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The Wikipedia Library Survey

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Danny Noriega

Is it possible to unprotect this article now that he's on the upcoming RuPaul's Drag Race?--TV | talk 20:00, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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December 2013

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IRC

I'm on IRC right now if you want to go in and chat, I found a major problem with one sports Wikiproject. Secret account 19:29, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

IRC again Secret account 01:08, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Again :P Secret account 01:29, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

And again :p Secret account 22:36, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Adminship nomination

I've somewhat reluctantly agreed to run for adminship. As you were the last person to offer to nominate me, would you be interested in a co-nom? MER-C 06:34, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Topic ban

Hi Wizardman, when you closed this discussion as 'Ban of indefinite duration enacted', does that include other people nominating his articles? It was certainly suggested, in "I would go so far as to say that, as part of the DYK ban, his articles should simply be deemed not eligible", but I have nominated a couple of his articles and want to ask if it is allowed. Thanks, Matty.007 17:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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Wilf K. Backhaus

Hi Wizardman,

I have a good source for Wilf K. Backhaus, which you deleted after closing the AFD. Do you have any objections to userfication so that I can do some work on it? BOZ (talk) 16:27, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Because Reddit loves kittens

Nice to see a sane, highly engaged Wikipedian doing an AMA. Keep up the good work!

Slashme (talk) 17:30, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm shocked that it became as big as it did, figured I'd just get a handful of questions and would get back to editing. Wizardman 19:13, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Awesome work! -- TOW  21:33, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

AMA

Hi, Wizardman! Glad to see you on the AMA.

One of the things I wanted to do was figure out if any people who complained about issues on Wikipedia had any specific problems that I could resolve (maybe I could see some old debate and see how it was resolved) but unfortunately I haven't gotten any new specific information yet.

WhisperToMe (talk) 07:35, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Seen you on Reddit

Pretty awesome! Reading some cool questions and answers. ///EuroCarGT 22:29, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Seconded. Great idea :) Theopolisme (talk) 22:35, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Now I'm thinking about doing on in the near future! Glad to see some old names as well. Btw you in IRC now? Thanks Secret account 22:39, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Help with new draft for Gary Loveman

Hi there, Wizardman. I saw that you're a member of WikiProject Biography and I wanted to ask if you could review a draft I've written for the Gary Loveman article. Gary Loveman is the CEO of Caesar's Entertainment and although his article is generally ok, I'm hoping to improve it by providing new sources, updating it with new information and formatting the citations consistently. As I've prepared this draft on behalf of Gary Loveman, I have a conflict of interest with this topic, so will not make any edits to the article myself.

If you're able to help with this review, and possibly updating the article if that is something you would feel comfortable doing, I would really appreciate it. So far I've posted about this on the article's Talk page and on the Talk pages for WikiProject Biography and WikiProject Business but haven't received any response. The request at Talk:Gary Loveman explains the changes I'm hoping to make in more detail and also provides a link to the draft in my user space. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 22:55, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this later this week; noting here so I remember. Wizardman 02:33, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Wizardman. Let me know if you have any questions. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 22:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Wizardman, I'm wondering if you think you might still have time to review my draft for the Gary Loveman article or if I should continue to look for other editors to review. Also, if you know of someone who might be interested in reviewing my draft, please let me know. I'm not sure where best to reach out about this article, I have a few WikiProjects in mind to ask but none stand out. I'll reach out at those if you think you might not have a chance to take a look yourself. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 20:59, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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Happy New Year! MER-C 09:51, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

GoldCore

Hi, I saw that you deleted this article because it was a copyrightviolation from this link. Permission is granted however under ticket:2013110410004891. Could you either restore it or conform that the article was not suitabel for En wiki? Thanks in advance. Natuur12 (talk) 18:44, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Seerey

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Talk:Charmed/GA1

Wizardman, can you please delete this page, and remove the "onreview" status on the article's talk page? New Age Retro Hippie opened the review on December 3 and never got to it; he's just replied on my talk page that it can go back into the reviewing pool. Many thanks, and I was glad to see you doing some general GA cleanup of very old nominations, including giving a deadline to Sturmvogel 66 on the shamefully delayed Battle of Prokhorovka review. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:39, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done Wizardman 16:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you! BlueMoonset (talk) 01:05, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

IRC

I'm on, probably for the last time (I'll let you know via ping). Catch me Secret account 22:51, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

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GA review closing technical question

