User talk:Gary/Archives/2009

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"And I was so looking forward to nominating myself, too! :P" Somebody out there is going to take you seriously, you know, and you are going to end up with an unwanted RfA nom ;). Unless you have changed your mind, that is... Dabomb87 (talk) 02:16, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

: Well, I'll just delete it—I mean, get an admin to delete it then. :D Gary King (talk) 02:29, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

:: And here it is. Interested to run? :P - Mailer Diablo 04:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

::: Nope, not really :) Gary King (talk) 05:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

::::What did I tell you? :D Dabomb87 (talk) 05:16, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

::::: LOL. Btw, happy new year to both of you! ;) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 05:33, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

::::::Same to you two! Dabomb87 (talk) 06:09, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

::::::: Thanks! Happy new years! Gary King (talk) 15:21, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

(outdent)Gary, there is a question for you on my talk page wrt XHTML, it is out of my league. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:46, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

:I am probably going to review one (or more) of your GANs later tonight, just a heads-up. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:42, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

::Done. I don't feel that I critiqued it as hard as I could have; I might come back with more—on a full stomach :) Dabomb87 (talk) 00:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

:::I went ahead and passed the article, if I see any other issues I can bring them up on the FAC. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

...Now passed. I'll leave it up to you to notify anyone else involved in the topics. You have three months - go! ;) rst20xx (talk) 17:24, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

:Alright, good idea, doing now! rst20xx (talk) 14:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

::lol! What the?!? That has NEVER happened before! :S Though you have to be amused by how it's made a list of the GTs, but says it can't find the FTC... because they're GTs! rst20xx (talk) 14:24, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering about two things regarding the article:

• As the article is essentially about the original game, it's pretty much assumed that the gameplay and plot sections refers to the NES version's gameplay. Therefore I believe "(NES version)" in the caption of the first two images in the body are unnecessary, while the image of the WSC version needs to state that it's from the WSC version.
• There are several parentheses throughout the plot section that confuse me. Example: "Lefeinish (Lufenian)". I think it refers to the original name, and to the name used in later versions in parenthesis, but I'm not sure. Anyway, if I'm correct, I think the parentheses can be removed, based on my first comment. This would also help trimming the plot section a little. A hidden note could also be added, telling the reader that the name's refer to the original game.

So, what do you think? The Prince (talk) 00:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

:I've removed the parentheses. Do you know how to add the Edit Notice, because I don't. The Prince (talk) 13:11, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

::Maybe something like: "This article is mainly about the original NES version of the game, and therefore only the original names of e.g. items, races, and locations should be used in the Gameplay and Plot sections. Other relevant information about later versions should be added in the Versions and re-releases section instead." The Prince (talk) 14:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

:::I see you've beat me to the punch. Thanks for taking care of it. The Prince (talk) 14:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

You can go ahead and close it. I'm trying to figure out the method and it's just frustrating me. The instructions for closing aren't making sense.--Remurmur (talk) 07:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gary. Earlier this morning, I was trying to implement sorted and unlinked dates into List of English football transfers winter 2008–09 with {{tl|dts}}. Unfortunately, I was informed that this was not possible due to template limits (the article also uses citation templates and {{tl|sortname}}). Is there any way to fix the dates without surpassing the template limits? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 16:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

:I am also having the same sorting problem; let me comment out twinkle and friendly on my monobook and try. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:06, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

:You are right, hm, have you talked to User:Azatoth and User:Ioeth about it? Dabomb87 (talk) 18:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

::It is definitely a Twinkle/Friendly problem; the sorting on Internet Explorer works fine; consequently, Twinkle and Friendly do not work at all on IE. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:12, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

:::I noticed another thing: For the past couple of weeks, the page tabs at the top were shortened by default ("discussion"-->"talk", "new section"-->"+"). When I removed those scripts, they reverted back to their full-out names, I wonder if this is also an associated problem. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert; how can you find the template limits anyway? Dabomb87 (talk) 18:17, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

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- Dravecky (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

25px Hello! {{#ifeq:yes|no|Your article {{#if:futureU|futureU }}was recently nominated at Did you know to be featured on the main page. The nomination has now been reviewed, and}}{{#ifeq:yes|yes|Your submission {{#if:futureU|of futureU{{#if:| and {{{extra}}}}}}} 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 {{#if:futureU|Template talk:DYK#futureU{{#if:{{#if:|Template talk:DYK#Articles created/expanded on {{{date}}}}}|your nomination's entry}} and respond there as soon as possible. {{#if:|
{{{2}}}|Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!}} {{#ifeq:no|yes|Dabomb87 (talk) 23:14, 4 January 2009 (UTC)}} Dabomb87 (talk) 23:14, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

:Check out your nom of François Charles Archile Jeanneret, too; it doesn't have an inline citation for every other word as per DYK criteria ;) Dabomb87 (talk) 23:15, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

:: Yep, resolved Gary King (talk) 17:03, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

right

Wow, I gotta say that I'm impressed with how quickly you improved this article. I swear I looked at it just recently and it was just an average article! Here you go. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 08:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

:Also, I'll try to find some sales information - I and others used to have access to full NPD figures, but I need to find a source if it may exist that mentions this. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 08:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

:: Alright; thanks for the barnstar! Gary King (talk) 17:03, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Depends on the article. For example, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will not have much more beyond two or three paragraphs in total once the new features are discussed and the gold and platinum editions mentioned. Then of course there is Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne or Brood War. For TLotR, I would put the expansion info as a seperate heading after Release (Expansion or similar); that's what I'm doing with Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, and I figure it's a good "coda" for the video game article. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 18:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hey there. We've had quite a bit of discussion about my featured topic idea since you last commented, but it seems to be fizzling out. Would you mind taking a another look at it? I'd like to reach some kind of consensus/conclusion rather than just letting the section die off. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 20:01, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I put you as co-nominator for All Hope Is Gone FA nominaton. REZTER ^TALK ø 14:25, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

We've talked but never really talked if you know what I mean. We've been more of acquaintances. I feel it is long over due and I see you almost everywhere. So, hi! How do you do? My name is William, and it is nice to meet you.--WillC 14:52, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

:Yeah, so what projects are you working on now? I'm guessing some type of video game probably.--WillC 14:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

::I'll take it into consideration. I've never expanded a video game article and been wondering how I'm going to expand TNA Impact! (video game) since I'll be the only one that will expand it. I'm not too familiar with the Metroid series. I always wanted to buy all the ones on Gamecube but never did. I did borrow 2: Prime from a friend and played it. It was one of the hardest games I've ever played. I believe I got 10% on it before I gave it back to him.--WillC 15:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

:That is one problem I'm probably going to have with Impact!. They had that thing in development hell for three or four years. From mid-04 to late 08. It was supposed to have been release early 08 but got pushed by twice. It isn't a very popular game, so no telling if I'll be able to fine sources. But that is a future project anyway. I have everything seen here to finish first. I see you have alot of Featured topics, how long did that take you?--WillC 15:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

:What is it called?--WillC 15:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

::Well it seems you like five from being done. The only one I've ever played on those is Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. How long will you think it will take you to finish all of them and nominate them for a topic?--WillC 15:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

:Yeah I understand. The GA and FA backlog are always long. It took the four I got to GA already probably a month and a half to pass. It took the first one I wrote Lockdown (2008) probably two months since I got it reviewed and then the nominator left so I had to wait for another review. I've had one on there now for a month and a half. Wondering when it will get reviewed. The FAC process takes almost as long. It took Lockdown three weeks its first time around and a month and a week its second. I'm glad the thing finally passed. My only advice for Samus is too read alot of other FA or GA character articles to get more ideas. I'm going through films and video games reception sections thinking of new ideas for wrestling PPV events receptions, it helps in the end.--WillC 15:53, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

::I'm guessing you are a Slipknot fan for having the All Hope is Gone album at FAC?--WillC 18:18, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

:How long have you been a fan of their's?--WillC 18:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

::Since almost the beginning then. I just recently became a fan in late 07 and 08. I couldn't stand listening to them before then. A friend of mine loved them but I just wasn't much into metal at the time.--WillC 18:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Gary, thanks for all your suggestions and patience with the GA review for High-level radioactive waste management. It was a pleasure to work with you and Dabomb and learn how some of these things are done. Maybe we'll have another opportunity on some other occasion. And thank you for the rating as well, of course. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 20:37, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I asked a few questions on the linked page. Anyway I am close to passing the article as a GA, and wish to consider your opinion if you think the article is GA quality. Crystal whacker (talk) 20:48, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I noticed you'd been putting a lot of work into this article recently to get it to GA standard (not to mention your FA work on the Prime series, which was awesome, and I thank you for). Unfortunately, I don't have any suitable development info for that or its prequel. What I wanted to talk to you about was the remakes section. I saw that you had marked two refs with the questionable source tag. I'm actually not arguing your actions; I just want to make sure you see the reasoning behind why we allowed that entire section and the two refs backing it to get into the article, which you probably wouldn't have seen since the discussion about it started at the Metroid II discussion page (in this convo) and then ended up moving to my own talk page (here). Whether those links continue to be considered reputable is up to whoever will look over the article for eventual FA status, I suppose, but I just want you to be aware of all angles so you won't be surprised by any results or know enough to argue your own opinion if and when the time comes. Though it's probably notable that there will never be more reliable refs we could possibly find for that section due to the legality of the subject matter and major sites not wanting to cover it, so I imagine if these refs get the axe, then the article will likely have to ditch all info on the remakes for good. Arrowned (talk) 09:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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13:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

The screenshot in Hit & Run and GTA3.png is from Vice City, and we need one from GTA 3. These are the best I could find:

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_image.asp/145/30

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_image.asp/145/49

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_image.asp/145/41

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_image.asp/145/9

http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_image.asp/145/19

http://ps2.ign.com/dor/objects/15548/grand-theft-auto-iii/images/gta3_54.html (I can remove the IGN logo)

—TheLeftorium 10:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

:Looks good. —TheLeftorium 18:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20090107}}

::*Newsletter delivery by xenobot 22:12, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I think its fine. In fact, I like it because it further underlines the difference between video games and the rest. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I noticed you [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions/Candlewicke&diff=262672378&oldid=262508487 edited] the format of my DYKs list. Do you know what is going on with it as they still haven't been counted? --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 03:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

