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AfD comment

Hi. Would you mind commenting on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hip pop? Dan56 (talk) 00:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 May newsletter

We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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) 23:42, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)/GA1

I resolved nearly all of the issues and also discussed some of them. Thanks for reviewing it. — Tomica (talk) 00:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Until the Whole World Hears/GA1

I've fixed all the concerns noted. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch. Keep up the good work yourself - I enjoy reading your improvements on Lifehouse's articles. :) Toa Nidhiki05 22:37, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Undone (MercyMe album)/GA1

I've fixed everything. Toa Nidhiki05 03:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Thousand Suns

Is it okay if I removed some information in the article of A Thousand Suns, since I cannot find a reliable source for some of them - Does it affect the article in any way? Thanks for reviewing it. Jal11497 (talk) 14:51, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi it's me again. I don't think I can finish revamping the page in time, although I have fixed all content and maybe half the references. What do you think? Should you fail the article so I can have more time in fixing it, since it's the seven day mark? Thanks. Jal11497 (talk) 14:43, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks very much for reviewing the article for me. And thanks to you, I know a little more about references. To be honest, the failure of the nomination kind of relieved me from the stress of fixing all the references! Anyways, thanks for giving it time. And hope to see you again in a few weeks if I decide to proofread it. Jal11497 (talk) 13:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Amnesiac feedback

Hi. Thanks a lot for your Amnesiac article feedback.

I have a question about citing the track listing and personnel sections. I have citations for these, but where should they be put on the page? I can't find any on other FA album pages I've checked. Popcornduff (talk) 18:29, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I also must question your suggestion to rename "Parlophone" to "Parlophone Records", because I believe the name of the company is simply "Parlophone". Am I wrong? Popcornduff (talk) 18:37, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Coming Up to Breathe/GA2

I've fixed all the things noted. Toa Nidhiki05 19:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Those have been dealt with now. Toa Nidhiki05 23:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:So Seductive/GA1

I've addressed all of your comments. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 15:32, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

"Collide"

Hey, I've done your points. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 17:51, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Move

All the issues are fixed. Toa Nidhiki05 00:53, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Re: Thinkin Bout You GA Review

I believe all corrections have been made over at the Thinkin Bout You GA review, if not inform me further. Bruce Campbell (talk) 04:14, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Sample is now under 20.1 seconds. Bruce Campbell (talk) 04:53, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the GA review for the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. It was much appreciated! Patriarca12 (talk) 11:57, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Re

Thank you very, very much. :DDD My love is love (talk) 23:07, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

I fixed the issues on Lift Off (song). :D My love is love (talk) 23:27, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Worthington Brewery

Muchas gracias for reviewing Worthington Brewery. Do you think it is ready to be submitted for FA status? Farrtj (talk) 04:20, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Ah ok. At least I know that I've done my best with it!Farrtj (talk) 04:37, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Redirect Request

Hi there! User:Stelenaforev702 made a redirect request for Jessica Jarrell --> your sandbox - I declined it as it was not a redirect.. "This looks like a request to move an article from a sandbox to the "real world." If you have finished with this article and would like to move it to the article space, let me know on my talk page and I'll be happy to move it" Anyhoo, just letting you know - you seem to be quite experienced here and such, and probably take care of all of this on your own anyway, but... doing my job. You know. Let me know if I can ever do anything else for you! Theopolisme _TALK 05:51, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)/GA1

Hi, the article has some issues which you missed, and I've pointed them out on the review page. Till I Go Home ^talk 12:56, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Praise You In This Storm GAR

I've fixed all the concerns noted. Toa Nidhiki05 23:52, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

re: Otis

I believe the issues at the Otis (song) GA review have been addressed. Bruce Campbell (talk) 19:34, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Review again updated. Bruce Campbell (talk) 21:11, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The issues have been addressed with "Why I Love You" as well. Bruce Campbell (talk) 23:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Bonfire (horse)

Hi Rp0211 - Thank you for reviewing (and passing) Bonfire (horse) at GAN. In the future, though, please don't forget to add articles that you pass to the relevant section at WP:GA, like I've done here. This step isn't done by bot, and the article isn't officially a GA until it's been added to the list :) Thanks, Dana boomer (talk) 21:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Croatian independence referendum, 1991 GAN

Thank you for taking time to review the Croatian independence referendum, 1991 GA nomination. Cheers!--Tomobe03 (talk) 22:01, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Suriname at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hi, Rp0211. Thanks for taking on the review to the article. I believe I have addressed all comments satisfactorily. Let me know if anything else comes up. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 22:56, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Quite possibly the fastest review in GAN history? :) It looks like you are on a roll with regards to the most recent Review Round, so perhaps I should be telling you to keep up the good work instead! --Starstriker7^(Talk) 23:05, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Listed at WP:GA

Rp0211 - Please, please, please start listing articles you have passed at WP:GA!!! A bot does not do this - the reviewer is supposed to! It's the second step listed under "how to pass an article" on the WP:GAN page. Looking at your contributions just for today, I can see numerous articles that you haven't listed - and that's since I posted above. Dana boomer (talk) 00:48, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for responding! Since there's a list of them at Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/June-July 2012/Totals, it really shouldn't take that long, and it's really something that should be done before you review any more articles... Dana boomer (talk) 00:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:What Is... Cliff Clavin?/GA1

