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The amounts of fat types in selected foods Hello, Jim Carter. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Fat Geographical pole Adult Cereal Chicken sandwich History of pharmacy Previous selections: Nightlife • Sport • Buggy (automobile) Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:07, 22 June 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

User:Jim Carter Wrong Figures on PAF 1971 War Violation of Wikipedia policies @ WP:FAKE As per as the Indo-Pak War of 1971 Air War Section Neutral Claims is mentioned with Neutral Source. 54 IAF aircraft were lost (perhaps as many as 27 of them in air combat). Pakistan lost 72 aircraft (51 of them combat types, but admitting only 25 to enemy action). Of the Pakistani losses, at least 24 fell in air combat (although only 10 air combat losses were admitted, not including any F-6s, Mirage IIIs, or the six Jordanian F-104s which failed to return to their donors). But the imbalance in air losses was explained by the IAF's considerably higher sortie rate, and its emphasis on ground-attack missions. On the ground Pakistan suffered most, with 8,000 killed and 25,000 wounded while India lost 3,000 dead and 12,000 wounded. The loss of armoured vehicles was similarly imbalanced. This represented a major defeat for Pakistan. ^[1] as per as Indo-Pak War of 1971 this same would be written in the Pakistan Air Force

I have even writed the same in the Talk:Pakistan Air Force but no one has replied even after 2 days. Sir I will request you to correct the figures of 1971 Air War on Pakistan Air Force as per as Indo-Pak War of 1971 ,

here in Pakistan Air Force, @1971 it is only written about the PAF loses on Eastern front, while IAF loses were of the total Aircraft lost in both eastern&western fronts is mentioned. Hence i will request you to correct the figures of 1971 Air War on Pakistan Air Force as per as Indo-Pak War of 1971 MCIWS (talk) 14:28, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

The above user is pov pushing that edit I reverted you on was pure pov secondly its got zero consensus and thirdly hes a sock user. Zadon19 (talk) 15:16, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

My opinion is that this section [22] should be hatted because it was creating knowing the proposals could not be implemented, is just soapboxing about amnesty, and violates WP:POINT. Obviously, you should consult with others or simply make up your own mind, but I wanted to bring it to your attention as that case is already long enough. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 11:05, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Thanks for the advice, Dennis, but Jim has listed himself as temporarily inactive[23] as an arbcom clerk, due to some offline issues. --MelanieN (talk) 12:11, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

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Dessert is a typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. Pictured is a chocolate-strawberry crumble ball. Hello, Jim Carter. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Dessert Home Taboo Post-production Aerosol spray General aviation Previous selections: Kayaking • Holiest sites in Islam • Party Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: Northamerica1000 (talk) on 04:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Hi Jim, yesterday I tried to make an edit on the "Synthetic diamonds" page and it was declined, please check : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond . Could you please let me know the reason and explain how I could re-submit my edit?

Cactusfigure (talk) 07:12, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello Cactusfigure! I saw your edit. The source you've used to support the information is not not reliable. You've to find reliable third party sources for the information you've added. Furthermore, the information you've added doesn't belongs to the lead of that article, it should be added with proper source in the appropriate section of the article. The introduction of an article should only contain necessary information about the subject in brief. Hope this helps! Jim Carter 11:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Jim, noted. Will try to make it crisper and catch hold of a better reference source. Thank you.

Cactusfigure (talk) 05:56, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Dear friend, please change the profile picture, plz upload picture taken in lecturing SOMASHEKAR22 (talk) 04:24, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, SOMASHEKAR22, I'm a bit confused. Can you explain what profile picture thingy you're talking about? Thanks! Jim Carter 04:36, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello,

If you have time would you please take a look at this article: [33] and this discussion [34] and provide your input. I feel fresh eyes will bring proper clarity for this topic.

Thank you

Swamiblue (talk) 03:25, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

• Hello Jim Carter:

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Blenheim Palace, a famous English historic house Hello, Jim Carter. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Historic house Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Soufflé • Berry Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: EuroCarGT (talk) 00:12, 24 August 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
2. Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
3. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
4. Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
5. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
6. Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
7. Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
8. Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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Sleeping Jim Carter Patrolled my page and that somehow interfered with my edit of that page! Thanks for patrolling. How are you Jim? --AmritasyaPutra^T 16:15, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Battling with real life troubles, as ever. Sorry for my late response, I didn't had a device until now. It appears you were able to convince our arbitrators, nice for you and for the project! I'm still mystified though, how did you convinced them? Anyway, nice to see you around again! Happy editing! Jim Carter 07:20, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Dear talk page watchers and friends, I'm inclined to apply for a scholarship from Wikimedia Foundations' chapter, Wikimedia India, to get a grant for a Laptop. My talk page watcher might have noticed that lately my activity on Wikipedia has declined to almost 4-5 edits a month. I've gone through major hardships and financial struggles for the last 4ish months, which is one of the significant reason for my decreased activity on Wikipedia. Few intimate friends on Wikipedia might be aware of some of the problems I faced in the last few months. My mother was suffering from cancer until she passed away on 11 July this year. I had used most of the funds I saved, for her treatment, even selled off few most desired things of mine to gather funds, including the device (Laptop) which I used to access Wikipedia. After her death, I found myself in heavy financial debt when on 20 August, I lost another member (future family member perhaps) of my family. Both the blows were enough to give me a brain fever. Now, I'm left with enough time and energy for Wikipedia, but no money to buy another device, as one can understand that I'm under the grasp of heavy finiancial crisis. After considering all the ways, I'm thinking of requesting a scholarship to buy a Laptop, so that I can get back to my normal editing pattern and help Wikipedia in umpteen ways, from ArbCom related works to normal content writing; Another benefit is: I'm involved in offwiki Wikipedia related workshops as well, recently I've attended meta:MWTTT, so a Laptop will be of great help in future workshops. Anyhow, I'm writing all this here because before applying for scholarship, here, I need endorsement from my local community members to see if the local community thinks that I deserve the grant. Therefore, friends and talk page watchers, if you feel that I deserve the grant then please sign up below just to assure Wikimedia Indias' member that the grant (if they provide) will be helpful for the project. I'll not make the thread any larger by adding more details, its already large. But I wish to point out that this statement took me an hour to type, this edit is made from a mobile device and one could understand how much it troubles to edit Wikipedia from phone, Small screen vs fatty fingers. :-p Thanks! Jim Carter 16:19, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Endorsements

• please sign below if you feel that I'm eligible for the grant.
• --

Jim Carter 16:19, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

• KieranTribe 13:34, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• Of course. --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 13:38, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• With pleasure and support - . Buster Seven Talk 13:41, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• Writegeist (talk) 15:26, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• 100% support - I couldn't think of anyone more deserving than Jim! (Sorry I don't mean that in a dickish way but after reading the above I feel he needs it more than anyone). –Davey2010^Talk 15:42, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
• Sure. Get back online soon and do a lot of good works. Best wishes. --Tito Dutta (talk) 13:57, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
• I've seen you around a lot, and I didn't realize you weren't able to edit actively. You really deserve this scholarship! MrWooHoo (talk) 03:27, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
• I strongly support your application. You do a lot for Wikipedia, in a lot of different areas, and Wikipedia has missed you during your absence the past few months. I hope this grant comes through - both to purchase a laptop, and to pay for internet access if necessary. --MelanieN (talk) 18:18, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
• I've got a bunch of spare laptops here that are fine for editing Wikipedia, and if nobody uses them they'll end up in the trash, or a charity shop. Who wants one? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:38, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
• Absolutely! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:20, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Thanks everyone, for your kind support! I've received the grant and I'm back on Wikipedia with my full strength. Hope to get on things quickly! Any major policy changes while I was away, Ritchie? Thanks again! Cheers, Jim Carter 07:42, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

I really appreciate the vote of confidence. Thanks to all members of the Committee. Regards Asgardian (talk) 04:14, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Sir, please give the same advice (that you gave me) to the experienced user who tagged Mawra Hocane for speedy Deletion. Thanks.--NewMutants (talk) 11:17, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

You are probably right that ((db-corp)) should be used at Truetraffik.in but I removed your duplicate notification at User talk:Chakkalokesh before I saw the details. I guess that's ok—two speedies for the same article seemed excessive. I suppose I should find an article that Traffic generation tools (same author, and same promotional purpose) could redirect to, unless you think a speedy is warranted there. No need to reply or spend any more time on this. Johnuniq (talk) 10:54, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the message, Johnuniq, it appears Truetraffik.in is already gone. However, Traffic generation tools appears to be a case of borderline A11. I'll go ahead and tag it with prod as it doesn't appear blatantly promotional article. Cheers, Jim Carter 11:29, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Jim Carter. Bei Bei, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated  to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 00:06, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Indian topics
Thank you, Jim, for quality articles on Indian topics, such as Early Nationalists, for welcoming and warning, creating templates and scripts, for driving the project to connect "orphaned" articles to the encyclopedia, by invitation and award, for appreciation, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 990th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Ay, Gerda, nowadays I barely edit articles of Indic sphere. My last two GAs are related to African Americans. I think you should update your information. Thank you anyway, your appreciation helps the project run smoothly. Cheers, Jim Carter 07:57, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Jim. FYI, I have redirected Coloni C4B to Coloni C4 while you develop the article in your userspace, to avoid a cross-namespace redirect. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 20:37, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that, DH85868993! Much appreciated. Jim Carter 08:00, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey there! Remember way back in May when you supported Gene93k to be Editor of the Week? He was finally presented with the award this week. It looks as if Buster tried to ping those of us who nominated or supported him, but the ping didn't work (at least in my case). You may want to go to Gene's talk page and congratulate him. MelanieN (talk) 16:10, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