BlueMoonset recommended your expertise in this unique GA review matter. I reviewed an article that has been a GA for a few years, it was a GA going into the review. The nominator requested another review on the article because she had added a lot of new material and wanted to make sure it was still up to standard. I agreed, it deserves to continue as a GA. So that I don't screw anything up technically, how do I properly finish/conclude/close out the review at Talk:Disappearance of Madeleine McCann/GA1? Many thanks in advance. --ColonelHenry (talk) 01:21, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

Hello Wizardman, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2014/Submissions/Wizardman

Hi- just to let you know that I've hidden the GA review you added, as it's not eligible for points until it's completed. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 20:44, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

-facepalm- I knew that. Duly noted, will wait they're done and passed/failed before posting. Wizardman 20:46, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

A block Secret made and evidently intended to revisit

Hi Nick, the notice on Secret's talk page refers us to you and Nick for issues regarding his/her past administrative actions, so I have put an identical note on their talk page. There's also a relevant thread on HJ Mitchell's talk page where I intend to leave a note ...

Ryk72 was blocked indefinitely with reference to an Arbcom decision and on the strong suspicion of being a returning user. I've checked their talk page history and do not see their having been warned of the applicable Arbcom sanctions (the first post there was a series of questions that they reacted badly to; I wish there had at least been a welcome template first) and I consider it to be possible that they merely have an expert interest in the field of the discussion to which their edits were made, and/or that their expertise in Wikipedia comes from either being a quick study (they're right, some of us are) or an editor exercising the right to a Clean Start. They have been advised to e-mail Arbcom and that avenue is of course still open, but they might have privacy concerns ... and in any case I see that Secret himself/herself was inclined toward revisiting the situation, and I can see several possibilities even if we think of it as a WP:ROPE situation. I suspect what has happened is they've dropped through the cracks because of the holidays (and attendant angst) and the coincidence of Secret's retirement from adminship. I may be being sadly naïve, and I do appreciate the stress of these seemingly insoluble problems of duelling nationalist interests, but I don't see leaving this editor blocked as clearly benefitting the encyclopedia; there's a chance we're depriving ourselves of someone useful who just started out in a strife-torn area. Perhaps one could ask them where else they would like to edit, and go from there. However, their unblock request was declined, and Arbcom sanctions are in the picture - and I may indeed be being very naïve. So as one of Secret's two designated go-to fellow admins, could I ask you to have a look? Yngvadottir (talk) 22:00, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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Review

Thanks for your GA review of Xiaxue! After its history of contentious reviews, I am relieved that the article has finally earned GA status. My latest project is about blind Singaporean singer Kelvin Tan. Would you like to read the article (which I hope you find interesting) and comment at its peer review? --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 03:10, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

PC protection of days of year pages

If this was your idea then you have my thanks for a really good notion. --NeilN talk to me 03:54, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Yeah the idea just hit me earlier today. Got Jan-June done and will do July-Dec tonight or tomorrow. Wizardman 03:57, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

LexXxus180

For your information the user LexXxus180 who you blocked for copyright violations is now using their IP address to edit. Spc 21 (talk) 23:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing; blocked the IP since it is painfully obvious they're evading it. Wizardman 00:03, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
On a somewhat related note, I've just closed his CCI. Thank you for contributing. MER-C 07:26, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Template:WPR

Back in April, 2013, you deleted a redirect to WikiProject Religion, which was {{WPR}}. This would be a useful shortcut to a template I am soon to create, {{WikiProject Redirect}}. Would it be okay with you if I re-create this shortcut? It will get plenty of use. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 02:06, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Roy Conacher/GA1

Hi Wizardman. I appreciate the GA review you have performed on this article, and hopefully, have resolved the issues. Happy New Year! Resolute 04:03, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Blur (band): problems of neutrality

You helped this article to get GA last year where as there is a important problem of WP:NPOV concerning facts that are easy to check via the site Billboard.com. I explained the problem and proposed a solution on the talk of the article. This needs to be fixed quickly. Woovee (talk) 18:48, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2014/Submissions/Wizardman

Hi Wizardman. I'm afraid I've had to remove Talk:Roy Conacher/GA1 from your submission page. While I've no doubt that it's a completely appropriate review, it's a little on the short side for WikiCup points. Keep up the good work, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. J Milburn (talk) 17:07, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

