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On A-Class reviews
Thanks for the link Cptnono. I had been asking Ameer for more practical advice, as in what's missing from the article and what needs to altered/added before a review. It's just that it's my first attempt at an A-Class review. If you can offer any help on that, I'd appreciate it a lot. Cheers! --Sherif9282 (talk) 08:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
GA Review/ Barbara Howard (artist)
Thanks, Cptnono, for the good news and the kind words. I don't know who the person was who originally nominated this article for GA status (or why) but when the first reviewer failed it, I felt somehow personally slighted (I thought I had done a good job), so I made what I thought was a major effort to improve it, and then renominated it. It was humbling to have you (as the second reviewer) point out all the many things that were still wrong with it! However, you were sufficiently supportive to keep me from giving up entirely and your always helpful suggestions showed me that improvements were still possible. Thanks for hanging in. This GA status is as much your work as mine. Wardsislander (talk) 13:45, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
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 19:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Re: Lower alpha footnotes
Hello. You have a new message at Imzadi1979's talk page. Imzadi 1979 → 22:54, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Steve Zakuani GA review
Hey, I wanted you to know that I added your name to the GA nom. I wanted to make sure you got credit for your work on this article (earlier, and more recently). Hopefully this counts for the WikiCup. Thanks for your work on this article. --SkotyWATC 18:54, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
- Oh thanks dude! Unfortunately I got eliminated after ending the last round 4pts short! I thought I was safe and slacked. It was fun times still. Cptnono (talk) 02:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Apologies for going missing in action after nominating this article for GA. We're trying to sell our home right now and it's getting pretty hectic. Hopefully I'll be able to put more time into the article this weekend or next. Thanks again for your help with this nomination. I expect someone will start reviewing it this week or next. --SkotyWATC 15:48, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- Good luck! I hope it is for the best of reasons.Cptnono (talk) 01:29, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Falafel
Hello. I have asked, more than once, several questions of you at the talk page of falafel. Could you please answer those questions? Thank you, nableezy - 21:28, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
- Been a little busy IRL and keeping you inline since your return (how has no one else dragged you to AE yet?) is not a priority. Last time I checked you asked why I mentioned legality. I clarified. I'll take a look in the next day to keep things on course though.Cptnono (talk) 07:07, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
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 23:25, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
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AWB
Thank you I'm happy to help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
re "Assisting in disruption again?"
I'm sorry, could you be more specific about what article or incident you refer to? If I "ignored IP vandalism", the article in question may just not be on my watchlist or something, maybe? Herostratus (talk) 14:55, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
- No. I don't believe you. AGF only goes so far. You have intentionally assisted or ignored vandalism.Cptnono (talk) 03:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
A/E
You said you thought AgadaUrbanit was "actively discussing a perennial request without being a jerk". I asked whether you honestly thought AgadaUrbanit wasn't being a jerk in that discussion. I didn't call AgadaUrbanit a jerk.
I will remove my comment about manure. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 05:25, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
- No need to explain it to me. I got your intent so it didn't hurt my feelings. Those comments still can be taken offensively by others though. Cptnono (talk) 05:29, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
AE
WP:AE#Cptnono nableezy - 19:29, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- I didn't even bother to read you statement there. An interaction ban is not a horrible idea but it is still a waste of time. Stop starting problems and you won't get a hard time from me. But I gather from the responses (which were surprisingly understandable). I am only a jerk when hammed. You are pushing a POV stoned or sober it looks like. I won't say "bye" since it is only temporary.Cptnono (talk) 07:57, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- Ahh, another glorious victory! I actually made it out to the game against the Red Bulls - loved Levesque pick-pocketing the keeper! Regarding the AE case, shrug. I don't think it reflects badly on our task force, since it's completely unrelated. I think an interaction ban isn't a bad idea, as I explained in my AE comment, but hopefully it doesn't cause more headaches than it solves. ← George talk 23:17, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Banned from interacting with Nableezy
Further to this request for enforcement, this message is to inform you that, for 6 months (until 27 December 2011), you are prohibited, under the authority of WP:ARBPIA#Discretionary sanctions, from interacting with Nableezy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), in accordance with the standard interaction ban detailed at Wikipedia:Banning policy#Interaction ban. You may not:
- Edit any page within Nableezy's user or user talk space;
- Reply to Nableezy in any discussion;
- Make reference to or comment on Nableezy, directly or indirectly, on any page; or
- Undo any edit by Nableezy to any page except your own user or user talk pages (by any means, including the rollback function).