:That's what I've been doing. But no one seems to have been able to tell me why they were taken off my score in the first place... --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 03:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

::So is it formatted properly now then? --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 03:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

:::Ah well, I suppose time will tell. Thanks for getting in touch anyway. Good luck! ;) --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 04:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Gary, would you like to do the honour of putting every citation in WALL-E into a template. Much appreciated. Alientraveller (talk) 20:24, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. I just read the dispatch on featured lists in Signpost. From that dispatch, you seem like a good person to approach for advice on this topic. I would really like to get the list of Tasmanian cricket captains to featured list status. Apart from the obvious need to actually have articles on all of the players on this list, are there any other areas to improve, or advice you can give to get this list to featured status? Robert Fleming (talk) 12:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

How do I withdraw? Do I just blank the FAC page? TJ Spyke 16:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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|} Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The template is coded to require the use of the B-class checklist for C- or B-class ratings. If the checklist isn't filled out the template shows it as Start-class, and categorizes it accordingly. I've done this for several reasons. According to Template:Grading scheme, in order for an article to be B-class, it needs to satisfy 6 criteria (Our requirement was developed earlier, and is for just the first 5). If any one of the five are "no", for example if it was not suitably referenced (#1), then at best it is a C-class article. If it only meets 2 or less (or none if the checklist isn't done) of the five then it is automatically assessed as start-Class. By using the checklist the article is placed in a number of maintenance categories. If you say "no" to criteria #1, it goes in :Category:Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation, #2 is :Category:Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy, etc. I've put instructions to this effect at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment and Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Project banner, but if more explicit warnings are required, I suppose I could add code to the template to have a warning pop up, how about "You have assessed this article as (C- or B)-Class. Until you complete the B-class Checklist, is will be assessed as Start-Class."

Overall I had hoped this system would enforce proper assessing of articles and the use of maintenance categories for better editing. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 18:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

: Thanks! Gary King (talk) 04:43, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 1 14px Featured articles
• 0 14px Featured lists
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 5 14px Featured pictures
• 0 14px Featured sounds

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• 0 14px Featured portals
• 0 14px Good topics
• 12 14px Good articles
• 23 14px Did you know? items
• 1 14px In the news items

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;Content leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium both have had 1 successful featured article nomination.
• 14px Featured lists
• No participants have had a successful featured list nomination.
• 14px Featured topics
• No participants have had a successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 4 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• No participants have had a successful featured sound nomination.
• 14px Featured portals
• No participants have had a successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• No participants have had a successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton both have had 3 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima has had 5 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer has had 1 successful "In the news" nomination.

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;From the Judges

This years WikiCup started off great! It's only the second full week of competition, and we already have a lot of content promoted. We have some very close pools, such as Pool A and J. We also have some pools who have not been very active yet, but hopefully that will start changing in the coming weeks.

Garden and iMatthew have also opened a new pool, the "Judge's Pool" where we are competing against each other and following the same rules as all of you. This pool however, will never have any effect on the actual competition, but you can still check back often to see how we are doing compared to yourself.

That's it for this newsletter edition, everyone. Any questions or comments are always welcome on the WikiCup talk page, or our user talk pages. Until next time, Garden. and iMatthew // talk // 13:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (138)
2. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (86)
3. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (67)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Yorkshire}} Sceptre (22)
2. {{flagicon|China}} Spittlespat (7)
3. {{flagicon|Devon}} Greatestrowerever, {{flagicon|Togo}} Malinaccier (6)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (60)
2. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (24)
3. {{flagicon|Oregon}} Steven Walling (9)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (27)
2. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (18)
3. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (11)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (69)
2. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (10)
3. {{flagicon|Turkey}} LOTRrules (4)

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1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (29)
2. {{flagicon|Vietnam}} RyanCross (21)
3. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17, {{flagicon|East Timor}} Howard the Duck (5)

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1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (46)
2. {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Skinny87 (16)
3. {{flagicon|New Jersey}} What!?Why?Who?, {{flagicon|Portugal}} Pedro_João, {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (2)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (133)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (41)
3. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (28)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (144)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (121)
3. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (15)

;Pool J

1. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (78)
2. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (67)
3. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (46)

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:Delivered by The Helpful One for Garden and iMatthew at 00:04, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

: Yay, thanks! Gary King (talk) 00:31, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Awesome job on the Metroid articles so far. Might I suggest adding information on the games' musical scores, which are notable in that soundtracks have been released and pieces have been played at the Game Music Concerts as well as remixed for later titles such as the Super Smash Bros. series. You could also add some merchandise info, especially to Super Metroid which had plenty available through Nintendo Power during its release in North America. It would be helpful to find some reliable sales info though; I'm wondering how many copies each of the games has sold considering their "Player's Choice: Million Seller" status. ~ Hibana 04:16, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

:I don't either, but some of it, as well as the ads for it, can be found [http://mdb.classicgaming.gamespy.com/?g=sm&p=packs here at the Metroid Database]. ~ Hibana 05:23, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

::I guess I could look for some scans online. ~ Hibana 16:48, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

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I don't know. The intro is the only part of Metroid Fusion that seems to need improvement. Gameplay and plot could use a bit more work, but I would wait for the GA feedback to change it before you removed it. But if you complain, alright, I'll edit it a bit more before re-nominating. Also, thanks for your contributions in that article, including doing something my laziness prevented (expanding Reception). igordebraga ≠ 18:24, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

This is a good book. Do you plan to add content to the sections? Bearian (talk) 20:59, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

:Well, yeah, weird, it's a bestseller. Do you have a link to any online or bestsllers' sales lists? Bearian (talk) 21:23, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

::Good job! Did you intend remove the less reliable sources, such as the Airline magazine? Bearian (talk) 15:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry...don't have time to do a full review at the moment. The main thing I was worried about was comprehensiveness (we're still not told anything more specific than "mid-1990s" for its origins in Autodesk...a brief search on LexisNexis returned some news articles on the launch of Picture This Home on January 15, 1997...it was apparently the first software to earn the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval...the articles also discussed Autodesk's vision for the product and its role in the marketplace). BuddingJournalist 09:31, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

:Wow, thanks for re-adding Lost. I am sorry that I opposed—I just could not support something (even if it did follow the rules) that was potentially my request's downfall and the reason given for my oppose was filler. I was surprised by some of the reasons for the other opposes, although some of them might have been made in favour of mine. Best of luck for your next TFA(R). Oh, and nice work topping WBFLN(08). –thedemonhog talk • edits 04:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

So, I'm kinda new to this whole video game article writing business, but from what I've gathered, it looks like you're the king (pun completely intended). I was hoping to bring Star Wars: Rogue Squadron to FAC sometime soon, but I don't want to look foolish when I do. Would you be able to simply take a quick look at the article and tell me if you feel like there are any glaring errors that I could fix? I'd really appreciate it! --Torsodog^Talk 20:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

What have you been writing, Gary? Are you an admin yet? :) --Laser brain (talk) 02:29, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

: Gah, you dare write a business FA? You have some balls. I wrote one once and had it featured on the main page - all day I had to face charges that I was some kind of company operative on Wikipedia to promote the business. --Laser brain (talk) 03:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

:: Wow, nice work. Well, now I'm motivated to get busy on some writing myself. --Laser brain (talk) 04:50, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

::: Sure thing. I can probably get to it tonight. --Laser brain (talk) 21:05, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

My mistake. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 00:55, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

At least the gameplay screenshot is more informative, since it shows how the game changed since its earlier incarnation. See: Halo: Combat Evolved#Development for something similar.--_ZXCVBNM 01:59, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

:It's still informative, and it's just a minor screenshot, I don't see how it could do any harm to Wikipedia or Nintendo to use a single picture from an old game version.--_ZXCVBNM 02:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

::But Halo: Combat Evolved became a featured article, even with that picture in it...--_ZXCVBNM 02:12, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I am reviewing your article, Metroid Prime Pinball for GA and have left a few comments at Talk:Metroid Prime Pinball. I am too tired to complete it now, but I will finish it tomorrow. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 03:38, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

[http://www.powerweb.nl/headlines/Interview_met_Samus,_Naomi,_Tira,_Bastila,_enz.aspx?id=359 Might be of use. The bit is right at the beginning]. Recalled similar character articles quote what their voice actors think about the character/approach the work so it might be of use. Also oddly she's not mentioned at all in Samus's article, just the 2008 voice actor.

Hope that helps.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 10:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

:I don't know to be honest, I've never played them. Though from what's there she clearly says she does. Hale's wikipedia article also credits her as speaking in all three games.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 16:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I've asked about that before and didn't receive an answer as to what it meant. I was shown that the current format was alright and it seemed to match the pages of others. As well as this they were counted on previous occasions. All of the DYKs were nominated this year if that's what you mean (I'm not sure if that's what you were asking?). In fact half of them are currently on the Main Page, another quarter were on earlier today and as I'm the creator and main contributor to them all I would be the most likely nominator too. Other than that I'm not entirely sure what you mean but I hope it helps. :) --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 03:54, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

:Oh right. Yeah. I asked about that somewhere too. Especially since #2 was actually put onto the page by someone in my absence. So #1 doesn't count? Sorry about that, I may have misunderstood you - I thought you were questioning my honesty and how I have had so many DYKs suddenly appear on the page in the past few hours. --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 04:14, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

::How will I recover all of those now? I'd thought I was doing it right. --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 04:16, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

:::Not especially, no. There was a backlog of some sort and I've a load being rushed through now. --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 04:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

::::I'm just after finding a load of links but now there's an edit conflict on my page in another window for some reason. 'Tis very tiresome. Yet if I ignore I'll probably do more damage. --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 04:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

:::::But I shouldn't be losing points? The ones that I've added far outweigh two in number... --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _{{{#if:||# :)}}} 04:47, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to ask your opinion. Did you see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A78.34.145.54&diff=264388849&oldid=264387865 this reply?] Do you think evading an indefinite block is a valid reason to post from an anonymous IP?

