The issue you raised is serious, and I see two milieus and one concrete proposal passing. The rest may not reach the consensus. However, I won't be able to aide the closure. Lately, I've seen some discussions requiring more than one closer to provide a lengthy, summarizing rationale, like the WP:PC2016. Does this discussion need just one closer or more? --George Ho (talk) 13:20, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Phew. I closed milieus 1 and 5 easily. Milieu 2 wasn't easy to summarize, but I concluded it as "no consensus". --George Ho (talk) 01:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Another update: Milieu 3, proposal 1 and proposal 2 are closed by Winged Blades of Godric. Give Godric some thanks. --George Ho (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hello Cas, I'd like to have your opinion on what I shall do now: maintain the candidacy (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Palais Rohan, Strasbourg/archive1) or retire it? In any case, I could still expand the article by some sentences, but on the other hand, and as I alluded to in the presentation, I don't want to put too much detail into it − otherwise, I will end up quoting the book by Étienne Martin from the first page to the last! Do you think I should give up for now and come back in a while with a longer version? It won't be that much longer, that's for sure! Thank you, --Edelseider (talk) 09:33, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, I don't know if you came across Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/William Pūnohu White/archive1. It was closed today because of no traffic and only 1 review after a month. The quality of the article is FAC material in my opinion. I did not ask anybody (except two users) in the initial run to review it since I was trusting that it will receive reviews. Now I am asking a couple of people here and there to see if there is enough interest to renominate it again as recommended by the closing admin. I will only go ahead and renominate it once I find a few people who wants to give it a review. Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks either way.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:32, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. I would like to ask you whether or not the article linked above I've been working on is suitable for FA. It had a peer review, and I made it to GA. I ask because I was planing on nominating it after the Naruto Uzumaki FAC is finished. MCMLXXXIX 15:25, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Greetings. I know you are active at DYK, and I came upon a new article, which you might want to look at as a potential DYK tidbit. It's Vadim Antonov. I don't do much at DYK, and won't have time to figure out the hook, etc. before the time constraint runs out. Anyway, I thought it was a fascinating bit of cold war history. Sorry to bother you. Onel5969 TT me 01:34, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
The long-legged buzzard is an example of a bird of prey.
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Hi. If you need further help with the Covent Garden article, please let me know.
I came across this rather jolly little piece on the internet. It concerns a couple of sordid individuals you may be aware of. Singora (talk) 03:26, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
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Cas......I've been using JimFBleak a lot for renaming articles, so I thought I'd try you to move the work around, so to speak.....We should rename the Ostrich article to common ostrich. Common ostrich is the IOC name, and since Somali Ostrich has been elevated to species, ostrich needs to be differentiated. It would be a similar move to common warthog when desert warthog was elevated. I'll disambig at the top of the page to link ostrich to common ostrich once the article is renamed. Common ostrich is locked, so I'm wondering if you can delete and move? I'm not an admin......Pvmoutside (talk)
On 1 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article White-throated honeyeater, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the white-throated honeyeater (pictured) used to be gay, but isn't any more? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/White-throated honeyeater. 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.
Mifter (talk) 12:01, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
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Cas, I see you've suggested Thomas Crisp for TFA at the potential TFAR page, but it has citation needed tags, just FYI. If you're interested enough to fix it, let me know when it's done, or I won't be able to run it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:00, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
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Cas, I see you've put Thomas Crisp up at the potential TFAR page. The article has two ((citation needed)) tags, and an uncited sentence. Would you be able to take care of those? If so I should be able to run it on April 28 as suggested. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:04, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
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all were my on experiences over 36y. every day business at home is my source.
