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Archive 3

Hello, Tyw7, you posted {{adminhelp}} on User talk:Merfishpreservationsociety because you think it's a spam account. Adminhelp really isn't for that - if you think the username is a COI or spam, you may report it at WP:UAA, otherwise, WP:AN or WP:ANI is probably the best place. Always start by leaving them a friendly notice on their talk page, though! Further questions? ! Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 15:24, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Koman90 (talk) 04:02, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Tyw7/Archive 2! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards. If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 21:30, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} Why can't this be banned or disallowed? Just wondering. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 06:30, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Is there anything in particular you mean. Fake new messages bars and other simulations of media wiki interface are frowned upon, but not outright banned, see Wikipedia:UP#Simulated MediaWiki interfaces. -Optigan13 (talk) 06:42, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

But why can't it be banned all together? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 07:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

You've already brought it up at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy), and Wikipedia talk:User page has some material in the archives on the subject. I'd suggest just working it there. -Optigan13 (talk) 07:59, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Tyw7, I agree with you on this issue. And, when reading WP:SMI, one must read beyond the “frowned upon” part to where it continues by saying, “it should be avoided except when necessary for testing purposes.” I do not think that testing our sense of humour or our sense of patience qualifies. Good luck! — SpikeToronto 05:09, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Hope my sugestion passed. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 04:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I have corrected the project page so that the DIVs do not violate the toolbar. There were way to many end DIV tags in the code for the page, and they ended the DIVs for the main site. All fixed though, good luck. -- Matthew Glennon (^T/_C\^D) 18:15, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

{{adminhelp}} Can you remove ArcWeb explorer from the list of maps? The link says subcription expired,--Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 13:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I removed it from {{GeoTemplate}} but to change it globally, you would need to report it on the bug tracker. Regards SoWhy 14:32, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Your Wikimedia project username: Tyw7 Your desired cloak format: Wikipedia/username. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 10:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Just a quick reminder that the Second Great Wikipedia Dramaout has begun. Please log any work you do at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd/Log. Good luck! --Jayron32 01:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't think this edit was vandalism, but rather an attempt at humor. Please try not to label edits vandalism unless they actually are. Thank you,  fetchcomms☛ 05:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm not 100% sure you understood my comment. If you did, my appologies for mis-understanding your reply. If not, it was in reference to the comment made here[1], and discussed here User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#A_question_about_the_community by an admin Mr. Wales complimented. It does not represent my view of the community, only the view of many admins.--Cube lurker (talk) 19:36, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

What is "non funny humors"? How would you identify this "non funny humors"? (Isn't humor supposed to be funny, and why is there a need to tag this?)  fetchcomms☛ 21:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

You should undo them. Reverting is for vandalism.  fetchcomms☛ 19:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

I see that your spending most, if not all, of your time on other's or your talkpages. Doing so is fine when talking about improving articles or asking a question about Wikipedia, but when you get on to subjects that have nothing to do with Wikipedia, it could be a problem. I have noticed that you wish to be an admin someday. (the 5+ RFA's is a dead giveaway) Admins are expected to be content creators, not myspacers. If you want to ever pass an RFA, you need to edit articles. A good way to fix this issue is to set a goal for yourself, perhaps you should make at least 50 article edits a day. For more info, see WP:MYSPACE.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 03:26, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually, that's probably the effects of too much Huggle or NPP.  fetchcomms☛ 02:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

What do you mean? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 12:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

When you use Huggle or Twinkle, they put notices on others' talk pages, so just having many user talk edits is not always bad. Only when you start chatting on talk pages does that become worse.  fetchcomms☛ 15:38, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

On another note, I find it disturbing to say that participation in RFAs by a non-admin is prima facie evidence of a desire to become an admin. Not everyone who participates in an RFA, supporting others’ candidacies, does so in the hopes of future reciprocity. I think that the suggestion that Tyw7’s participation in RFAs has an ulterior motive is something that should be retracted. — SpikeToronto 22:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

What do you mean? Are you suggesting I will turn to the darkside once I become an Admin? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:09, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

No. You’ve completely misunderstood. I want Coldplay Expert to reconsider his comment that you are only participating in RFAs because you hope that the people whom you support will support you when you do an RFA. His suggestion is that non-admins participating in RFAs have an ulterior motive. Do you have an ulterior motive? I would give you the benefit of the doubt, assume good faith, and say that you do not, that the answer to the question is, “No.” Therefore, his comment maligned your participation in RFAs, and thusly, also maligned your character. That being said, one might hypothethically consider that it could be possible that an account that is only six months or less old, that has participated in approximately 45 RFAs, supporting 27 candidacies (60%), might be fishing for reciprocity down the road. But that does not mean that such behavior is automatically ascribable to other non-admins participating in RFAs. After all, Wikipedia’s collegiality requires us to give each other the benefit of the doubt. His comment failed you in that regard. Long and short: he should take it back and apologize. — SpikeToronto 22:36, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

It seems I misunderstood Coldplay Expert’s comment. He was not referring to you participating in others’ RFAs. He was referring to you having starting 5+ RFAs for yourself. For this misunderstanding, I apologize: Mea culpa. (Thanks to another smarter than I wikieditor for pointing this out.) — SpikeToronto 22:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Friendly suggestion, since you were kind enough to fix my own mistake today. Did you really just put a "Hello, welcome to Wikipedia" template on User talk:Uncle Dick, a user who's been here since 2006, with 8000+ edits in the last year and no complaints? Considering that "Dick" is a perfectly common nickname for "Richard", and considering that I, myself, actually had an Uncle Dick, I suggest you just remove that altogether, to avoid needless complications. Your call, of course. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I have been editing under my work IP address for more than 2 years, and almost always sign messages with the note that I cannot log in at work. But thanks anyway. Trista (cannot log in at work) 24.176.191.234 (talk) 04:51, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} It's taking over a minute to upload a 89.7kb image. It keeps saying upload in progress, don't close this page. My internet connection is pretty fast; 6mb/s download, .5 download. This is the image I want to upload: http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/274/nortoninsight.png --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

There's nothing you can do except cancel it and try uploading again. --Mysdaao ^talk 15:42, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Still doesn't work. Tried several times. Is there something wrong with the image upload system? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:44, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

If possible, please replace File:Nortoninsightgui.png with the image at the URL above (image shack) --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:45, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

What are the changes from the current version of the image? I need to know what to put in the "File changes" box. --Mysdaao ^talk 15:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

This is the same software under Windows 7 and thus the aero glass theme. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:49, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I have uploaded it successfully. There may be a problem with your Internet connection or browser. If you continue to have trouble, I suggest your ask for help at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical).

Is the image a screenshot you took, or did you find it somewhere? Depending on the answer, the information at File:Nortoninsightgui.png may have to change. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 15:54, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I took it by myself. BTW, might I ask what browser do you use? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:58, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I am using Firefox 3.5.7. --Mysdaao ^talk 16:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm using IE8. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 16:04, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} What constitutes a lvl 2, 3, and 4 vandalism? Can an "intense" vandalism constitute as a lvl 4 vandalism or does the levels go up progressively as the user makes more vandalism (like the strikes in baseball)? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

In your typical, average vandalism cases, you will want to go 1,2,3,4. Primarily, the reason for this is because levels 1 and 2 assume good faith, and we don't want to bite newcomers. Levels 3 and 4 assume bad faith and are more strict. In some cases (such as blatant personal attacks or extremely libelous attack pages) a level 4 warning may be warranted immediately. In these cases the "4im" warning level is appropriate, which is essentially a "first and only warning". Hope that helps! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:19, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Just a quick note, you don't have to follow in order, but it's generally a good idea. In more severe cases, users might start with levels 2 or 3. Keep in mind WP:IAR when dealing with vandalism. We don't want to get new people to run from us in fear, but we also want to protect the encyclopedia. It's a judgement call. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

And examples of severe cases include? Adding taboo words? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Attacking others, legal threats, outing, etc.  fetchcomms☛ 22:34, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

How about "Jeffrey carbtree is also a Arab, dick sucking prick. Back to Filmore,"? What lvl does it deseve?

It's ultimately up to you, I would say 3 and the next one 4. But if you chose 4im, I doubt it would be contested all too much.  fetchcomms☛ 22:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

My edit is not vandalism, but your kneejerk reverts are. 216.8.174.225 (talk) 23:34, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

how is that a personal attack?--86.45.156.218 (talk) 23:41, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi, is this [2] speedy deletion tag a mistake? I see another editor created the article? Sorry if I'm missing something.--PinkBull 23:54, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah. Huggle got confused. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 23:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Not that familiar with that. Does that mean I should remove the speedy deletion template?--PinkBull 00:01, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done Huggle is an Anti-Vandal tool. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 00:10, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks :) --PinkBull 01:34, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi there Tyw7, fishing is a broadly defined term that basically refers to carrying out a check where there isn't enough evidence of sock puppetry (i.e. "fishing" for socks). Let me know if you have any other questions. Kindest regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 08:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

--Rrburke^ekrubrR 23:01, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I only edit, never vandalize. I added more information to the Anita Uwagbale stub, I added references, and I corrected a mistake I made earlier. Explain to me how that is vandalism.Cleanupbabe (talk) 14:52, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Tyw7, you need to be careful about tagging edits as vandalism. There does not seem to be anything in the above edit which would warrant even thinking it was vandalism. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

The page contains no sources/references or whatever you call them. I put a notice on the top of the page saying so and to help improve the article by adding proper sources in the correct format. I'm never goign to remember your username so please reply on my talk page. thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.194.115 (talk) 17:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. Thank you for lending your time to help us improve Wikipedia. If you are interested in editing more often than once in a while, we welcome you to log in and participate in our WikiCommunity. Thank you Thank you! We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Your apology or cleanup was greatly appreciated. I look forward to your further positive contributions. 89.100.194.115 (talk) 17:44, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