Updates are made. --George Ho (talk) 00:52, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

GA for Cambodia women's national football team

I find it hard to believe that the article was promoted, given that this hadn't been done yet. I have no doubt more copyedits need to be made; if you wish to stick by the GA promotion, you should go and have a much closer look at the article. Drmies (talk) 04:43, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Living in the Material World GA assessment

Hi Rp0211. I happened to see your message on yeepsi's talk page, after you obviously saw mine, regarding your Living in the Material World GA review, and want to make sure my comments hadn't caused offence. I have no experience with the GA nom process, I admit (I hadn't realised, for instance, that anyone but the contrib nominating an article could add to the GA discussion), and perhaps I'm a bit overzealous when it comes to ensuring that text flows smoothly, with the minimum of unnecessary and/or repeated information. Having put a lot of work into that article over the last few months, I guess I found your repeated requests for album dates simply made for sentence that jarred, particularly as the info was already given one or twice before; and also there didn't appear to be a requirement for some of the points of editorial style you were looking to impose. So, I apologise for that − I'm sure it can't be nice reading comments about your work on someone else's talk page. And thanks for the useful points you did pick up, which will improve the article no end. Best, JG66 (talk) 06:57, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Courageous GAN

I've fixed all the issues. Toa Nidhiki05 15:24, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

re: article review

No problem on failing the article - sorry, but I haven't had time to go over it properly. Thanks for the feedback, and I'll definitely nominate it again once I've rewritten it properly.Popcornduff (talk) 23:13, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

In the Middle

Believe I addressed all the issues :). Till I Go Home ^talk 06:29, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Orbetello

I just wanted to alert you to the fact that your GAN review of this article looks like it was completed. All major points have been addressed, and as I am not allowed to comment on the review page, I just messaged you here. Gday, Oakley77 (talk) 15:55, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Cat Daddy

I have replied to your concerns.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:22, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the Cat Daddy GAC, I thought all issues were addressed. I was just waiting for approval.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:24, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

If you look at the review it seemed that the only issue was the Daytona date and other things were issues that would not hold back the review. You said "All of the issues have been addressed above, except the Daytona 500 issue." Then you said "Beside this..."--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:34, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I left a request to reopen on my talk page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

If I am missing your response to this request I apologize, but I can not find it and I see you have edited quite a bit in the mean time.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:06, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Does this suffice for your concerns?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:28, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 June newsletter

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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) 11:07, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

GA review

Hi RP0211, I've responded to your comments at Talk:Taylor v. Illinois/GA1. Best regards, Lord Roem (talk) 01:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey

Since we seem to be tied in the drive, do you want to make sure it stays that way? Fuck the shit up and both get first prize. :') Statυs (talk) 13:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Haha. I was just joshing around. ;) May the best man win. *cough* me *cough* Some friendly competition near the end of the drive. Statυs (talk) 01:57, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

re: Pyramids GA review

Thank you for reviewing the article! I believe I've addressed your complaints over at the Pyramids GA review. Bruce Campbell (talk) 00:32, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Rp0211. You have new messages at Talk:I Will Be/GA1.
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Hey, everything has been addressed. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 12:55, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

The Altar and the Door and Lifesong GARs

I've fixed the concerns noted. Toa Nidhiki05 18:18, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks - you managed to catch me right as I got online, and the issues were so minor I was able to get it done quickly. Toa Nidhiki05 18:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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) 22:32, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Your review of Talk:Cat Daddy/GA3: abandoned?

This GA review is still active and over two months old, but hasn't seen any action in weeks, and has the dubious distinction of being the longest-standing "hold" of any GAN. Can you please reply on the review's talk page (not to mine) either to complete the review or to say whether you're still interested in doing so soon? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:41, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

As it turns out, Wizardman looked over the review shortly after I posted the above, and passed it. Sorry to have bothered you; hope all is well. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 August newsletter

The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Grapple X (submissions) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
2. Miyagawa (submissions) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
3. Ruby2010 (submissions) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
4. Casliber (submissions) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
6. Muboshgu (submissions) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
7. Dana Boomer (submissions) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
8. Sasata (submissions) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: GreatOrangePumpkin (submissions), Ealdgyth (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), The Bushranger (submissions) and 1111tomica (submissions). We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, 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) 00:22, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 September newsletter

We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, 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) 20:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Drive Award

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		Your recognition for 84 GA reviews at the last June-July GAN Review Round. Regards. — ΛΧΣ21™ 03:59, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Sasata (submissions)
3. Grapple X (submissions)
4. Casliber (submissions)
5. Muboshgu (submissions)
6. Miyagawa (submissions)
7. Ruby2010 (submissions)
8. Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
• The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
• The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
• The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
• The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
• The news award goes to ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3.
• The picture award goes to Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2.
• The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
• Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:41, 1 November 2012 (UTC)