 Done. Jim Carter 14:59, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi. I have been doing some ant-vandalism. I was wondering if you would adopt me. Thanks So said The Great Wiki Lord. (talk) 13:53, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi TheGreatWikiLord! I'm happy to adopt and instruct you. Please take a look at this page to know how I instruct new vandal patrollers. If you feel that my style of teaching suits you then please leave me a message here and I will create your "Academy" page. Best, Jim Carter 14:58, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

I am interested. Let's proceed forward. Thanks So said The Great Wiki Lord. (talk) 23:31, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello TheGreatWikiLord, I have started your academy page and have left there some tasks for you. Read the instructions on the page carefully and keep the page on your watchlist. Best, Jim Carter 13:59, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

A few more specific details might be welcome regarding the nominee, like how many years of editing, number of edits, apparently activity at DYK, and a few other things. Granted, I or others could add them myself, but I think it might work better if they were integrated into your nomination statement. John Carter (talk) 18:14, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

P.S. love the name, by the way. Great initials, too. ;) John Carter (talk) 18:25, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

@John Carter: I've added a few stats there, thanks! BTW which name? who's name? I'm a bit mystified. Jim Carter 13:09, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions. Relax and have a cup of coffee. :) Supdiop (T🔹C) 18:33, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey, I reviewed this, I just had a little trouble with the sources, as I mentioned on the template page. If you can show me the sentence in the German language ref that verifies the hook, I can probably verify it with a translator or something. Anyway, take your time and feel better! delldot ∇. 00:41, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Replied at the nomination page. Jim Carter 08:20, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

16:29, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

The Mark Marathon arbitration case request, which you were listed as a party to, has been declined by the Arbitration Committee. For the Arbitration Committee, Jim Carter 12:31, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. If it is to be re-filed with AN/I, as has been suggested by many, am I the one responsible for doing this? SBHarris 01:10, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

On 15 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Azel Backus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Azel Backus was the first president of Hamilton College, New York? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Azel Backus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:02, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

On 15 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wilhelm Boden, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wilhelm Boden was the first Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wilhelm Boden. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 13:47, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

On 17 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bei Bei, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that baby panda Bei Bei was given his name by the first ladies of both China and the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bei Bei. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 01:02, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

16:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Please continue.Xx236 (talk) 05:55, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for creating Sinocorophium hangangense, Jim Carter!

Wikipedia editor Animalparty just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

Keep in mind WP:MTAU and WP:NOTJOURNAL- Wiki articles should not contain needless jargon, and should be written for the general reader, not specialists. Also be wary of leaving ((in use)) on for too long- it may hinder improvement.

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@Animalparty: Thanks for reviewing that article! Just an advise, I agree that there are certainly things that could be improved in the article, however, Wikipedia has no deadline. By placing the "in use" tag I made it aware that I'm still improving it, so it is reasonable that there maybe some flaws that are yet to be fixed. The last edit I made to that article was 93 minutes ago before you patrolled it, I really think you should have waited for me to remove that tag before you jump and place some unnecessary suggestions on my talk page. I'm a regular here, FWIW. From now I suggest you not to patrol articles which are tagged with "in use', unless the article is stale for several hours (more than 3hours is good). Though I know your suggestions were in good faith but few regulars may consider it irritating, not including me. Best, Jim Carter 18:52, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry if you found my suggestions unnecessary or bothersome. Perhaps I should have waited longer. The limited space in the Page patrol comment field necessitates brevity which may be received as curtness, which was unintended. I realize there is no deadline, but almost every article is in some stage of development, and open collaboration can more rapidly improve the encyclopedia. Given the specialized source material for this species, it can be a challenge to make information accurate yet accessible (I'm also a regular, and specialize in organisms for which there is little or no popular literature). I look forward to your improvements. Cheers, --Animalparty! (talk) 19:20, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Don't be sorry, Animalparty, it's okay.  :) As I said, your suggestions were in good faith and good faithed editors are what we need more. Yeah, absolutely, I totally agree with you that open collaborations more rapidly improve the encyclopedia and I would really love to take your help in making the article more reader friendly, now that I realized you are a specialist in the subject. What I was trying to do after starting the article was to shape it before removing the in use tag. You see, how time consuming it is to understand the subject, writing about it and then make it sound less technical. Anyhow, I will be removing the tag now and would be glad if you could help me. Thanks! Jim Carter 19:45, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi Jim Carter, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

• I'm making you autopatrolled for the same reason I made Liz before she passed RfA -- the numerous pages created as part of your ArbClerk work should not be flagged as "in need of patrolling". Perhaps this should be codified somewhere for you guys, that non-admin ArbClerks should be autopatrolled as a matter or convenience, but I'll let you figure this out amongst yourselves while I continue personally autopatrolling any non-admin ArbClerk I happen upon. ;) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Great suggestion, Salvidrim!. I'll make the suggestion on the clerks list.

