secondary sources in that regard. If a trailer comes out and it is just its release that is reported, it's not of value. If the trailer comes out and makes a unique impact, like getting a large enough number of views for a reliable source to report, then we reference that report. As for Angry Birds, animated films are tricky. I see that they just cast some actors recently, but the production process tends to be different. Some stuff is probably planned out by now, but not sure how much of the film is complete. WP:NFF does have a passage about animated films worth following. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:52, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Understood Erik, thanks. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 18:59, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Tomorrow (2015 film)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2014)

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DYK nomination of The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)

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External links

Hello, I wanted to direct you to the policy of WP:LINKFARM, which MOS:FILM#External links is based on. WP:ELNO in particular states not to add "any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article." This means that standard overview websites like ComingSoon.net and MovieWeb are not appropriate for inclusion. Links for Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic are appropriate because they can give readers access to many more reviews than what an article can contain; same with Box Office Mojo and box office data. Thanks, Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:30, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Also, if you want to discuss this matter, we can start a community discussion at WT:FILM to see what the consensus is about these kinds of websites. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:31, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah Erik, it's easy, I understood. Thanks. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 04:24, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Our Brand Is Crisis (2016 film)

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Need help with Tracy Stratford

I need help with the Tracy Stratford article. Is there a WikiProject for the Twilight Zone that could help us? Paul Austin (talk) 10:06, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes Austin, I found a project page here Wikipedia:WikiProject The Twilight Zone. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 15:36, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2014)

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Nomination of Ed Oxenbould for deletion

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Your GA nomination of The Fault in Our Stars (film)

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Majid Majidi's new film

Hi... Please can you create and page and expand it. This film's Wikipedia is essential. I feel so. Here are the sources.

• Rare portrayal of Muhammad’s youth in upcoming Iranian film
• Iranian director to tell life of prophet
• International singer talks about AR Rahman
  Arjann (talk) 14:05, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

No offense Arjann, but why don't you create it by yourself? You seem a good editor to me. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 15:57, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Fault in Our Stars (film)

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Nomination of Kennedi Clements for deletion

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Hi Captain Assassin!, just wanted to let you know that Deor moved the article to User:Captain Assassin!/Kennedi Clements, and it can be worked on there. It is a good article, and it is great that you made it, however the subject is not noteworthy enough until the second movie actually premieres. At that time, feel free to move the article back to the mainspace. All the best, Taketa (talk) 07:28, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2014)

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DYK hook

You pinged my talk page. I vaguely remember being in a discussion with you somewhere, but I don't recall where. Please point me to the relevant discussion.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:58, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

• Please point me to the relevant discussion.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:05, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
  • @TonyTheTiger: Here is the discussion Template:Did you know nominations/St Mary's Church, Presbytery and Convent, Little Crosby. Maybe I'm wrong, but as far I know every reviewer, who reviewed my NOMs, always asked me to mention the hook in the LEAD. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 08:16, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
    • The hook is not required to be in the LEAD of the article. It often won't be. The LEAD is intended to be a broad brush summary of the article. A DYK hook could easily be about an obscure fact that is not worthy of being in the LEAD. The hook fact must be in the article and for multi-article hooks, there is some vague agreement that the hook fact(s) should be relevant to each article. I am not aware of any rule at WP:DYKSG or WP:DYK regarding including the hook in the article or the LEAD. I will have a look at the nomination that you pointed me to.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:05, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Singham 123‎

Could you take a look at the article. It is in horrible shape, but more importantly, has the film been released or is even filming? Bgwhite (talk) 21:18, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

No Bgwhite, I don't think it is shooting right now. The last news about film was on September 29, 2014, in some sources it was mentioned as "all set to begin shoot," but nothing like it was shooting or when it would be. It would be released in January 2015 given at some sites. It'd be better as a redirect for now. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 01:18, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Could you redirect to wherever you think is best. Bgwhite (talk) 04:19, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah sure Bgwhite, I'm redirecting to it's producer for now. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 14:55, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Our Brand Is Crisis (2016 film)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:15, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

The Last Witch Hunter (2014 film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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WP:MILLION

Yes nominate both.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:23, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Ricki and the Flash

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2014)

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The Million Award

	The Million Award
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The Quarter Million Award

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	I hereby award you the The Quarter Million Award for helping to bring Chef (film) to WP:GA quality. Thank you for your impressive quality improvement efforts on Wikipedia! — Cirt (talk) 01:39, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Fault in Our Stars (film)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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Hail Caesar!