GAs

Hi, all the articles I nominated for GAs have contributions from me, so I would like for someone to review them and if changes need to be made all I do them. Thanks Tecmo (talk) 02:47, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Question about Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By profession

Hello! I recently advised a newbie, User:Geercom, who wanted to request an article about journalist David Geer. (They had put the request in the wrong place.) I told them to put it at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By profession and they added it there, under the "journalists" section. You reverted their addition without comment [1] and they are now asking me why it was reverted. Can you tell me the reason, and I will explain it to them? Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 17:21, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I see you are on a Wikibreak. Never mind, then, I will explain to them as best I can. Looking at the case I think it must have to do with WP:N and WP:Autobiography. Enjoy your break and come back refreshed! --MelanieN (talk) 17:59, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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You in IRC? Secret account 05:05, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

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Stapes review.

Please restore this page. I intend to get the review done later tonight. Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 05:47, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 07:29, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

G8 deletion of Talk:LGBT rights under international law

Hi Wizardman, I was going to just delete Talk:LGBT rights under international law under G8, but I saw you had restored it and said it should be exempt, though that was a few months ago. Do you still feel that way? If we kept every talk page of a deleted talk page just because it had an RfC (now closed), we'd have a lot of cruft out there. --BDD (talk) 17:32, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday!

Play

Thank you for your orders! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

IRC on now Secret account 02:15, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

On the 28th: a blue duck attacks the German Main page, right now, - a homage, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:17, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

RE: Murder of Robert Ross

Hi. Happy birthday (belatedly). Just wondering, since you objected to the size of the quotation you removed from the above article, if I could, without violating the spirit of your objection, tweak the quote selectively so as to add some more info but not overmuch to violate FAIRUSE.

Yours, Quis separabit? 16:53, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Mca.ashim

Hi! It may have been your intention, but you did not leave a block notice when you indefinitely blocked Mca.ashim. I added the following to his talk: {{subst:Uw-block|indef=yes|reason=multiple [[WP:COPYVIO|copyright violations]] and [[WP:SOAP|advertising]]}}, without my signature. Please note that I am not an administrator. Thanks! --MrScorch6200 (t c) 02:16, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Oops, knew I forgot something, thanks for doing that. Wizardman 02:29, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
You're welcome. --MrScorch6200 (t c) 02:30, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Talkback from Technical 13

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I made the request on RFPP and was told to ask Wizardman to take care of this directly. So, pinging him and sending a TB... Technical 13 (talk) 22:34, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

CCI update

MER-C 05:03, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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CCI update

Yup. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:57, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Closing ANRFC discussions

Hi Wizardman. I noticed that you worked on the AfD backlog today (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/True Jesus Church in Singapore and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asad Zaman).

Would you consider closing some of the discussions at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure, particularly the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion discussions which require the admin tools? I remember reading your AfD closes in the past and have always found them to be well thought out. I searched for your name at WP:DRV and found your detailed close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ginger Jolie. I remembered reading your detailed, carefully considered close when I tagged the AfD with the deletion review template.

Your ability to read complex discussions, distill the consensus, and clearly explain your thought process would be very helpful in resolving disputes at ANRFC. If you don't have the time or the inclination to close ANRFC discussions, then no worries—I understand. Thank you again for the good work you do here, particularly at WP:CCI (and specifically at the CCI I filed here). Best, Cunard (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for everything. Quis separabit? 18:12, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

FYI

FYI at the closure of MfDs the top part of the closing template goes above the header. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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CCI finished

I've finished off the last few at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20130409, if you wouldn't mind double checking and doing the closing honors? You did most of the work there - much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Dana boomer (talk) 18:54, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Request for Undeletion of Jonah Mungoshi

I kindly request that the article for Jonah Mungoshi be undeleted. This is due to the fact that there are independent online sources that are an indication of the the NOTABILITY of the article which were however not part of the article and will be added once it has been undeleted. He was the first African contestant to win the Toastmasters International Contest for all countries outside USA and Canada and he was the first African contestant to achieve a top 3 position in the World Championship of Public Speaking in 2002. The following are some of the references:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2939187.stm http://allafrica.com/stories/200206110222.html http://bahai.uga.edu/2002/020911-a.html http://www.jci.cc/local/media/cityzim/16014/JCI-to-choose-10-outstanding-Zimbos http://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-87167858/mungoshi-wins-inaugural-toastmasters-award http://allafrica.com/stories/200209110516.html https://www.stewardbank.co.zw/about-steward-bank/about-us/board-directors http://www.thebullsheet.com/show-prep/april/1588 http://www.herald.co.zw/call-to-revive-public-speaking-creativity/ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Georgia+Man+Speaks+of+the+Power+of+Music+and+Wins+World+Championship...-a091100282 http://www.panapress.com/Zimbabwean-talks-himself-into-the-Guinness-Book--13-476449-17-lang2-index.html

Thank you. Jmungoshi (talk) 21:34, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Consensus?