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thanks. Churchfield62 (talk) 07:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Cas. I hope you're doing alright. Thank you for doing the source review when I nominated The American Bible Challenge at FAC. I'm writing to ask you, if you're not too busy, if you'd be willing to do the same for my current nomination of The Chase (U.S. game show)? I understand that you are quite an active Wikipedian and likely have several other things to do, so I understand if this is not possible. However, the reason I'm asking for a review right now is because I am leaving for a long vacation on Saturday and am really hoping to get this nomination promoted before I leave, so I'd greatly appreciate it if you could step in and do this for me. Again, if you're too busy with other commitments, I completely understand. Cheers, --Bcschneider53 (talk) 22:11, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Cas,
Want some help judging this? I won't have the time to contribute sufficiently during the 'burst' period, but should be able to review and help grade improvements. Check out my recent efforts on VA/GA review at User:Jclemens/GA. Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 14:44, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
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Cas, if you would do the honors......IOC calls this the Saint Helena rail, and it is locked........Thanks.....Pvmoutside (talk) 19:05, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
Cas, we normally work the basis that no FA writer gets two TFAs in the same month. I want to run Vampire, because it's an area we are short on, whereas we have plenty of birds. That means your cockatoo won't run this month, but as far as I'm concerned it can stay at TFAR. Perhaps you should elevate vampire finch to FA standard and combine the themes (: Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:05, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, slightly late reply but I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to review Boogeyman 2. Didn't even realize you were my teammate at the time. XD Just out of curiosity, how come you chose to review the article? PanagiotisZois (talk) 17:00, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
Cas, I've also been doing some work in the Fishproject, and notice they use English names rather than scientific names for their article names....The following are locked. Can you delete and move? Also, rather than bothering you and Jim, I was thinking about starting the process to be an admin? Can you tell me what the steps are?......Thanks.......
*Notropis dorsalis to Bigmouth shiner
*Campostoma pauciradii to Bluefin stoneroller
Also, as a naming standard for fish, we could use Fishbase as Wikipedia's standard for taxonomy and/or English names as we are using the IOC. I'll put a discussion up on the Wikiproject fish page to see if I get any bites....Pvmoutside (talk) 03:27, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
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The IP may have just made a mistake. For some reason, Cyberbot II made a mistake and the page was blanked after its protection expired, and it was simply restoring it. The IP did put some that didn't belong there, but I don't think that was intentional. It was not vandalism. I believe there is not enough disruptive behavior yet to reconstitute any protection. Please reconsider. dannymusiceditor Speak up! 15:22, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, that article is a bit wordy, isn't it. I suppose it was good enough for GA, but there still is a lot to pick on, many little things. Thanks, Dr Aaij (talk) 02:51, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
Could you userfy Template:Infobox unbiunium for me? I'd like a restored copy in my userspace (User:Double sharp/Template:Infobox unbiunium will do). Now that the periodic table is complete up to element 118, enough people are looking at 119, 120, and 121 that restoring the last of these may be reasonable now. Thank you so much in advance! ^_^ Double sharp (talk) 07:17, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you left helpful feedback in the peer review of Bradley Cooper's article and wondered if you might look over Ben Affleck's article too? Thanks, Popeye191 (talk) 07:23, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
The Remorse of Orestes, where he is surrounded by the Erinyes, who were identified as chthonic beings, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862
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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.
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When you transcluded that RfA, here, did you realise it was incomplete and still did not have a nomination statement? I'm going to untransclude it until it is ready. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:06, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
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So looks like my request for admin will fail. I tried pagemover and it doesn't seem to work for me. So here are some more blocked moves:
.....Thanks.....
Done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:38, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
On 5 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eurymela distincta, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the leafhopper species Eurymela distincta (pictured) is often accompanied by ants that eat its sugary excrement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eurymela distincta. 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.
Mifter (talk) 05:18, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Blackchin shiner 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! Marchjuly (talk) 01:33, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Can you please help me move Rosalie Keliinoi to Rosalie Keliʻinoi? Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:00, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
The article Pacific blue-eye 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:Pacific blue-eye for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:01, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
I'm not asking for a Good Article review, but I have a question. I noticed that you're reviewing a village article for Good Article status and I thought that would make you a great person to ask. My current Good Article nomination is for a small Iowa town and I thought that it would be simple to compare it to other small town articles, but I can't find any. There isn't as much of a wealth of information for small towns as large cities. I was wondering if you could give me some details on what a small town GA would need or at least link me to an article to base mine off of. The article is is Kingsley, Iowa. If you're too busy, that's fine too. SL93 (talk) 22:59, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the review. :) SL93 (talk) 21:55, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
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On 15 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eucalyptus gracilis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the snap and rattle tree (pictured) is native to Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eucalyptus gracilis. 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.
Gatoclass (talk) 03:38, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Cas......you probably can tell my admin request didn't go well, so I have more locked pages to move. I tried pagemover and it doesn't seem to work for me. Got pagemover working with another browser......My MSN browser did not work, but I installed Firefox and that worked just fine.....Pvmoutside (talk) 14:55, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
......thanks Cas......Pvmoutside (talk) 12:01, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
On 19 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Laridae, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the family Laridae (European herring gull pictured) are the only shorebirds known to have developed ultraviolet vision? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Laridae. 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.
