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The list of city officials should remain. I put the CoA specifically because the city template has no provision for that.
Pizzadeliveryboy 00:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi:
I have modified the infobox as per yr points. Any ideas on formatting are welcome.
Pizzadeliveryboy 00:56, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
I used a diffent template or else I was messing with Kolkata/Bangalore pages too!!! Any ideas on formatting???
Pizzadeliveryboy 01:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant,
Ho ho ho. Thanks for your Paris page edit - and sorry that this "baptism" was reverted - this is a recurring problem there. I set that straight this morning; your edits are back in place.
Although "Paris" should normally be a much-frequented subject, its Wiki page has very few editors - only one in particular for the time being, and it is this lack of consensus that is responsible for the page's stagnation. Are you knowledgable on the subject? Even engaging in lively discussion about eventual improvements on its talk page would be much welcome and could be enough to get things going there. Anyhow, beinvenue : ) THEPROMENADER 10:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant,
I just saw your Talk:Paris page addition this morning - you certainly do have your sources! If you have tried sorting out anything in the rest of the talk page you may have noticed that I also have been attempting to dissemble and disprove the "Paris is its 'aire urbaine' (which is a 'metropolitan area')" theory dominating the article as fact - but I haven't been able to in any few words. Could you give the 'Contested Content; POV' section a read-through when you have the time, and perhaps add notes on any sense/nonsense you see in it? I intended to make changes even today, but it would be nice to build some honest consensus first. This would also leave my 'pause time' free for other more less tedious chores : )
Thanks in advance, cheers,
THEPROMENADER 09:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I have to say yesterday's events and this morning's message ended by making me quite angry, so I'm happy for a break - I've got some photos to take in Wissous. Sources, Roman aqueducts, 'fun stuff' for me.
Please continue to correct and comment any and everything in the Paris Page - one cannot be bogged down by designs in distraction. I have a few maps to complete for the "Streets of Paris" Wikiproject, then I will be able to get around to making the improvements noted on the talk page. In the meantime If you see anything there that could use some refining or rephrasing, please do - thanks in advance.
Take care,
THEPROMENADER 07:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Pizzadeliveryboy 01:41, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I've been editing in Wikipedia for quite sometime now and am currently working on improving the Kargil War having added content backed with good references and in NPOV IMO. Since you've been editing some subcontinent content with a third party perspective I thought I'd request you in inputting anything in Wikipedia:Peer review/Kargil War/archive1. I've incorporated most of the suggestions from other editors. Plz take a look. Idleguy 10:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I have vetted the changes - reverted some - modified some - kept some. Most of your changes resulted in moving from a passive to an active voice construction, which is good. But in some places they seemed out of place, so either modified them or reverted for lack of a better version.
Pizzadeliveryboy 16:11, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Not a problem, I was just doing vandal patrol and just try to pick the most recent version that doesn't appear vandalized. I trust your knowledge of the subject. (ESkog)(Talk) 04:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
I like the changes you made to your User page. I saw your detailed contribution to Talk:Paris - I'm not sure how much research you had to do, but thanks for that. Knowing something isn't right is one thing, but going through all the work to prove it is another - it is most likely for this that the Paris page remained unchanged for so long.
I've concluded the 'comparison of areas' section, and, in light of your message, added a very short 'apellation consensus' other. Please feel free to add to it.
Take care,
THEPROMENADER 07:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Could you perhaps take care of this? Your changes before were nice but there was a big white space above the photo - perhaps changing "clear:both" to "clear:right" in the spacer div will set things straight. I must fly and won't be back till late this afternoon so if you don't get to it first I can see to it then. Cheers! THEPROMENADER 10:30, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
GG, Could you have a look to the population/density section of the Paris page? You seem to be knowledgable in such matters, and I am not completely sure about the veracity/validity/utility of the comparisons there. Thanks if you can find the time.
THEPROMENADER 22:38, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
There's no point having an infobox if only one article uses it - each province plus Islamabad had their own infobox. So I've replaced the obsolete Template:Sind_infobox with a generic one for all provinces and territories. Green Giant 01:06, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
The reason why there is not a single template for French cities so far is because at first I didn't envision to make such a large scale work, and I thought I was gonna work only on one or two cities. Now of course there are many large French cities who have these templates, and so I have been thinking of creating a single template for all large French cities, template that could be re-usable in several articles. Unfortunately, so far I haven't done it due to the constant hostility and reversions from ThePromenader, who irks at the very mention of the word metropolitan area.
To be very honest, so far I have only seen you supporting him without ever calling him into question, so I don't know if you can be a neutral voice on this. However, if you have a look at Lille or Strasbourg articles for instance, and you look at the infoboxes there with a neutral and non-prejudiced mind, you can only admit that we need to distinguish neatly between city information and metropolitan area information, to avoid mixing otherwise extremely confusing figures and data.
At first I had made infoboxes like the one for New York City, dealing only with city information, and with only a mention of the metro area population, but then it became rapidly clear that due to the very complex situation in most French large cities, with distinct city and metro area structures, it was better to spell out things clearly, even if it meant making the infoboxes longer. In a place like Lille for example, the mayor is not the same person as the president of the urban community, and the former has less power than the latter. City and metro area administrations in Lille are intertwinned, and population, land area, density figures are different. This is not a unique case.
So if ThePromenader stops his uncompromising attitude (maybe he'll listen to you... he never listens to me), then I'll make a single unified template for large French cities, instead of having a different template for each city.
By the way, I see you are interested in South Asian things. There is a big error at the Mumbai infobox. This message is already long enough, but I will explain it to you later if you are interested. Hardouin 02:34, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
About Mumbai infobox, the population figure, land area figure, and population density figure are for the metropolitan area, they are not for the municipality (city). A year ago I had proposed a more complete infobox, that included both city figures and metro area figures, to clearly disambiguate between both. You can see that infobox here. Figures in there are the correct ones. Unfortunately, user Nichap opposed this pretty much on the same ground as ThePromenader is opposing now, arguing that the infobox should only contain city information. So he deleted all metro area info.
End result: a few months later, some people replaced all city info with metro info (it seems they thought 11.9 million people was not high enough for Mumbai, so they replaced it with 18 million figure, which is the population of the whole metropolitan area), so now the table is screwed up, offering metro area figures and pretending they are city figures. That's why I came to the conclusion long ago that it is better, with most city infoboxes, to clearly and un-ambiguously include both city and metro area figures, so that it leaves no space for doubt, and in order to avoid misguided edits like what happened with Mumbai. Hardouin 03:03, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
You stepped in just at the right time yesterday - thanks. I haven't had time to read your edits yet but will do so later today. There have been few developments since - I did eliminate Hardouin's (rather sneaky) efforts to re-insert some of his original text, but I removed most of this again (and in the first place) because it was unreferencable - there exist no 2005 AU predictions, not even on the INSEE site, and his 'AU double-growth' phrase is just plain wrong. IMHO these aren't there for the facts themselves but more for the 'metropolitan area' chip-chip - but only facts are contestable. Let's hope this blows over soon so we can get to beautifying - but it is important that all things fact stick first. Oh, and someone should explain to Hardouin the proper use of 'on the other hand' - I left it in this time.