I only wrote the text 'thanks for the tip' then tried out some templates. i used Thank you for lending your time to help us improve Wikipedia. If you are interested in editing more often than once in a while, we welcome you to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] and participate in our [[Wikipedia:Community Portal|WikiCommunity]].<!-- {{thanks}} -->, {{thank you}} then {{thankyou}}. I'm really bad at templates, I can never remember them. I wish the edit page had an easy way of putting them in. The buttons at the top are quite limited imo. 89.100.194.115 (talk) 17:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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Hi. I've declined your speedy tagging of XBOX 720, since A7 only applies to real people, organisations, web content and animals - none of which the article comes under. Cheers, Olaf Davis (talk) 18:34, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Nor does it qualify as an article lacking context. Please don't try asking the other parent with such an obviously flawed tagging in the future. Thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Tyw7! I saw that you reverted an IP edit in No Guts, No Glory, after he added a dot in the album's name. Since there is indeed a dot in the album's name, according to the cover, shouldn't we keep it as No Guts, No Glory., following Withering to death.'s example? I was even thinking about moving the article so it maches the name in the album cover. Thank you, Victão Lopes ^{I hear you...} 19:19, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done. Page moved. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 20:50, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, thank you for taking your time and doing the job. Cheers! Victão Lopes ^{I hear you...} 20:56, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Dear Tyw7,

The article Adriano Espaillat has been VANDALIZED and PAGE BLANKED several times over the past 24 hours.

The version which you restored was PAGE BLANKED within a matter of minutes.

Some protection for this page may be appropriate.

Thank you,

69.203.119.66 (talk) 20:29, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} WHat's the proper way to add the block template should an admin forget to put it on the talk page? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:21, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

You can use {{subst:uw-block}} or any of those linked from that page. Category:User block templates contains a number of templates as well. Usually, if you think that the admin simply forgot it, it's probably better to tell them though, so they can add the proper template themselves. Regards SoWhy 22:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

For de-trolling my talk page. Happy editing! Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:12, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

...for reverting the vandalism to my talk page, I appreciate it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm just adding to the sit, no spam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.12.19 (talk) 19:16, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

User_talk:Rodhullandemu#inability_to_understand_the_problem —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.39.79 (talk) 04:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Given your popularity tonight, I went ahead and semi-protected your talk page. — Kralizec! (talk) 05:34, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Why did you revert Galdjie's additions to the David Nahai article? I don't see the clear vandalism there; what am I missing? —C.Fred (talk) 06:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I meant to revert that but huggle crashed and I forgot. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 06:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Do you want to revert the warning that Huggle gave him as well? —C.Fred (talk) 06:18, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done. I hate huggle's habbit of crashing when I make a mistake revert. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 06:19, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm old school and don't use Twinkle or Huggle—which means I don't know their weaknesses first-hand. (I don't even have a pasteboard for stock warning messages right now; I warn by hand.). It's not the first misfire of those tools I've run across, so no problem. —C.Fred (talk) 06:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tyw7, I noticed that you reverted a block of constructive edits to Anglicanism a few minutes ago. I understand you're probably doing vandal patrol, but other than the fact it was an anon ip making the edits I didn't see anything which should have triggered a revert. I've restored the anons edits, and left a message for him saying that you were probably mistaken; if I missed something in the diffs, let me know. Wine Guy~Talk 06:21, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks like another misidentified vandalism. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 06:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I've removed your rollback flag due to abuse once again. There must be a dozen complaints from good-faith editors on this talk page that your reverts are inaccurate. Please be more careful when reverting "vandalism". –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Technically I didn't "abuse" the rollback. Furthermore, several of the errors was made when I accidently slipup and press the big red revert button on huggle. WHen I tried to revert my revert, Huggle froze up. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 14:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Huggle doesn't self-revert. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:59, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes you can undo your reverts. I mean that I think on several edits either I click on the revert button instead of the next edit button. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Wow, 5, that's a lot. Do you have a mentor? Cirt (talk) 21:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I'd suggest you get one. I have a bit too much going on IRL at the moment, sorry. :( Cirt (talk) 17:26, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps WP:MENTOR and Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User have some useful info. Cirt (talk) 18:39, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I have created an article called Shafagh cave and you have deleted it since you thought it is a copyright voilition , how can i prove that the article of key2persia.com is mine? (donkarlo (talk) 05:02, 10 February 2010 (UTC))

See your talk page. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 07:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Another issue to be addressed is, please could people indicate in the next month at the feedback page or on my talk page whether they still want to recieve issues of the metro. A lot of newsletters seem to be going to redundant pages. Simply south (talk) 20:11, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Erm what's going on? The reason this edition was delayed was i got Arriva436 to do the gallery. Issue 23 is meant to be the March edition, which you can do, of course but you will need to update it closer to the time. Interesting forward thinking... Simply south (talk) 00:04, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Greetings Tyw7/Archive 2, I see you're up for adoption, and I'm in the market. If ever you need advice or answers, just ask me -- any question, any time. You've got much more experience than the average adoptee, but I'll try to help you however I can. Happy editing - Draeco (talk) 05:19, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tyw7
Thought you might like to know that I have also given a warning to User:75.163.159.244 about 'un-contructive editing'. See DIFF. Regards, --220.101.28.25 (talk) 07:01, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

OK? If he disrupts wikipedia one more time, report him to WP:AIV --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 12:12, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Concur. People need to show some Respect! —220.101.28.25 (talk) 12:28, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello there. I've noticed you've recently moved the article named "Windows Mobile" to a new title called "Windows Phone". It appears to me that this is a bit premature at the moment, as the "Windows Phone" branding of the platform will not be released until late 2010. As of right now, Microsoft seems to still refer to the actual current operating system as "Windows Mobile 6.5". Click here, and choose "Software and Features". Is it possible for us to move it back to the previous name? As your respond to this message, could you please help me by adding a talkback to my talk page? Thanks for your help! Brian Reading (talk) 05:51, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

I moved it to match the product logo. At least there should be something mentioning how Windows Phone and Windows Mobile is related... --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 11:22, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, as of right now, it looks like one big mess because some editors have applied changes around the article, but have not universally done so. Microsoft doesn't make this any easier on us, but I'm going to give this some more thought on how to best approach this. Thanks. Brian Reading (talk) 11:33, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but there is no "autoconfirmed" protection level for articles. The three levels are "Allow all users", "Block new and unregistered users" and "Block all non-admin users". Usually that second level is enough for when I have to protect a page, but four registered users (whom I suspect may be the same person using sockpuppets) keeps adding unsourced birth information about Daddario to the article, and refuses to acknowledge the relevant policies I cite in the Edit Summaries or the messages I leave on their talk pages. I opened up a sockpuppet investigation, and intend to lift that protection level right after it's completed. Until then, please be patient. Nightscream (talk) 16:59, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:RS covers the issue of reliability. Anonymous or uncredentialed blogs, message boards, or sites whose content is user-generated and lacks editorial controls, are not reliable. Any source that is professionally written--that is, that has some type of editorial control or is recognized as a reliable source in the field in question (TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, etc.), would be reliable. Nightscream (talk) 21:14, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for looking for sources. I don't know if I'm familiar with those sources, so I don't know, so what I would suggest is that you examine them closely to see if you can find some indication of whether their content is user-generated. Links like "Submit info", "post info", or passages that look like blogs or message boards, etc. would be a red flag. If in doubt, try asking about those at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. That's what I do. Before starting a new discussion there to ask about them, though, search through the RSN's archives (it has its own search engine) to see if there've been past discussions on those websites. Thanks again for all your hard work. :-) Nightscream (talk) 01:05, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

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I saw you started this month's one last month. Would you mind finishing it off, updating etc and handing it out? Simply south (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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The Metropolitan

Simply south (talk) 23:46, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. Hello back! -Mayuresh 15:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Sweet!!! Thisandthem (talk) 01:06, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

{{help me}} Is this userpage allowed in wikipedia? It's highly offensive: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mr._Wheely_Guy&oldid=350321728. Should I remove/blank all such offensive userpages? Thank you. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 08:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

We just answered this for you in the IRC channel. -- œ^™ 08:52, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

. Simply south (talk) 21:27, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

It's a Barn Owl Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:10, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

If you want any Wikipedia bird photos identified in the future, you can ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds (I saw the Barn Owl in Stratford you inquired about). —innotata 16:29, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

You may wish to check the talkpage of your Google 'article' :) Acather96 (talk) 11:31, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} Is username similiar to trademarks allowed on Wikipedia? I think it is a violiotion of the company's copyright. I saw one user named User:WindowsNT. This is a trademark of Microsoft as it is the name of one of its operation system (Windows NT. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 18:33, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

It is not a violation of either copyright or trademark law. It does seem to be a violation of Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Username policy though. Algebraist 18:41, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I am slightly offended that you prefaced your comment on my talk page with: " Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia." since I have been editing Wikipedia under this username since June 13, 2006 without issue and have made many major contributions, but I will assume good faith. My username does not at all violate the username policy. I also want to point out that as I understand the username policy, taboo names are not prohibited. Names that are prohibited include Misleading usernames, Promotional usernames, Offensive usernames, or Disruptive usernames. I don't belive my username falls under any of those categories. --Russ is the sex (talk) 06:28, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading File:AmyPond.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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It is inappropriate to make changes like this, during an ongoing WP:RFC on the matter. -- Cirt (talk) 00:56, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

There's pro-porn users to do much to this user. I would suggest that you take it to Commons:COM:AN/U. Also, his userhame is part of the Star Wars francise (Max Rebo Band) and could be considered promotional (see WP:UAA). - Stillwaterising (talk) 14:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