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Green rosella 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 Sabine's Sunbird -- Sabine's Sunbird (talk) 20:40, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
The article Green rosella you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Green rosella 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 Sabine's Sunbird -- Sabine's Sunbird (talk) 03:01, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
Cas.....I was looking at the Fish popular pages list, and Great white shark stood out to me as an article deserving featured article status (currently a good article). I removed any dead external links....Also there are a number of YouTube videos I think should come down, along with taking down any external websites with shopping carts.....It looks well referenced at over 120....Other than that, any other advice before I send it over to Featured Article nominations? If this works, I may try looking at other articles and send a nomination over every week or two......Pvmoutside (talk) 16:41, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello. The proposal of banning policy was submitted to village pump of Chinese Wikipedia recently. I would like to know how to execute it technically. It seems no any add-on installed on English Wikipedia. I found that there was an abuse filter established for it, but it was now disabled. Is it only executed manually? Thank you. sysop of zh.wikipedia. regards, --J.Wong 09:50, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
People enjoying some leisure time swimming at an oasis
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You've already reviewed this one (FAC here), but I'd be really grateful if you could give it a source spot check as well, if possible; it's good to go otherwise. If not, no worries! Sarastro1 (talk) 22:20, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Casliber! Thank you very much indeed for granting me the IP block exemption. Best regards. CeeGee 03:59, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Rather then send multiple ping thanks (I logged on one morning and had 9 of them - thought "Oh no what have I done now" turned out all but one were thank yous but I nearly had a stroke) I will just leave this one thanking you for all that you have done today (and over the years) at the Dracula article. You efforts are very much appreciated. MarnetteD|Talk 04:12, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Carnaby's black cockatoo article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 8 June 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 8, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:14, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
I looked up the cockatoo mentioned in the title on Google Scholar, and I found this paper. From what I saw, it shows that this cockatoo feeds on nectar. Care to take a look or send it to me?
RileyBugz会話投稿記録 16:22, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you making the endangered cockatoo the TFA! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Can you help me move Pu'u Kukui to Puʻu Kukui ? By the way do you know about the Maui violet (Viola mauiensis)?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 16:51, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
Karl Pearson (27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was a statistician who has been credited for establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics.
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Thanks for dealing with most of the GA review for the red-billed tropicbird. I am sorta stressed out, so thanks. RileyBugz会話投稿記録 14:57, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
If you are in the mood for more source spot-checks, we are just waiting for this on this FAC for the Battle of Prokhorovka. I think most sources are print, but there are a few online. Sarastro1 (talk) 23:12, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
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Dear Casliber, User Abductive largely deleted the etymology section in the red-billed quelea-article, based on the fact that it is "embarrassing" these statements were "sourced to a dictionary--!" I have reverted the edit that deleted the statement "Linnaeus himself did not explain the name quelea." because there is no "source for this statement". However since in the Systema Natura Linnaeus does not give an etymology, I think it is not necessary to have an other source to draw that conclusion for us. What is your assessment concerning the embarrassing situation that we derived a statement from another (rather specialised) dictionary? Thanks for your answer? Dwergenpaartje (talk) 11:53, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
On 13 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spotted shag, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that shags may be spotted in New Zealand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spotted shag. 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.
Mifter (talk) 00:04, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
Thank You very much for your advices on Columbidae/GA1, and have amended the issues (and commented about it on the talk page, as well). The link was really cool and I will make use of it in further bird articles. Could you check out the Mallard article too? (and if possibly grab it up for a review as well, but only if you are fine with it. :P) Thanks again. :) Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:27, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi again! You had unblocked my open proxy IP address some time ago, and so I can happily continue to edit now. However, I realize now that ı can neither link an en:WP article to e.g. tr.WP article nor upload an image at WikiMedia Commons. I asked the admin, who made the IP block, User:Vituzzu. He did not do anything as also happened in the previous case. Would you please unblock my IP address 188.166.232.125., and notify me? Thank you in advance. CeeGee 10:36, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
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Mifter (talk) 00:04, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Hello Cas Liber! I was writing an article for the Signpost about the Wikipedia cup, and I noticed that you are doing really well! So first of all, congrats, and second of all, I would like to ask you for a statement regarding the Wikipedia cup for use in the article. You can talk about your experience, the progress, how you do it all, advice for new editors, anything. Your help is greatly appreciated. Be aware that anything you say in response can be used in the article. I am still working on everything so if I did something wrong, feel free to tell me. Thanks. Any response must be given by June 21. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated in this matter. Please ping me in response Eddie891 (talk) 19:28, 18 June 2017 (UTC) (requests for comment have been sent to several editors)
Hello, Casliber.