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 20:06, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for adding the access dates to Port of Albany-Rensselaer's citations. I had thought all of them had access dates and didnt know that was what was lacking. I will go ahead and look to see if more citations do not have the access dates. Thank you again for help! I hope someday I can repay the good deed.Camelbinky (talk) 21:18, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

:I figured out that I had access dates on the cite webs, but they weren't showing up on the references section due to a space being between access and date instead of it being spelled accessdate. Should I go ahead and remove your accessdate's and fix the original access dates? Or should I just edit out the old access dates? Or should I just leave it?Camelbinky (talk) 21:07, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you again for fixing another mistake of mine! I now owe you twice!Camelbinky (talk) 22:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I'll get it sometime next week. —TheLeftorium 16:24, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

I have reviewed your article for GA and placed it on hold. The comments are at Talk:Outliers (book)/GA1. The aricle is very thorough. Aside from a few picky prose issues, my main complaint is that it seems somewhat long and repetitious, with too many quotes and examples that do not add more information. (And the enigmatic behavior of J. Robert Oppenheimer was left hanging - he tried to poison his tutor but was able to "compromise"!) Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 19:32, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

I noticed that you changed the dashes in the titles of all the Pokémon lists from - to –. Could you explain why you did this? Unlike the simple -, the %E2%80%93 kind of dash is not on my keyboard. Moreover, your actions created about 500 double redirects, as there are about 500 Pokémon, and their names redirect to their entries in the lists (a few examples: Spearow, Fearow, Ekans, Arbok). Cheers, theFace 21:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

:Ok. I didn't knew about WP:DASH, and I didn't thought about the bots. Thanks for the quick response. - theFace 21:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King has had 2 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 1 successful featured list nomination.
• 14px Featured topics
• No participants have had a successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 8 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday, {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X!, and {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova have all had 1 successful featured sound nomination.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06
• 14px Good topics
• No participants have had a successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 4 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 21 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer has had 4 successful "In the news" nomination.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are:

• LW = Last Week's score, TW = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

Wow, you guys are racking up the DYK's fast! Good articles are also coming in quite quickly, and we also have a few new Featured articles. This is coming along great so far; we're glad to see almost everyone working on something.

Also, Thehelpfulone is our newest judge. He will, starting Monday, be helping maintain the WikiCup and help us ensure all runs smoothly. It's hard to gain consensus between two editors, so I guess "majority rules" (with three people) will start to apply while we make our decision. :-P

Keep it up! Garden., iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One 13:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 4 14px Featured articles
• 1 14px Featured lists
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 12 14px Featured pictures
• 3 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portals
• 0 14px Good topics
• 24 14px Good articles
• 58 14px Did you know? items
• 4 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan, {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (191)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (127)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (112)
2. {{flagicon|Yorkshire}} Sceptre (34)
3. {{flagicon|China}} Spittlespat (9)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (182)
2. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (72)
3. {{flagicon|Oregon}} Steven Walling (16)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (79)
2. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (29)
3. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (25)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (91)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (69)
3. {{flagicon|Hungary}} Straight Edge PXK (6)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (55)
2. {{flagicon|Vietnam}} RyanCross (31)
3. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (24)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (104)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (34)
3. {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Skinny87 (17)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (230)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (64)
3. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (28)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (319)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (196)
3. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (65)

;Pool J

1. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (101)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (97)
3. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (81)

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}}{{#if:|, and {{{6}}}}}, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

|} Dravecky (talk) 07:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing the changes I made to the Half-Life (Series) article. I just joined the Valve WikiProject and I am attempting to upgrade the article to a "Good" status. I will finish the plot summary to include the events of Episodes 1&2 in the future. I know my grammar skills aren't the greatest in the world so thanks again!

Seankieran (talk) 01:16, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

:Wikipedia:Peer review/Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock/archive3—left some comments. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:06, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

::Also, are you sure that Outliers belongs in the Culture and society subcategory at GAN? Seems to me that Literature would be a better fit. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

::: Oh well, doesn't matter now. Gary King (talk) 03:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

::::That was my line of thinking as well; otherwise, I would have moved it. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

:::::Second batch of comments done. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:01, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm currently updating the page to include Episode 1,2,3 information. As soon as I'm done I will add the upcoming video game template at the beginning of the section since episode 3 has yet to be released. Before I add the few plot details that have been revealed, I will find a source to credit the information.

I saw your comment on that page about merging all of the episodes into one paragraph and if you would like to do that, it is fine with me. However I believe that there is too much information in those 3 episodes to merge their plots. Tell me what you think!

Seankieran (talk) 22:08, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

: Ok. I'll attempt to refine it after I'm done, I'm currently on Episode 2.

Seankieran (talk) 22:16, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

[http://en.wikichecker.com/user/?t=Gary%20King Stumbled across this fun widget...] --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 02:28, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I've moved the info to this location and made your script a gadget. Good work. Oren0 (talk) 04:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

:Yes, very useful - one of those tools that really helps make the interface more user-friendly. Thanks for developing it. FYI, I have modified the "Preferences" message a bit for clarity and posted the new version. Cheers. --Ckatz^chat_spy 05:12, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

}}{{#if:|{{#if:|, |, and}} {{{5}}}

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I'm not done with it. I've only listened to about 5 minutes of the DVD commentary. I'm extremely busy with homework at the moment, but I'll try to get it done this weekend. —TheLeftorium 15:29, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Well it's almost finished, I just got stuck as to articles to link to for the Royalist Revolts, and then got distracted. So if you have any suggestions... Apart from that it's finished, I think. It was a bit of a solo endeavour, so I feel that as more people see it, it may need some tweaking... Glad to hear you liked it, thanks!Hrcolyer (talk) 15:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

: Thanks! Gary King (talk) 17:31, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

::If you keep this up and give me this competition, I might have to take you out of the picture... permanently. :P --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 18:53, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

You, me, and others have been working on this article and the various fixes recommended. Do you think it's good enough for me to nominate again or are there other things you think should be done? TJ Spyke 02:28, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

:I have placed a request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests to see if someone there would be willing to help. TJ Spyke 05:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey there! I just wanted to thank you again for some previous assistance you provided me. You helped me with the List of awards and nominations received by Rufus Wainwright, which reached FL status, and I have done the same with List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple (which is currently a FL candidate). I am also working on a similar awards list for Amy Winehouse. Just wanted to let you know your help has paid off with more than just the one article. Best wishes! -Whataworld06 (talk) 21:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I suppose you're right there... a drop in points for some users for some brackets would perhaps be fair - obviously voluntarily - to encourage competition. Trust me, I know how it feels when a couple of people are pushing out too far to catch and it's not great, I just don't know whether the bot is smart enough to do that. I'll give ST47 a nudge on IRC or ask him about it. Garden. 22:56, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I finished the PR comments. What else is left before FAC? Dabomb87 (talk) 03:24, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 2 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 1 successful featured list nomination.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 1 successful featured topic nomination, containing 6 articles.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 12 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 2 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• No participants have had a successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 5 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 24 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer has had 6 successful "In the news" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are:

• LW = Last Week's score, TW = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

The content is continuing to pile in, it's great! Nothing significant this issue, but we currently have a straw poll going on regarding the point values of featured pictures, sounds, and lists. Garden., iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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• 6 14px Featured articles
• 2 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topics
• 18 14px Featured pictures
• 4 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portals
• 0 14px Good topics
• 31 14px Good articles
• 86 14px Did you know? items
• 10 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)
2. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (215)
3. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (150)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (189)
2. {{flagicon|Yorkshire}} Sceptre (35)
3. {{flagicon|China}} Spittlespat (10)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (250)
2. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (146)
3. {{flagicon|Oregon}} Steven Walling (29)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (89)
2. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (37)
3. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (31)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (140)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (105)
3. {{flagicon|Hungary}} Straight Edge PXK (9)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (101)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (40)
3. {{flagicon|Vietnam}} RyanCross (32)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (107)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (67)
3. {{flagicon|Germany}} jj137 (50)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (355)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (71)
3. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (28)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (462)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (264)
3. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (88)

;Pool J

1. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (135)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (134)
3. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (116)

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I just wanted to say thanks for your comments so far on the Age of Empires FAC page. I really hope these issues will clear up soon, so that it will become featured. I'll probably have more luck with this article than The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But thanks again. --EclipseSSD (talk) 18:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gary. I see you do a lot of GA reviews, and I'm much newer to the process. I have a GA review open at vanadium. It's a great article, but there are four "citation needed" tags, and as I wrote there, "There are other places where I could arbitrarily put tags if I were in a contrarian mood." Could you take a look and see if it's good enough anyway or if it should be put "on hold" or failed? Thanks for whatever help you can offer. Crystal whacker (talk) 19:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi there, I noticed (here) that on AM dates the time has a 0 before it. ie Today, 04:27 am (UTC-5); but PM dates don't have the leading 0. Also, instead of a hyphen, it is a hyphen right?, the script should use a minus (− / −) Thanks, §hep • ^Talk 20:13, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks. §hep • ^Talk 20:46, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

File:Metroid series design.png

You mean an actual icon for use on a FT, or photoshopping a nonfree logo? --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 23:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

:Coming up with a nonfree will be hard, but this can tide you over. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 23:32, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

::I don't think so. We want to avoid misrepresenting the work—and throwing up a different typography is doing that. On the other hand, if we create a version too close to the original, it's derivative and thus needs a FUR (like :File:Aoe fuchs.png). --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 01:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure you "watch" the template talk page, but in case not I wanted to let you know of several other music awards you could list on the template: the GLAAD Media Awards, MOJO Awards, Helpmann Awards, and Genie Awards. All of these have music categories and could be used on musicians' awards pages (see this example). Hope this helps! - Whataworld06 (talk) 03:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

This should jumpstart the nomination. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:54, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Gary, please hold your noms to one at a time until the page drops below ... about the mid-40s. Thanks, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey Gary, school has forced me to take a wikibreak. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to watch my userpage while I'm away. If you can, I will be appreciative beyond words. Thanks. —ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² 03:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Crystal whacker, hiGary King; I tried to get the points you mentioned, the ref 50 and the open cite needed tags, do you think that re submitting it will make it a GA or are there other things in the article? I was on a business trip last week and was not able to do a lot on the article and feel sorry that it did not become a GAN.--Stone (talk) 06:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gary, I notice you have got a TV episode article currently at FAC. As someone with quite alot of experience at FAC I was wondering if you could comment at a peer review about what might need to be done to get "Premiere" to an FA standard. Many thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 19:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I know that you've been a major editor at the Metroid articles, passing Corruption (more, I'm sure) through FAC. I've just taken the initiative and nominated the Prime trilogy simply because it fits the criteria. I thought you should be notified since you are a main contributor.