It appears you have a fan - here. Just noticed them in the new user log. If this isn't you (e.g. a valid alternate account) then you may want to report them to UAA as misleading. Regards,  7  02:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I noticed your post to User talk:68.39.174.238 and am curious to know your reason for urging the IP to register an account. Its last contribution was in 2009[3], and there is a notice at the top of the page discussing the fact that the IP is no longer associated on a regular basis with our longterm Wikipedia editor. Sometimes a bit of research is a good thing; you would have found that the person behind that IP has made tens of thousands of edits in an enormous variety of subjects, and he can now be found at User talk:76.117.247.55. He is periodically subjected to requests to register, but he's made a conscious decision to uphold one of Wikipedia's major philosophies - that anyone can edit without registration. Should he ever change his mind about registration, there's a line a mile long of people willing to nominate him immediately for adminship. I have a feeling he's smart enough to avoid that. :-)

It's nice to be friendly and welcoming to people. Just keep in mind that some people would prefer not to register for a wide variety of reasons. Risker (talk) 07:06, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Tyw7 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Tyw7's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Tyw7! Peace, Rlevse 00:52, 25 May 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:52, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi878 (talk) 01:26, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south (talk) 21:15, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} Why aren't all my pictures, such as File:SkyPlayer.png is shown in files uploaded? --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 19:12, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

That tool only looks at the current version of files. You originally uploaded File:SkyPlayer.png, but another user uploaded a new version, so it doesn't get displayed in the list. Similarly, you didn't originally upload File:Antivirus.JPG or File:CliffnotesRomeoAndJulietCover.jpg, but you uploaded a new version of these files, so they are displayed in the list. Please let me know if there are any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 19:51, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}} Is it just me or has the edit toolbar has dissappeared (IE8, Windows 7) --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 19:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, looks fine with IE8 and Chrome Windows Vista.--Forty two^{You talkin' to me?} 20:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Bypass you cache, try again, then check your preferences (there's an option to disable it that you might have clicked). monosock 21:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I got this error in IE:

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; MDDC; .NET4.0C) Timestamp: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:51:28 UTC

Message: JScript object expected Line: 3506 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI:

The toolbar appear when I log in to my other account Ty4w7 (talk · contribs) --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 21:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

In "My Preferences..." "Editing..." "Advanced Preferences..." There is an item "Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript)" - has this got unticked? (I'm also not sure if it works with all the skins - I only use the Monobook)  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:39, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I was trying to make an equation out of what is really computer code, so it looks like I have to stay in code. Thanks. At least I now know how to set simple equations for wiki math. Bridgettttttte_babble^poop 13:14, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:11, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

A few days ago you created the template {{H2g2}} as a #REDIRECT to {{H2G2}}. I can understand why you did this (it fixed some problems that had occured), but it caused problems elsewhere. Years ago, there was a template {{h2g2}} that was used for a completely different purpose. Although template {{h2g2}} was deleted, references to it still exist on Talk pages and in archives. Your redirect actually redirects these to {{H2G2}}, and produces a puzzling error message on these Talk and archive pages. I have fixed the problems which caused you to create your #REDIRECT, and now feel that it can be deleted and so revert the Talk and archive pages back to what they were. If you agree then perhaps you could request its deletion; as the creator, you can request a speedy deletion using {{db-author}}. (Please respond here.) Many thanks, HairyWombat (talk) 23:10, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Later. Thanks. HairyWombat (talk) 04:51, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south (talk) 19:19, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I presume this issue is already solved? The block is anon. only and i see that you edited "Google Chrome" a few minutes after placing this message. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 10:08, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. πr² (talk • contributions) 23:10, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

— raekyT 10:44, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean this one? Thanks anyways, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:17, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

{{help}} Why is ehow blacklisted? It seems like a decent site. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 03:44, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

It is a wikiuser-generated content, thus not a reliable source, and people often mistake it for one. See WP:PST.  Chzz  ►  03:56, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Changed that from 'wiki' - I thought you meant 'wikihow'. Still, the rest all applies.  Chzz  ►  03:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I removed your question on the computing reference desk; there is no need to ask the same thing in so many places. Also, being a Wikipedia technical question, refdesk is not the right place. I've left the one on helpdesk, and there are replies there.

See also WP:FORUMSHOP.  Chzz  ►  07:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually the one at Ref desk was just a small note... Wiki blocked me for quoting a "ehow.com" site. Thus, I decided to bring up the topic here (for quick answering) as well as the help desk (for long discussion). --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 16:39, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Hi Tyw7! regarding the above image, media files are moved by adding the template {{rename media}} to them. The requested move process is only for templates, articles and other text pages. Also, requested move requests are placed on talk pages, never on the actual page itself. As you can see from the spelling of the linked file in the headline, I have taken care of the move. Don't worry at all about this—I just wanted to give you some information but there's no problem with getting a bit lost on this ridiculously huge project with numerous complicated processes. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:23, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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When are you going to use Huggle again? WAYNEOLAJUWON 20:22, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

. Simply south (talk) 08:24, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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strictly speaking dis iz correct but actually do you believe it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.194.76 (talk) 22:52, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Wikisanta-no motto.png

Merry Christmas At this festive time, I would like to say a very special thank you to my fellow editors, and take the time to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. And, in case you can't wait until the big day, I've left you each three special presents, click to unwrap :) Acather96 (talk) 10:10, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Green and Yellow Present.gif

File:Yellow and Red present.gif

File:Blue and Red Present.gif

Hi. You can't claim points for work you did last year, and so no. Also, the GAR section of your submissions' page is for good article reviews that you yourself have done, not for articles on which you have worked, which is what the GA section is for. I am removing the reviews for which you are claiming points. J Milburn (talk) 12:17, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Please get rid of this and the related Google page in your userspace. It's misinformation and not even that funny. Also, April Fool's is over, and there is little point in keeping that around linked from your user page still. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 18:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the template from my talk page. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 18:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, although marking the google fool as humor would also be nice. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 18:54, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh you already did, ignore that. Had to purge. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 18:55, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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Is there any way to allign the various segments and eliminate the gap of the house in my homepage? --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 10:24, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

It can be done by removing cell padding from the entire table and adding left padding to some of the rows. Use this code:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td style="padding-left:2px">[[File:Tophalf.png|link=User:Tyw7/Intro]]</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding-left:7px">  [[File:MyGallery.png|link=User:Tyw7/gallery]]</td><td>See [[User:Tyw7/gallery|my pictures]]</tr>
<tr><td>[[File:Pictyw7.png|link=User talk:Tyw7]]</td><td>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tyw7&action=edit&section=new Leave me a message]</tr>
<tr><td>[[File:Lower half.png|link=User:Tyw7]]</td></tr>
</table>

to create this:

	See my pictures

Because the image borders have slightly different widths, it doesn't look perfect, but this is as close as can be achieved with the current images. Please let me know if there are any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 14:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

--Mysdaao ^talk 19:39, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

{{helpme}} What will happen if you blank the entire sandbox (including the header)? WIll the bot no longer reset the page? --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:22, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Are you really asking this? No, the bot will reset the page or someone else will or whoever blanked the sandbox will get a "warning".

Please use the helpme tag to ask questions about editing, next time. If you really need to know something, try it. It's not like you'll break the wiki by editing the sandbox.

Do people always have to spell stuff out for you? /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 22:33, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

/ƒETCHCOMMS/ 23:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south (talk) and their tree 23:48, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Merely creating a new article does not get you any points, I'm afraid. Take a look at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring for the things that are worth points, how much they are worth and the other rules. Everything you can claim points for is listed on your submissions' page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2011/Submissions/Tyw7. J Milburn (talk) 02:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 02:25, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Replied again. Can you enable section editing? It's quite annoying to find an individual section in a full edit window. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 07:15, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Done enable sections. I have inevitably disable it when I did an overhall of the talk page and copying codes from other users. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 08:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I've replied again on my talk page. J Milburn (talk) 12:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Iv'e edited Barbara Gordon's wiki page a few times. To say that she made her first videogame appearance as Oracle in Batman: Dark Tomorrow.

And i even added a link to an IGN article for proof. But every time i return to her page my post is gone.

So can you tell me why that is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Londonmark (talk • contribs) 03:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I have no idea as I did not revert your edit... I think. You would be better off contacting the person who reverted you. --Please leave me a {{talkback}} if you reply here. Thanks, Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 04:02, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Mesa Distance Learning Program at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:08, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

<span id="skiphere"> should do the trick. Stick that there instead of the heading, and use User talk:Tyw7#skiphere as the link.  狐 FOX  09:40, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Regarding your signature, I don't believe so. I just check my user talk contribs every other day to ensure I don't miss replies on other pages. Note that your signature is now at 236 characters, so it's under the limit, but some may still consider it long. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:04, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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Is there any way to skip to a section just by visiting the page without redirecting it (like the way I did with my talk page? --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 13:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean a link to a section, like this or this? GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:04, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Neither? What I mean is that if I visit a page (without adding a special #) I get automatically get sent to the correct section *in the case of my talk page, just visting User talk:Tyw7 gets sent to User talk:Tyw7#skip_here without redirection to be done or special # links. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 14:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

No.  狐 FOX  15:13, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

The way to direct to a specific section is using the # syntax. If you're being automatically led down to this thread, it's probably because you have previously been to the page and your browser is using its cache rather than refreshing the page, and you were last looking at this section of the page. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 15:16, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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Just to clarify, there is no way to make a page go to a specific section without a. using redirection of a page to "redirect" to that section or b. using the "#" in the URL. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 15:39, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Nope; and that's only actually one option anyway, a section-specific direct will use # as well. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 15:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

