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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (Irish Citizen Army Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. Florida 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:

  • United States Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
  • Chicago HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of British Empire The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

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) 00:39, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Audio of "I Have A Dream"

You uploaded File:I Have A Dream sample.ogg a while back. Is there a reason that it ends in mid-phrase? I don't know how to crop the audio myself, but it seems like it would make more sense to end it around 25 seconds than the current 30 seconds. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 03:03, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I'll await further feedback, but I think it would still be mid-phrase if edited as suggested. I don't think it would be an improvement to shorten it. Actually, my talk is not that widely watched. Is there another place you could post this discussion that has a lot of watchers?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:48, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Talk about unwatched, I've apparently missed it on my own watchlist a few times! Sorry about that. I'll copy this discussion over to Talk:I Have a Dream, then. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:55, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Alley oop shots

Nice work, it sure beats a single picture. If you're still in the mood to tinker, you might consider touching up the lighting; the last three shots are hard to see due to the dark back drop. I still think it would be perfect if we ever can capture an alley oop in four shots, but that's all a matter of luck. Nice goin.—Bagumba (talk) 17:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:20070307 Buffalo Common Council Districts.JPG

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An odd edit in Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

Hello! Was this edit perhaps a mistake? --Bensin (talk) 00:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Online Ambassador Request

Hello,

There is a class at Illinois State University in Bloomington, Normal, IL that needs an Online Ambassador. Would you be interested in working with the class? There are about 15 students in the class but the Wikipedia assignment is optional so all of the students will not be working on creating an article. I'm still working with the instructor/Campus Ambassador to get them set up with a course page, etc. They are both new to Wikipedia so they could use your help with helping the students. The project is due April 12 and the students are tasked with adding a minimum of 3 sections to an existing article and/or adding a minimum of 8 sources. The name of the course is Children in Global Perspective

Also, the Campus Ambassador is going to be talking with the class this Thursday, Feb 7 at 2:30 PM CST so if you happen to be available to participate in anyway during the class session. I'm sure the instructor and the Campus Ambassador will really appreciate it.

Thanks for considering! Etlib (talk) 21:19, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Mallory Hagan

Nyttend (talk · contribs) 00:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Look Mickey

This is a note to let the main editors of Look Mickey know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on February 21, 2013. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 21, 2013. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegates Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), Gimmetoo (talk · contribs), and Bencherlite (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you can change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Look Mickey is a 1961 oil on canvas painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Based on an illustration showing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck during a fishing mishap, it is widely regarded as the bridge between his abstract expressionism and pop art works. It is notable for its ironic humor and aesthetic value as well as being the first example of the artist's employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery as a source for a painting. Building on his late 1950s drawings of comic strips characters, Look Mickey marks Lichtenstein's first full employment of painterly techniques to reproduce almost faithful representations of pop culture and so satirize and comment upon the then developing process of mass production of visual imagery. In this, Lichtenstein pioneered a motif that became influential not only in 1960s Pop art but continuing to the work of artists today. The work dates from Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition, and is regarded by art critics as revolutionary both as a progression of pop art and as a work of modern art in general. It was later shown hanging prominently in Lichtenstein's studio in his 1973 painting, Artist's Studio—Look Mickey. (Full article...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 February 2013

February 2013

Your recent editing history at Carly Foulkes shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Discussion was ongoing -- Jack Sebastian (talk · contribs) last posted on talk page two days ago -- you need to give them courtesy of a reply on the talk page before you revert an edit based on a nebulous 2 to 1 "consensus" NE Ent 17:31, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I believe you inadvertently gave me a WP:3RR warning. A look at the edit history of Carly Foulkes shows that I have not come close to reverting three times in 24 hours. That is my only edit in over 72 hours. You have to go back to January 15 to get me a total of 3 edits to the page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:58, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
In fact, could you kindly remove this warning from my page. Also, please note the talk page that you suggested I use supports my latest edit.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:08, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
A slow edit war is still an edit war. You're obviously welcome to remove the warning from your talk page. NE Ent 18:44, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Please note that his change was not supported by anyone but himself. I opposed as did User:Ylee and you abstained. Hardly grounds for content removal based on talk page discussion as he suggested.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:07, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I commented on his page as well, Tony. He's beena little heavy-handed here, likely due to a little inexperience with these situations. I don't think furhter steps are necessary, unless NEE fails to learn from this and does something like it again.

My bold edit was to test the waters, as no further discussion on a topic I felt important was occurring. Hopefully, my concerns will get addressed. Maybe an RfC would be helpful, bringing in further opinion. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 02:49, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't have a lot of experience with RfC's, and don't want a malformed one. Could I trouble you to initiate one? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 04:29, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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Ban thing

Sorry, I saw it quite late at night, wasn't sure what to do, so decided to think about it, then forgot. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Phil Pressey GA

I did the review for the Phil Pressey article you nominated. Everything is in line, with the exception of there not being an image. If you can produce one that relates to Pressey in some manner I'll pass the article since that is the only problem I see with the article. Disc Wheel (Malk + Montributions) 15:05, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

RfA: thank you for your support

Tony, I wanted to briefly thank you for your kind words of support at my RfA. Assuming I survive the next 24 hours, I hope I can be help to you with the small admin tasks with which you need assistance from time to time. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:33, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Phil Pressey

What's going on with what? Disc Wheel (Malk + Montributions) 02:12, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Done... Disc Wheel (Malk + Montributions) 02:25, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013

The WikiProject Good articles Newsletter
Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013

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The Signpost: 11 February 2013

All-NBA Team templates

see here. best regards. Frietjes (talk) 22:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Some thanks

Hello TonyTheTiger,

Just to acknowledge the donkey work you're doing at Template:Tunisia topics‎, Sierra Leone topics, Seychelles topics, Senegal topics, etc, etc, etc. Thanks!