Happy editing! --haha169 (talk) 05:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I did a little of both (involving H-L storyline) I haven't played the first one in a while and I had to look at different locations in order to write it correctly, but I just recently replayed Half Life 2 plus the episodes.

Seankieran (talk) 23:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I saw this on Wikipedia:Gadgets and immediately gave it a try. I thought you might be interested in a quick review.

• Why change the formatting of dates by default? IMHO best just provide a class for dates and let users decide on formatting themselves.

• I find it remarkably useful to have it written clearly when a post made was today, yesterday or in the last week. But finding out that X edit was made 5 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours and 37 minutes ago seems a bit trivial. Wouldn't it be better to leave anything from last week intact other than changing the time zone?

(You might as well respond here or else I'll lost track of he conversation.) — Blue-Haired Lawyer 19:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

: I agree that the default format of YMD might not be a good idea considering that Wikipedia uses DMY by default, so I have changed the script to use DMY by default. However, users can already change the date's format. Check WP:LOCO#Settings. Also, trivial, perhaps, but I still appreciate seeing the date relative to today, knowing that it was a few months or years ago. Gary King (talk) 20:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

:: Cheers for the quick response, but I meant the font size. The ambiguity only strikes me now! — Blue-Haired Lawyer 20:14, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::: Okay, I removed the 90% font size and instead wrapped the timestamps in a localcomments class. I suppose it can be a big change for people new to the script to see all timestamps in small font (I am used to it as I've been using the script for about a year). I'd like to also point out that the script doesn't say "5 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours and 37 minutes ago" like you said; it only gives the date in years, months, and days ago :) Gary King (talk) 20:18, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::::Is there a way to get the smaller size back? Having gotten used to it, I now find it much better as it is easier to find the date stamps. (It also makes it easier to find the end of comments as well.) --Ckatz^chat_spy 22:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::::: I agree, I like the smaller font too. But ultimately, I decided to make the normal font size the default as newbies to the script will be most used to that. However, yes, you can make it smaller again by following the instructions at WP:LOCO#Settings, and instead of font-size: 100%, set it to font-size: 90% and you're all set. Gary King (talk) 22:19, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::::::Thanks for the quick reply; I've added the .css configuration and it works well. You've done a nice job with this script - thanks again. --Ckatz^chat_spy 23:05, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

← On second thoughts if you're keeping the long date format, I guess having a small font size makes sense. Anyway, acting on my own preference and just to see if I could do it I've written my own script here. Just thought you might be curious. — Blue-Haired Lawyer 20:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

:I've noticed a new issue. here, I see 16:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC) in the edit box and 11:50 am, January 3, 2009, Friday (29 days ago) (UTC−5) in the main window, for some reason it thinks January 31 is January 3. Thanks, §hep • ^Talk 01:42, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

:: Thanks, I'm already on it at Wikipedia talk:Comments in Local Time. Gary King (talk) 01:44, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

::: Sorry, I forgot about that page. *goes to watchlist it* §hep • ^Talk 01:45, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I know it's minor, but as you do a load of very helpful GA reviewing, I thought I'd point out that you can't really put "move refs to after punctuation" in a GA review, because MoS says consistency is needed, but either usage (before or after) is fine. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 20:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

See if anything else is needed in the lead (and all of the article, in fact). igordebraga ≠ 20:34, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Gary, my friend, when you nominated this a few days ago, Sandy removed it with a note about limiting to 1 FAC at a time while FAC is backlogged. The backlog has lessened, but you know we have a rule concerning multiple concurrent FACs. I'm baffled why you would re-renominate a 3rd FAC when neither of your first 2 has gained significant support. Am I missing a piece of the puzzle here? Maralia (talk) 05:18, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

: Gary, until we get more reviewers or the backlog is decreased, we need to stick to one nom at a time; you have three on the page now. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

:: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gary_King&diff=266673364&oldid=266662621 It's well below the "mid-40s" range though]. Gary King (talk) 16:20, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Fixed what you pointed out, at least what you have pointed out thus far anyway. Kicker in all this is Guyinblack actually had suggested I hit you or David Fuchs up for a copyedit prior to going for FAC. Went to Dave and I think he ignored the request. :\--Kung Fu Man (talk) 17:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not really sure this is the best way to go about improving the article (adding an empty section in hopes someone will come along and fill it in)... –xeno (talk) 21:54, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

: Well, one of my goals is to standardize the sections for all video game articles. And, on the contrary, I think that adding empty sections with expand templates do work. I've seen it work in articles that I've worked on, especially for Plot sections, because people really enjoy writing those. Gary King (talk) 21:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

:: Maybe for a new or upcoming game , but I doubt someone is going to come along and fill in those empty sections for the Leisure Suit Larrys, for example. Perhaps go forward with this in mind... –xeno (talk) 21:58, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

::: I don't think so. I've had particular luck with books that are about a hundred years old; I put an empty Plot section with an expand template, and in a day or two someone has written the section. Gary King (talk) 22:00, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Since when does removing templates requesting that references be found and added, qualify as an article "cleanup"? Could you please provide a more accurate summary of your edits.

Also why would you remove an Unreferencedsect template from the Cossacks: European Wars article? I can't work out why your removed the Expand-section template from the same article either. - Shiftchange (talk) 22:14, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

: The expand template was removed because it isn't clear what needs to be expanded. I suggest using the expand template in an empty section to make it clear that there is a request for that section to be written. If we were to place an expand template in a section that already has text, then nearly every article's sections would have expand templates. Same with the refimprove; the article already is already more well referenced than the grand majority of articles. Gary King (talk) 22:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

:: Anyways, ultimately it is a matter of personal preference of when and where to use maintenance templates. If you feel that some or all of them should be re-added, please feel free to do so. When I edited that article, I was going through other articles and re-organizing them, which was my primary focus. Gary King (talk) 22:31, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

:::Off on a tangent, I think I'm going to review one of your GANs tomorrow. I will try to look at content more so that the articles don't get battered at FAC for lack of research and such. Any preference on which to look at? Dabomb87 (talk) 03:51, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

::::Re development, I was just going to say something along those lines. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) Well [http://www.gametrailers.com/game/692.html here], there are bunch of videos about gameplay and [http://www.gamespot.com/ds/driving/mariokartds/videos.html here] I see at least one developer interview. I'm not sure if these are usable. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

And [http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200511/N05.1107.1859.00820.htm this might be helpful]. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:19, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

:Lastly (for now), [http://www.mahalo.com/Mario_Kart_DS http://www.mahalo.com/Mario_Kart_DS] has a list of links to all sorts of potentially useful things. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

::I thought as much. Oh well, glad to be of some help. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, despite the swift closing of your earlier AfD, it's back. There may be no copyright issues, but a heavy odor of self-promotion and, dare I say it, spam still hangs over a set of articles by "Wrongobject". -- Hoary (talk) 01:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

: Okay thanks for letting me know. Gary King (talk) 03:04, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I've notified others about this: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Musicians&diff=prev&oldid=268160518 here] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bondegezou&diff=prev&oldid=268161480 here]. -- Hoary (talk) 04:30, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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::*Newsletter delivery by xenobot 00:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

The article passed its GA review. Good work. Tezkag72^{私にどなる}_{私のはかい} 14:25, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

:Well, so much for that :) Dabomb87 (talk) 14:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

::Ehh, you did. I think I made a couple minor changes, but overall it deserved what it got. I'm working on an article of my own right now, and maybe it'll be you who reviews it. Tezkag72^{私にどなる}_{私のはかい} 01:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

:::I don't know if you misunderstand me or not. I was going to review (and probably pass) that article, but you beat me to the punch! :) Dabomb87 (talk) 02:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I could really use some help from an experienced FAC guy with Sam & Max: Freelance Police. The FAC has pretty much reaffirmed for me what I already believed: I suck at criteria 1. Could you run over it and give it a thorough copyedit for me, so its got more chance of meeting the "brilliant prose" requirement? I'd greatly appreciate your help in this. -- Sabre (talk) 21:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks Gary, much appreciated! Hopefully that will bring it at least a little closer to satisfying the FAC reviewers. Remind me to get back to working on that HL series article sometime in the near future! -- Sabre (talk) 23:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hi you left me a msg about a DYK article i nominated, i think it was removed, sorry but i couldn't replay sooner Maen. K. A. (talk) 22:41, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Since you have some music FL experience, can you take a look at one FLC I'm currently into? igordebraga ≠ 23:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

:Also, when you have the time, Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Toronto Raptors head coaches/archive2 needs an audit for quality. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:31, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

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hi thank you for reviewing my nomination, about Atorvastatin, first of all i worked allot on the article creating most of its sections, you can check that [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atorvastatin&diff=269164733&oldid=268593022 here] and adding about 90% of its citation, and second, about the citiation of pharmacokinetics the to citiation that are included, can verify all the information in the section, again thank you for your time, and please give me more advise as am working on the article at this time

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Gary, I wish to thank you for reviewing Wineville Chicken Coop Murders and assessing it no longer requires copy edits. I appreciate someone with your writing credentials making this assessment. I am currently reviewing the recently published information in the LA Times, Daily Mirror, related to the case in order to determine what would be appropriate to incorporate into the article.