No. And with all due respect, stop abusing the helpme template.  狐 FOX  01:33, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Every few minutes it's your name on the IRC channel, and it's always about your userpage. Plesae, stop.  狐 FOX  02:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Tyw7, you've been told about abusing helpme templates before. It's not there so that people can come running to help you design pages in your userspace. Your userpage currently redirects to a different userpage, potentially making it very awkward to find your talk page. Transcluding the page would be a better option; to do that, replace the content of your userpage with this-

{{User:Tyw7/Landing}}

This means that that page shows as your userpage, without having to mess with annoying redirects, hiding your user talk page. J Milburn (talk) 02:37, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

You could make a template along the lines of {{Randomquote}} - if you look at the code, you'll see it generates a pseudo-random number from the modulus of dividing the number of edits that the user has made - and then uses 'switch' to choose a message.  Chzz  ►  22:44, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

But do it in your userspace! →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 23:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Your sig is way too complicated. Note that you include a 'template' in it, which is vulnerable to vandalism... Kayau Voting IS evil 15:14, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I've changed it to a .css so that nobody change change the quote template --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem  17:12, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:SIG#NoTemplates prohibits transclusion of templates in signatures. A salient reason is the third bullet point, which indicates that there is a strain on the servers every time the code on the template is changed. Please revise your signature so that it does not include the transclusion of a template. Cunard (talk) 06:36, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done template removed. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 08:02, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Cunard (talk) 08:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Mesa Distance Learning Program at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:47, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I've replied on my talk page, and will continue to do so for this topic. J Milburn (talk) 20:11, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Review it? I just removed the {{expand}} tag since it's deprecated and I didn't see any other tag that fit. It's not woefully incomplete. I don't usually handle school articles so I don't know what else is typically included in ideal articles on them. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 20:15, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• If you're talking about the DYK, it's been reviewed. It's in the queue right now and should be included on the main page soon enough. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 20:18, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Like I said, I'm not entirely certain what goes into an ideal article on a school or learning program. Maybe you could try asking at the schools wikiproject? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 03:48, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Hello! Your submission of Everwild at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Fæ (talk) 14:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Could I suggest that you ask him? I'm looking into how to do it though... Worm 10:07, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, it's all down to the magic word {{DISPLAYTITLE}}, explained here. The new display name must resolve to the same as the old, but what Pablo did is

{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:130%; font-family:Courier; letter-spacing:0.25em;"><span style="display:none;">User:</span>pablo<span style="display:none;"> X</span></span>}}

which sets the display to "none" on the words User: and X, and changes the font to the custom font. Hopefully this covers it all! Worm 10:23, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I can't seem to override the talk page title or change the page name ie /gallery to My Pictures --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 10:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh I see what you mean. You can change the style of the page name, but not change it to something completely different I think, that's why I ended up hiding bits of mine. pablo 10:43, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:45, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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Your source for news on WikiProject Spaceflight	Issue 2, February 2011
Project News · News from Orbit · Article News · The Charts · Yuri Gagarin Project News A report on popular pages from December 2010 revealed surprising trends in readers' interests. Boeing X-37 was the most popular article within the project's scope, with SpaceX Dragon in second with Global Positioning System in third place. The top seven articles were all assessed as C-class, with the remainder of the top ten being Good Articles. It was noted with some concern that moon landing conspiracy theories was more popular than moon landing. A discussion regarding whether missiles warranted inclusion within the project scope was conducted, and resulted in the continued inclusion of missiles. The last remaining articles tagged with the banner of the former Human Spaceflight WikiProject were re-tagged with the WikiProject Spaceflight banner. The last banner was removed on 8 January, and the template has since been deleted. The project is thankful to ChiZeroOne for his work in this field. Concerns were raised that the new article reporting system was not working correctly, however it was noted that there is sometimes a delay before articles appear on the list. Discussion regarding the existence of the separate spaceflight and space exploration category structures led to a mass CfD being filed on 10 January to abolish the space exploration categories, merging them into their counterparts in the spaceflight category structure. This was successful, and the exploration categories have been removed. Several other categorisation issues remain unresolved. A proposal was made to standardise some of the infoboxes used by the project, the future of Template:Infobox spacecraft ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) was discussed, and design work began on a replacement. Template:Rocket specifications-all ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) was nominated for deletion and subsequently kept due to extant substitutions, however it was noted that the template had been deprecated by WikiProject Rocketry. Concerns were also raised that the existing infoboxes were not well-equipped to handle spacecraft which operated in more than one orbit, or whose orbits changed over the course of their missions (which in practise is most of them). Five members of the project gave interviews for the Wikipedia Signpost, and a report on the project, authored by SMasters (talk · contribs), is expected to be published in the 7 February edition of the Signpost. It is hoped that this will raise interest in and awareness of the project. News from orbit Four orbital launches were conducted in January, beginning on 20 January with the launch of Elektro-L No.1 on the first Zenit-3F rocket. This was followed later the same day by the launch of a Delta IV Heavy with the USA-224 reconnaissance satellite. The articles for USA-224 and the Zenit-3F rocket could use some expansion, whilst the Elektro-L No.1 satellite needs its own article. On 22 January, an H-IIB launched the second H-II Transfer Vehicle, Kounotori 2, to resupply the International Space Station. It arrived at the station on 27 January. Less than a day after its arrival, another cargo mission was launched to the station; Progress M-09M departed Baikonur early in the morning of 28 January, docking on 30 January. In addition to payloads to resupply the station, the Progress spacecraft is carrying a small subsatellite, Kedr, which will be deployed in February. Kedr does not currently have an article. Progress M-08M departed on 24 January to make the Pirs module available for Progress M-09M, and has since reentered the atmosphere. Its article needs to be updated to reflect the successful completion of its mission. The NanoSail-D2 satellite, which failed to deploy from FASTSAT in December, unexpectedly separated from its parent craft and began operations on 18 January, with its solar sail deploying on 21 January. Nine orbital launches are scheduled to occur in February, beginning with the launch of the first Geo-IK-2 satellite; Geo-IK-2 No.11, atop a Rokot/Briz-KM, on the first day of the month. Articles need to be written for the Geo-IK-2 series of satellites, as well as for Geo-IK-2 No.11 itself, and the Briz-KM upper stage that will be used to insert it into orbit. A Minotaur I rocket will launch NRO L-66, a classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office, on 5 February. The payload has not yet been identified, however once more details are known, it will need an article. Iran is expected to launch the Rasad 1 and Fajr 1 satellites in February, with 14 February the reported launch date. The satellites will fly aboard a single rocket; either the first Simorgh or the third Safir. Once this launch occurs, the satellites will need articles, and the article on their carrier rocket will require updating. The second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, is scheduled to launch on 15 February to resupply the ISS. Docking is expected to occur on 23 February. 23 February will also see the much-delayed launch of Glory atop a Taurus-XL 3110 rocket. This will be the first Taurus launch since the launch failure in early 2009 which resulted in the loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. In addition to Glory, three CubeSats will be deployed; KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1 [PRIME]. KySat and Hermes require articles, whilst the article on Explorer-1 [PRIME] needs to be updated. On 24 February, a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket will launch the first Glonass-K1 satellite; Glonass-K1 No.11. Articles are needed for the series of spacecraft, as well as for the specific satellite being launched. It is likely that a Kosmos designation will be given to the payload when it reaches orbit. In the evening of 24 February, Space Shuttle Discovery will begin its final mission, STS-133, carrying the Permanent Multipurpose Module, a conversion of the Leonardo MPLM, to the ISS. Other payloads include an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier, and the Robonaut2 experimental robot. The first manned mission of 2011, Discovery's six-man crew will transfer equipment to the station, and two EVAs will be performed. The launch has already been scrubbed five times, before Discovery was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to inspect and repair cracks on its External Tank. At some point in February, a Long March 3B rocket is expected to launch two navigation satellites; Compass-M2 and Compass-M3, as part of the Compass navigation system. The date of this launch is currently unknown. Both satellites will require articles once more information is available. A PSLV launch, carrying the Resourcesat-2, X-Sat and YouthSat spacecraft, is expected to launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre towards the end of the month, probably between 20 and 23 February. Stop press: The Rokot launch was conducted at 14:00 UTC on 1 February, and at the time of writing it appears to have ended in failure, due to a suspected upper stage malfunction. The spacecraft is in orbit, it is not clear at the time of writing whether it will be salvageable. Article news Reaction Engines Skylon is currently undergoing peer review, its discussion page can be found at Wikipedia:Peer review/Reaction Engines Skylon/archive1. A user requested feedback on major changes which had been made to the article, however at the time of writing no responses have been offered. Following up on the issues covered in the last issue, the requested move of Missile Range Instrumentation Ship to Tracking ship was successful, with the article being renamed. The discussion concerning types of launch and landing resulted in a proposal to merge VTVL into VTOL, however this has been met with some opposition. Several other options have been suggested on Talk:VTVL. The large scale deletion of mis-tagged Soviet images on Commons went ahead, with most of the useful ones having already been backed-up locally under fair use criteria. Discussion was held regarding the naming of spaceflight-related articles. Concerns were raised regarding inconsistency in article titles and disambiguators. A project guideline was adopted to standardise titles, with the parenthesised disambiguators "(satellite)" and "(spacecraft)" being adopted as standards for spacecraft, and the exclusion of manufacturers' names from article titles was recommended. Issues regarding Japanese spacecraft with two names, the correct names for early Apollo missions, and dealing with acronyms and abbreviated names remain unresolved. A large number of articles were moved to conform to the standard disambiguation pattern. In addition, several Requested Moves were debated. A proposal to move SpaceX Dragon to Dragon (spacecraft), which began prior to the adoption of the standardised disambiguators, was successful. Atmospheric reentry was subject to two requested moves, firstly one which would have seen it renamed spacecraft atmospheric reentry, which was unsuccessful, however a second proposal shortly afterwards saw it moved to atmospheric entry. A proposal currently under discussion could see Lunar rover (Apollo) renamed Lunar Roving Vehicle Questions surrounding the transliteration of Russian names resurfaced, with a proposal to rename Vladimir Chelomey to Vladimir Chelomei being closed with no consensus, and a proposal to rename Yury Usachov to Yuri Usachev ongoing. Several long-standing merger proposals were closed. A proposal to merge Venera 15 and Venera 16 into Venera 15 and 16 was closed as no consensus, with the combined page being moved to Venera 4V-2 to reduce the overlap in the articles' scopes. Returnable satellite was merged into Fanhui Shi Weixing. Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA and Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures was nominated for Good Article reassessment due to concerns over the article's quality. Doubts were also expressed over the thoroughness of the original review conducted upon its nomination for GA status. It was also suggested that the article's title may not be the most common name for the experiment, and that it might be necessary to move the page. Concerns were also raised regarding whether Space Interferometry Mission was up-to-date, however these are being addressed. Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet looks likely to be promoted to GA status. Help was requested for adding citations to List of Mir spacewalks. A request was made that STS-88 be reviewed against the B class criteria, and suggestions for improvements made. Another user requested improvements to the article Yuri Gagarin, with a view to having the article promoted to featured status in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his Vostok 1 mission. As a result of this request, Yuri Gagarin is this month's selected article. Questions were raised as to whether an article or category should be created to cover derelict satellites. The categorisation of spacecraft by the type of rocket used to place them into orbit was also suggested. In another categorisation issue, it was questioned whether Space law should fall under space or spaceflight. Stop press: Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet has now been promoted to GA status. The Charts There is no editorial this month as no content was submitted for one. Instead, we present the "top ten" most popular articles within the project, based on the number of page views in January. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was the most popular article of the last month, up fourteen places from 15th in December. Space Shuttle Challenger was the highest climber in the top 40, up 42 places from 50th. December's most popular article. Boeing X-37, dropped 57 places to 58th. On a happier note further down the chart, moon landing is now ahead of moon landing conspiracy theories. № Article Movement 1 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ↑14 (15) 2 Richard Branson ↑5 (7) 3 Neil Armstrong ↑2 (5) 4 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ↑16 (20) 5 Global Positioning System ↓2 (3) 6 Apollo 11 ↑2 (8) 7 Satellite ↑4 (11) 8 Space Shuttle Challenger ↑42 (50) 9 Apollo 13 ↓3 (6) 10 NASA ↓1 (9) For the full list of the top 1,500 popular pages within the project, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Popular pages (or the archived record for January). Selected Article: Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin was the first man to fly in space, aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961. He was subsequently awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and was training for a second flight at the time of his death in 1968. His article describes him and his spaceflight experience: “ Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who on 12 April 1961 became the first human to journey into outer space. On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1). His call sign in this flight was Kedr (Cedar; Russian: Кедр). During his flight, Gagarin famously whistled the tune "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows" (Russian: "Родина слышит, Родина знает"). The first two lines of the song are: "The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows/Where her son flies in the sky". This patriotic song was written by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1951 (opus 86), with words by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky. ” The article is currently assessed as C class, and had been assessed as B class prior to the criteria being redefined. Although a full reassessment has not yet been made, it seems close to the B class criteria, however details on his spaceflight experiences are somewhat lacking. It has been requested that the article be developed to Featured status by April, in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his mission. Published by WikiProject Spaceflight, if you have any content you wish to include in future newsletters, please contribute