I know when we were first dealing with the sprawling Arbitration Enforcement case, the clerks were given the ability to mass message because so many editors had offered statements and we had to notify them all. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:53, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Great suggestion indeed, Salvidrim!! However Liz maybe already aware that in many cases an arbcom trainee lost interest and resigned only months after joining the team. So my suggestion is that we give the autopatrolled flag only to the full clerks. FWIW, I'm still a trainee. Cheers! Jim Carter 19:11, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

The flag is cheap to add and cheap to remove -- and I've long held the belief that such userrights should be granted more leniently... as long as someone is trusted just enough not to create CSD'able articles, autopatrol can serve a purpose. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 19:39, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Just to note: Jim Carter is eligible for the autopatrolled flag in any case. He has created 29 mainspace articles, and the suggested requirement is now 25. So, thanks, Salvidrim! --MelanieN (talk) 19:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello there Jim Carter, I am TheCaliforniaKansan. I created this account over three years ago, and completely forgot the utility of Wikipedia. I became pretty active recently, and I soon discovered the inconvenient truth that lots of people like to vandalize Wikipedia... I work in the public sector, and it just makes me cringe when users attempt to defame living persons, post inaccurate information, or remove beneficial content. I would like to be trained by you, if you still have an opening. I recently checked out the CVU Academy page, and saw that there is training available to handle vandalism. Recently, I've only been doing so manually. I've also noticed that those who use STiki and Twinkle seem to combat vandalism in a more swift fashion. I have examined the other trainers, and frankly you seem to be the most qualified. The others who are accepting students are not as active as I would hope, and/or do not use both Twinkle and STiki. It would be an honor to be trained by you, please let me know if you are available. Truthfully, I would like to be able to improve Wikipedia in some other manner other than manually removing vandalism... Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
TheCaliforniaKansan (talk) 19:40, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi TheCaliforniaKansan! Thanks for the kind words! Yes, I've no problem to take you as a trainee. Please take a look at this page and let me know if you feel comfortable with the methods I use to teach trainees. If it suits you, let me know here, at my talk page, and I will be creating your academy page. Note: The last two trainees I adopted, didn't completed the course. This course is a bit time consuming, it may take at least 2 weeks to complete this course. So after considering all points, if you still wish to join the academy, do let me know, I would be glad to help you. :) Jim Carter 20:15, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

@Jim Carter:, I am sorry to hear that they did not complete the course. I am more than committed to completing the course and ultimately improving Wikipedia. I enjoy updating pages and preventing disruptive edits, and I highly doubt that I'll go down the same path as my predecessors. In short, I am committed and ready to begin training.
TheCaliforniaKansan (talk) 20:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

@TheCaliforniaKansan: Hi, thanks for understanding the problem. I have created your academy page here and left there some simple tasks for you. Please keep the page on your watchlist so that you don't miss new task additions. Don't feel reluctant to ask me questions here. All the best, Jim Carter 15:37, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

P. S. You don't need to ping me when you message me on my talk page i.e. here. Every user gets a notification if their talk page is altered by any user (except few bots). Cheers! Jim Carter 15:44, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

18:04, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

• Hello Jim Carter:

This week's voting for TAFI's upcoming weekly collaboration has begun at Week 20 of 2015. Thanks for participating!

I feel that this is inappropriate. He puts himself out there. You respond with hints. Please take it seriously and be straightforward. The poll is a new thing. Please do not be disruptive. I have a long, long history of issues with you. This includes the horrible experience you gave me with the proposal in the first place when you mass messaged 1500 admins. Then you challenged the poll at its talk page when it started. You also have a history of inappropriate joking and remarks at actual RfAs. I strongly suggest considering the consequences of your posts and how they can affect things and make people feel. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:51, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Calm down, Anna Frodesiak, you don't have to be so defensive. I've retracted the thing which bothered you, but I'm still unsure why you thought it's disruptive. It is just a indication to the candidate, to let them know, why I have given them 6 out of 10; See WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY. Anyhow, you mean I've challenged the project by this and this? I'm unsure again, I just asked few normal questions. Then again, the mass-message thingy, you are aware that it was a good faith mistake long time ago. You say I have a history of inappropriate comments at RfA, please see WP:ASPERSION, as far I can remember, something such happened once about an year ago, in good faith. Anna, I really think you are biased when you comment anything related to me. Best wishes, Jim Carter 14:24, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

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On 2 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Mother (Gorky novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Mother is the best-known novel by Maxim Gorky and his only novel on the Russian revolutionary movement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Mother (Gorky novel). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

16:43, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey, Jim. Hope all is well. Can you do me and WER a great favor and keep your eyes peeled for potential "Editors of the Week". Some of your previous candidates have achieved great things here at WP. I just want to be sure we don't run out of accepted candidates in a few weeks...which could happen. I invite any of your friendly stalkers to do the same. Thanks. Buster Seven Talk 16:16, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, Jim. I appreciate you. Buster Seven Talk 16:58, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Will look out for more, thanks Buster7, for the note and appreciation! Jim Carter 17:00, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

...thinkin' out loud...