Sincerely, --Dan Dassow (talk) 01:34, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, hope you have been well! If you were not aware, WikiProject Films has an ongoing questionnaire to help shape the future of the WikiProject. Since you've been involved in editing film articles, I was wondering if you could take the time to complete the questionnaire. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated! —Erik (talk • contrib) 17:54, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thank you very much for your feedback (and your clean-up)! —Erik (talk • contrib) 21:09, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

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;Content leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King has had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge have both had 2 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 1 successful featured topic nomination, containing 7 articles.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 24 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 5 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• No participants have had a successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 20 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 36 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 11 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

We're still going strong. Couple of things though; please note that you must make it known you are in the WikiCup when nominating FAs, FLs, FPos, FPs, and FSs. This is to lower the possibility of bias. We're also changing the way you get to the next round. Now, the top two from each round get through, along with ten wildcards. This means that even if you're not in the top two you can still get into Round 2, so even if you're in the group of death you can still go through. Hopefully this will be fairer for all. We've also unfortunately had our first withdrawal - {{flagicon|El Salvador}} Truco has left the Cup. Best wishes for him in the future. Garden., iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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• 8 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 32 14px Featured pictures
• 8 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 69 14px Good articles
• 148 14px Did you know? items
• 17 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (452)
2. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (233)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (61)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (400)
2. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (249)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (148)
2. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (63)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (233)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (210)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (202)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (148)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (142)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (134)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (491)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (95)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (887)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (458)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (671)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (291)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (250)
2. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (181)
3. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (177)
4. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (169)
5. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (100)
6. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (95)
7. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (77)
8. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (67)
9. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (65)

         10.   {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (57)

         10.   {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Skinny87 (57)

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:20:32, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Delivered by J Milburn, on behalf of the judges. 20:32, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see that you just created the preload. Good work :) Dabomb87 (talk) 16:56, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

:Just a reminder, when you add the tools to existing FLCs, you have to put them in noinclude tags. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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|} Gatoclass 23:16, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

With Brain Age 2, are you referencing the press releases for its NPD sales? If so, that may be an idea on how to reference some sales information. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 20:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

: Yeah Gary King (talk) 21:14, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the help to get it GA status. --Stone (talk)

: 01:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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: Yay thanks :) Gary King (talk) 20:00, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, but I don't think the name is supposed to have spaces, at least nowadays. It's written without spaces in every instance I've seen of it in DDR X; the box, the game, the promotional material, etc. Elm-39 - T/C 13:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

:How about I just make a mention about it, such as "Dance Dance Revolution, stylized DanceDanceRevolution..."? I've seen other articles do this. Elm-39 - T/C 17:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I've actually got to thank you, for some reason your explanation of the terms actually sunk in. I've always thought that "Plot" should be the main header for a game's story section, and "Synopsis" is the summary of the story itself. Hard to believe it took this long to make things click; maybe you just said it in a way that made sense. Anyway, sorry for any inconvenience, I just thought that a synopsis could be summary of potentially anything (synopsis of the plot, of the story, of the day's events, etc.), and a plot section is what encompassed both the characters and the story. Thanks again for somehow cracking enlightenment through my somewhat thick skull, this was actually a bright point in my day. -- Commdor {Talk} 20:31, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

:Yep, I can't believe the popularity either, but it will probably shift over to Modern Warfare 2 once that's out (something to worry about down the line, but depending on if I can get another article I'm working on to FA, I may not be editing as much by then). I tried trimming a little off the plot yesterday, but I've been editing the article so long I guess lost objectivity. I don't think I've seen you edit around there for a while, and it appears you had the fresh perspective needed to make real cuts. In any case I'll continue to keep my eye on the article, so things shouldn't get too out of hand too quickly. Thanks for understanding about the plot thing, it just takes eureka moments for me to change my views on anything nowadays. -- Commdor {Talk} 20:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the DYK idea, went ahead and added one. The hook I made seems a bit dry, but I've never contributed to DYK before so I'm not acquainted with the content standards; i.e. if a hook is supposed to be about the topic as a whole (which is how I made mine), or just an interesting factoid from the article. Should be fine, though. -- Commdor {Talk} 20:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

:Should be fixed, the hook is mentioned (and now cited) in the intro and explained in more detail in the development section. If it's a problem that multiple sources relate the info in the hook, then there's my second choice to mention the Resident Evil 5 voice actor's working with the game. -- Commdor {Talk} 21:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that was fast. While you are at it, you may want to make the merger/acquisition lists consistent too. Dabomb87 (talk) 05:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

: They're pretty much consistent already. Some of them don't have mergers so they don't have "mergers" in their name. Gary King (talk) 06:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

::Ah. For some reason I thought that there were lists titled "List of X mergers". It seems there isn't, so it is fine. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It looks like your tour page is a little bit different from mine, so feel free to use whatever criteria you deem worthy. I tended to include all NIN tours (ie more than once event), but skipped one-off performances (like an MTV VMA performance or something like that). Since I guess multiple dates/locations defines a "tour". Hope that helps. Drewcifer (talk) 01:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi! I just passed the GA review of Metroid: Zero Mission and thought you'd want to know. Good work! -Drilnoth (talk) 03:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I hope you're happy that I accepted it with pirate-speak (I do hope a little humour can be gotten away with at these things). Though I can't quite understand the connection between Limeys and pirates. We mostly gave it up after Drake. -- Sabre (talk) 20:08, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks for reminding me, forgot to do that bit! -- Sabre (talk) 20:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Is S@bre's RfA enough evidence that you would pass by a landslide? You two share a lot of the same characteristics -- superb content contributions, cool head, no major civility issues or other disputes -- and you have the benefit of not attracting the "OMG deletionist!" !votes that occasionally turn up as well as having a staggering amount of content contributions that would blow away the RfA regulars. In any case, please run? If not for yourself, run for my peace of mind so I don't have to start this discussion every few months or so ;-) — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 11:06, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

: Actually, I'm having Sabre run so that my minion of administrators slowly grows. Eventually, everyone I know will be an administrator and there will be no more need for myself to run. The plan is coming together very nicely, very nicely indeed... Gary King (talk) 20:10, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

:: Personally, I think Gary is scared, although he might have good reason... Dabomb87 (talk) 21:14, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

::: Well, it's not like there's a time limit, anyways. I'll at least need Dabomb to run for RfA before I even think about doing it! Gary King (talk) 21:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I was trying to get the bot to move 50K of text to the next archive, to make that one smaller. I dunno if it would work but it was worth a go.  GARDEN  14:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

: I don't think I could get 50K exactly. Ah well... :P  GARDEN  20:16, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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I was just reading through your unbelievable credentials of GAs and FAs and noticed that you repeated Modern Warfare in both the GA list and FA list. I don't know if that's intentional or not, but thought you might want to know. Jolly Ω Janner 22:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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;Content leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 3 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 31 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 5 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium and {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King have had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 22 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 37 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 16 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

There's not really much to say this week, everyone is still doing well. There was a discussion on shortening the length of round one, but the idea is dead in the water. Thanks for contributing!  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

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{{Col-2}}

• 13 14px Featured articles
• 10 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 42 14px Featured pictures
• 8 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 1 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 78 14px Good articles
• 177 14px Did you know? items
• 23 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (673)
2. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (308)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (62)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (483)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (451)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (210)
2. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (97)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (262)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (210)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (275)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (161)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (144)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (136)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (559)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (100)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1135)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (656)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (777)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (371)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (325)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (215)
3. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (203)
4. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (202)
5. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (110)
6. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (93)
7. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (82)
8. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (74)
9. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (72)
10. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (72)

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What do you think it´s needed before trying GA nomination? (I could also ask about Metroid Fusion, but considering you decided to keep a short paragraph in the lead, you´re probably still thinking on what to improve) igordebraga ≠ 03:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I must restart visiting the GAN... and what else do you want in Fusion? igordebraga ≠ 14:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Related note: please, don't withdraw this. You can add some comments, or even your name as co-nominator, I'm willing to accept it. igordebraga ≠ 23:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I found this while looking for SMB theme info, where Kondo discusses how New SMB's enemies react to the music. Hope it helps out at all: [http://wwww.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157844] - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

:And while I'm here, would this constitute free use? [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/414216601_b8a883c042.jpg?v=0] - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:57, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up List of Numb3rs episodes and its associated pages. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 16:31, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I didn't know I had to do that. But I wil in the future.

:P.S: I hope you and Igordebraga will do well with the Metroid titles. GamerPro64 (talk) 21:58, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... I wonder why you would want to work on a film article... --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:01, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

:Lol, I meant to link to WP:WBFTN, I know this is a coldhearted attempt to get another star! You should go back to lists where I don't have a chance! :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

::Unfortunately our library has jack in the way of film databases... you can browse a list of what we have [http://www.library.vcu.edu/ here]. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:30, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

:::I'll discuss on the PR when I get the chance. I've got an art project I have to finish first. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:38, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I've reviewed your GAN for Bart the Mother; there's really only one suggestion I have, so I think this should be ready for GA status very soon. (I'm also interested in some of your video game noms, I may read those soon too.) Nice work! --Hunter Kahn (talk) 22:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

The stuff regarding Best has already been added. As for All Singing, All Dancing, I'm not sure if there is anything of use, I ust know they talk about it. I would listen to it for you, but I don't have my DVDs at the moment. Sorry. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 22:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

{{talkback|Rst20xx}}

Hi, Gary. What's your opinion about the the issues I raised at Talk:Mac OS X/GA2? I thought it said too much about components of the system (which were mostly just names, not very well explained from the point of view of non-techies) and too little about what's important to users, and was too reliant on sources close to or commited to Appe. --Philcha (talk) 12:33, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article WarioWare: Smooth Moves you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 20px This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Vantine84 (talk) 07:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

}}{{#if:|{{#if:|, |, and}} {{{5}}}

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The userbox {{tl|User Good Articles reviewed}} has been updated so that it can now link to a page in your user subspace where you keep track of all your GA reviews, if you have such a page. This can be done by adding a | and then the name of your user subpage (or subsection of your regular user page) wherever you have the template called. For example, on my user page I am using

{{User Good Articles reviewed|6|User:Rjanag/GA reviews}}

There is more information on how to do this at Template:User Good Articles reviewed.

Note: If you are not interested in doing this, you don't have to do anything; the template will still work for you exactly as it does now.

