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Notification of proposal to ban Spanish articles from Did You Know?

Dear WikiProject Spain member,

There is currently a proposal to ban articles concerning a large area of southern Andalusia from appearing on the Main Page of Wikipedia in the Did you know? section. This would affect a significant number of articles within the scope of WikiProject Spain. If you have a view on this proposal, please see Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs‎#Proposal for one-year moratorium on Gibraltarpedia DYKs. In addition, you may have a view on an alternative proposal to lift restrictions on Gibraltar-related articles on DYK - please see Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs#Proposal for lifting the restrictions on Gibraltar-related DYKs. Prioryman (talk) 14:31, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

  1. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
  2. London Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
  3. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Alaska Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by British Empire The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 17:24, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 March newsletter

We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate London Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's New South Wales Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr (Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare (Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus (Alaska Keilana (submissions) and New South Wales Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John (Indiana Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 22:58, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2013 April 13#File:Peyton-Lucas-Brooke promo picture.jpg

Hello, Jezhotwells. Do you mind weighing in on the above linked discussion, since you are mentioned in it? Flyer22 (talk) 16:35, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010

I am contacting you because you have participated in prior discussions at the above article, and it would be appreciated if you gave your views on an current dispute. One editor wants to add a gallery of images for people who declined to stand for the leadership. Another editor objects on the grounds that doing so puts undue weight on the people who did not participate. -Rrius (talk) 14:19, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

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Luther's Birthplace

Hi Jezhotwells. Added references in Martin Luther's Birth House. As regards the text itself, feel free to correct/improve the writing. Best regards, --Fadesga (talk) 12:14, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

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Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!

World Digital Library Wikipedia Partnership - We need you!
Hi Jezhotwells! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:20, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hydronymy

Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading.Aldrasto11 (talk) 11:10, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

You may be better off trying WP:WikiProject Linguistics. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:05, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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Clevedon Court/GA1

I've made some of the changes you suggested at Talk:Clevedon Court/GA1, but wondered if you are still waiting for me to replace the pics you have nominated for deletion or if there were other issues you felt still needed to be addressed?— Rod talk 16:09, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

My apologies for the delay in getting back to this Rod. All done now. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:53, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your review which definitely helped to improve the article.— Rod talk 16:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

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  • Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.

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GA reassessment of Imru' al-Qais

I've begun a GA reassessment of Imru' al-Qais; as the original reviewer, your thoughts would be welcome. Thanks for your work on this one, -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:23, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

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Gromit sculptures

I have indicated two concerns at Template:Did you know nominations/Gromit Unleashed. See you there! Binksternet (talk) 20:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - all fixed, I think. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:12, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Gromit Unleashed

Jezhotwells, since you submitted the nomination in good faith, even though it had previously used material, you can replace it with new material, if you would like to try (and if there is sufficient new material available from reliable sources). You can still withdraw the nomination if you wish, but you can also continue, if you think you can expand the article enough in a reasonable period of time. Please let us know your preference on the nomination page. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:28, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I have removed the unnecessarily duplicated material, reworked and added some other relevant information. It is now long enough, hope you can take another look. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:47, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Gromit Unleashed

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DYK RfC

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I saw your username on the Good Article mentor list. I was wondering if you could tell me if my review at Talk:Kim Possible (character)/GA1 is alright. The is my second review, but my first one was a mess-up. SL93 (talk) 17:10, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for The Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/John J. Millner/1

Why was Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/John J. Millner/1 closed as delisted when the original assessment was not listed. Shouldn't it be closed as endorsed or not listed?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 13:46, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

That is because the template only allows listed and delisted as options. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
Now I see what you mean, I was thinking about the article history template. Amended now. thanks for pointing it out. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:21, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

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Hagelin review and delisting

Thanks for looking at the Hagelin article. I personally learned a lot from working on it, the referencing system especially, and whether its delisted or not isn't of great importance to me. What I learned more than makes up for anything else that happens with the article. At the same time I'm not clear on some of your points, so I would like to clarify.

Hagelin a relatively mainstream, and by all accounts brilliant physicist took a sharp turn in his career when he began research on the connection of the unified field to consciousness. This constitutes a major part of his professional life and is, as well, controversial. The article does focus on this aspect of his career in relation to the amount of time he spent in his life dealing with this controversial research. That the topics and research is fringe to the mainstream is not really of consequence. This is what Hagelin did and the article should represent this in proportion to his life's work to date. Cutting back on that content would not fairly indicate the place the controversial research is playing in Hagelin's career and would place undo weight on his more standard work which according to sources he moved away from long ago.

I'll take another look at the sources. Some are appropriate for the kind of information they reference. Sources in my understanding are reliable and verifiable dependent on the content they reference, not as stand alone sources, so Hagelin's web site should be reliable for basic information about Hagelin. But as I said I'll take a closer look at some point and see if I can improve the refs

There was concern from an uninvolved editor that the article was heavy on quotes. These were added recently and I can easily pare that down again.

I don't see a slow motion edit war. There has been some reverting but not the repetition of the same content over time that one sees with slow motion edit warring. I would disagree with you strongly on that point. Diffs would be helpful.

Anyway , thanks for your time on this, and I may in the near future try to do some work on the article and see what can be done to have it regain its GA listing.(olive (talk) 16:02, 13 August 2013 (UTC))

DYK nomination of Bristol Packet Boat Trips

Hello! Your submission of Bristol Packet Boat Trips 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! Marcd30319 (talk) 21:56, 14 August 2013 (UTC) Marcd30319 (talk) 21:56, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

OK all fixed now. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Tower Belle

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DYK for Bristol Packet Boat Trips

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Re: DYK Bristol Packet Boat Trips

No problem. Thanks for the great articles, keep up the good work :) Alex ShihTalk 14:04, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Memory play

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WLM

Jez, The templates are Template:EH listed building header & Template:EH listed building row. If you take a look at Grade I listed buildings in Bristol you will see how they have been used (or sub lists of Grade I listed buildings in Somerset or Grade II* listed buildings in Somerset which I am working on). The source data we are working from is at National Heritage list for England as some of the GII* buildings in Bristol aren't (yet) included on the list.— Rod talk 09:36, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Ta Rod, I have started work in my sandbox, will probly get done within a week or so. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:55, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Seeing your post on Talk:Grade II listed buildings in Bristol I thought it was II* you were doing as (for this year at least) only Grade I & II* are eligable, so they are our priority at present.— Rod talk 18:03, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Ah yes, I am working in II* but posted on the wrong talk page! Have moved that post. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:15, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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Le Carre

His remark about it being his job to put the facts into a context that makes them believable to the reader was made in a TV interview, but It was a long time ago. George Purdy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.83.182.22 (talk) 23:13, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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GA review for Ian McKellen

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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.

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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive

The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Bristol

I see you have a "busy in RL" notice up and haven't edited much recently but wanted to let you know I've asked for a copy edit of Bristol (which is now happening) and I have been trying to improve the referencing etc. I was wondering if we could push this towards an FA nomination and if you had any thoughts on what else is needed?— Rod talk 20:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Informal note

Hey, I notice that you have HighBeam access and you seem to have a few topicons. That being said, if you are interested, I've created {{Wikipedia:HighBeam/Topicon}}. No reply to this message is necessary (and I won't see it unless you ping me), just wanted to let you know it was available. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 23:57, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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