Thanks, take care,
THEPROMENADER 09:54, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello how do you feel about making a series of pages for each of the subdivision (tehsil?) of punjab (pakistan) i tried to and i have quite a bit of information about them, but i have no clue how the info box thing works and i really want them, can you help? id like the infobox to be basically the same as you historical regeons of pakistan one, except less boxes i suppose, just ones on population, area, pop desnsity... how do you feel about that? start on Attock District and so we can both work on it(if templates are avaliable for me to use).
cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aarandir (talk • contribs) 23:15, February 12, 2006 (UTC)
still sleeping? well just start whenever your ready. if you want that is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aarandir (talk • contribs) 22:56, February 13, 2006
Great job on the work you put in on those sections you completed for the Pakistan article. I started going through the climate section. I set it up how I think it looks best, but since this is a wiki and it will probably be edited, oh well. Anyways, I added in some pictures of the Indus and the Thar. There were a couple more I found, but I think more than two in this section will be more than neccessary. It would bog down the article if we just loaded it with pictures. Nonetheless, I commented out the additional pictures I found, feel free to put in the others ones if you want if you feel it looks better. Both pictures of the Indus River looked great, yet the dilemma lies in choosing one. The other picture of the Thar desert is a satelite picture, so its less practical than the picture I left up there. Any how, keep up the great work. Pepsidrinka 17:18, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the article is at 50KB. From my various reading around WP, FA should be about 30-50 KB in size. Most of the FA on countries are about 40 or less, except China which has grown massively within the past 7 months (grown 20KB, currently at 61). Cleaning through the history sections should cut at least 5 KB (hopefully), and then I suggest we have it peer edited in order to get some outside viewpoints on anything else to fit. Pepsidrinka 21:09, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Perhaps you can review my work on the entire history section located in my sandbox. Besides you, no one else has commented on my changes to the ancient history section. I have personally sent a message to Siddiqui and I posted on the Pakistan talk page, and he, nor anyone else, has yet to make any comment. It really seems you and I are on the only active editors on this page. Pepsidrinka 19:02, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello - are you around? I have again 'lost it' on the Paris page but I give up for now - things have gone much too far for tonight. Thirteen reverts (I think) and now there are again Île-de-France statistics masquerading as 'metropolitan area' ones, texts saying that tourism is not important for Paris - and this is what was reverted to. Both of our edits are gone in several places - but I can't exactly say what or where and I don't want to verify. The introduction I had cut down is now blown up again as an all-in-one-breath declaration insinuating the importance of Paris' metropolitan area. Could you just go and have a look at the facts of everything? It's all on the talk page. I thought we were almost there. Sorry for the mess.
THEPROMENADER 20:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Dear Green Giant, Walaikum Assalaam. Thank you for the link to the tutorial. I had read the other more detailed articles on editing and formatting, and struggled to remember all the information. Since printing out the tutorial you sent, I am having a happier time with articles!
I am grateful for the tip on using full names. Many Pakistanis use a shortened form of their full name, hence my hesitation. The clarity of Wikipedia is very welcome.
Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika!
Sincerely, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zain Sadullah Khan (talk • contribs) 07:58, February 17, 2006 (UTC)
I have contributed to history section of Pakistan that have been removed by you. I think we should work together rather than play this game of reversions. I would appreciate that you do not revert my changes. I did not know you and your username Green Giant does not give indication of your nationality. I assumed that you were one of many who vandalize Islamic and Pakistani pages. So I am sorry if I reverted your changes. Please do not revert my changes to Pakistan page. Please discuss any objection that you may have. I am reverting back your reversions. Please indicate each and every line that you may find objectionable.
Siddiqui 01:29, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Siddiqui 01:58, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant, I've decided to take advantage of (and maintain) the Paris page's 'blocked' status to discuss and decide what should (or shouldn't) be changed there. Some wisdom from you there would be very welcome. I will also be contacting others knowledgable to see if they can help too.
Thanks,
THEPROMENADER 11:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
I created pages for most of the towns and neigborhoods of Karachi and categorized them. I hope you will contine to expand them. Please do not remove my summarized information about the towns and neighborhoods on the top of each page. You can add more information after the summary. Now I have to review all the towns and neighborhood pages that I created so that they have the same format. If you have any question, concerns or comment please contact me.
Siddiqui 17:02, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
You did a great job in Gulshan Town. Can you please reorganise all Towns of Karachi in the same format.
Siddiqui 23:02, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Good Idea. You can organize all Karachi Towns and neighborhoods.
Siddiqui 13:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
In the the towns page I cannot go to different neighborhood pages as it links back to the town page. Where are all neighborhood pages ? I think we also had Gulistan-e-Johar neigborhood page. I cannot find it either.
Siddiqui 12:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
-->Here Make your voice heard. Vote or die. And all that. -Justin (koavf), talk 20:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
At the demand of another Wikipedian, I have moved the three related articles in the Islamic athletics AfD to a different AfD page (since I added those three related articles after he/she voted). Since you voted Keep for the former and Delete for the latter in the Islamic athletics AfD, I'm asking that you move your votes to the proper locations or at least give me permission to do so. Either way, thanks for your input. joturner 04:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I created it because actually the SSG is a specops unit and not a branch of the Pakistani armed forces, note also that lots of special forces categories have only one article [1]. By the way, why do you want to move the page? --Nkcs 04:53, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if you are aware, but in the case you don't, the Pakistan article is under a peer review. Several comments have arised which might warrant your response, seeing how your probably more knowledgeable on the topic than I am. Pepsidrinka 22:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
The Template:Military of Pakistan is a standard navigational template which is used for the militaries of other countries also- therefore it should not be deleted. Looking at the other template- I would say that it is really only relevant for the main Military of Pakistan article, and that perhaps more specific template should exist for the three branches. Astrotrain 18:01, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry. I'm computor illitterate and new to the internet. I was actually surprized to see changes actually occur after I dared to explore the 'edit' option. I then went on to experiment with what i could do with editing in a misguided effort to learn how to edit. It was when I clicked my user name that i learned that all required information was available aswell as your messages. I am truly sorry to have caused you anguish. I did expect, however naively, for my additions to be deleted and then to recieve an inquiry from you about my 'oppinion' at my e-mail address. I would have then informed you about my sources.
History is a very tricky thing indeed as the oppressor needs to hide and justify oppression. In many countries the publishing of books against orthodox oppinion are banned. while more often than not the oppressed party does not have the financial resourses to publish books etc. Therefore history that has been altered will remain so. At times very little and inaccurate (to say the least) information is available on certain regions, cultures, nations etc. the question is - is wikipedia going to basically assist and promulgate such ignorance?
Thankyou very much for your tips about how my article about my homeland should be written. I shall improve it whenever I'm free to do so.