Best, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 17:50, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Gary, remember to scroll to the bottom of the page to check for the red articlehistory error category after updating the ah. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nintendo_64&diff=271915433&oldid=271910041] Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I reverted him once, and if he adds the info again, then feel free to take him to ANI. I will tread carefully—with the Arb case going, I don't want to come close to 3RR or edit warring. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:"A few times" seems below average to me ;) Dabomb87 (talk) 02:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

::I think the situation is under control now. Call me if you need any more fires to be doused :) Dabomb87 (talk) 02:54, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:::I'll keep tabs. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

::::I caught that, that was his 3rd revert though. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:::::I know, it was just a heads-up. ANI may be a bit premature, an uninvolved admin might be better first. Your call. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:20, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) On the other hand, he is making you out to be some kind of Stalin [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AIifacts&diff=271988577&oldid=271987807]... Dabomb87 (talk) 03:22, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:I have an idea, but it may take some patience from you. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:26, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

::Trust me, that doesn't work ;) Dabomb87 (talk) 03:28, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:::See here. The admins there tend to be a bit more rational (IMO), and it is less hectic than ANI. It is also a good potential test case. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

::::Gosh, and you went to all that trouble... Dabomb87 (talk) 13:10, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:::::Ironically, I think my calling you an "experienced editor" make things worse. Hmm... Dabomb87 (talk) 13:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

As a member of the metal WikiProject I noticed the help you have given to getting some of our pages, such as List of awards and nominations received by Metallica, toward FA status. We really appreciate your help. As an experienced Wikipedian, would you mind commenting on several articles (Cannibal Corpse, Origin (band) and Symphony X) that I have submitted for peer review? For comparison, see the three articles before I started editing them: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cannibal_Corpse&oldid=268479657 Cannibal Corpse], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Origin_(band)&oldid=267514444 Origin] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symphony_X&oldid=269974354 Symphony X]. Huntthetroll (talk) 02:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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--Dravecky (talk) 11:53, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I listened to the commentary for "All Singing, All Dancing" but they didn't say anything useful. —TheLeftorium 15:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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--Dravecky (talk) 23:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

The article WarioWare: Smooth Moves you nominated as a good article has passed 20px; see Talk:WarioWare: Smooth Moves for eventual comments about the article. Well done! Vantine84 (talk) 12:55, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Could you give some feedback? Ceranthor 21:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 5 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 2 successful featured topic nominations.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 37 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 5 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium and {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King have had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 22 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 38 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 17 successful "In the News" nominations.

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This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and Durova has passed the 1000 point mark on points, with 1347 points so congratulations to her!  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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• 20 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 53 14px Featured pictures
• 12 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Good topics
• 78 14px Good articles
• 198 14px Did you know? items
• 28 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (792)
2. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (419)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (66)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (530)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (502)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (240)
2. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (141)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (412)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (211)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (284)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (169)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (157)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (137)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (582)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (110)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1347)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (840)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (779)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (503)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (396)
2. {{flagicon|Confederate States of America}} Bedford (284)
3. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)
4. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (240)
5. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (238)
6. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (234)
7. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (216)
8. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (211)
9. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (169)
10. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (157)

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:21:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 21:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions. Can you give me some starters about citing sources? I have read the mos articles; however I just don't seem to get it. Where do I place the references? Do I cite every website I use? TechOutsider (talk) 04:06, 23 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider

OK, thanks for the clarification. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:Seems surprising that the reflist was 3 columns considering that I was on a 12'' inch screen at the time (a friend of mine let me [http://gizmodo.com/5093030/dell-inspiron-mini-12-review test his new laptop]). Dabomb87 (talk) 02:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

::OK. On an unrelated note, I was reminded about just how much I hate Vista! Dabomb87 (talk) 02:38, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I know you are bitching about 700 words, but why delete the images? Except for Prypiat. Mallerd (talk) 02:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:Be consequent. If you understand that people want a picture, I'd say place some more like before. But to say that Prypiat picture shows how desolate the place really is, is not a good reason to keep that one and delete the others because they are "just" weapons. I know you understand but I think you just don't give a sh*t. Mallerd (talk) 03:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:: I don't care where you took it, point is: the article looks empty with this massive text and so few images. You removed some of them inconsequently and now that I am confronting you with it, it is uncivil. Right. The extra images are no harm to the article and you know it because they fall under the same quilification scale of the picture you decided to keep. Mallerd (talk) 03:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

::: That is nonsense, a marine has just as much to do with the plot as a ac-130h etc., because they are mentioned in the plot. That is what it is about. It seems you like to own this article Gary. A real shame, you are just not consequent. Mallerd (talk) 10:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 28, 2009 –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 04:03, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:Yep, and as a bonus, we have one of mine on March 4. :) –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 04:15, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

::That might be a concern; Elderly Instruments comes to mind. The Scene7 article was promoted rather recently, though, so I think it should be fine. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 04:23, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:::Because then we're sure the article is in tip-top shape, to avoid the "OMG HOW DARE YOU FEATURE THIS?!" –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 04:31, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

::::Eh, I hadn't noticed that. Odd... –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 04:58, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

:::::It depends. If the IPs are close in nature, then a range block could be applied. Otherwise, page protection would likely be a reasonable solution. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 05:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, regarding your recent merge of this template - the change you made screwed up a lot of pages, For example the product pages of several fast food items such as Whopper, Big Mac and others. I have reverted the change.

--Jeremy (blah blah) 17:59, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Review completed. Thanks for the reminder. I must have forgotten I tagged it,... Dr. Cash (talk) 00:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I reviewed Star Wars II - would you mind looking at the peer review for Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron? Seems right up your alley in terms of topics. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks - I see Laser brain also weighed in. Let me know if you want me to take a second look at Star Wars II. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 19:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Please do not assess without providing a rationale. And advice as to how to improve the article. This is in the guidelines. Please also see User:Psb777#Article_Assessments. Thanks, Paul Beardsell (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

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• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 7 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 40 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 6 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium, {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca have all had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 22 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 41 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 22 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

We have 31 days left, just one month left in the first round. The first two months have already produced spectacular results, and we're hoping to see a great race to the end of the round. Get those nominations in for them to count for this round, but remember that any nominations that are not promoted before the end of this round, will still count for round two if you make it. We unfortunately had another contestant, What!?Why?Who?, withdraw this week and we wish them the best.

We saw some big jumps in content upgrades this week! We saw 33 new good articles, 3 new featured articles and lists, 8 featured pictures, 5 featured sounds, and 24 did you know items. (Also note, there are 111 good articles and 222 did you know items as of this newsletter). Keep it up during the final push to round two.  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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• 16 14px Featured articles
• 23 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 61 14px Featured pictures
• 17 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 4 14px Good topics
• 111 14px Good articles
• 222 14px Did you know? items
• 35 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (1012)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (292)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (566)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (68)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (580)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (580)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (313)
2. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (248)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (480)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (211)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (299)
2. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (290)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (177)
2. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (159)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (604)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (112)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1528)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (913)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (816)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (625)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (549)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (454)
3. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (259}
4. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)
5. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (232)
6. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (201)
7. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (129)
8. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (99)
9. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (92)
10. {{flagicon|East Timor}} Howard the Duck (82)
11. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (82)
12. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (78)
13. {{flagicon|Oregon}} Steven Walling (69)

• All scores are accurate as of 15:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• Contestants in italics are those crawling up behind the wildcards.

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:17:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 17:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

As much as I appreciate the effort (trust me I really do), I believe that all the articles that you created are not anywhere near what they need to be and I think it's impossible for them to ever be because I have been trying to work on finding sources for all that is needed for months now. Please go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Slipknot to continue this discussion but I feel that the current articles are (to be honest) useless and I feel they should be deleted. REZTER ^TALK ø 18:17, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Ray Edwin Powell never became a Canadian citizen, much to the chagrin of his adopted country of Canada. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nick Darling (talk • contribs) 20:32, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I noticed you switched my change back to File instead of Image on Final Fantasy (video game). Is this the preferred way of listing images? I was just using the changes checklinks made, but I can easily switch back tags when fixing links if they should not be changed to Image. Thanks, Ost (talk) 20:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks for the response and help. I played around more with checklinks and it doesn't seem to change File to Image on all pages (including if you try to run it on Final Fantasy again). I think it may have to do with consistency within the article. Before my edit, some of the markup used Image and others used File. My edit changed to all Image and your current revision is all File. I could be wrong, but I know I didn't manually change to Image. I'll pay attention for the change in the future and be sure to use File. —Ost (talk) 22:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

There is a legal difference between a college and a university in Alberta. The the articles List of universities in the Canadian Prairies and List of universities and colleges in Alberta both eroneously list colleges as universities. Currently there is a bill before the Alberta legislature to rechristen MacEwan College and Mount Royal College as universities [http://www.intercamp.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=359%3Amacewan-and-mrc-could-add-university-to-name&Itemid=55 Intercamp, "MacEwan and MRC could add University to name"]. A university is also different that a "university college" which is infact, legally a college. (see [http://www.advancededandtech.gov.ab.ca/college/postsecsystem/postsecinst/postsecinst.asp Alberta Advanced Education]). In both cases I think we should work to correct the articles, and since you have been a major contributor, I would like to work with you to build consensus for the changes.

On a related note, I agree with the recently posted critque of List of universities in the Canadian Prairies that it is geographically abtitrary. Why should they not be provincial rather than regional lists? Legaly universities are creations of the provinces. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 21:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

: I take it you agree that the lack of distinction between colleges and universities and colleges is a problem. Yes? --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 21:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

1. Universities are not the only intitutions that offer degrees in Alberta. Some colleges do as well.

Specifically:

Private Colleges:

• Ambrose University College
• Canadian University College
• Concordia University College of Alberta
• DeVry Institute of Technology-Calgary
• The King's University College
• St. Mary's University College
• Taylor University College and Seminary

Public Colleges:

• Grant MacEwan College
• Mount Royal College

2. "University Colleges" in Alberta are legally colleges, not universities.

see [http://www.advancededandtech.gov.ab.ca/college/postsecsystem/postsecinst/postsecinst.asp Advanced Education and Technology > Post-Secondary System]

--Kevlar (talk • contribs) 03:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to assume that the Government of Alberta's definition of a university has legal force whereas the AUCC's does not. I would think that this is not the only province where this is true. We should look for province-specific sources, rather than relying on the AUCC. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 19:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

:I don't know who added it, or when it was added, but there is a {{tl|fact}} tag in List of universities in Canada, for the statement "There are 83 universities in Canada that are post-secondary education institutions with degree-granting authority.". Dabomb87 (talk) 04:30, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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::*Newsletter delivery by xenobot 00:14, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I'm Hunter, the guy who reviewed the GAN for Bart the Mother. I figured you could answer this question for me. How can I find the weekly ratings from the week a specific episode aired? For example, I'd like to improve this specific Law & Order episode to GA status, but it aired on November 28, 2006 and I don't know how to find the ratings for it from that week. Can you help? --Hunter Kahn (talk) 15:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you VERY much! I couldn't find anything on the ratings for this episode, so I really appreciate that link. Is this the site you use regularly for ratings? Since I imagine I'll be looking doing more episode articles in the future... --Hunter Kahn (talk) 18:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Please, don't withdraw this (you can make a nomination to add Samus later, or if it reaches GA status while the FTC is running, edit the nomination to include it). igordebraga ≠ 22:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

It's just that you run lots of simultaneous projects, and only recently the GA process went back to being quick, didn't think Samus could reach GA level fastly. But all apologies, maybe I can help you with the remaining article to make things the way you planned (although the Kingdom Hearts and Halo FTs show complementing a topic isn't that hard). igordebraga ≠ 15:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I added some info to that sandbox version (you know I sometimes update your "Goals" page, so I knew about it), and wondered if anything [http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=247&page=3 here] can be helpful. I had an idea to solve the confusion, but I don't know if you'll object: after Samus passes the GA, restarting my nomination, but on the Good Topics (the FA process is too slow to wait... not to mention unpredictable, thought your MPH nomination would pass). igordebraga ≠ 00:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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–Drilnoth (T • C) 18:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Gary, I'm thinking that maybe "titles" featured topics should have "List of media" or "List of games" as their main article, if such an article exists, and only have "series" as their main if such an article doesn't exist. This in a sense is similar to how "albums" topics have "discography" as their main article, and not the band themselves, and lines the "titles" topics up better with the idea of overview topics.