With what we have we should make it to the end of the year. That's Good. I was thinking of doing some kind of mass mailing or Holiday Greeting barnstar-like thing, around Christmas Time or New Years, to all the WER editors that have signed up (150 or so) over the past 3 years...wishing them and their families well etc...and mentioning EotW's constant need of nominations, of course. Is that something you can help me with, in about one month or so??? Buster Seven Talk 21:24, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

@Buster7: Just tell me what will be the content of the message, when exactly you wish me to send the message and I will do it on WER's behalf. The list is already here so no problem. This is indeed an excellent idea! Best, Jim Carter 08:00, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I noticed with interest your speedy on the Draft:CHI St. Luke's Health. I have been keeping an eye on this for severral days having been involved in the deletion process of the previous (near identical) version. I was wondering about starting an SPI but was worried about the ethics of calling out an editor who has only (apparently) edited a draft article. The previous article was deleted, if I recall correctly, on Copy-vio grounds but claims to notability looked paper thin and unsustainable. I will continue to watch with interest. Regards  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   21:51, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

@Velella: I randomly came to that page while patrolling recent changes. I'm not very aware of the background, it seems like that Draft was previously deleted on copy-vio grounds only. I don't know who had created that previous version of the page, I can't see deleted contributions, but I think you should keep a watch on their activity (Since you are aware about the background) and if you see same kind of disruption, we can think about SPI. Cheers! Jim Carter 11:45, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

• Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
• West Virginian (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
• Calvin999 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Rationalobserver (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Harrias (submissions) wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
• Rodw (submissions) wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 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.

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There was a 1960 movie called the circus of horrors that Donald Pleasence starred in that needs to be added to his list of movie roles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:AF8D:D609:55E0:D9B:32E0:4AF8 (talk) 05:06, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your note, I've made that change on your behalf. Remember to cite references whenever you add information in any article. Best, Jim Carter 05:26, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

dude im just trying to have fun and edit some random stuff on wiki ok so stop spoiling my fun i dont care if you have a wiki award for 'participation' they probably give those to anyone ok so stop or i will hack u--118.92.184.86 (talk) 06:21, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

• Please see: WP:NOTHERE. Thank you. Jim Carter 12:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

17:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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Hello, Jim Carter, and welcome to STiki! Thank you for your recent contributions using our tool. We at STiki hope you like using the tool and decide to continue using it in the future. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Information about STiki, including: Using STiki and its hotkeys Comparison with other tools Information about vandalism on Wikipedia Here are some pages which are a little more fun: The STiki leaderboard - See how you are faring against other STiki users! Userboxes - Do not hesitate to wear the STiki label with pride by choosing from a selection of userboxes! We hope you enjoy maintaining Wikipedia with STiki! If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions don't hesitate to drop a note over at the STiki talk page and we'll be more than happy to help. Again, welcome, and thanks! West.andrew.g (developer) and ‑Ugog Nizdast (talk) 12:44, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey Jim. I hope you don't mind but I cut-n-pasted this thread and moved it to my sandbox to study. I have downloadedthe current version. What's next? Buster Seven Talk 14:11, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Nice to see that you want to use Stiki. Well, before I can say anything, I have to know which operating system you use. If you use Windows, you just have to unzip the .zip file and you will find something like STiki_2015_07_02.jar Double click it and Stiki should open. You just have to login from the jar application and recent changes will automatically get's loaded there. There are four options for every edit- "vandalism", "good faith", "pass" and "innocent". I hope you understand what those options mean, try to make some edits and if you face any problem, I'm here. If you use Unix, you just have to paste the following command in the terminal: "java -jar STiki_exec_[date].jar". Note that if you use Windows but don't have java installed; you should install java first since Stiki will not work with out Java. You can download it from here. Hope it helps! Jim Carter 15:23, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Jim. I use Windows 7. How do I "un-zip the file"? I am basically illiterate when it comes to tech stuff. I remember now that months ago Coretheapple tried to help set me up and I just gave up in frustration. I see the Stiki file in my Downloads but thats about it. Buster Seven Talk 17:36, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

@Buster7: Simply just right click on the zip file. You will see a option like, "Extract here", click it. Now you will find that the "STiki_2015_07_02.jar" file is present in your "download" folder. Cut-and-paste it to some other folder, double click on that "STiki_2015_07_02.jar" file. It should start, if it won't, then probably you don't have java installed. Download and install java from the above link I mentioned. And there you go, you will be able to use it. Let me know you need help. Jim Carter 07:44, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Jim.