Just letting you know that the film doesn't start production until January, as what Channing Tatum stated on his Instagram. As a result, I've redirected the article back to the Coen brothers as per WP:NFF and WP:TOOSOON. Rusted AutoParts 14:07, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

@Rusted AutoParts: Alright then Sock, we'd revert it back when filming begins. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 15:25, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

It's not me trying to be annoying or anything, it's just anything could happen in those three months (budget issue, cast dropouts). Rusted AutoParts 16:38, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Yeah I understand, that's why I'm keeping it as a redirect until production starts in January. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 16:44, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2014)

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Proposed deletion of Spy's Kid (2015 film)

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Hey there

Just wanted to stop by and apologize if my tone came off a little too strong or harsh at Wikipedia talk:Million Award.

On reflection, it's meant to be no big deal, but I can totally understand it'd feel much better to get individual awards instead of one big bundled award.

I totally won't contest anything if you or anyone else wanted to propose and/or make changes to the way the award process is done at that page.

Thanks very much for your quality contributions to Wikipedia and your participation at WP:Million Award.

I'm sorry about that,

— Cirt (talk) 22:21, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Spy's Kid (2015 film) for deletion

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WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

• Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
• Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
• Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
• Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• 12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
• Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
• Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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 · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter—November 2014

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Several bugs were fixed for internal and external links. Improvements to MediaWiki's search solved an annoying problem: If you searched for the full name of the page or file that you wanted to link, sometimes the search program could not find the page. A link inside a template, to a local page that does not exist, will now show red, exactly as it does when reading the page. Due to a error, for about two weeks this also affected all external links inside templates. Opening an auto-numbered link node like [1] with the keyboard used to open the wrong link tool. These problems have all been fixed.

TemplateData

The tool for quickly editing TemplateData will be deployed to all Wikimedia Foundation wikis on Thursday, 6 November.  This tool is already available on the biggest 40 Wikipedias, and now all wikis will have access to it. This tool makes it easier to add TemplateData to the template's documentation.  When the tool is enabled, it will add a button above every editing window for a template (including documentation subpages). To use it, edit the template or a subpage, and then click the "Edit template data" button at the top.  Read the help page for TemplateData. You can test the TemplateData editor in a sandbox at Mediawiki.org. Remember that TemplateData should be placed either on a documentation subpage or on the template page itself. Only one block of TemplateData will be used per template.

You can use the new autovalue setting to pre-load a value into a template. This can be used to substitute dates, as in this example, or to add the most common response for that parameter. The autovalue can be easily overridden by the editor, by typing something else in the field.

In TemplateData, you may define a parameter as "required". The template dialog in VisualEditor will warn editors if they leave a "required" parameter empty, and they will not be able to delete that parameter. If the template can function without this parameter, then please mark it as "suggested" or "optional" in TemplateData instead.

Looking ahead

Basic support for inserting tables and changing the number of rows and columns in tables will appear next Wednesday. Advanced features, like dragging columns to different places, will be possible later. The VisualEditor team plans to add auto-fill features for citations soon. To help editors find the most important items more quickly, some items in the toolbar menus will be hidden behind a "More" item, such as "underlining" in the styling menu. The appearance of the media search dialog will improve, to make picking between possible images easier and more visual. The team posts details about planned work on the VisualEditor roadmap.

The user guide will be updated soon to add information about editing tables. The translations for most languages except Spanish, French, and Dutch are significantly out of date. Please help complete the current translations for users who speak your language. Talk to us if you need help exporting the translated guide to your wiki.

You can influence VisualEditor's design. Tell the VisualEditor team what you want changed during the office hours via IRC. The next sessions are on Wednesday, 19 November at 16:00 UTC and on Wednesday 7 January 2015 at 22:00 UTC. You can also share your ideas at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.

Also, user experience researcher Abbey Ripstra is looking for editors to show her how they edit Wikipedia. Please sign up for the research program if you would like to hear about opportunities.

If you would like to help with translations of this newsletter, please subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Subscribe or unsubscribe at Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Newsletter. Thank you!

— Whatamidoing (WMF) 20:41, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for St. James Place

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Macbeth (2015 film)

The article Macbeth (2015 film) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A planned film that has been cancelled, not notable

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Interview for The Signpost

This is being sent to you as a member of WikiProject Hospitals

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Hospitals for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Thanks, Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (rap) @ 09:52, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2014)

Sleeping is part of everyday life Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Everyday life Previous selections: Pizza • National park Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC) •

Speedy deletion declined: Draft:Hunter's Prayer

Hello Captain Assassin!. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:Hunter's Prayer, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:10, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

The Martian

Just wondering. Considering both the redirect and draft are under your name, why don't you copy and paste your info onto the redirect? Rusted AutoParts 20:07, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

@Rusted AutoParts: Actually draft has history of editing which article doesn't. I updated the draft time by time whenever a news came out. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 03:24, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