I went through the existing topics to have a look and see what topics such a change would effect, and found two - both yours! One would be StarCraft, but the List of StarCraft media is an FL so no work needed there, just a sup nom to change the lead across. The other would be the Zelda topic, but List of The Legend of Zelda games isn't featured. However if you DID get it featured and swap it for the GA lead, then that would bring the number of featured articles in that topic to 5/13, so that is a potential route to getting the topic to 33% featured.

What do you think? Obviously there'd be no big rush to make the change, you could take your time to make the list featured, but I think this way makes more sense - rst20xx (talk) 13:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

:Gary- let me know when you plan on working on the Zelda list. I meant to finish it up for FLC a while ago but got bogged down with other things. I think I have a some print sources for some of the obscure bits of info too. The both of us working together on it should speed up the improvement process considerably. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 20:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC))

::Well I guess it's up to you, Gary, to sup nom each topic across, if/when you're ready to do so - rst20xx (talk) 21:23, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I've withdrawn the Metroid titles FTC nomination. But to restart it later... do you mind if I already transfer the contents of this page? (people are sensitive about "stealing" contents from subpages, and you seem to be working in other things right now, specially Watchmen) Unrelated note: see if anything else is needed in Minority Report (film). igordebraga ≠ 18:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Can you undo your move of List of characters in Watchmen? The article was moved to Characters of Watchmen because it was not a list, and was modeled on character articles Characters of Carnivàle and Characters of Smallville. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks. WesleyDodds (talk) 23:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ATony1%2FAdvanced_editing_exercises&diff=275575238&oldid=275574979 Due acknowledgment] by me, the tech-klutz. Tony (talk) 09:50, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

: Alright thanks! Gary King (talk) 15:31, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi! I've put your GA nomination of Final Fantasy (video game) on hold for improvements. I've listed what I think still needs to be done at Talk:Final Fantasy (video game)/GA2. –Drilnoth (T • C) 16:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Your recent move of Henry Fielding's early plays goes against the ideas of consensus and are completely inappropriate. This served no purpose and is disruptive. Please revert yourself at once. Ottava Rima (talk) 22:37, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

:No. Many FAs have subpages with possessives. You want to have the proper name first for unification. Hence, Samuel Johnson's early life, Samuel Johnson's health, Charles Darwin's education, etc. Ottava Rima (talk) 22:58, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

:Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not attacking you or criticizing you. Please, just warn people before you do that and try to get consensus. Ottava Rima (talk) 23:00, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I've just noticed that List of awards and nominations received by Akon got vandalized by some IP addresses. This should be a warning that you should watch your promoted featured lists, just to make sure they would not be vandalized. Thanks, -- SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 08:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

:An IP brought up a minor but valid point at Talk:List of premiers of Nova Scotia. You may want to make these changes on the other premier lists. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::Also, check [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Wolfmother&diff=259140044&oldid=259135530 this change]. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::: Both done Gary King (talk) 21:27, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I suggest you set up a disambiguation page for Free Enterprise --Snowded (talk) 15:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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|} Fascinating article! I tried to figure out how this could be used on DYK for April Fool's Day might I couldn't come up with anything. Royalbroil 23:32, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gary, I'm Aubrey from italian wikisource. Could I ask you why you remove the link to italian wikisource from Schiaparelli page? I'm not comfortable with en.pedia, so I'm really looking forward tips and advices. I just saw that there were link to italian texts (i.e Gutemberg project), and so I just put a link to the italian wikisource (that owns several source texts from Schiaparelli). Thank you for your kindness. --Aubrey (talk) 02:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Gary, I was wondering if you could review the Spokane, Washington article in an ACR. After you read the article, I believe all you need to do is apply the A-Class criteria to the article and put whether you believe it is worthy of being A-class in the section dealing with the review in the articles Talk page. Also, in addition to doing the assessment, it would be helpful if you could include some points for improvement. If you are up to review it, notify me here or on my Talk so I can stop looking for reviewers. Thanks! Anon134 (talk) 20:27, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice Gary. I will do as you suggested: I will try to integrate it into the article, as well as explaining my use of propaganda by deed as I do so. I appreciate you being reasonable, and working with me on this to figure something out instead of edit warring ... if only that happened with people here more often! ... Jrtayloriv (talk) 23:01, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

:Gary -- I just read about the quote template, and I'll take care of that in a moment, as well as the spacing. As far as the lengthy quotes, I do think they are important as they stand. Considering all of the talk that focuses on psychology -- whether or not he was insane -- I think it is important to balance things out by adding what he said he was thinking.

:Also, this is one of a very few primary sources in the article, as opposed to commentary by people who:

:a) were not involved,

:b) were members of his family who had very little contact with him as he made the transition from professor to bomber,

:c) were at the court proceedings, and while they do present at least present some of his perspective on what went on during his trial, they still don't shed much light on his original motivations ...

:anyway thanks again for the advice ... I'll have the new edit up in a jiffy!

:Jrtayloriv (talk) 00:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Gary. I conducted an image review at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of United States Naval Academy alumni, but the nominator has said that I was over the top, and too strict and nitpicky. I've asked Ecobbola, who is more experienced in image reviewing to comment, and I was wondering if you, as a non-image reviewer would be able to visit and comment also. Was I too strict? Does correct license tagging on Commons matter for article purposes, or should it be kept a separate thing?

I know an image needs a FUR if it is not GFDL or Creative Commons licensed or in the public domain, but when an image is said to be in the public domain, does that need to be verified or can it be assumed by, for example, the age or career of the subject in the photo?

This was my first image review, so if I was wrong, I'd like to know for future purposes. Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 00:35, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 7 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 51 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 7 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium, {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca have all had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 34 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 41 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 25 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

I think it's safe to say that this week is probably your last chance to nominate anything for promotion to count in this round, so start planning that all-important final push. Bear in mind that anything not promoted this month will still count in the next round if you go through. It's looking very close in the Wildcards section, so if you don't see yourself there, don't panic—you may not be too far off the pace!  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 19 14px Featured articles
• 33 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 77 14px Featured pictures
• 21 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 144 14px Good articles
• 276 14px Did you know? items
• 43 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (1087)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (353)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (873)
2. {{flagicon|China}} Spittlespat (77)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (788)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (658)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (386)
2. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (360)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (581)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (215)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (331)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (313)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (228)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (183)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (632)
2. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (219)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1932)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1060)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (1167)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (695)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (648)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (468)
3. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (290)
4. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (288)
5. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (262)
6. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (255)
7. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (241)
8. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (159)
9. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (159)
10. {{flagicon|Falkland Islands}} PeterSymonds (127)
11. {{flagicon|Nauru}} Neurolysis (108)
12. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (107)
13. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (100)

• All scores are accurate as of 12:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC).
• Contestants in italics are just behind the wildcards.

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:16:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 16:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

{{#if:|User:{{{2}}} has|I have}} nominated List of universities in the Canadian Prairies for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks, where editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevlar67 (talk • contribs) 02:47, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

:I have just [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AFeatured_list_removal_candidates%2FList_of_universities_in_the_Canadian_Prairies&diff=277884323&oldid=277859189 proposed] that these lists are merged into one. I hope you don't mind, but I just went ahead and proposed it because I felt that discussion is needed and that the talk page of the article would serve as a much better centre for discussions than either of your talk page or the FLRC. Best wishes, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:36, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I noticed that you did copyediting work on Sam & Max: Freelance Police, so I thought that, if it's not too much trouble, you might help me out. I've been working on Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss and I'm about to take it to FAC. It's been solo work, though, so the article's only had one pair of eyes. I've tried copyediting it, but I can tell it won't pass 1a. If you wouldn't mind taking a look at it, I would be seriously grateful. Thanks. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 06:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

• Okay, no problem. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 16:40, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Did (along with Ruhrfisch) the copyediting you requested in Minority Report. See if more is needed to close the GAR. igordebraga ≠ 04:42, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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{{#if:|User:{{{2}}} has|I have}} nominated List of awards and nominations received by Bloc Party for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks, where editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 02:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Please familiarize yourself with WP:MOSPOKER before randomly changing citation styles. Poker articles should have "Notes" for inline citations and "References" for general article references. Additionally, it is never appropriate to merely change from one type of citation style to another. Also, please don't add incorrect access dates to citations. Soemthing that has been in an article for four years should never be labeled as accessed today. This causes considerable confusion. 2005 (talk) 06:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, if you poll random people about metroid prime hunters I guarantee you more people focus on the multiplayer aspect, why, because single player sucks, let me put it this way, this game is one of the top 10 guides on strategy wiki and it's mostly because of the multiplayer, 90% of game reviews I have seen say the single player aspect of the game sucks and i quote "multiplayer is where this game shines".

You don't need to erase that, if you find a metroid prime hunters community they will not be chatting about how awesome single player is, they'll be looking for matches.

This game was the first game to use voice chat and the first FPS to get it right for the DS, no previous DS FPS compares to this game, so if you want to erase the section then take a poll first and see what the general opinion on multiplayer is, I'm an elite hunter by the way what rank are you, do you even have the game? I bet you don't.

This game is the best 3d multiplayer game for the DS so deal with it. I bought mine used and my friend bought his used recently, even though the game is so old, and we don't play single player because it sucks, the other metroid games have awesome single player, this one doesn't and anyone who buys this buys it for the multiplayer.