Yours Sincerely —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arsalanrkazi (talk • contribs) 21:02, February 24, 2006 (UTC)
I created Makran Coastal Highway and uploaded few photos. Later I found Coastal Highway (Pakistan) for the same subject. I would prefer to use its full name Makran Coastal Highway rather than just Coastal Highway. In any case I would like hear your comments.
Siddiqui 01:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Can you please format these two pages.
Thanks Siddiqui 19:41, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Well the picture that you put there for Jinnah isnt very good quality. Its not even a picture. It looks more like a drawing. Please replace it with one that is more realistic than iconic. Jinnah was a real person, and his picture should depict that.
I understand your logic and it makes sense, but as far as identification goes, currently Pakistanis can identify with either picture of Jinnah because both are prevalent. I will be replacing it with some other picture of Jinnah from his campaigning era soon. Also, I do not understand the four tildes thing you were talking about. Where should I leave the four tildes? in the description of changes made dialogue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swerveut (talk • contribs) 01:03, February 27, 2006 (UTC)
Dear Green Giant, Good Day.
Though I do not know how "Giant" you are, but I usually do not like to TALK NONESENSE nor I like someone else to do so with me.
The Sindhi pages at Wiki projects really have problem. These days I am trying my best to gather some help from other Sindhis and attract people to develop Sindhi pages. The Sindhi page of Wikipedia was lying UNATTENDED and DESERTED for a long time. No one had visited the Sindhi page with just one or two articles in Devenagri that were totally un-understandable. Those are still there. But I made a new MAIN PAGE in Sindhi Arabic Script. If you bothered to have a look at Sindhi Wikipedia, then you must also have taken some of your precious time to see its history as well. It is me who has sacrificed the time and effort to make the MAIN PAGE and some more articles in Sindhi. Although, every thing there needs time, dedication and effort, much more than I, for one, can contribute.
Same is the case with Sindhi page at Wiktionary. I also need to find some time to change and update its php files as well, so that people can at least FIND Sindhi pages. Presently, the name of the language appears everywhere in Devenagri, which is un-understabdable to 99.99% of Sindhi population. This is the main reason of why Sindhi people have not been attarcted towards the Wiki projects. These remain simply INVISIBLE to everyone.
It is true that the Govt. of India had approved a Sindhi Devenagri Script in India after 1948, but it was rejected by the Sindhi Hindus of India, and never received the acceptance among them. It is true that Sindhi language can be written in the Devenagri Script, but as a matter of fact, there is a negligeable number of people who can really read and write that.
Showing LINK FOR Sindhi pages everywhere ONLY IN DEVENAGRI is totally UNJUSTIFIED. The language remains of course associated with its land, the SINDH, where it is recognised as official language only in ARABIC Script.
About Mr. Siddiqui... Wikipedia is a Multilingual encyclopedia in every language. In fact, even the ENGLISH Wikipedia is supposed to be enriched with the names of places and various other terms from all other languages; with, of course, an explanation in ENGLISH. I wanted to write the names of the places in Sindhi script, and later, add a link to the Sindhi Wikipedia, as the Inter-language co-ordination is ENCOURAGED at Wikis. But those names, written in Sindhi Script, were removed by the user Siddiqui, without any DISCUSSION or Warning. IT WAS SIMPLE VANDALISM. I asked him several times for not doing so. But every time, he removed those. It is natural to find the WAY THE NAME OF PLACE AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE NATIVE OR THE LOCAL LANGUAGE OF THE PLACE. And it is always usefull to have a link to the relevant LANGUAGE PAGE AS WELL. But the user Siddiqui, resorting to Vandalsim, acted unwarrantedly.
Do you find any reason of telling how TOKYO is written in URDU on the TOKYO PAGE right in the MAIN TEXT? Similarly, there is no reason of writing name of every Sindh's city and place in Urdu. And it is highly VANDAL to remove names written in Sindhi.
I belong to Sindh and am Sindhi. I have every right to CONTRIBUTE and ADD THE TRUTH. In the HISTORY SECTION of the cities of Sindh, the original names were COMPLETELY TRANSLATED IN URDU. The Sindhi Term "CHAR YAR" was reported as being URDU WORDS; yet these explained the Sindh's king and his three friends. The names of many places were not just DISTORTED in their PRONUNCIATION, but were copmletely TRANSLATED in URDU. And when I JUST added or at some places corrected the names, those were simply removed by Mr. POLITE SIDDIQUI unwarrantedly without bothering to DISCUSS. He even removed, for many times, the names of Sindhi TV channels from the page of Karachi, sub section ECONOMY, leaving the names of Urdu Channels only. All this showed his BIAS and UNSPOKEN HATTERED for Sindh and Sindhi language, being an Indian immigrant. One more thing, the WORD MOHAJIR mentioned every now and there in the Wikis is not JUSTIFIED. This is the word used for Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Uppon Him) and his followers who migrated from MAKKAH to MADINA. The actual word is simply REFUGEES, and in local language, PANNAHGIR and in Urdu, PANNAHGUZEER, as they were reffered to as by the famous URDU daily JANG (at the time of partition of India). The JANG was itself editted by Urdu Speaking Indian Immigrants. The word Mohajir is neither nationality nor an official declaration for Indian Immigrants into Pakistan.
AND FINALLY YOU ............... Don't be too smart. And do not send your OFFENSIVE MESSAGES again and again. And do not get worried about how my talk page looks like. Do not cross limits. Behave decently. Do not press me report VANDALISM on your part. Aursani 21:56, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for offering me help. Although I am very busy with my PhD work, I always find some time for Sindhi Wikipedia due to my enormous affection with my land and the language. I shall appreciate if siddiqui and all others DISCUSS before removing anything. I shall surely ask for help as and when I needed. Thanks once again. Aursani 22:30, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
The Khairpur state page has served its purpose. it has gotten your attention. you are free to use what ever materials you need and should you need information about the sources of history, I shall provide that as soon as I can. I hope the green in your name does not represent the green in the Pakistan flag. If so, then truth is damned.Arsalanrkazi
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Arsalanrkazi (talk • contribs) 00:34, March 1, 2006 (UTC)
Well thank God! I did not Know How to edit the NGO site under construction. But I managed to learn how to edit Wikipedia simply through experimentation. It was what I put here that the site builders copied on to that other NGO site under contruction. Hence the Sabre-Rattling.;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arsalanrkazi (talk • contribs) 01:26, March 1, 2006 (UTC)
I would like you to join following two categories of Muslims that have been censored by Zionista and Hindutva editors from posting your contributions.
Siddiqui 03:09, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Since you seem to be heavily involved in many Pakistani articles, I'd like to know if you have ever seen this template on any page. Its the infobox that's on the Pakistan article in template form. Seems kind of useless, as Pakistan is probably the only page that would use it. What links here shows no other article, but that may be because WLH has been malfunctioning lately and I don't know if its been fixed yet. Pepsidrinka 19:49, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
I,ve had a few dates and facts added and made a few alterations to the 3rd history chapter of http://www.khairpursindh.org. Please check them out. the sabre rattling is still there though. Arsalan.