Hi Wizardman, where can I find the required consensus for this and this? --Trofobi (talk) 03:54, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

hey, thanks! all of the grammatical errors you listed have been corrected, and i've deleted the segment regarding the skate park. while i'd love more information regarding the legal situation, what i have here is all that is currently available on the subject through my research. and lastly, i've added a tiny reception section, comprised of retrospective reviews. it's difficult to find reviews of the album (considering it's actually just a demo that got picked up on CD later on and distributed worldwide). well, at least it's difficult to find reviews from reliable sources - i don't view sites like absolutepunk or sputnikmusic as true sites for reviews. i've added a rolling stone, allmusic, and a small segment from the total guitar interview already cited.

if there's any more questions/suggestions, let me know! Thardin12 (talk) 02:45, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

sleeping giant versus Bengali film

I saw the plot section of Jaagoo and then compared it to its cited source (unquoted).

I feel confident the same well-meaning author has done the same with all his other articles about Bangla movies, and maybe some of his other created articles and/or his other contribs.

Should I go through preparing exactly five examples of problematic pasting, and then ask for a CCI? Just out of tiredness, I would prefer not to. Is it the easiest way? Can I do it without five examples? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:12, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Question

Why did you delete the GA talk pages for Talk:Operation Corridor 92/GA1 ‎and Talk:Battle of Logorište/GA1 ? I did not abandon them. I am confused? I've been a tad busy as of late, but I have been in the middle of some pretty unusual circumstances and was waiting on a response. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:55, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Max Anderson (director)

Hi, care to withdraw this one?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:14, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Did so, that was one of the most impressive AfD article cleanups I've seen in some time. Wizardman 01:59, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Don Gault

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Don Gault you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 03:31, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Don Gault

The article Don Gault you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Don Gault for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seabuckthorn -- Seabuckthorn (talk) 20:22, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

IPs can't nom articles?

Where does it say this? Only thing I found was that they couldn't review articles. ViperSnake151  Talk  21:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Closing GA reviews

I notice that the GA review for Patrice Chereau was closed and that a message that the article had passed was sent from me to the nominator. How did that happen? I hadn't passed the article. Not all of the concerns that I raised were fully addressed. --Jburlinson (talk) 23:43, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Please recreate

Template:WPBASEBALL I don't see why you would delete and protect this and it's easier to use. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:08, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

User:LexXxus180

Hi, the user LexXxus180 who you banned for copy editing is now using this account to edit. Both accounts are identical. Thanks. Spc 21 (talk) 16:41, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Some sincere flattery

Just FYI: I have blocked an impersonator, new user Wizradman (talk · contribs) who transcluded your talk and user pages to his and signed your name at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 February 12#Super Bowl LIII. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:41, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Larry Doby

I've left some comments on that section on the talk page, and feel free to ping me if you want me to take a look at anything else. Actually, I was heading your way with a favour request too. Harrias began to review the D'Oliveira affair at GA (link), but has been unable to finish it as real life is a bit busy, and he says he is unlikely to get chance any time soon. I was going to ask you if you could take over; if not, I'll ask at WT:GAN, but GAN can be a strange place at the moment and the quality of reviews seems to have slipped. As I'm aiming this at FAC, I'd appreciate a good reviewer. It is another cricket one (obviously!) but there's not a huge amount of actual cricket in it, and it is actually a huge race controversy connected to South Africa in 1968. But if you have neither the time nor inclination, I quite understand! Sarastro1 (talk) 22:32, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion archiving

Hi Wizardman. Thank you for clearing much of the MfD backlog in response to my request for assistance at User talk:Wizardman/Archive52#Closing ANRFC discussions!

On 2 February 2014, you removed the MfDs you closed from Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion.

Closed MfDs are usually kept on the page so Legobot (talk · contribs) can archive them to the subpages of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates. For example, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Dancingwiththestars09, one of the closed MfDs removed, should have been archived to 18 December section of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates/December 2013.

