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For your long and tireless months of work on List of Alien characters, I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. You've turned a lump of sourceless clay into a detailed and well resourced article. Kudos! Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 17:50, 30 August 2016 (UTC) |
I hope you don't mind this unsolicited outreach (and I apologize profusely if this is not allowed!), but I'm trying to correct a page that is adversely affecting the operation of the business for which I work (COI warning). I've requested edits via the Talk page for Aviron Pictures - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Aviron_Pictures - which is NOT the same company as Clarius Entertainment. I'm having trouble demonstrating this through outside references, given that there is no reason for an article to exist proclaiming them as independent entities; I believe the error was made by IMDb originally, simply because several Clarius employees went on to work at Aviron, but this has since been corrected in their database. If you can expedite the correction process - or if I can answer any questions to facilitate the edit - it would be hugely helpful to us and the deals we have in process. Many thanks. Westlake8992 (talk) 20:41, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in the talk-page run-off voting for the lead picture at Donald Trump. --Dervorguilla (talk) 12:48, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Botto. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for List of Alien characters at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Good luck with FL and all the best, Miniapolis 20:38, 15 October 2016 (UTC) |
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I've seen you comment on the talk page of the Star Wars: Episode VIII article. I would appreciate your input on a matter I just posted here.
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You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Darth Vader#Appearances section. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 18:54, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
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From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:57, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
First of all I'd like to thank you for taking the time to review Kelli's article. I just wanted to inform you that I have begun reworking on the article based on your reccomendations. If I'm not mistaken I have seven days to fix the article so it meets the GA criteria, is that correct? --PanagiotisZois (talk) 20:07, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
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Once again, thank so much for taking the time to review the article. Your suggestions were very helpful in teaching me on how to write a good article. Thank you. :D PanagiotisZois (talk) 00:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Virgin America you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MrWooHoo -- MrWooHoo (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Cult of Chucky 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! feminist 05:10, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
I see you have claimed points for a DYK on your submissions page at the WikiCup. The rule that applies to DYKs is "Points cannot be granted until the article has actually been featured on the main page. Merely being approved by a reviewer does not count."[1] So this article does not qualify at the moment but will qualify for points when it has actually appeared on the main page. I have removed your score for the time being, so resubmit the DYK after you get a notification on your talk page that it has been featured. There's plenty of time yet in this round! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:03, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
The article Virgin America 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:Virgin America for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MrWooHoo -- MrWooHoo (talk) 00:02, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
On 31 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cult of Chucky, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alex Vincent's role in Cult of Chucky (2017) is his first principal role in the franchise since Child's Play 2 (1990)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cult of Chucky. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The article Virgin America you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Virgin America 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 MrWooHoo -- MrWooHoo (talk) 03:02, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
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Hey there. Thank you for your conditional support on the aforementioned FLC. I hope your FLC for the Alien characters is progressing (if I have time, I'll drop by). My Wiki time has been cut down in recent weeks due to work, and the person who helps with the maps has been busy as well, and neither of us can figure out exactly why the coding isn't working. Would you be willing to support, not contingent on the map being placed right away, but at a later date with the assurance that it will be done once we figure out the coding issue? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:40, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
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Well done taking List of Alien characters from a tiny facehugger and helping it evolve into a full on Xenomorph queen. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 22:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
Ah, thanks. I did a little research after I cut the phrase, and did find that point mentioned online, but hadn't yet thought of a way of working it back in to the article. Unless you think it doesn't need to be returned there, in which case I'm fine with keeping it out. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:39, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.
So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
This popped up on IGN if it's any use to you. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 11:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
On 18 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Dale Ritchie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Dale Ritchie was not suspected to be the Anchorage Serial Killer until after he had been shot dead while attacking a police officer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Dale Ritchie. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Obviously, you have not read Trump's initial message of sympathy and total support for the U.K. Wake up.
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:37, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article David 8 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of JohnWickTwo -- JohnWickTwo (talk) 19:52, 20 July 2017 (UTC)