The Martian (film)

Is it a sci-fi or drama-adventure? --IEditEncyclopedia (talk) 08:21, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

@IEditEncyclopedia: It's obviously a sci-fi film. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 08:23, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Kolubara

Captain Assassin!, the nominator revised the hook per your suggestion over a week ago. If there are any other issues with the nomination, please raise them now, or finish the review if you're satisfied that the hook and article meet the DYK criteria. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:37, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Yeah sorry for the dealy BlueMoonset. I've finished the review. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 15:44, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2014)

Military aviation and missile guidance are examples of modern military technology. Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Military technology Previous selections: Everyday life • Pizza Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 17 November 2014 (UTC) •

Orphaned non-free image File:A Most Violent Year TeaserPoster.jpg

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2014)

A beach on the island of San Andrés, a tourist destination in the Caribbean Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Tourism in the Caribbean Previous selections: Military technology • Everyday life Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:38, 24 November 2014 (UTC) •

Proposed deletion of Mindstorm Studios

The article Mindstorm Studios has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Doesn't meet Notability guidelines of Wikipedia and might be WP:TOOSOON

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tower Technologies Limited

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A tag has been placed on Tower Technologies Limited requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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DYK for Dead Rising: Watchtower

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:37, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Gravity (film)

Nothing wrong with the "Scientific accuracy" section (i. e. it looks great). That's why I have not included it in the GA review. Is badass digest.com and Framestore and those belonging to Film Stage, are they reliable sources? Ssven2 (talk) 08:08, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Actually Ssven2, I'm not really confirmed about Framestore, but yes badassdigest.com and thefilmstage.com are reliable. I've seen these around. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 08:13, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, but it is wikilinked so that's enough. It is indeed an RS. Ssven2 (talk) 08:16, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh yeah, it slipped somehow, it's a visual effects company. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 08:21, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

I have found the source for the line "The soundtrack in the film's space scenes consists of the musical score and sounds astronauts would hear in their suits or in the space vehicles." You can use this David Bordwell source. Ssven2 (talk) 09:08, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Archive the reference (Reference 2) and the article is passed. Ssven2 (talk) 17:28, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Draft:Avatar 4

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DYK for L.A. Takedown

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:42, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Gravity (film)

The article Gravity (film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Gravity (film) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ssven2 -- Ssven2 (talk) 03:40, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For your efforts in making Gravity a GA. Ssven2 (talk) 03:57, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Ssven2. It became possible with yours help. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 07:57, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2014)

The Mexico–United States border spans six Mexican states and four U.S. states, with a total length of 3,145 km (1,954 mi). Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Mexico–United States border Previous selections: Tourism in the Caribbean • Military technology Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:36, 1 December 2014 (UTC) •

Your GA nomination of Despicable Me 2

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Orphaned non-free image File:Mindstorm Studios logo.jpg

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Your GA nomination of Despicable Me 2

The article Despicable Me 2 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Despicable Me 2 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ssven2 -- Ssven2 (talk) 03:22, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your tireless contribution to the article Despicable Me 2, and making it a GA. Go and buy some Gelato and enjoy it! Ssven2 (talk) 03:34, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you again Ssven2 for the Barnstar and the review. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 03:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Spy's Kid (2015 film)

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A tag has been placed on Spy's Kid (2015 film), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Groceryheist (talk) 03:47, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

December Wikification drive.

Greetings! Just letting you know the December wikification drive has been started. Better late than never. Cheers! :) Heading for the 20's, living in the Wild Wild Wikipedia! (talk) 18:44, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Tower Technologies Limited logo.jpg

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DYK nomination of Concussion (2016 film)

Hello! Your submission of Concussion (2016 film) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:29, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny

Hello! Your submission of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:58, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Alyvia Alyn Lind

The article Alyvia Alyn Lind has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. AussieLegend (✉) 17:05, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

• We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
• In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
• The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2014)

Game design is the art of creating rules and mechanics to facilitate interactions between players in a game. Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Game design Previous selections: Mexico–United States border • Tourism in the Caribbean Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:25, 8 December 2014 (UTC) •

DYK nomination of London Has Fallen

Hello! Your submission of London Has Fallen at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:37, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Please see new note on DYK nomination template. Yoninah (talk) 00:11, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Concussion (2016 film)

The DYK project (nominate) 02:06, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Legend

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 13:51, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Big Eyes poster.jpg

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GOCE coordinator elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Gravity (film)

Mike V • Talk 06:27, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

December 2014 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2014)

A plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Spaghetti Previous selections: Game design • Mexico–United States border Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:22, 15 December 2014 (UTC) •

DYK for Colonia Dignidad (film)

Mike V • Talk 20:29, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Other Woman (2014 film)