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Juwan Howard FAC

I'd be glad to comment at another FAC for the article. It's disappointing to me that the pool of NBA FAs seems to have dried up, but that's been happening with sports articles in general, cricket excluded. There haven't been as many sports FACs lately, and that's why you don't see me reviewing as many FACs as I did in the past. Please ping me when the article is nominated. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:15, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Sure, even if I haven't been such an active reviewer lately. igordebraga ≠ 16:56, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I'll try to review the article within a week, but for now there are a couple of other FACs started before yours that I want to take on first. Be assured that I will find time for Howard, though. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:20, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Hoffmann Barcarole

The name of the piece is "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour", which should certainly be the name of any future article. Personally, I prefer the Doll's Song, though, but then, I've recently heard an amazing rendition. But... *sigh* you cannae outreach unless you have something to offer, and all the bullshit around featured sounds has screwed that up for at least another year, so unless it's a solo song for baritone or bass, don't ask me.

As for it as a solo article... Genuinely not sure. It's a popular piece, but I'm not sure it's the kind of popularity that would reasonably stretch beyond the paragraph it has in the opera article, unless you can find musical analysis of changes made to it between Die Rheinnixen and Les contes d'Hoffmann. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:04, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I'd say remove the link for now. It can always be readded later. Though if you want an article, ask on WT:OPERA. Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK hook for Ian Hummer et al.

Just so you know, I attempted to tighten the four-article hook, which is currently in Prep area 1. I think it's a slight improvement, but feel free to change it back. Keep up the good work, Moswento talky 10:14, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Topic bans lifted

Tony, please note that I've closed the discussion at WP:AN noting that there is consensus to lift both topic bans. Please note it was not unanimous, so you're probably still going to be under some scrutiny. Also, the bans were enacted for a reason; I assume old problems aren't going to recur. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:02, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/The Racketeer (novel)

I've review the nomination, and I am awaiting your QPQ. By the way, I've moved the nomination to the 13th. Expansion between 13th and 16th is not fivefold, but then I found out that one IP user added content on the 13th. --George Ho (talk) 17:25, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ian Hummer

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:06, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 2012–13 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:07, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:07, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 2012–13 Ivy League men's basketball season

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

QPQ bank

The Racketeer (novel)‎ is the 1st of 3 QPQs against Template:Did you know nominations/Aleix Suñé, Félix Aznar, Arnau Ferrer.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Lukas Reiter is 2nd.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
2013 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans is the 3rd.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:26, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Aaron Schwartz

I've added three sources including one for a Young Artist Award nomination. Is it a keeper now? Yworo (talk) 00:48, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

University of Michigan Olympians

Tony, do you have any interest in creating a List of University of Michigan Olympians? It would parallel similar lists for the University of Florida, Princeton and other major university contributors of Olympic athletes. Good references are available, and I'm happy to point the way for you or anyone else who wants to create this list, including a roster of swimmers, sources, etc. There is a partial list included in List of University of Michigan sporting alumni, but it's not even close to complete. Let me know if you're interested. I left a message for Jweiss on his talk page, too, as you two are the clearing house for Michigan sports. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Comedy of Errors Template

Hey, I've undone your edits on the template. The two references I added are vital to study of the play; ask any Shakespearean. The play is one of only two Shakespearean plays which maintains the classical unities, and the fact that it does so is often used to help date it. The Epistle to the Ephesians is references multiple times in the play is usually cited as a source. I don't know how you can consider these topics not relevant. And you keep on saying that Angoor (2013 film) is valid, but there is no such thing as Angoor (2013), the link is a redirect to a page that doesn't even mention the film! Bertaut (talk) 15:57, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Ready for Love promo file.jpeg)

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The Signpost: 18 February 2013

Jazz Singer GA

Hi Tony, I'm grateful you took the time to review the Jazz Singer article, especially after it's been sitting there waiting for a reviewer for so long. I've been slammed at work but plan to make the changes over the weekend. I'd appreciate if you could give me that much more time to turn my attention to it. Cheers, Lemurbaby (talk) 15:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Joseph P. Kennedy III

Hey there, I just wanted to thank you for your review of K3 and let you know I've renominated after a good deal of expansion. I've drawn as much blood as possible from the available turnips. If you have any spare time maybe you can give me your thoughts. —Designate (talk) 00:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Howard

If I get a chance, I'll take a look, though I probably won't get to it right away. Zagalejo^^^ 01:12, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

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