I've restored the MfDs you removed so that the bot can archive them.

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A kitten for you!

A Wiki kitten for you. A tiny token to express a thank you for the immense work you are doing for this project. Meow!

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The Signpost: 19 February 2014

Talkback

Hello, Wizardman. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lotus (Christina Aguilera album)/archive1.
Message added 16:39, 21 February 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Any chance of some input here please?  — ₳aron 16:39, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

  • This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
  • Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
  • The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
  • An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Reasioning

Did you have a reason for this? Is there a time limit on how long an article is allowed to be on "review"? I was just about to ask the one commenter that wasent a reviewer, if he was willing to complete it. STATic message me! 03:46, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

An article can be under review indefinitely so long as the reviewer is actually reviewing the article. Unfortunately that was clearly not the case there, so better for a new reviewer to just start fresh so you can get a real one. Wizardman 03:51, 22 February 2014 (UTC)


Books & Bytes New Years Double Issue

Books & Bytes

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Happy New Year, and welcome to a special double issue of Books & Bytes. We've included a retrospective on the changes and progress TWL has seen over the last year, the results of the survey TWL participants completed in December, some of our plans for the future, a second interview with a Wiki Love Libraries coordinator, and more. Here's to 2014 being a year of expansion and innovation for TWL!

The Wikipedia Library completed the first 6 months of its Individual Engagement grant last week. Here's where we are and what we've done:

Increased access to sources: 1500 editors signed up for 3700 free accounts, individually worth over $500,000, with usage increases of 400-600%
Deep networking: Built relationships with Credo, HighBeam, Questia, JSTOR, Cochrane, LexisNexis, EBSCO, New York Times, and OCLC
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Broad outreach: Wrote a feature article for Library Journal's The Digital Shift; presenting at the American Library Association annual meeting
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Could you please help me?

Hello, Wizardman! Sorry to bother you. I've withdrawn from the review of Les Misérables (2012 film). I used the "db-self" template to delete the review page. But I could not restore the "start review". I'm starting to get worried about it. So if you don't mind, I'd like to seek your help in this. Could you please tell me the correct steps to follow while withdrawing from a review? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time, --Seabuckthorn ♥ 23:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Looks like I got beaten to it. For future note though, on the Talk page you'll want to remove the "onreview" note in the status section. That'll bring the template back to normal. Wizardman 01:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks --Seabuckthorn ♥ 23:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Tricky

First attempt creating an article on here proved harder than expected. The draft was deleted for copyright infringement but I thought work marked as draft wasn't moderated yet? I can only develop the article during quiet spells at work so need more time to get it together/submit docs than that. My account was also deleted apparently, which makes this even more of a pain in the backside. [01:26, 14 January 2014 Wizardman (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Erotic Trade Only (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement).]

WikiProject Articles for creation March 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Wizardman:

WikiProject AFC is holding a month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

A new version of our AfC helper script has been released! It includes many bug fixes, new improvements and features, code enhancements, and more. If you want to see a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks.
Posted by Northamerica1000 (talk) on 02:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

A. Chawla - Review

@Wizardman I have created A. Chawla article and you have deleted it, I don't know why but as seen comment on Article deletion review I don't think that that article is for promotional activity, it is a simple biography of A. Chawla as others, which have some good notable references and biggest company references. I am reading Wikipedia from so many years and I think you are reading and writing from more than my time. So just read again, it is your thinking how you take any article in a way. So I request you to kindly read article and revert it back as I have done many edits and I use to read Wikipedia rules. PradeepChowdhury (talk) 12:51, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 4

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 4, February 2014

News for February from your Wikipedia Library.

Donations drive: news on TWL's partnership efforts with publishers

Open Access: Feature from Ocaasi on the intersection of the library and the open access movement

American Library Association Midwinter Conference: TWL attended this year in Philadelphia

Royal Society Opens Access To Journals: The UK's venerable Royal Society will give the public (and Wikipedians) full access to two of their journal titles for two days on March 4th and 5th

Going Global: TWL starts work on pilot projects in other language Wikipedias

Read the full newsletter


MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

Hello! Everything's now cited and improved to your list. I'd love to be able to cite the musicians who offered to collaborate but unfortunately the article cited on that one doesn't list them. I've also sourced the nomination and deleted the other that I couldn't find, and moved them to the reception section. Thanks again! Thardin12 (talk) 17:23, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive

The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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