For discussion, posted to Talk:Pakistan:
I propose to change the following paragraph:
This version has a number of problems:
In conclusion, the existing text has factual errors, and at many points, presents one view, to the exclusion of other views that have more support in the peer-reviewed literature, especially among those who are not motivated by religious or nationalistic chauvanism. Would anyone like to propose a factually-accurate neutrally-worded text here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SkepticalContrarian (talk • contribs) 05:31, March 6, 2006 (UTC)
Please format Air Bases of Pakistan Air Force page. Siddiqui 18:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Must I say dear sir that as a new user I haven't had the time to manage to decode the rules and regulation, for I understand what you are accussing me of in relativity to the section Of Geography in the article India. --ishu 19:21, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Your Kindness and goodwill is much accepted by myself, however , I have taken heed to the basic rules, and am beginning anew. --ishu 19:28, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
The Muhammad Ali Jinnah picture on the Pakistan page is currently said to be fair use. More than likely, it has passed into the public domain. Indian public domain laws say that a picture taken prior to 1946 are now in the public domain. Pakistan public domain laws are even more lenient, dating back to the 1950s. Since Muhammad Ali Jinnah died in 1948, the picture surely meets the Pakistan PD law. However, I'm almost certain the picture was taken in India, and I'm inclined to believe that the picture was published in India as well. Would you say these are valid assumptions? The India tag is Template:PD-India, while the Pakistan tag is Template:PD-Pakistan, which provide the specifics of the PD law. Pepsidrinka 20:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Thankyou very much for reverting my addition of History of Pakitsan section Pakistan page. I will be creating a new page for Pakistan's history and I hope you will not make same revertions in that page. Siddiqui 16:48, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi - find it hard to believe that its the most interesting, but definitely it can be expanded to include lakes. Please feel free to chip in. Rama's Arrow 03:35, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant,
I'm in no state to deal with this (I'm in the midst of post-season photo editing), but it looks like the 'Paris' fun has begun again. Dealing with this Hardouin character is indeed like banging one's head against a brick wall - and repetition only makes it flatter. I cannot enter another one-on-one battle - those days are over - but to make any edits 'stick' we're going to have to come up with some sort of consensus. Yet I fear even this will be ignored, as Hardouin has reverted past many edits from many users, and even your infobox modifications. I'm really getting tired of this. I hope you can take a more active role, as alone, even when in reason, one can do nothing. THEPROMENADER 08:53, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Can I ask you for your point of view on the above - should I just drop it? After last night's reverts, I intend to lodge a formal 'user conduct' complaint about Hardouin - that user's Paris page appropriation has gone on long enough. I especially want to focus on Hardouin's insistance on publishing (and reverting to) original research, personal opinions and factual errors and inventions - wiki should not be like this. I would like to ask you for some input there too - a word will do when I file the complaint. THEPROMENADER 07:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Wow! The procedure worked nicely ! The external link is now established.Thank you for your excellent help !! Thanks a lot.--Dwaipayanc 07:05, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know that I agree totally with your Paris article recommendations and you have my total support, but I would like to leave off answering your messages on its talk page to let others reply first - my presence there has been a bit overbearing lately. I was in a similar 'proposition' situation quite some months ago and could get no consensus - but rest assured that this time you have mine.
Take care,
THEPROMENADER 17:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Do you think it is time to nominate Pakistan to featured article status, or would you rather work on it some more. In my opinion, it is ready, though I will defer if you prefer. Pepsidrinka 03:56, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Your message was a tonic not a hazard – “including” takes care of “etc.” hahaha. --Bhadani 13:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, but that fine distinction might be lost on most readers. I thought 'and' might be better, except it's a rather long sentence then.
Good article. Tony 11:13, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Made a few castles today. Left a note on the talk page!
THEPROMENADER 11:54, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Please comment on my Rfc. Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jersey Devil--Jersey Devil 02:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I got tired of copy&pasting the same thing everywhere :-) And I kept stumbling on new ones... Your suggestion of a dynasty article was an excellent one though! Weregerbil 09:33, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for trying to help me, I do have few questions it would be very nice from you if you could answer - left them on my talk page -- Xil/talk 11:32, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your greetings. I thought to take the Test, but decided not to -as it is dangerous for a wiki-addict to take the test - let me become "more-addict", then I may decide. --Bhadani 14:40, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkish Kurdistan - Bertilvidet 00:36, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I totally agree with you about the templates being uneconomical as they will only be used on the Portal:Pakistan or the WP:PKWNB.But you suggested nothing about their future, Should I mark them for deletion and copy they code to the page instead of using template but they editing the page will be like hell becuase of all the coding with the text.Thankyou
Hello Coca Cola...err Green Giant. Was just reading your user page. Interesting that Green Giant (aka Coca Cola) and Pepsidrinka seem to get along so well in editing. I was wondering if you had any articles you in mind that you wanted to like work towards making another featured article (yes, I'm being premature, but the Pakistan-nom is all but finalized). Anyhow, this whole turning articles into one of the thousand best articles on WP seems rather fulfilling. Pepsidrinka 22:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepsidrinka (talk • contribs) 23:12, March 25, 2006 (UTC)
I do in fact feel like such a nerd, being an administrator to an encyclopedia. Who would have thought. Thank you for the support vote on the RfA (and the chocolate). I was in fact hesitant to accept the nomination, yet I saw three people supporting me prior to my acceptance (you being the first), so I figured I'd go ahead and accept and see what happened. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepsidrinka (talk • contribs) 08:04, March 26, 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. I did consider speedying it myself but I wasn't 100% sure (despite the lack of Google hits and the lack of credibility on the face of it). Good have someone with more knowledge of the subject deal with it :-) —Whouk (talk) 11:40, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Sorry about that! Ha, I feel like an idiot. Thank you. Samuella 01:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I have no clue what you done at [3], but I been trying to get that same effect for who-knows how long now. So, for not only doing that, and for the grammar check, that barnstar to the right of the screen is officially yours for the taking. Thanks. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi ! Congrats for helping Pakistan become a Featured article!--Dwaipayanc 08:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Green Gaint, you probably alread ysaw my article Islamic Rulings. I ma trying to expand it and I am trying to make it a resourceful article for those who want to see these rulings as Muslim scholars percieve it by citing the resources. Tell me how it is and ways I can improve it, I plan to expand the artcile much longer. Please comments on my talk page. Thanks alot. MuslimsofUmreka 01:59, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Hey Green Giant, I'd really like thank you for taking the time to vote at my RfA. I withdrew due to certain controversies, but I appreciated your vote and hope to see you here in the future. Thanks again. --Khoikhoi 05:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks lots for taking the time to clean up the spelling and grammar in Richard Francis Burton. Good work. --Richard Clegg 12:36, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering in your (big grin) 'threats' you were referring to my promising to re-insert the shortened Demographics text reverted by Hardouin - would you consider this as continuing the 'war'? I would consider it as re-instating an improvement re-inserts but for sure I don't want to fan flames. I thought it best to ask you before I went ahead with this - Giants are sooooo scary. THEPROMENADER 07:46, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Cromium/Archive 1, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path.