In accordance with this restriction, you also may not submit a request for arbitration enforcement that concerns Nableezy. If you violate this restriction, your account may be blocked from editing by any administrator. If any aspect of this restriction is unclear, please feel free to contact me. AGK [•] 22:26, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Cptnono: It would also be a very good choice if you do not ever edit when intoxicated. Cf. Wikipedia:No angry mastodons#Drink minimal amounts of alcohol. Regards, AGK [•] 22:34, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Booze had nothing to do with it. I work on GAs while drunk. It is a good hobby. That is why the interaction ban is not a bad idea since that one aspect was the only problem. I would say I appreciate your opinion but really it just makes me vomit with rage. Oh oops... that was just the lager. (That was supposed to be silly and not mean by the way)Cptnono (talk) 02:58, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Death
Howdy. In an effor to be civil, I wanted to reply to your accusation that my removal of your tags was 'sneaky'. It wasn't. I waited a few days to see if there would be a flood of activity to honor them, but there wasn't any. I happen to disagree with you that the tags are necessary. However, I do agree with you that there is an oversaturation of 'genre' junk in the lede that can be removed, and I pledge to do it - just give me a few days. On the neutrality issue, I do completely disagree and suggest you haul in an admin if you think it has merit. The regular writers have done their best to use bona fide secondary sources, and to claim it reads like a fanboy page is rather condescending. Best, A Sniper (talk) 17:45, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
- If you want to stay civil then I would love to work with you on improving the article. But you haven't really addressed the issues yet. Since some time has passed maybe things are cooler and you can reread my comments and we can go from there. The tag says the neutrality is disputed (that was originally the least of my concerns). But there is a dispute and an admin won;t be able to change that. We can make the dispute go away by addressing the issues though.Cptnono (talk) 19:11, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
- Fair enough - let's work together on it. Have a good weekend. A Sniper (talk) 03:57, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
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 23:30, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations
Independence Award | ||
Hope fireworks are legal in the state of Washington | ||
Sincerely, AgadaUrbanit (talk) 18:56, 4 July 2011 (UTC) |
YES! That makes me even hungrier for bacon. They aren't legal but that doesn't stop us. VICTORY! Hope your day is going great.
- We declare independence. Kind of random video link ;) Stay well. AgadaUrbanit (talk) 01:07, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
- Check out www. removethisbigblank vbs.tv/watch/drunk-history/ben-franklin-continued (think it is black listed due to spam)Cptnono (talk) 01:30, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Duwamish bridge
According to this source [1], War Dept. gave notice of changes needed on June 1, 1909 for NP RR bridge over west Duwamish Waterway. Earlier than 1912 if this is your bridge. (I guess this [2] is the Eng. book you found. Interesting design!) Will return if I find something better. (Found nothing at historylink.org) Twang (talk) 19:34, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
[back] Toughie! no date found. Bridge span 160 ft. Two 25 HP DC motors.[3] Flickr photos [4]. May have been first Strauss heel-trunion bridge. Abandoned.[5][6] Twang (talk) 21:39, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Interesting search. On the 1909 thing: a couple of places said that NP's first bridge was a trestle; didn't see any other mention of its location, so War Dept. might have meant it. Other thoughts: there were lots of engineering mags by that time, so the 1912 articles might have covered it soon after it was built. Note Strauss applied for a 2nd patent in 1908 that took a couple of years (and took the city to court over using one without a license). Amazing that with all the rail-buff sites noone seems to have a date. Good luck! Twang (talk) 04:09, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
I wasn't being malicious. I restored captions that make as much sense as the one you restored. As I wrote in my edit summary on June 16 -- describing her as "unsmiling" is such a "duh!" caption that one might as well describe her as "brown-haired". See the article's Talk page. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 06:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)