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For which mottos have been approved, see WP:MOTD/N/D for the decisions page. For the schedule (at the current rate, late feb), see WP:MOTD/S. Simply south...... 10:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not prefer anything. Editorial decisions like that can be bold, and/or discussed on the article talk page. Chzz  ►  13:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

You were already told, Wikipedia doesn't prefer anything like that. However, given that you're showing version 4.3 and the original was v1, I can see a case being made for a new version. However, normally, it doesn't matter how popular an OS is unless there are "substantial" differences. Let me know on my talk page if you'd like more help, or put the {{tn:helpme}} template back up. Also, I fixed your userpage -- Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social network and putting in redirects on your userpage to a subpage in your userspace breaks expected userspace navigation rules. Banaticus (talk) 09:38, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on File:Lower halftyw7.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

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It certainly looks like one :P --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:22, 10 February 2011 (UTC

Wow! unless you can PROVE that such mathmetical equation can be used in sex... as I doubt you can, you may add it. But it certainly looks like a bunch of sudo math! Also, please put your reply AFTER this line and sigh it with --~~~~ or click on in the toolbar above --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 22:38, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

So we both slipped up a bit, haha. You reported an IP editor, and the diffs that I checked looked like vandalism. In reality, he was trying to fix a copy-paste move. I'm not mad (heck, I messed up on this one), just letting you know. Thanks for all the great work, though! Cheers, m.o.p 23:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I saw your editrequest at Template talk:Editnotices/Page/Christian Slater, but Template:Editnotices/Page/Christian Slater is not protected? Let me know if I am missing something. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 04:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes it is... Apparently only an admin can create that page. It seems it has been salted. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 05:30, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