Can i please be one of your CVUA students. I have made over 200 mainspace edits, and it was suggested by another user that i enrol on this course. I am from the UK and am available mostly on weekends, but sometimes available on weekdays evenings. Many thanks. Class455fan1 (talk) 13:19, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry Class455fan1, I'll be unable to help you with CVUA at the moment. I'm very preoccupied with some time consuming works, I advice you to seek any of the two mentors other than me listed here. Thank you for understanding! Jim Carter 07:53, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Haven't you done some great things here since I last saw you! Thanks for the barnstar, undeserved, but kind. I've just read a bunch of your DYK's, great stuff, keep it up. All the best -- Samir 15:16, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

@Samir: Great things? Um, well I've made plenty of good great friends here. All of them are really nice people, like you, and building the encyclopaedia, some what as well as bonus. ;) What about you, you've been absent for quite a long time, I hope to see you back again with your full strength as you use to be in 2006. Best, Jim Carter 17:07, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of List of writers who have returned the Sahitya Akademi Award at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Human3015^TALK  12:52, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

19:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

You didn't do anything wrong. I just wanted to explain the "unexplained edits." After I added an external link to an interview by the BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, I realized that it was already there. I went back and removed my own unnecessary addition. No other Wikiperson I've added it to has had already had a link to their own interviews. Ziva11 (talk) 05:44, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Jim. Ragityman, here.

Thank you for recognizing that they are good faith edits. I re-edited some of the material, thinking I had goofed. I didn't notice that you had reverted me until I looked at the history. They ARE good faith edits. I'm just trying to help. Please read what I wrote on the talk page of each article to understand my objectives. If, after you read what I wrote, you STILL feel that it needs to be reverted, have at it. I won't interfere.

Look through the history as well, though. The information about his first wife, her singing career, and her parents, were there THREE TIMES. I only deleted two of them. I WILL go back and add the ref link, if you haven't already fixed it.

If you intend to create articles for all the red links, that is MUCH preferred to just unlinking. I'm all for that. I checked, though, and those links were created in July 2014. That's pretty old. I'd suggest you leave them unlinked until you at least have a stub. Otherwise, some other gnome will come through, and unlink them.

I can see that you have put a lot of time and energy into this article. I don't do edit-wars. There's plenty of work to go around, without us undoing each other's work, and I won't waste my time. Just read what I wrote, and if you don't agree, revert any or all of what I have done. But I have to tell you. I know, NOBODY likes unsolicited advice. But, if you are really going to get any satisfaction out of your work here on this project, you have to let it go. The terms of use, and the fine print on every single edit page will tell you that you cannot own your work on Wikipedia — not in the way you can on a blog or a magazine. When you create an article HERE, you are agreeing to let everyone who wants to help, help. It will ALWAYS be your creation, and the history shows that you created it. It also shows up in your stats. But in many ways Wikipedia is unique: this is a crowd-sourced project. Once it goes live, it's fair game. If you can't live with that, there are lots of other venues. But if you give it a chance, and put a little time into understanding WP conventions and customs, you can one day see some of YOUR creations become featured articles, DYK, or any number of other nice things.

By the way, I'm sorry that you're having health problems. Ain't none of us gonna get out of this world alive, but I don't like it for people to suffer, especially if they are helping to build Wikipedia. Hang in there. Rags (talk) 06:39, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

OOPS! Boy, do I look stupid, now.

I won't presume to delete anything from YOUR talk page (i've already presumed far too much), but if you woud like to delete any or all of my remarks, above, feel free. Rags (talk) 06:56, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

The Resilient Barnstar

It was not until few moments back that I realized you are the cleanstart of RJC! You have come so far and improved so much - this is amazing! It is so great to see editors learn and improve from their mistakes. If my memory serves me right, you had a really rocky start and to become what you have - it must not have been an easy task. I highly appreciate you getting on the right track and all the good work you have been doing ever since. I am really happy for you and I hope you'll continue the awesome work that you have been doing... Thanks for all your efforts in improving the pedia' - you are a valuable editor and an asset to the project. Your edits are greatly valued :) Keep up the good work! Yash! 17:08, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree with Yash!. I watched the mentioned "rocky start" and wasn't sure if you would fulfill your potential. But fulfill it you have...in fact, you have FAR surpassed what any observer could have guessed. You have been extremely helpful and a pleasure to work with. You are in my prayers regarding your health. Buster Seven Talk 17:46, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, thank you very much for the kind praises, friends! It would certainly not have been an easy task if I wouldn't have got kind people like you, Buster & Yash, by my side. This means a lot! :) Jim Carter 15:02, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

This is the first time I wish to talk to the editor of the item after reading the edition of James Joyce edited by you. It really provides me a lot imformation, so thank you very much and you have done a great job!!. -Reader from China. Elizabeth Hao (talk) 13:02, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Your offer is very generous, but the FLC process is already being taken care of by another editor. There was a conversation here, which led to a commitment to create a new bot for FLC. It will be great for all of us, and I'm excited that it will take less time to do closures. While I'm here, I hope you feel better and am leaving a comment at WP:TFLS about a possible date for the list you submitted. Giants2008 (Talk) 16:10, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

20:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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On 25 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brush pot, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a substantially cracked Chinese brush pot was sold for €360,000? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brush pot. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

16:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Hi Jim, thanks for nominating me as Editor of the Week. Your kindness is greatly appreciated! Zanhe (talk) 23:35, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

17:52, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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@BethNaught: replied. Sorry for my late response. Thanks! Jim Carter 12:32, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Strad's put it up. If you still want to write a co-nom, here's your chance! Many thanks, BethNaught (talk) 18:51, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Done. All the best, Jim Carter 16:42, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

17:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
May 2016 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! All the best Gavin / – SchroCat (talk) 13:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Merry, Jim Carter! At this wonderful time of year, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! May you have a delightful 2016! MarnetteD|Talk 14:09, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

...for your kind message - it's greatly appreciated. Best wishes of the season back at you - keep up the good work, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:15, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello Jim Carter: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:23, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hello again Jim. I've already expressed my thanks to you, but given the success of my RfA I felt I wanted to do so again, and also to wish you very happy holidays. Excuse the brevity, I've done a lot of writing recently BethNaught (talk) 20:42, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations! And what an impressive turnout! Now that you're an admin, try not to blow up the encyclopedia. Jim Carter 04:57, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

P. S. Seems like the water's fine, should I throw my hat now? Jim Carter 04:57, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

John Cocke did receive National Medal of Technology, how can I add source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by In Heels (talk • contribs) 05:19, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello In Heels, thank you for your note. It did seems like John Cocke received the honor, according to this source. I've added the source in the article to support the claim. In future, you should always provide a source to support contentious materials that you add. You can see this how-to guide about adding references. Best, Jim Carter 05:32, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I've some experience with blogging but I don't have much experience here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by In Heels (talk • contribs) 08:12, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. Don't forget to add your signature whenever you comment on talk pages. To add signature, just place 4 tildes after your comment, like this: ~~~~ Best, Jim Carter 08:48, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello Jim Carter: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:05, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

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	Hello, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia!    –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 16:15, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

18:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

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Replied, Samtar. Jim Carter 09:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

	Seasons Greetings
	Christmas! Christmas, everywhere, on every talk page, I do dispair Seasons being greeted and Wikibreaks told, but still time for a little more editing, for being WP:BOLD! So go on, go forth and enjoy beyond concern Your Wiki will be waiting for when you return. Buster Seven Talk 14:10, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

This card was designed by User:Samtar

Thanks for the many EotW nominations and seconds over the years. Your efforts and involvement have kept the Award viable and respected. Buster Seven Talk 13:42, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

@Buster7: It is my responsibility to recognized the unrecognized heros. Jim Carter 15:13, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

I ask that I be considered to apply to be an Arbitration Committee clerk. CatcherStorm ^talk 10:15, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry CatcherStorm, I'm not yet a full clerk. You may ask a full clerk for consideration. Ping Liz, Kevin. Jim Carter 11:17, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

@Liz: - CatcherStorm ^talk 11:19, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Hafspajen (talk) 11:53, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

I'm wide awake, Hafspajen. Best wishes to you too. Jim Carter 13:12, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

	The 78.26 RFA Appreciation award
	Thank you for the participation and support at my RFA. It is truly appreciated. I hope to be of further help around here, and if you see me doing something dumb, you know where to find me. Again, I thank you. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 23:58, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Jim,

I was contacted at OTRS by editor Calvin Kelso, who recently tried to improve Horace Pippin. I see that you sent a welcome message to the editor, but the edits were reverted with the brief comment "problematic edits".

While I have some guesses as to the issues, I hope you will agree that the edit summary doesn't provide a lot of guidance. The editor has actually done a fair amount of research about the subject of the article, and I think can make some great additions to the article, with some guidance.

Could I persuade you to be more expansive regarding your concerns about the edits, so that you and I can help the editor?

(I'll leave it up to you whether this discussion should continue here, or on the talk page of the article.)--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:12, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2016!

Hello Jim Carter, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2016. Happy editing, Tito Dutta (talk) 13:22, 26 December 2015 (UTC) Spread the love by adding ((subst:Seasonal Greetings)) to other user talk pages.

Hi Jim, nice to have met you at Delhi. As I told, Mr. Yann is deleting all the images uploaded by me. He strongly decided to delete all the images. Look into this matter, and I will send you the images and try to upload them with appropriate method. Ahmed Nisar (talk) 10:30, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

	Happy New Year 2016!
	Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unneccessary blisters. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 23:05, 30 December 2015 (UTC)    –

Happy New Year!