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Hi Casliber,
Thanks in advance, kind regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 16:28, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
The Million Award | ||
For your contributions to bring Mia Hamm (estimated annual readership: 250,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Hmlarson (talk) 17:42, 19 June 2017 (UTC) |
Thank you for your work on the review! The article's annual readership for the last year is 326,977 pageviews, though it has fluctuated higher throughout the years - particularly around World Cup and Olympics years. Hmlarson (talk) 17:42, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
despite the notation you put in as
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I'm not sure why that was there, but it looks like a mistake to me. Just thought I should let you know though. Smallbones(smalltalk) 19:54, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
I explained in response to a remark why individual key closures were made and then pinged you. I saw your Meta userpage saying that I contact you here, so... here you go. --George Ho (talk) 13:31, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
Didn't seem like one person is still happy with the archiving. --George Ho (talk) 19:42, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
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IronGargoyle (talk) 01:42, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
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A deadpan emoji.
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You are edit warring against the WP:BLOCKEVASION policy. (I am not, under WP:NOT3RR. The exemption from 3RR should make you pause and consider your next steps). Just because the blocked editor is a friend of yours, with whom you have been discussing the mental stability of people like Dr. Blofeld, does not grant him an exemption from the blocking policy. - 213.205.194.232 (talk) 13:12, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
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I'll post copies of this to Mr Cervaise, Mr Sarastro and Mr CasLiber.
Just noticed that ANI thread about yesterday's edit warring on the Sarawak FAC page. What a ridiculous waste of time! The guy who closed the thread displayed rare intelligence in noting: "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. And if you care more about rules than about encyclopedia-building, go find another website"
Today I picked out the following paragraph:
Tourism plays a major role in the economy of the state, contributing 9.3% of the state's GDP in 2015. Foreign visitors to Sarawak are predominantly from Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and China. A number of different organisations, both state and private, are involved in the promotion of tourism in Sarawak: the Sarawak Tourism Board is the state body responsible for tourism promotion in the state, various private tourism groups are united under the Sarawak Tourism Federation, and the Sarawak Convention Bureau is responsible for attracting conventions, conferences, and corporate events which are held in the Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching. The public and private bodies in Sarawak hold a biannual event to award the Sarawak Hornbill Tourism Award, an award for achievements within various categories, to recognise businesses and individuals for their efforts in the development of tourism within the state
I've re-written it thus:
Tourism plays a major role in the economy of the state, contributing 9.3% of the state's GDP in 2015. In the same year the top five countries for foreign visitors were Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and China. Different organisations, both state and private, are involved in the promotion of tourism: the Sarawak Tourism Board; the Sarawak Tourism Federation, a collection of private tourism groups; and the Sarawak Convention Bureau, a body responsible for promoting MICE tourism, the venue for which is the Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching. The public and private bodies hold a biannual event to award the Sarawak Hornbill Tourism Award, an award for achievements within various categories, to recognise businesses and individuals for their efforts in the development of tourism in Sarawak.
Points to note:
To be frank, it seems that just about every source I check is wrong. There's an obvious conclusion to be drawn from this, but it's not up to me to make it.
And that's it for today. Doubtless some shit-faced moderator will now come along and ban me, but I'm happy to help. If you're interested, I live just above the Malaysian border, not far from Penang. Stay cool. AuricGoldfinger (talk) 12:35, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
The above editor has been blocked as being a sockpuppet of Singora. Any reason why you don't bother responding to emails anymore? That you think highly of Singora is your business but all I know is that he's trolled me for three months and spouted an enormous amount of vitriol and nonsense about wikipedia and its editors which doesn't seem to concern you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:34, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
I'm not going to complain about Singora to you any longer. You're probably busy in RL at the moment anyway. All I know is that I've really lost a lot of motivation to produce a lot of content here, if you compare what I may have produced 7 or 8 years ago to now. Hopefully this planned Women contest for October will inspire me once again.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:55, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
The Reviewer Barnstar | ||
The review on Mallard was awesome, and thanks a lot to help me improve it! Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:54, 27 June 2017 (UTC) |
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--IronGargoyle (talk) 01:34, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
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.
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