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So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:52, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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Your source for news on WikiProject Spaceflight	Issue 3, March 2011
Project News News from Orbit Article News Direction of the Project The Charts Europa Project News There have been very few discussions relating to the administration of the project in the last month, as things start to settle down after the merger. An invitation template has been created in an effort to attract new users to the project. Discussion was also held regarding the creation of a list of common templates, however no conclusions were reached. A proposal was made to implement an A-class assessment process, however editors are undecided about whether it would be best to copy the system used by another project such as WP:MILHIST, or to develop one specifically for the requirements of this project. User:ChiZeroOne has set up a collaboration page in his userspace, initially focussing on articles related to Skylab. Collaboration pages were at one point proposed as part of the structure of the Spaceflight project itself, however no consensus was achieved on the issue. If this collaboration is successful, it could open the door to a reevaluation of that situation. News from orbit Five orbital launches were conducted in February, out of nine planned. The first, that of the Geo-IK-2 No.11 satellite atop a Rokot/Briz-KM ended in failure after the upper stage malfunctioned. The Rokot has since been grounded pending a full investigation; the satellite is in orbit, but has been determined to be unusable for its intended mission. A replacement is expected to launch within the year. A general article on Geo-IK-2 satellites is needed, to supplement those on the individual satellites. A Minotaur I rocket launched USA-225, or NROL-66, on 6 February following a one-day delay. The second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, was successfully launched on 16 February to resupply the ISS. Docking occurred successfully on 24 February, several hours before Space Shuttle Discovery launched on its final flight, STS-133. Discovery docked with the ISS on 26 February, delivering the Leonardo module and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the station. Following several delays, a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket launched the first Glonass-K1 satellite; Glonass-K1 No.11, on 26 February. It is currently unclear as to whether the satellite has received a Kosmos designation or not. Seven launches are expected to occur in March. On 4 March, the Glory satellite will launch atop a Taurus-XL 3110 rocket. Three CubeSats will be also be deployed by the Taurus; KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1 [Prime]. KySat and Hermes require articles, whilst the article on Explorer-1 [PRIME] needs to be updated. This launch was originally scheduled for February, but following a scrubbed launch attempt, it was delayed. 4 March will also see the launch of the first flight of the second X-37B, atop an Atlas V 501. An article is needed for that flight, which will probably receive a USA designation once it reaches orbit. On 8 March, Discovery is expected to land, bringing to an end the STS-133 mission, and retiring from service 27 years after its maiden flight. On 11 March, a Delta IV Medium+(4,2) will launch the NROL-27 payload. Whilst the identity of this payload is classified, it is widely believed to be a Satellite Data System communications satellite, bound for either a molniya or geostationary orbit. An article for this payload is required. 16 March will see the return to Earth of Soyuz TMA-01M, carrying three members of the ISS Expedition 26 crew. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is expected to deploy the Resourcesat-2, X-Sat and YouthSat spacecraft during a launch in March. The flight has been delayed several times, and was expected to have launched last month, however it is currently scheduled to occur no earlier than 20 March. On 29 March, an Ariane 5ECA will launch the Yahsat 1A and New Dawn communications satellites. Both currently require articles. On 30 March, a Soyuz-FG will launch the manned Soyuz TMA-21 mission to the International Space Station carrying three Expedition 27 crewmembers. On 31 March, a Proton-M/Briz-M launch will carry the SES-3 and Kazsat-2 spacecraft into orbit, in the first dual-launch of commercial communications satellites on a Proton. Several other launches may occur in March, however their status is unclear. Last month, a Long March 3B rocket was expected to launch two navigation satellites; Compass-M2 and Compass-M3, however this launch did not take place. It is unclear if it has been delayed to March, or further. The launch of the Tianlian 2 communications satellite on a Long March 3C may also be conducted in March, or possibly April. Both the Compass and Tianlian launches would occur from the same launch pad, which requires a turnaround of almost a month between launches, so it is unlikely that both will happen in March. A Safir launch, which had been expected in February, now appears to have been delayed to April, but given the secrecy of the Iranian space programme, this is unclear. Article news Discussion regarding the merger of articles on launch and landing modes seems to have stagnated, with no consensus being reached on any existing proposal. A discussion regarding changes in the sizes of Soviet and American rockets during the 1950s and early 1960s was conducted, with claims that rockets became smaller in that period being dismissed, however it was noted that smaller rockets were developed with equivalent capacity to older ones were developed, as well as much larger ones with increased capacities. Category:Derelict satellites orbiting Earth was created as a result of discussion surrounding the categorisation of derelict satellites. Concerns have also been raised that satellites are being listed as no longer being in orbit whilst still in orbit and derelict, and a discussion was held on how their status could be verified. An effort to categorise spacecraft by the type of rocket used to launch them is underway, however the categorisation of satellites by country of launch was rejected. It was reported that a sidebar has been created for articles related to the core concepts of spaceflight. Editors noted that it should only be used for core concepts, and not where it would conflict with an infobox. An anonymous user requested the creation of an article on moon trees. It was pointed out that the subject already had an article, and a redirect was created at the title proposed by the anonymous user. Concerns were raised regarding the quality of the article Japan's space development. Editors noted that the article appeared to be a poorly-translated copy of an article from the Japanese Wikipedia, although there have been some signs of improvement. Discussion regarding moving the article to Japanese space program is ongoing, however a move request has not yet been filed. A particular concern was raised regarding false claims in the article Van Allen radiation belt. In one case a scientist to whom one of the claims had been attributed was contacted, and clarified that he had made a remark to that effect as a joke in the 1960s, but was not entirely sure how or why it had been included in the article. Other concerns were raised before the discussion moved to WikiProject Astronomy. A question was raised regarding the copyright status of images credited to both NASA and ESA, particularly with regard to images of the launch of the Johannes Kepler ATV. The discussion reached no general conclusions, however it was found that the specific images that were suggested for inclusion in the article could be used, since they were explicitly declared to be in the public domain. A template, Template:Spaceflight landmarks ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs), was created to cover landmarks in the United States that are related to spaceflight. Several sources of public-domain NASA images were also discussed, and it was noted that almost all NASA images are public domain, however there are some exceptions. It has been proposed that Leonardo MPLM be merged with Permanent Multipurpose Module since the two cover separate uses of the same spacecraft. A review of the article STS-88 has also been requested. Three new Good Articles have been listed: Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet, Bold Orion and SA-500D. Orion (spacecraft) was delisted after concerns that it contained out-of-date content. SA-500D is currently undergoing good article reassessment, using the community reassessment method, after the review of its good article nomination was criticised for being lenient and not sufficiently thorough. Mir, Mark E. Kelly and Reaction Engines Skylon have been nominated for Good Article status and are awaiting review, whilst List of Mir spacewalks is undergoing a peer review with a view to it becoming a featured list. Editorial: Direction of the Project Well folks, its now been more than three months since the discussion that reformed the space-related WikiProjects, and in that time we've had a number of achievements we can be rightly proud of; we've gathered members up to a total of 43, improved awareness of the project via an interview in the Signpost, and refreshed the spaceflight portal into an attractive, up-to-date and useful page. Meanwhile, User:ChiZeroOne has made a sterling effort in clearing up talk page templates belonging to prior projects, we've managed to sort out various policies, started work on rearranging our templates, and User:GW Simulations has begun this excellent monthly newsletter for us. However, there are a few areas of the project that seem to be passing by the wayside, specifically the areas dedicated to fostering collaboration on articles and article sets between the project members, so here I present a call for more collaboration on the project. Presumably, the lack of collaboration is due to folks not being aware of what's going on, so here's a quick rundown of some of the ways you get involved in the group effort. Firstly, and most importantly, it'd be fantastic if more members got involved in the discussions ongoing at the project's main talk page, found at WT:SPACEFLIGHT. There are several discussions ongoing there, such as the relaunch of the spacecraft template, requests for assistance with various assessment and copyright queries, and conversations regarding category organisations, which affect many more articles, and thus editors, than are currently represented in the signatures so far. Secondly, it was established earlier on in the project's formation that a great way to attract more editors would be to develop some good or featured topics. There are a couple of efforts ongoing to try to see this idea to fruition, such as the Space stations working group and ChiZeroOne's own collaboration page, currently focussed on Skylab-related articles. These pages, however, have been notably lacking in activity lately, which is a shame, as their aims, given enough editor input, would really see the project furthering itself. Similarly, there are a number of requests for assessment for articles to be promoted to GA class, among other things, on the Open tasks page, which lists all of the activities needing input from members. If everyone could add this page to their watchlists and swing by it regularly, we could power through the good topics in extremely short order! Other things that could do with being added to people's watchlists include Portal:Spaceflight/Next launch‎, the many templates at Template:Launching/Wrappers and the task list at Portal:Spaceflight/Tasks. Finally, I'd like to try and get people involved in finally settling the organisational problem we have with reference to the task forces and working groups. Whilst the Timeline of spaceflight working group is a continuation of the old Timeline of spaceflight WikiProject and thus is ticking over nicely and the space stations working group has been mentioned previously in this editorial, the task forces (Human spaceflight and Unmanned spaceflight) in particular are currently dead in the water. I'm unsure as to whether or not this is because people are unaware of their existence, they clash too much with one another and the rest of the project or because people don't see a need for them, but if interested parties could make themselves known and others voice suggestions for getting rid of them, we can decide either if they're worth keeping and get them running again, or do away with a layer of bureaucracy and close them down. Any thoughts on the matter would be much appreciated. In summary, then, we've got a great project going here, with a nice set of articles, a good editor base and lots of ways of getting involved. Thus, a plea goes out to everyone to get involved, get editing with the other project members, and hopefully we'll see ourselves take off in a manner not dissimilar to the trajectory dear old Discovery took last week. Many thanks for everyone's hard work so far, and poyekhali! :-) The Charts Since it is useful to keep track of the most viewed pages within the project's scope, it seems like a good idea to continue this feature, which was originally included in last month's issue as a one-off. Satellite was the most popular article of February, up six places from seventh in December. STS-133 was the highest climber in the top 10, up 78 places from 88th. January's most popular article, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, dropped seven places to eighth. Moon landing remains ahead of moon landing conspiracy theories for the second month in a row. Of the top ten, two articles are featured content, two are listed as Good Articles, and the remaining six are assessed as C-class. № Article Movement 1 Satellite ↑6 (7) 2 Space Shuttle ↑11 (13) 3 NASA ↑7 (10) 4 Neil Armstrong ↓1 (4) 5 Apollo 13 ↑4 (9) 6 Global Positioning System ↓1 (5) 7 International Space Station ↑5 (12) 8 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ↓7 (1) 9 Apollo 11 ↓3 (6) 10 STS-133 ↑78 (88) For the full list of the top 1,500 popular pages within the project, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Popular pages (or the archived record for February). Selected Article: Europa Europa was a rocket developed by a multinational European programme in the 1960s. Consisting of British, French and German stages, it was intended to provide a European alternative to the US rockets used for the launch of most Western satellites to that date. Although the British Blue Streak first stage performed well on all flights, problems with the French and German stages, as well as the Italian-built payload fairing, resulted in the failure of all multistage test flights and orbital launch attempts. The programme was abandoned after the failure of the Europa II's maiden flight in 1971. The article Europa (rocket), describes it: “ The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency and its Ariane family of launchers. The programme was initiated by the UK and the first launch occurred in August 1967. Tasks were to be distributed between nations: the United Kingdom would provide the first stage (derived from the Blue Streak missile), France would build the second and Germany the third stage. The Europa programme was divided into 4 successive projects : Europa 1: 4 unsuccessful launches Europa 2: 1 unsuccessful launch Europa 3: Cancelled before any launch occurred Europa 4: Study only, later cancelled The project was marred by technical problems. Although the first stage (the British Blue Streak) launched successfully on each occasion, it was the second or third stage that failed. ” The article is currently assessed as start-class, and is missing a lot of information. It also lacks some basic features such as inline citations. Since Europa was a fairly major programme, enough information should be available to produce a much higher quality article, and it could probably be brought up to GA status with enough effort. Published by WikiProject Spaceflight, if you have any content you wish to include in future newsletters, please contribute

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The Metropolitan

Better late than never. Simply south...... 22:16, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Marvin ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, the article has been quite improved and all the comments are keep - would you revisit and consider withdrawing the nomination, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 22:29, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

A page you created, Www.mdlp.org, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it redirects from an implausible misspelling.

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Thank you. Becky Sayles (talk) 04:54, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello. We could do with your assistance for suggestions of mottos and any decisions on current ones. Please see Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations. In case this situation occurs again, we would like a discussion on emergency mottos. Please see WT:MOTD/N#Emergency mottos. Simply south...... 14:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Tyw7/Storage, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Tyw7/Storage and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Tyw7/Storage 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. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 04:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

... are reverted. You should really read Threshold of originality. A simple menu bar which composed of text and a gray background is not eligible for copyright protection.Fleet Command (talk) 10:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

... are reverted. You should really read Threshold of originality. A simple menu bar which composed of text and a gray background is not eligible for copyright protection.Fleet Command (talk) 10:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Subject heading is "Mega nomination of Pokémon articles at AfD." —KuyaBriBri^Talk 17:51, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

For the record, WP:VPP is not for content proposals. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 18:47, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink (submissions) and Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 May 1#File:Girl regenerating.png, a deletion discussion for an image you have recently uploaded or commented on. ╟─TreasuryTag►directorate─╢ 21:42, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 22:24, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

{{adminhelp}} Is there any way to redirect the talk page of ALL sub pages to my talk page without manually creating the individual pages? --Tyw7 (talk) 15:34, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

You can use a group editnotice which would display a message directing people to your talkpage when they try to edit the page (See here), but it wouldn't actually redirect the pages. If you want this you need a user with certain userrights so please re-request help else you will need to create redirect manually Jamietw (talk) 16:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Which user rights can do this? --Tyw7 (talk) 16:24, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Admin or account creator. You can do it on user page but not sub-pages Jamietw (talk) 16:29, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Can an admin redirect all talk pages of my sub page to my talk page? --Tyw7 (talk) 16:33, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Redirect or Edit Notice? Jamietw (talk) 16:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Redirect and edit notice... --Tyw7 (talk) 16:52, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, if you see [4] you can see all the sub pages in your User talk/ namespace. All the links that are in italics are redirects - so you don't have that many - can you manually do it? The Helpful One 16:56, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Umm that only shows pages that are created... See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Tyw7&namespace=2 for all pages under this userspace. --Tyw7 (talk) 17:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't think there is a way to create such redirects without creating the redirects manually (for example using AWB). I would suggest that the group notice is sufficient, since it will show once people try to leave a message, thus telling them to come here instead. If you agree, please provide the text and markup you want to have as the group notice and then replace the adminhelp template. Regards SoWhy 18:35, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