--- joturner 12:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC) |
Fasten your seat belt : ) THEPROMENADER 09:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Green Giant, how are you? Thanks for your support in my RFA. The final vote count was (88/3/1), so I am now an administrator. I am very humbled by your vote and grateful. Please let me know if at any stage you require assistance, or if you have comments on how I am doing as an administrator. Once again thank you and with kind regards Gryffindor 16:58, 2 April 2006 (UTC) |
Thank You for your entries in List of Arab scientists and scholars. Unfortunatly its being seen by some users as vandalism! Jidan 06:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
The SeanMack has nominated Karachi page as a good article nominee, check Talk:Karachi. I think we have to form a team and work together to improve the page and get that nomination. Siddiqui 06:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the edits in Kolkata. I did not know the rule that references should be put up in the order! Bye.--Dwaipayanc 07:42, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi - I request your help on an effort to make this article an FA. I know you can really help us solve some serious problems and add reliable info. Please check it out whenever convenient. Rama's Arrow 16:09, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I was searching around the List of lists the other day and found that many countries have a List of related topics article. Apparently Pakistan did not, so I started on. If you could, participate in the population effort. List of Pakistan-related topics. Thanks. Pepsidrinka 23:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi RE http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Areas%2C_Pakistan&action=history, why not center an image? The image is very small and doesn't look good in the current resolution. (The link was a mistake) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waqas.usman (talk • contribs) 17:23, April 16, 2006 (UTC)
What is ur problem.... Dont change the page of Gujar khan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrnaveed (talk • contribs) 18:13, April 17, 2006 (UTC)
sorry, i apologize for those edits. thank you for your help. I will not edit your web pages again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.255.96 (talk) 19:22, April 17, 2006 (UTC)
I have a source for the info, it is in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Supiwani (talk • contribs) 22:14, April 17, 2006 (UTC)
It is in the article of Karachi, under demographics, at the bottom of the table there. Supiwani 21:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
What is wrong with http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/ top paragraph? Supiwani 18:46, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
What do u mean by free for use images? Supiwani 22:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Gren Giant, there r some good photos of Karachi that r all public, go to the bottom of Karachi article,click on Flickr.com-photos of Karachi. Supiwani 23:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Green Giant,
I have worked on the Military history of Pakistan article. I was just wondering, what do you think is needed to be done on that page before it becomes a Featured Article.
Please let me know, so I can implement these changes.
Thanks
Mercenary2k April 17, 2006 8:51 PM
Has been deleted per your request Admrb♉ltz ( T | C | E ) 22:40, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Salam, I just created a page on PTDC, where to put it in the category tree? Also, I just put the "Category:Forts in Pakistan" directly under Pakistan, later I realized that it is a category of "Buildings and structures in Pakistan", which is a category of "Pakistani architecture" which is a category of "Pakistan". What do you suggest? Waqas.usman 06:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I was cleaning up the categories tree, especially under "Northern Areas" of Pakistan category lots of stuff was mixed in, towns, valleys, districts... I've created a new Category under "Category:Northern Areas, Pakistan", and added a sub-category of "Category:Cities and towns in Northern Areas, Pakistan" and another sub-category of "Category:Regions in Northern Areas, Pakistan" which lists the previous or current states that are now consider as "Northern Areas" (cities are not included in this list). I have asked a moderator for deletion of these following categories: Category:Northern Areas Category:Valleys in Northern Areas, Pakistan
I hope it's going in the right direction. Waqas.usman 07:51, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
what makes world gazetteer correct,it is also an estimate of population, plus it doesn't even seem like a profesional website. Supiwani 23:22, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
green giant, the first link to dawn is the migration info article, the second link is info on the port tower complex, i expanded an article on that subject, and that was my source Supiwani 00:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
how do u put images into the article?Supiwani 01:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi - Jinnah is FAC. I decided to move on FAC becoz I believe that all remaining objective criticism will only be obtained there. I ask for your support and welcome all criticism. Rama's Arrow 15:02, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! Glad to help! Did it from their respective natural distributions - RLP doesn't occur outside of western Europe, Chukar is native in Pakistan - MPF 15:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Green Giant - thanks for your compliments and support for my work, and also on Jinnah's FAC. Please lemme know whenever I can be of assistance. It is very pleasing to cross 10,000. Rama's Arrow 15:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Green Giant, thanks for your reply its really great to heare others appreciate the work were all doing.
Many thanks Fast track 23 April 2006 19:05 (UTC)
Hi - I had added that reference from a source given to me by user:Nichalp. I'm going to sleep right now, but I assure you that when I log in 7 hours from now, I will provide an alternate, better source or take down the note. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Rama's Arrow 04:28, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello - how are you? I've left the following comment on all of the 'French City' aricles using the 'Large French Cities' template - if you can help please do:
I'd like to bring your attention to a new - or other - version of the "Large French Cities" infobox presently at use in a few French cities pages. The present version is much too large, partly because it consecrates too much space to information having little importance to French demography and an only distant and indirect relevence to the city itself. Instead I propose to follow a less cumbersome model closer to that used by the New York City article - you can view the new version in the Paris talk page here. Please view and comment. THEPROMENADER 22:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Can you please make the next reversion. I can't do it any longer, since I will be going past 3RR. -- Jeff3000 23:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant; I have asked you many times not to intitiate edit wars there, and try to work with other people. There is no reason why you should go and erase/revert so many sections, without discussing it with anybody else in that article.Zmmz 02:07, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello. If your not busy, would you mind giving me some feedback for the current featured article nomination for 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake? And by the way, if the Iran article gets out of hand again, let me know. Pepsidrinka 18:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I was born and raised in Iran and as far as I know it is Hamedan (atleast thats the pronounciation in Persian, the only official language of Iran), so when I saw it with alternative spelling I was surprised, I moved it but I saw the alternative spelling as alternative spelling so I didn't check the article properly I think. I thought perhaps Zereshk or others would probably fix it up or revert my actions if they're wrong (I wasn't sure about it). -- - K a s h Talk | email 22:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, Green Giant, I hadn't meant to revert your Ismaeli edit. You know how that happens, I was writing mine when you did yours. Feel free to restore.Timothy Usher 04:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes, it is always comforting to see encouraging wishes from friends. Thank you, we shall make the wikipedia the best. Thank you. --Bhadani 06:01, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, there was no whitespace reduced, and even if there was, the first image on a section should be in the same line as the content, not the reference to another article above the content :). Thank you for your understanding. --Darkred 23:43, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I see, well thank you too for not reverting to your own edits without thinking about my edits. I understand that there is no rule for where the image should start, i merely meant it looks better or more serious that way. Also your suggestion about adding material to the economy section to wipe out whitespace sounds clever, i wish you good luck. --Darkred 00:57, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I was in process of editing this page when you made the changes. Your changes were overwritten. Can you please make those changes again or I can go back and make those changes later today. Sorry about it. Siddiqui 14:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
In order to work together and cooperate with each other, there needs to be a minimum of compromising spirit. Unfortunately, for all the painful months that I have "experienced" Promenader's criticism, I have never detected any trace of compromise on his part. He doggedly wants to remove metropolitan area information, and whenever someone else dares to agree with me, he accuses them of being my sock puppets. Is that really the way to compromise?