Jim Carter,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Class455fan1 (talk to me) 18:59, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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	Hopp(y) Gnu Ear
	Hoppy Gnu Ear to you! Hoppy Gnu Ear to you! Be Safe! Buster Seven Talk 01:03, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Jim Carter,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:49, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Jim, I wish you and those dear to you golden days of love and joy in a Happy New Year 2016! Best regards, Sam Sailor Talk! 00:49, 2 January 2016 (UTC) Pass on! Send this greeting by adding ((subst:User:Sam Sailor/Templates/HappyNewYear)) to user talk pages. Automatic level-2 heading and auto-signing included.

(Unknown artist, Norway, 1916)

UserVquakr has received his award. Stop bu to congratulate him. Thanks~ Buster Seven Talk 20:42, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

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We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

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Hi, Jim. I'm just posting to let you know that Abhishek Bachchan filmography – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for February 5. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 00:32, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

16:59, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

17:56, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello Jim Carter,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged मंदाकिनी की आवाज़ for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Ueutyi (talk) 11:22, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello,

Thanks a lot for signing up as a participant in the Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon. We want to inform you that this edit-a-thon will start in next 24 hours or so (25 January 0:00 UTC). Here are a few handy tips:

• ⓵ Before starting you may check the rules of the edit-a-thon once again.
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16:39, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon 2016 has started, here are a few updates:

1. More than 80 Wikipedians have joined this edit-a-thon
2. More than 35 articles have been created/expanded already (this may not be the exact number, see "Ideas" section #1 below)
3. Infobox geographical indication has been started on English Wikipedia. You may help to create a similar template for on your Wikipedia.

Become GI edit-a-thon language ambassador

If you are an experienced editor, become an ambassador. Ambassadors are community representatives and they will review articles created/expanded during this edit-a-thon, and perform a few other administrative tasks.

Translate the Meta event page

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Ideas

1. Please report the articles you are creating or expanding here (or on your local Wikipedia, if there is an event page here). It'll be difficult for us to count or review articles unless you report it.
2. These articles may also be created or expanded:

• Geographical indication (en:Geographical indication)
• List of Geographical Indications in India (en:List of Geographical Indications in India)
• Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (en:Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999)

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All the best and keep on creating and expanding articles. :) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:46, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Jim Carter. Staten Island boat graveyard, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated  to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 00:22, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

21:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello, thanks a lot for participating in Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon. We understand that perhaps 7 days (i.e. 25 January to 31 January) were not sufficient to write on a topic like this, and/or you may need some more time to create/improve articles, so let's extend this event for a few more days. The edit-a-thon will continue till 10 February 2016 and that means you have got 7 more days to create or expand articles (or imprpove the articles you have already created or expanded).

Rules

The rules remain unchanged. Please report your created or expanded articles.

Joining now

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Reviewing articles

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Prizes/Awards

A special barnstar will be given to all the participants who will create or expand articles during this edit-a-thon. The editors, who will perform exceptionally well, may be given an Indic Geographical Indication product or object. However, please note, nothing other than the barnstar has been finalized or guaranteed. We'll keep you informed.

Questions?

Feel free to ask question(s) here. -- User:Titodutta (talk) sent using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:08, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

	Peacemaker67 RfA Appreciation award
	Thank you for participating and supporting at my RfA. It was very much appreciated, and I am humbled that the community saw fit to trust me with the tools. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:57, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Jim Carter 08:03, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey there! It was really nice to get to spend some time hearing you tell us (Winifred and me) about your work and your motivation over video chat a few days ago. You inspired me! Thanks again! KLove (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words, Katy, it means a lot! Jim Carter 15:59, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

18:58, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

16:16, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the Geographical Indications in India edit-a-thon. The review of the articles have started and we hope that it'll finish in next 2-3 weeks.

1. Report articles: Please report all the articles you have created or expanded during the edit-a-thon here before 22 February.
2. Become an ambassador You are also encouraged to become an ambassador and review the articles submitted by your community.

Prizes/Awards

Prizes/awards have not been finalized still. These are the current ideas:

1. A special barnstar will be given to all the participants who will create or expand articles during this edit-a-thon;
2. GI special postcards may be sent to successful participants;
3. A selected number of Book voucher/Flipkart/Amazon coupons will be given to the editors who performed exceptionally during this edit-a-thon.

We'll keep you informed.

Train-a-Wikipedian

We also want to inform you about the program Train-a-Wikipedian. It is an empowerment program where groom Wikipedians and help them to become better editors. This trainings will mostly be online, we may conduct offline workshops/sessions as well. More than 10 editors from 5 Indic-language Wikipedias have already joined the program. We request you to have a look and consider joining. -- Titodutta (CIS-A2K) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:01, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

On 19 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Staten Island boat graveyard, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Staten Island boat graveyard contains so many abandoned boats and ships that it has been called an "accidental marine museum"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Staten Island boat graveyard. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

18:22, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

20:12, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by MPJ-DK (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), and Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.

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Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)