--Tyw7 (talk) 18:42, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

 Done Hopefully the parser function I included will only show this notice on pages that are not this page. =) Regards SoWhy 18:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey there Tyw, I was just wondering if you know what ever happened to user:TechOutsider. I just recently got back to WP, and see that he's vanished, and I wondered why. Hope all is ok. Thanks, — Ched :  ?  01:42, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

IDK. I also saw that he left last year --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   → Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 10:37, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

OK .. I was away for a while, and yep - I did notice he did the vanish thing too. Wasn't sure why, he was getting to be a pretty good writer. Thought maybe the two of you had kept in touch off-wiki, and was going to tell you to tell him "Hi" for me. Seemed like a really nice kid. So how are you doing here Tyw? Wiki treating you well? Cheers. — Ched :  ?  17:40, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I'm not crazy about your idea of putting random quotes in signatures - it risks causing confusion and isn't necessary. However, if you're going to do it, you must ensure that the sort of thing seen at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Signpost_and_Main_Page (line break in the middle of your signature) does not occur. (I've seen this before from you, but at the time I thought it was a stray edit from a newbie.) cheers, Rd232 ^talk 13:18, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I think it was caused by a page wrap due to a long signature (I transcluded from the Wikipedia moto of the day template). --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Wikipedia wants YOU! Join today! 13:38, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

For a user that has not edited yet, I don't think it's necessary to template them as they will see the message when they attempt to edit. In fact, Wikipedia is probably better of without having a page titled User talk:Black cocks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:54, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

How exactly can something sound blank? Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 19:23, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

What I mean that it sounds monotonous and unappealing/unmorable... --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time!  19:34, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi I've deleted this as an invalid Fair use claim. The fair use policy does not allow decorative images for boxes etc, but only ones essential to portray an key element of the article which cannot be desrribed in words. Please review the WP:NFCC particularly at #8.--Scott Mac 20:18, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Its used at Tardis as well. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Wikipedia wants YOU! Join today! 20:19, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Also, it shows the "secondary control room" which can't be described in words IMO. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   → Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 20:22, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Can you please get a less lengthy signature? Your most recent one takes up a full five lines on my screen. NW (Talk) 21:09, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Done. Deleted all long quotes --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   → Do a good turn daily 21:12, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

[5]. NW (Talk) 22:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Collapsed per don't template the regulars.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Thanks for uploading File:Nis10flip.PNG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:52, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

• The image of the flip thing is no orphaned (we discussed removing it.) As it's not free and not used, it's gotta get zapped. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:02, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello Tyw7,
Just a quiet word; I've got no taste for piling on when someone is already in a spot of bother. I noticed you have used {{subst:W-graphical}} to welcome a number of editors.

• 09:43, 13 May 2011, User talk:小公主 - this editor has no contributions
• 09:43, 13 May 2011, User talk:Wachinga.M. - this editor has one contribution, adding "hello" on their userpage, made about 20 minutes before you welcomed them
• 09:42, 13 May 2011, User talk:Darklordsmasma ‎- this editor has one contribution, made about 20 minutes after you welcomed them
• 09:42, 13 May 2011, User talk:F6portugal - this editor has no conributions
• 09:42, 13 May 2011, User talk:Vissu.natali - this editor has no contributions
• 09:42, 13 May 2011, User talk:Adewuye ‎- this editor has no contributions
• 09:41, 13 May 2011, User talk:Geldino - this editor has no contributions

You know what the problem is here, and you really don't need this, not now, not ever. By the way, I really would appreciate some help making my userpage and sig look a little less dull, if you have the time :-)
Take care, and remember to keep reading Keepscases's RfA questions and wondering, now how would I answer that? --Shirt58 (talk) 03:13, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry to have to tell you that, as per the discussion at WP:AN/I, you are topic banned from uploading non-free images to Wikipedia. You can appeal this, of course, at any time (because the ban does not include any restrictions on such things) at the appropriate venue - either WP:AN or WP:RFAR. Although I suggest you allow a reasonable amount of time before trying to appeal. You seem a nice person who is trying to get involved, and the last thing I personally would like to see is anyone discouraging you from that; but there are issues with how you are approaching editorship. So I council you to take things slowly from here and to get a mentor (and listen to their advice) as soon as possible. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:39, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Please revert your changes to the Shake It Up articles immediately. You have broken all of The Cars articles links, performed a copy and paste move of the TV series which destroyed its contribution history, and made an unwanted, high-impact change without any prior discussion. 28bytes (talk) 15:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

It will probably require a history merge. I will ask at WP:AN for an admin's help with this. Please don't make any further undiscussed changes like this. 28bytes (talk) 15:41, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I fixed the copy/paste move by moving the album back and deleting the copy/paste (there was no new content so it can just disappear :)). There may be grounds for doing a disambiguation page but, Tyw7, please be very careful with things like this. --Errant ^(chat!) 15:46, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Requested move? I think it would be best to swap the place as I believe that article is more popular ie more relevent to today's viewers. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 15:49, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't think you understand. You simply can not copy/paste article contents into a new article. So yes, count this as a warning to NEVER do that again. If you would like a detailed explanation, please ask. I have a further recommendation for you. Given that you're pretty new here, I suggest you pick some basic article editing or building to work on for awhile. You clearly need time to get used to our methods and our rules. And don't worry, there are plenty of people here willing to lend you a hand. Remember: simple edits (baby steps) and you'll learn the ropes soon enough. Rklawton (talk) 16:08, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

To answer your question about how to move: first YOU don't move articles. You don't have the experience. Next, in a year or two when you've got the experience - and consensus on the article's talk page - then you click on the little triangle thingy between the star and the search box at the top of the screen. This will give you the option to move the article and its edit history. Rklawton (talk) 16:17, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Complex moves - admins only. Rklawton (talk) 16:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I have to agree, Tyw: this is sound advice. This is not intended to stop you from contributing, but there are complications that (relatively) new editors don't always realize. I have also had to learn that copying and pasting from one article to another is not a simple matter, and the requirements of the GFDL have everything to do with that ("preserving the history"). As long as there is anything unclear about that, don't do it--you'll create much work for administrators, as you can see above. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, please place a new {{help me}} request on this page followed by your questions, or contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page.

How to make a sideways overflow section where by instead of the entire page extend sideways, a small scroll bar would appear so that the user can make the scroll. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 16:49, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

If you want a small box to be scrollable, you could use this code:

<pre style="overflow: scroll; width: 600px;">Text...</pre>

Resulting in:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris cursus vestibulum velit et bibendum. Nullam ut auctor purus. Vivamus auctor, ante mollis viverra eleifend, tortor libero consequat sapien, non cursus nisi nisl ut leo. Aliquam consequat molestie erat, sed bibendum est adipiscing vitae. Cras eu neque neque, in euismod orci. Aenean pretium venenatis feugiat. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec facilisis suscipit nulla, a vulputate felis volutpat at. Nullam orci turpis, rhoncus eget rhoncus in, laoreet id eros. Curabitur posuere ullamcorper porta. Aliquam mauris sem, malesuada nec elementum a, ornare nec arcu.

HTH. Regards SoWhy 17:36, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Weird, it works in preview but not on the final page. I'll reinstate the helpme-tag so that maybe someone else can spot why not. Regards SoWhy 17:39, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

This is the page I want to scroll: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tyw7/about_me --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 17:40, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

If you tell me, which parts of it you want to scroll (all of it? only the userboxes? etc.?) I'll see what I can do. Btw, if you use "width", it works (see above). Regards SoWhy 17:43, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Just the boxes. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 17:44, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

How is this? It will show all boxes if the screen is width enough (like my 1920x1080 TFT) but scroll if the width is insufficient to display them all) Regards SoWhy 17:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

You will end up with a strangely side scrolling page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tyw7/Intro --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 17:56, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

If you want to avoid the vertical scrollbar, use "overflow: auto" instead. If you want to have the boxes as wide as possible, use "width: 100%". My sandbox linked above does this instead. Regards SoWhy 18:05, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah its resulting in the page getting too wide. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 18:06, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I think I have fixed it. Can you please test with other browsers/screensize to make sure it does not result in an extremely wide page? --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 18:14, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Looks fine in Firefox 5 and Chrome 11, so I think it's working. Regards SoWhy 18:26, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard is not a good place to edit-war. Stop now. ╟─TreasuryTag►international waters─╢ 17:30, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I answered your question about the uploads request page without really thinking about it properly; the intent wasn't to give you a place to circumvent the topic ban but to answer your question about where uploads could be requested. It definitely will not look good if you request image uploads there in, say, the next few weeks. However, in a few weeks when hopefully you are more aware of policies and the eco-system here FFU would give you a place to request the occasional image upload (something I would personally overlook as a topic ban violation) as the basis for proving you are competent enough at some future time to have the topic ban lifted. --Errant ^(chat!) 18:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

If you do not step back now you will be blocked. Its tiresome and you aren't going to get anywhere so you are basically wasting everyone's time. Spartaz ^Humbug! 17:39, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I think the community's patience is running very low now, Tyw7. I (and likely others) are closely watching for a slip-up and you are in all honesty >this< close to being community banned from the English Wikipedia. I would strongly suggest you find a mentor, pronto. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 01:35, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I am wating upon HJ Mitchell's reply. If you have any suggestions go ahead! (I am asking HJ Mitchell to be the mentor see User_talk:HJ_Mitchell#NFCC_mentorship_and_roadmap_to_get_topic_ban_lifted --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 01:50, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Tyw7, I would suggest telling HJ that you want him to be your mentor in everything. Not simply as part of a roadmap to get yourself unbanned, because once you're unbanned and if you start causing trouble again, you'd likely be indefinitely blocked. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 01:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