French communes are like Australian local authorities, they are very small and don't accurately account for what people understand as being the city. Did you know that the city of Sydney only contained 120,000 people? What sense would it make to refer only to that tiny administrative city without refering to the larger metropolitan area. Furthermore, French communes are in a process of unification, with the creation of intercommunalities, and in places like Lille or Lyon the situation is very complex and needs to be fully accounted for in the infobox, otherwise there's no need for an infobox in the first place, like Captain Scarlet said. Hardouin 00:33, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Now you are simply being ridiculous, Hardouin. It took you a lot more work to find the info you based all that (greatly exaggerated/distorted nonesense - one IP number, one link and one Google search resulting in one forum - Metropolitan him/her self provided the rest) out about me than it took for me to follow a few links (hacker indeed - your email is 'noos.fr' right? voila your ISP). What has this to do with the facts discussed above, and what has this to do with anything contained in any article? A bit of maturity please. THEPROMENADER 12:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I created the titular article as a repository for all the comments on Hybrid vehicle that degenerated into arguments on what one was. The comment page was huge for that article, and despite being a Wikinewbie, I thought it best to move it elsewhere. Thoughts? CGameProgrammer 02:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
copied from User talk:CGameProgrammer
We all shall work togethaer and try to make all those as FA. We can do it for sure. Thanks for your interest. --Bhadani 12:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I haved added the info about TV networks removed by Aursani and Green Giant.
Comment by in Karachi Discussion page:
Siddiqui 18:50, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
My pleasure... Crum375 23:02, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Green Giant,
I was wondering if you have seen the following page, its a place where alot of people work as a team to progress and work together on articles and images of Wikipedia.
The Pakistani community for sometime has been very dormant, as there were not many people here to write articles related to Pakistan. If you go the following "Project page" you will see a new community has been formed, where I think alot of us should asign tasks and work more as a community than individually. Here's the link;
Wikipedia:Notice board for Pakistan-related topics. Do take a look at all the other communities the way they are working to improve articles and promote their communities.
I think its about time we all do the same. As you may notice everthing is just been laid out, so now its our turn to fill the gaps. Do pass the word on to other Pakistanis and people working on Pakistani articles.
Many thanks, Fast track 06:59 08 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey! Giant! Another edit war has begun in Pakistan. See the changes made in economy by Holy Ganga (talk · contribs) and deletion by Anwar saadat (talk · contribs). I reverted Anwar saadat's edits, as the references provided by Holy Ganga is reliable, one of BBC and other from Foreign Policy Magazine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. At least, BBC source is ok.
However, I should not indulge in it much as there may be question regarding nationalities, once again! Please see.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:23, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Salam! You reverted the extra spaces at the top, there was a reason for it; without the extra spaces the image overlaps with the table in firefox (and in opera 9 as well). See Talk:List of airports in Pakistan. I've reverted it. Waqas.usman 20:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you explain the reasoning behind moving the portal link to the bottom when Religion, Ayyavazhi, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism have it placed near the top? Thanks. BhaiSaab talk 20:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant,
It has been a while since your tread has been felt in Paris. For the infobox discussion, only one point is being argued for now, but we've pretty well gone the round of that. I realise that you wanted to remove all of the metropolitan area info, but I thought that for reasons of explanation and clarity we should make some mention of it, albeit in a reduced and clearer form, and accompanied by the primary measure of Paris' real urban growth (that is not 'Paris' - and clearly shown as such!). You have yet to say anything about this, and it would be helpful if you make it know whether you approve, disapprove or have another suggestion. Thank you very much. --THEPROMENADER 21:26, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
PS: If you would like a clear explanation of why I think those two rows should stay, scroll (way way) down to the bottom of the talk page where you'll see a paragraph in italics - that pretty well explains it in a nutshell. Goodnight! --THEPROMENADER 22:09, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
I would really appreciate your input on the Talk:Paris Page. Total revert; all template articles. Four times. Thanks. THEPROMENADER 01:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
SeeTalk:Hunza. Waqas.usman 19:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Answered on my talk page. Hardouin 01:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing to Banu Musa, I haden't noticed there was already a page. I merged the two, and fixed the redirects. flammifertalk 07:19, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I had no idea that "Leader" was supposed to be capitalized either! I guess you learn something new everyday on Wikipedia. --HappyCamper 23:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Green Giant, there are now some other users that have expressed disagreement with Promenader's choices concerning his new infobox. You can read the messages at Talk:Paris. Several users have also complained about Promenader's new maps which do not display properly on everybody's screen. In light of this, and of what I had said before, I restored the previous infobox and made it very clear on the talk page that it was only a conservatory measure waiting for consensus to be reached about urban and metro areas and for problems solved with the maps. I think it is most reasonable to wait and not rush if the new Promenader's infobox is disputed by some and if the maps do not display correctly. Yet within 8 minutes of my edit Promenader reverted back to his infobox. There seems to be no way to reason this guy, not that I don't try. My message on the talk page was the most uncontroversial and compromising possible, I stressed that it was only a conservatory measure, but to no avail. I reckon Promenader listens to you, so perhaps you could try to talk to him. It seems only reasonable not to publish a new infobox as long as there are several users disagreeing with it. Have a look and let me know. Hardouin 18:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Greetings. I wanted to get some other opinions on whether to keep this POK page or not. I think it serves as a propaganda page rather than adding anything of value and Indian Occupied Kashmir page was rightly deleted recently and I think the same should be done with this page to avoid one-sided arguments that are unbecoming for an encylopedia. Your input would be appreciated [8]. Thanks. Tombseye 16:21, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
There is quite a bit of movement on the Paris page these last days, and all to the better. If you would like to contribute to the Paris 'star drive' you spoke of before, now's the time. Looking forward to it. THEPROMENADER 09:18, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
When the Indian Institutes of Technology article was first put for FAC, there were a lot of issues with it and as expected you voted against it. On my request, you also copyedited the article extensively to make the article clearer. Now I am planning to pose the article for FAC again. I feel a little cleanup may still be required. Can you help me by copyediting the article again. I would be grateful. Also, please tell if there are any issues that might be detrimental for its FAC. Thanks, -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:40, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi GG - I request your attention and help on making Muhammad Iqbal an FA. Please share your views on Wikipedia:Peer review/Muhammad Iqbal/archive1. Rama's Arrow 14:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
I and User:Rama's Arrow were discussing [9] linkage of pages to India when refer to pre-1947 India (undivided India). Please have a look at discussion, and comment. You can also invite user interested in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Following is statement to start:
India after 1947 consists of three countries, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. When we use word India, in articles, refereeing to whole India, links are such that they bring us to present day India (Republic of India), reducing size of pre-1947 India considerably. Is it possible that when we refer to pre-1947 India we use a term which encompasses whole India not just present day India? Please comment.