The article The Other Woman (2014 film) 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:The Other Woman (2014 film) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sock -- Sock (talk) 13:41, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

An apology to you

I probably shouldn't have cluttered the GAN with my apology, but I'm going to extend it here. I'm sorry that my name on a GAN of yours makes you uncomfortable. I know that I'm harsh on your articles, but I'm harsh on all articles. I don't tend to mince words very much, and I know that I can hurt feelings sometimes. I don't mean to do it, I just find that I'm a very straightforward and honest person, often too much for my own good. Your contributions to Wikipedia have been excellent, and I understand that English is not your first language and that you're trying (which I commend you for, as I couldn't speak a second language if I tried), but I still have to judge your articles the same way I would judge an article from a fluent English speaker. I apologize if I come off as personally harsh towards you, and I hope I can help you work through the GA nom for The Other Woman. I don't like failing reviews, so I'll be helping you out as much as I can. Sock (tock talk) 17:41, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

You know what Sock? When I saw the message about GA nomination by a bot on behalf of you, I was like "Oh Almighty! Sock?" But really, believe me, now I'm feeling a really helpful. Don't apologize, I know sometimes it happen. And I'm also sorry for me being rude talking to you like that, but it was like... it was just came out of my brain and then on fingers, you know. But it's okay now, we'll work on the GAN together and we'll put it on GOCE when everything else looks good. And the other thing about being rush into GA, it's one my planned policies about editing actually, I'm telling you this first time. It's because I want to learn more and more accurate, I had been in very difficult positions in the past, so I don't wanna make those mistakes again. And I just thought probably the GAN would be the best way to learn something, so that's why I do the rush. But as you know, I don't rush in putting article together, it's just my grammar. By the way, thanks for understanding me, and I've judged you a good person. See ya' :) --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 19:23, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

I completely understand. It happens to the best of us, don't worry about it. I'm glad we're all good :) Like I said, I can't work on the GAN too much right now since I'm at work, but I'll be home around 5:30 my time (so three hours from now) and I'll try to buckle down and go through the issues with you. Thank you! Sock (tock talk) 19:30, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Yeah we're good. I'm going to sleep, it's 12:33 AM here. Thanks again. :) --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 19:33, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter—December 2014

Did you know?

Basic table editing is now available in VisualEditor. You can add and remove rows and columns from existing tables at the click of a button.

The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis as an opt-in beta feature at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with ProofreadPage).

Recent improvements

Basic support for editing tables is available. You can insert new tables, add and remove rows and columns, set or remove a caption for a table, and merge cells together. To change the contents of a cell, double-click inside it. More features will be added in the coming months. In addition, VisualEditor now ignores broken, invalid rowspan and colspan elements, instead of trying to repair them.

You can now use find and replace in VisualEditor, reachable through the tool menu or by pressing ⌃ Ctrl+F or ⌘ Cmd+F.

You can now create and edit simple <blockquote> paragraphs for quoting and indenting content. This changes a "Paragraph" into a "Block quote".

Some new keyboard sequences can be used to format content. At the start of the line, typing "*  " will make the line a bullet list; "1.  " or "# " will make it a numbered list; "==" will make it a section heading; ": " will make it a blockquote. If you didn't mean to use these tools, you can press undo to undo the formatting change. There are also two other keyboard sequences: "[[" for opening the link tool, and "{{" for opening the template tool, to help experienced editors. The existing standard keyboard shortcuts, like ⌃ Ctrl+K to open the link editor, still work.

If you add a category that has been redirected, then VisualEditor now adds its target. Categories without description pages show up as red.

You can again create and edit galleries as wikitext code.

Looking ahead

VisualEditor will replace the existing design with a new theme designed by the User Experience group. The new theme will be visible for desktop systems at MediaWiki.org in late December and at other sites early January. (You can see a developer preview of the old "Apex" theme and the new "MediaWiki" one which will replace it.)

The Editing team plans to add auto-fill features for citations in January. Planned changes to the media search dialog will make choosing between possible images easier.

Help

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Translations of the user guide for most languages are oudated. Ukrainian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Dutch translators are nearly current. Please help complete the current translations for users who speak your language.
• Talk to the Editing team during the office hours via IRC. The next session is on Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 22:00 UTC.
• File requests for language-appropriate "Bold" and "Italic" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.

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Thank you! WhatamIdoing (WMF) (talk) 23:37, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

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GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hail, Caesar!

Hello! Your submission of Hail, Caesar! at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 00:56, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2015)

The skyline of Frankfurt, Germany Hello, Captain Assassin!. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Skyline Previous selections: Natural phenomenon • Spaghetti Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 29 December 2014 (UTC) •