OK. But problem with mentorship is that overtime, I tend to loose interst as schoolworks or more important things takes over. Therefore, I tend to rely on #wikipedia-en-help to answer any questions I may have. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 02:03, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

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• This is the image that you asked to be uploaded. proudly recorded as a sucessful upload but.. er.. you haven't used the image... Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:07, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

It was in use... --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 02:08, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

No it wasn't the image on the article is File:Shake It Up opening title.png and had been for ages. Your recent edits to the article [6] did not incolude changing the infobox image. Therefore the image I'm referencing hasn't been added to the article at any point. Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

It WAS added... note: I just fixed the transpiracy, nothing else. I believe disappeared during the move over fiasco. It was in use see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shake_It_Up_(TV_series)&oldid=429337812 --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 02:17, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

And the FUR reasoning looks OK to me... --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 02:19, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The link you showed was another user adding the file without an FUR and it was immediately reverted. So I see you using FFU to circumvent your topic ban and then not following enough due dilligence to ensure that you correctly use the image and tidy up after yourself. Very troubling. I think you should stop working with images full stop until you reach the point that you can be trusted to do it without stuff like this happening. Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:29, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Question: How is that not using FUR? The template looks OK. Also, isn't it the origional replacer to tidy up the old image? --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 02:34, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

• The edit summary says that the article wasn't mentioned in the FUR when it was added. The point is that using non free images is tricky and you need to show a lot of care and diligence to get it right and I'm afraid that you are no showing that you have the attention to detail required. That doesn't make you bad but it does mean that you should concentrate on other areas until you are ready to work with images. You need to think about the impact of your errors on other users who have to clean up after you and spend time trying to explain what went wrong to you. This isn't acceptable. PS I note that you still haven't done anything to use the image uyou had uploaded. That kinda proves my point doesn't it? ((I'm off to work now so I'll have to come back to this later if you respond)). Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Just to clarify: This wasn't my request: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/a/a9/20110516192658%21ShakeitUp.png (origional edit). My request was for the second upload the one with the note (transpiracy). WHat I believe happened was the origional uploader didn't add the FUR necessary (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:ShakeitUp.png&oldid=429337742). The new FUR (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:ShakeitUp.png&oldid=429424632) only gave it permission for the article Shake it Up (TV Series). When I moved, that FUR became invalid and thus the image was reverted. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions) 02:43, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Tyw7: Just to be clear, the topic bans means no more uploading non-free images, whether it's through FFU or not. I know you had started the FFU request before this was clarified, but no more, OK? 28bytes (talk) 02:46, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

You are reminded that you are not to create any new accounts an any attempt to evade scrutiny; the clean start policy does not apply in your case at all, and this was explained to you many times. If you do so, you will be blocked for sock puppetry. Regards, –MuZemike 03:45, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I just removed the link to your license. It's not valid on wikipedia (not that I have great and extensive knowledge of images, trust me, I'm the first to say I know very little of them :) ) However, images posted on Wikipedia need to be either CC by SA1 licensed (which we all agree to when we submitt) or be copyrighted but used as Fair-use. Therefore I've removed the link to your license.

KoshVorlon' _Nal^uboutes _Aeria ^Gloris 11:22, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey Kosh. Actually anyone uploading their own work to Wikipedia explicitly retains copyright (as we do for all of the words we contribute). Licensing is separate from Copyright - the CC-BY-SA grants a license to use the work with attribution in almost any context, but copyright remains with the original creator (this means he/she can sell, re-license or re-use the content in any way they wish). The CC-BY-SA license also allows for the creator to specify the form of attribution - which is what Tym7 has done. Outside of Wikimedia projects people must meet his attribution requirements. --Errant ^(chat!) 11:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:39, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:42, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south...... digging mountains for 5 years 21:51, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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This is just a reminder. If a motto has been used multiple times it should be under or added to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas. Simply south...... improving for 5 years So much for ER 10:00, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

This is just to say thanks for being with us on this project and I wish you well for the future. Simply south...... improving for 5 years So much for ER 17:04, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

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The Metropolitan

Simply south...... unintentionally mispelling fr 5 years So much for ER 17:57, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

• Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
• PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
• Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
• Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
• Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
• Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
• Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Grandiose (submissions), Stone (submissions), Eisfbnore (submissions), Canada Hky (submissions) and MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:16, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

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We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:56, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:46, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 01:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

As one of the more active participants of WikiProject Computer Security, would you like to comment on the proposal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Security#WikiProject restructuring? Cheers, —Ruud 18:06, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi! As you've previously expressed interest in the competition, I'm just letting you know that the 2012 WikiCup is due to start in less than 24 hours. Signups are open, and will remain so for a few weeks after the beginning of the competition. The competition itself will follow basically the same format as last year, with a few small tweaks to point costs to reflect the opinions of the community. If you're interested in taking part, you're more than welcome, and if you know anyone who might be, please let them know too- the more the merrier! To join, simply add your name to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2012 signups, and we will be in touch. Please feel free to direct any questions to me, or leave a note on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! You are receiving this note as you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Please feel free to add or remove yourself. EdwardsBot (talk) 01:29, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Sorry its late and happy new year. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 23:09, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• Jivesh boodhun (submissions) was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:21, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

The Metropolitan

Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I've decided to start a project discussion on this. Please see WT:MOTD. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 17:43, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:10, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:30, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X (submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber (submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's Muboshgu (submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards (submissions) and Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Dana Boomer (submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Stone (submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 (submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I am aware that you are not active but I thought I would wish you a happy birthday anyways! Cheers,
Riley Huntley _talk No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here. 20:16, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:48, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 11:14, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:36, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

The final is upon us! We are down to our final 8. A massive 573 was our lowest qualifying score; this is higher than the 150 points needed last year and the 430 needed in 2010. Even in 2009, when points were acquired for mainspace edit count in addition to audited content, 417 points secured a place. That leaves this year's WikiCup, by one measure at least, our most competitive ever. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Grapple X (submissions) once again finishes the round in first place, leading Pool B. Grapple X writes articles about television, and especially The X-Files and Millenium, with good articles making up the bulk of the score.
2. Miyagawa (submissions) led Pool A this round. Fourth-place finalist last year, Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, and has reached the final primarily off the back of his massive number of did you knows.
3. Ruby2010 (submissions) was second in Pool B. Ruby2010 writes primarily on television and film, and scores primarily from good articles.
4. Casliber (submissions) finished third in Pool B. Casliber is something of a WikiCup veteran, having finished sixth in 2011 and fourth in 2010. Casliber writes on the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. Over half of Casliber's points this round were bonus points from the high-importance articles he has worked on.
5. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second in Pool A. Also writing on biology, especially marine biology, Cwmhiraeth received 390 points for one featured article (Bivalvia) and one good article (pelican), topping up with a large number of did you knows.
6. Muboshgu (submissions) was third in Pool A. Muboshgu writes primarily on baseball, and this round saw Muboshgu's first featured article, Derek Jeter, promoted on its fourth attempt at FAC.
7. Dana Boomer (submissions) was fourth in Pool A. She writes on a variety of topics, including horses, but this round also saw the high-importance lettuce reach featured article status.
8. Sasata (submissions) is another WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist in 2009 and 2010. He writes mostly on mycology.

However, we must also say goodbye to the eight who did not make the final, having fallen at the last hurdle: GreatOrangePumpkin (submissions), Ealdgyth (submissions), Calvin999 (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), The Bushranger (submissions) and 1111tomica (submissions). We hope to see you all next year.

On the subject of next year, a discussion has been opened here. Come and have your say about the competition, and how you'd like it to run in the future. This brainstorming will go on for some time before more focused discussions/polls are opened. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:26, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.

In this issue:

• Background: A brief overview of the DR ecosystem.
• Research: The most recent DR data
• Survey results: Highlights from Steven Zhang's April 2012 survey
• Activity analysis: Where DR happened, broken down by the top DR forums
• DR Noticeboard comparison: How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
• Discussion update: Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
• Proposal: It's time to close the Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard. Agree or disagree?

--The Olive Branch 19:36, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by Sasata (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.

It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!

The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 20:06, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Sasata (submissions)
3. Grapple X (submissions)
4. Casliber (submissions)
5. Muboshgu (submissions)
6. Miyagawa (submissions)
7. Ruby2010 (submissions)
8. Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
• The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
• The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
• The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
• The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
• The news award goes to ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3.
• The picture award goes to Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2.
• The reviewer award goes to both Ruby2010 (submissions) (14 reviews in round 1) and Grandiose (submissions) (14 reviews in round 3).
• Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Wikipedia has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

Next year's WikiCup will begin in January. Currently, discussions and polls are open, and all contributions are welcome. You can also sign up for next year's competition. There will be no further newsletters this year, although brief notes may be sent out in December to remind everyone about the upcoming competition. It's been a pleasure to work with you all, and we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:48, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi there; you're receiving this message because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup. This is just to remind you that the 2013 WikiCup will be starting on 1 January, and that signups will remain open throughout January. Old and new Wikipedians and WikiCup participants are warmly invited to take part in this year's competition. (Though, as a note to the more experienced participants, there have been a few small rules changes in the last few months.) If you have already signed up, let this be a reminder; you will receive a message with your submissions' page soon. Please direct any questions to the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! J Milburn 19:34, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

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

• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
• Buggie111 (submissions) was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
• Spencer (submissions) was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
• Status (submissions) was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.

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

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

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

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

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:50, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

1. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
2. Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
3. Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

• Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
• Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
• Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
• Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:46, 1 March 2013 (UTC)