Following are suggestions:
--Spasage 10:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
I came across this article randomly and I'm not sure what it is. I asked at the Jamaat-e-Islami article with no response so far. I put in an RfC and nothing has come back yet. I was going to ask the creator, Siddiqui but he has a Wikibreak notice up. Since I noticed that you gave him two barnstars for Pakistan-related work and it is a Pakistan stub, I thought that you might be able to help or know someone who might be able to. I really know nothing in the area. Thanks. --JGGardiner 19:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
A few of us have managed to come into agreement over an "in the Paris area" title - as a former participant in the discussion, your views and vote on the matter would much be welcome at Talk:List of tallest buildings and structures in Paris. Thank you. THEPROMENADER 18:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey, just wanted to let you know that Image:Crystal Clear Ktip.png has been replaced by Image:Crystal Clear app ktip.png and you will probably want to update your pages/templates. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 23:39, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Just found a link on the Pakistan talk page that is asking fellow Wikipedians to join so we can start to improve Pakistani related articles; Check it out - Wikipedia:WikiProject/List of proposed projects --Fast track 16:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Good to see you. This page has been target of Indian contributors for rewriting according to Hinduvta ideaology. Now it has been protected with Indian version of Pakistan history. Can you please also keep eye on this page. Siddiqui 14:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm trying to build up a database to create articles on political parties on different wikipedias. Could you have a look at User:Soman/Lang-Help-ur? Thanks, --Soman 14:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | → | Archive 5 |
Contender for Wikipedia Admin | |
Asalam-u-Alaikum. Considering your great experience, why don't you apply for administrator role? M A A Z T A L K 17:21, 17 January 2018 (UTC) |
Were you the one who emailed me about the picture of the Patriot? I noticed the name is why I asked. If so I responded to the email, I am the one who took the picture which I have said since this all began but I was told there had to be something from his website saying the picture could be on here. I've done the tool thing. I'm not sure what more I can do. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" Talk to me 01:11, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
It was tagged GFDL originally. But the GFDL also requires original author attribution. It's a matter of whether the link is sufficient or if it has to be explicit. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 07:58, 20 January 2018 (UTC) Joy [shallot] (talk) 07:58, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for doing so many of these U5 taggings, how are you finding them? One thing I've noticed is that you don't seem to be leaving a message on the user talk page when you do if only U5 is the reason given. Just wanted to ask why. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 11:37, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
Pakistani Barnstar of National Merit | |
Congratulations. :) M A A Z T A L K 11:57, 27 February 2018 (UTC) |
The No Spam Barnstar | |
Awarded to you for your diligence on clearing spammy user pages. samee talk 00:41, 28 February 2018 (UTC) |
on your new role as steward. I must confess to being self-interested. I often request global locks at WP:SPI and now I have a new person to bother. I'm sure RadiX and especially Ajraddatz will be delighted to share the largesse.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
on your new role as steward. I must confess to being self-interested. I often request global locks at WP:SPI and now I have a new person to bother. I'm sure RadiX and especially Ajraddatz will be delighted to share the largesse.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Steward | |
Congratulations on your new role as Steward. :) M A A Z T A L K 08:59, 2 March 2018 (UTC) |
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.
Our top scorers in round 1 were:
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. 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.
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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the revert of my edit on Holi. It was just that edit didn't seem problematic, and when there were something like 26 unreviewed edits, there were a lot of edits to check over, so sorry that edit missed my radar. TedEdwards 18:41, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello Green Giant. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of File:Ewisepaymentoverview.JPG, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. Thank you. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
+steward
. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:02, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello Green Giant. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:SimpleParadox/Sandbox, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: User has made numerous edits outside of userspace, this was a draft before they created Taltopia. Thank you. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 11:45, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Arif Nizami, Azhar Abbas (journalist) are up for deletion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Azhar Abbas (journalist) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arif Nizami. Can you please help in improving these articles and defect deletion attempt.--Spasage (talk) 14:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DerHexer&action=history
You forgot something or removed the wrong content.
--Wizard 203 (talk) 18:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Problem solved. Thank you --Caligatus (talk) 05:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
AFAIK, you are not a sysop on enwiki, I am wondering why you carried out an admin action on a wiki you are quite active on. Stewards are not supposed to get involved in wikis they are involved in, nor should they be using their tools if there exists a local group of users to do that.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 23:42, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:
So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.
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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
You recently globally locked "Vote (X) for Change" and "Vote LAX For Change". A CheckUser was requested. Did you perform one or did you block on behavioural evidence (I note that "Vote LAX For Change" has not edited). It has been claimed that
are the same person, but a year ago the Stewards refused to lock [10]. On what evidence did you overturn the Stewards' decision? You were also asked to block the underlying IPs. Have you done this? 86.155.146.195 (talk) 15:29, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
The tool should not be used for political control; to apply pressure on editors; or as a threat against another editor in a content dispute. There must be a valid reason to check a user. Note that alternative accounts are not forbidden, so long as they are not used in violation of the policies (for example, to double-vote or to increase the apparent support for any given position).
The purpose of the enquiry is to confirm that there was no irregularity in the use of the tool here. 86.155.146.195 (talk) 17:29, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
Warning: Accounts should never be locked except in cases of certain bad faith. Locking the account (not to be confused with global blocking for IPs) will cause the user to log out, and prevent their login on all wikis.
The use of this tool can have legal implications, so knowing and following the policy is of the utmost importance. Breach of the rules in this policy may result in removal of steward rights.
Oh, and take no notice of unwelcome talk page stalkers. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive966#False accusation of vandalism. The "cheap shit room" is Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. 86.155.146.195 (talk) 18:55, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
I'm watching the Royal Wedding as I write this - they're talking about how Meghan Markle stood up against misbehaviour, writing several letters (including one to the First Lady in the Clinton era). With high office comes high responsibility - it wouldn't be right to blame the local CheckUser, who was told what to do by a steward without knowing the reason for the request. That means that the responsibility, and the requirement to justify the action (which is in place to preserve the integrity of the process) falls squarely on you. You won't get anywhere by arguing that the General Data Protection Regulation has not yet come into force - what you did was as illegal then as it will be from Friday. You also won't be able to hide behind a silly made-up name - the Foundation knows exactly who you are and where to find you. If you had been deliberately trying to bring Wikipedia and the Foundation into disrepute you couldn't have made a better job of it. 92.31.136.211 (talk) 10:50, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
What I have found is that the sections are out of chronological order and a number of them are duplicated. With your permission I'll correct that :) 92.31.136.211 (talk) 14:50, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi im sorry this is my last edit im sockpuppet block me thank you. Hansonjay (talk) 11:49, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Green Giant, please globally block IAWI (talk · contribs · count) and IT WAS IN (talk · contribs · count), two different LTAs. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi GG, can you please globally lock the following accounts based on LTA JaySmith2018 (talk · contribs · count) and cross-wiki abuse?
Hi there! I'm Muddyb from Swahili Wikipedia. In our Wikipedia, we do not have an automatic reference function as the English Wikipedia. When you press CTRL+SHIFT+K to get reference TAB you find some functions are disabled including AUTOMATIC. On the English, I apply same method and it works so perfect fine. When I'm trying to use the same method on the Swahili Wikipedia, not working. I was wondering if you could help us fixing the auto-referencing function on our Wiki. Best!--Wikipedian (Activist) 18:30, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
Your username appears on a speedy deletion done on my user page several months ago and I'm just now seeing the notice about it. The page has been deleted, and the process for seeing the page again doesn't seem to work and I don't understand it. There's a link provided with link text saying it's for contacting the deleting administrator and that link goes to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=delete&page=User%3AChuck+Baggett which doesn't seem like a page for contacting anyone with and whatever it's for I don't understand how to use it. --Chuck Baggett (talk) 06:12, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi GG, I've blocked Mayamaya7 (talk · contribs · count) as a confirmed sock of Raymondskie99 (talk · contribs · count). Can you please globally lock Mayamaya7? Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 13:26, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.
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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
I will upload my driver license..what do you want to fix this? I will send a pic with myself and Jim DeWitt..who both live at the same address in. You want both our IDs? This is wrong...you need to fix this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roland311 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Morning (my time). Please globally lock the above account. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:12, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Morning. Can you please globally block the user because he continues to vandalize JAM Liner and more. See WP:LTA/MRY for details. --2600:6C4E:580:46B:0:E653:2549:B879 (talk) 18:16, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Morning. Can you please globally block the user because he continues to vandalize JAM Liner and more. See WP:LTA/MRY for details. --2600:6C4E:580:46B:0:E653:2549:B879 (talk) 18:16, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, can you please globally lock these two accounts:
Hi, I just blocked C177 (talk · contribs · count) as a confirmed sock of Jurijus Pacalovas (talk · contribs · count) (globally locked). C177 has also edited abusively at another project, this time at mediawiki. Can you please globally lock? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:26, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, but I have another request. Can you please globally lock MGthonglo (talk · contribs · count) as a confirmed sock of Golf-ben10 (talk · contribs · count)? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:27, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination 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, and let the best editor win! 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, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Good afternoon. Can somebody please finally lock the Illuminati Official please. He keeps vandalizing the SPI page, attacking Aspening and edit the talk page. Please lock the one 172.221.50.147 (talk) 23:13, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi GG, can you please globally lock the following confirmed accounts? All have already been indeffed at hr.wiki:
Greetings!
You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.
This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.
Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!
If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, SkillsM674 (talk · contribs · count) is confirmed as a sock of Ohmy45 (talk · contribs · count). Can you please globally lock SkillsM674? As always, thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:51, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:
All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:
Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.
Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).
Hello, Green Giant. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello and Happy New Year!
Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
What can you tell me about the standard naming protocol when a public official is sued in his / her official capacity, and a party to the suit is replaced after an election?
I ask, because this recently happened in Fish v. Kobach: In this case, Kris Kobach was sued in his official capacity as Secretary of State of Kansas. "Final" rulings in this case were issued June 18 and 19, 2018, but Secretary Kobach appealed. I believe the appeal is still active, though it's harder for me to track the appeal than primary case itself. (The "www.courtlistener.com/recap" system developed by the "Free Law Project" sends me emails when there is any change in the case in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, but the last I checked, that software did not work with the relevant appellate court.)
After the 2018 election, Kobach was replaced by Scott Schwab, sworn in on January 14, 2019. On January 18 the office of the Kansas Attorney General filed a "Notice of substitution" in this case, replacing Kobach as the defendant with Schwab.[1] I'm prepared to make appropriate changes to the Wikipedia article on Fish v. Kobach, but I could use help determining what's appropriate.
This kind of thing happens sufficiently often that there is a standard protocol for the official part of this called a "Notice of substitution". However, it's not clear to me what should be done about this with the Fish v. Kobach article. I'm guessing that a reasonable thing might be to add the appeal and this substitution to the Fish v. Kobach#Timeline section while also creating a redirect page for "Fish v. Schwab".
If you are not the right person to contact with this, whom would you suggest I ask? I posted a question on this on the "To Do" list on Wikipedia:WikiProject Law on 2019-01-23 and got no replies in ~9 days.
References
Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:04, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
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. 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.
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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).
Hello i´m JUAN BLAS tenerife, the user you blocked more than a year ago. I would like to go back to commons, I have already reflected and I am interested in uploading photos only mine. Sorry if the message is not understood, I do not speak English. Thank you. JUAN BLAS tenerife (talk) 07:11, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Can I get a global block? I'm a cross-wiki-user, who vandalized around.
--Dr. Dentar 124 (talk) 02:03, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them.
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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, there... Why was my photo "Choir2018.jpg" deleted from the commons? I indicated that both the individual photos and the total photo was my own work, which it was. Since it was my entire work, what do I have to do to ensure that it is not deleted again? Thank you! TARDIS (talk) 05:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
I have emailed you from Meta where I have been caught in a rangeblock by you and cannot even edit my own talk page there to ask for help. There are current discussions there which I was taking part in and you are preventing me from doing so. DuncanHill (talk) 16:12, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Portal:Cape Verde, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Cape Verde (2nd nomination) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Cape Verde during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 05:23, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. 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 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. 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, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Cromium,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Send New Year cheer by adding ((subst:Happy New Year fireworks)) to user talk pages.
happy new year.
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Cromium,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Send New Year cheer by adding ((subst:Happy New Year fireworks)) to user talk pages.
happy new year.
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. 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.
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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit 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. 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.
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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Christ Church (Easton, Maryland) (new article). Since you had some involvement with the Christ Church (Easton, Maryland) (new article) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Regards, SONIC678 19:13, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm just curious why the sounding bell at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, that I contributed, was not considered worthy of retaining. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ACCC_bell_Canberra_ACT_2020-03-14.webm Please note that the sounding of that bell is unusual; it is not sounded very often, and I am unaware of ever being there when it was sounded. Hence, I got the sound and put up the video because it was so unlikely to have been gathered by anyone else. Thanks, - Peter Ellis - Talk 23:02, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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As I said before, send an email to the stewards. There will be no correspondence entered into here. --Green Giant (talk) 18:35, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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As I said before, send an email to the stewards. There will be no correspondence entered into here. --Green Giant (talk) 18:35, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
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The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.
The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)
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You worked on this a few years ago, Can you help to save it? Bearian (talk)
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something 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 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Greetings
Requesting you to have a look at a discussion Talk:Pakistan/Archive 20#The only country that has been created for Islam??, please do join in to the discussion if the topic interests you.
This discussion invitation is made to you since previous you seem to have contributed to update article Pakistan.
Thanks and warm regards
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The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Category:Legislatures of Canadian provinces and territories has been nominated for merging to Category:Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 09:39, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Category:Legislatures of Canadian provinces and territories has been nominated for merging to Category:Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 09:39, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
This is just to let anyone who needs to know, I’m changing my username. --Green Giant (talk) 13:42, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:
Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, Cromium,
You archived talk page content to this page but I don't know from what article as there is no Talk:Panckula. Can you figure out where this should go or should I just delete it? Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 23:37, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:
All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2022 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.
Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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. 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 Needed.
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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
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The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)