Search metroid pime hunters on you tube, it's review that say the game sucks because they didn't try multiplayer, multiplayer matches, and friend codes, and only a very small fraction of single player stuff.

The only reason I played single player is to get the badge for beating the game and to unlock the hunters.

And now I blast you with the omega cannon, goodbye. 74.166.95.229 (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#Watching_talk_page_only.3F this]. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks for working on it. Take your time. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:14, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::If you have time/willpower, Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#New criterion discussion needs your input. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

:::Works like a charm. I think it such a script would be very useful; write up a documentation page. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:27, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

:::: Sorry for the talk page stalking but I noticed you enquired with Dabomb87 if you thought the watchlist javasript could have a wider audience. Personally I have wanted this for a while now but assumed it could not be easily done. Can you let me know if/when this gets into the Wiki mainspace as I'd like it too. Also does it work the other way around for only watchlisting talk pages, but not the main pages? Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 21:25, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::: Rambo, it works for any page, main or talk, or whatever. A page is a page; in the software's point of view, pages are just identified by different names (the "Talk:" is part of the name). I'll write up a documentation now. Gary King (talk) 21:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::Gary, something strange is happening. I clicked "watch" on your talk page, then I click on your user page, which is not watched. Then, I return to your talk page, and that is not watched either. Have I entered something wrong into my monobook.js? Dabomb87 (talk) 21:34, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::OK, disregard my comment above, but the script isn't working yet. Have I entered something wrong into my monobook.js? Dabomb87 (talk) 21:36, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::: It works now. I removed some [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gary_King/hide_pages_in_watchlist.js&diff=prev&oldid=278814948 test code] that I was using to test. Gary King (talk) 21:43, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::::Eureka! Dabomb87 (talk) 21:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::::: Okay, any other comments goes at Wikipedia:Hide Pages in Watchlist. Gary King (talk) 21:53, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

:::::::::: Am I being an idiot because the MOS page I am trying to ignore still comes up on my watchlist despite a few hard refreshes. Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 22:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

::::::::::: It doesn't work in Internet Explorer yet. Gary King (talk) 23:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

:::::::::::: Okay but I can't get it to work in Firefox either. Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 23:24, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

← In Firefox, go to Tools -> Error Console, and click on the "Errors" tab. Copy any errors to me that looks relevant. Gary King (talk) 23:43, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Is this it?

Error: unterminated string literal

Source File: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rambo%27s_Revenge/monobook.js&action=submit

Line: 138, Column: 15

Source Code:

+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s">

Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 00:02, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

: No Gary King (talk) 00:07, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

:: For now, the script does not work if you are using Enhanced Changes. Gary King (talk) 01:20, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

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rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 00:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Sister project links do not fall under 'external links'. They fall under Wikipedia:SIS#Placement_of_links. The operative text is Links to Wikimedia sister projects are best placed in the section of the article to which they relate, including the lead section, if necessary. Please read the guideline. 2005 (talk) 00:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering if you are still interested in getting episodes up to GA quality? We could finish off Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons/Featured topic Drive/season 10 if you wanna help me. CTJF83Talk 08:09, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

: Ok, sounds good! We can use all the help we can get from great editors like you! CTJF83Talk 08:15, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

::"a month or two"!? :( Dabomb87 (talk) 21:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Why did you just go on my talk page and tell me that Gamerankings' R needs to be Capitalizied? Was it because I didn't do it on those two Metroid articles? Either way, its still the same. GamerPro64 (talk) 18:35, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:Fine, I'll capitialize the R. Happy!? GamerPro64 (talk) 21:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

: Thanks! Gary King (talk) 21:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I saw here that you said you wrote a script for converting dates. I am interested in changing the dates away from the ISO style in these 5 articles, but don't want to do it manually. Can you either run the script on those pages, or make the script public so I can do it. Many thanks, Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 13:20, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

:Brilliant, thanks! Just out of interest how did you do this (in layman's terms) and is this something that any Joe Bloggs editor like me could do, or is more complicated than simply importing a monobook script. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 20:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

i have listed Calgary for a GAR but i need some help setting it up i know your really good with article and i would be grateful if you could help.Cheers Kyle1278 17:50, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

:Oh! well thank you anyway. Cheers Kyle1278 17:57, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I think we've hammered out a good revised Featured List criteria here. If this passes, there will be quite a few FLs (my estimate is somewhere between 60 and 75) that could soon be delisted just because of 3b. With that in mind, I'd like to get comments and opinions from all FLC regulars and everyone else who has participated in the discussion before it's implemented. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:38, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.

• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 7 successful featured list nominations.

• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.

• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 54 successful featured picture nominations.

• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 7 successful featured sound nominations.

• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.

• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium, {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca have all had 1 successful good topic nomination.

• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 34 successful good article nominations.

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 53 successful "Did you know?" nominations.

• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 28 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, an commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!

As has been stated before, Round 2 begins Wednesday, April 1 2009. I hope you are all ready!

 GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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• 20 14px Featured articles
• 32 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 135 14px Featured pictures
• 21 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 143 14px Good articles
• 304 14px Did you know? items
• 49 14px In the news items

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;Pool winners

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (1154)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (377)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (1055)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (74)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (944)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (806)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (444)
2. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (374)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (604)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (216)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (405)
2. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (331)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (236)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (190)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (686)
2. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (220)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1107)
2. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (961)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (1180)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (702)

;Wildcard winners

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (659)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (507)
3. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (333)
4. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (330)
5. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (302)
6. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (265)
7. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (256)
8. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (190)
9. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (169)
10. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (162)

• All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.

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Delivered for the WikiCup by  GARDEN  at 20:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC). Queries to my talk.

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Just letting you know that you have 3 months from the date of creation of the article The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, or until 25 June, to get it fully peer reviewed and added to the Legend of Zelda titles FTC. Hope that's okay! :) rst20xx (talk) 13:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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::*Newsletter delivery by xenobot 16:46, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but this issue was especially important so I uncollapsed it.  NEDRAG  20:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I know you have plans to return Attack of the Clones to FA level (keeping that Featured Topic would be nice). Well, I'm trying the same with The Phantom Menace, and if you're not too busy, some input on what to do would be helpful. igordebraga ≠ 01:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm about to nominate this for FL, but before, I want to get some opinions. Could you take a quick look at the article's lead. That's all I need, you don't have to go through anything elsed, just the lead and tell me your opinion about it. Thanks in advance.

PD:Could you please answer back on my talk page? Rockk3r Spit it Out! 06:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gary. I am wondering about the FT procedure, what should I do next? My topic is currently in the "questions" section. Jaespinoza (talk) 18:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

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}}{{#if:|, and {{{6}}}}}, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Sorry... but obviously if you get an article in either of them to FA, straight back up they shall go - rst20xx (talk) 23:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Featured list removal candidates#Adding preload and tool box to FLRC?. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

:Excellent, thanks a lot. I'll try to take a look at your FAC to help your quest for the Metroid FT. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

{{#if:|User:{{{2}}} has|I have}} nominated List of awards and nominations received by Akon for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks, where editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.  iMatthew :  Chat  13:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor has had 1 successful featured article nomination.

• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover has had 1 successful featured list nomination.

• 14px Featured topics
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured topic nomination.

• 14px Featured pictures
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured picture nomination.

• 14px Featured sounds
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured sound nomination.

• 14px Featured portals
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured portal nomination.

• 14px Good topics
• No contestant has yet had a successful good topic nomination.

• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor, {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca, {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima and {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 have all had 1 successful good article nomination.

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse has had 2 successful "Did you know?" nominations.

• 14px In the news items
• No contestant has yet had a successful "In the news" nomination.

• For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

The start of Round 2 has been in some respects an explosive one, with one user in particular almost in the triple figures after just a week. There are obviously contestants with no points or very few, but as it is so early in the round this can probably be excused. Keep it up everyone!

Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Mitchazenia has been eliminated from the contest. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

 GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:

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• 1 14px Featured article
• 1 14px Featured list
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 0 14px Featured pictures
• 0 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 0 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 4 14px Good articles
• 5 14px Did you know? items
• 0 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

This combines with the Round 1 totals to make a grand total of:

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

• 21 14px Featured articles
• 33 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 135 14px Featured pictures
• 21 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 147 14px Good articles
• 309 14px Did you know? items
• 49 14px In the news items

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;Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (36)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (8)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (80)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (28)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (30)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (36)

;Current Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (30)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (22)
3. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (16)
4. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (15)
5. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (14)
6. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (12)
7. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Theleftorium (10)

• All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.

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Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 21:30, 5 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

Hi Gary, if you weren't already aware, several of the Canadian universities lists have been submitted for FLRC here, and in all likelihood, will be delisted and merged into the main list. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

}}{{#if:|{{#if:|, |, and}} {{{5}}}

}}{{#if:|, and {{{6}}}}}, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

|} Gatoclass (talk) 15:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Do you know where the preload message for creating FLs is located at? Or generally, how to create one?--Truco 19:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

:No, not that one. The yellow message located above the edit box during the preload.--Truco 21:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

}}{{#if:|{{#if:|, |, and}} {{{5}}}

}}{{#if:|, and {{{6}}}}}, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

|} Dravecky (talk) 05:06, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Gary. You may not be aware, but the new Featured list criteria was implemented [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AFeatured_list_criteria&diff=281825576&oldid=278797262 Sunday 5 April, 00:56 (UTC)] following two weeks of discussion at Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#New criterion discussion.

I've gone through the nominations and have noticed the following have received reviews from you, but no indication whether or not you support or oppose their promotion to WP:FL:

1. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of acquisitions by Juniper Networks/archive1 (List of acquisitions by Juniper Networks)

Please could you take the time to revisit the articles and candidate pages, check them against the new Featured list criteria, and indicate whether or not you support or oppose their promotion to WP:FL. It would be much appreciated as the nomination will not have to be kept open any longer than necessary.

Finally, please accept my apologies for the brusqueness of this message; the same wording is being sent to everyone who has outstanding reviews, with only the names of lists being changed. Regards, Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:29, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gary. At Lightmouse's talk page you said you use a Ruby script for converting ISO dates in references. This is something I've been having to do manually. Where do I find the script to put in my monobook? Regards, Matthewedwards :  Chat  18:37, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

{{#if:|User:{{{2}}} has|I have}} nominated List of awards and nominations received by Coolio for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks, where editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:44, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

:P.S. I updated your user page to reflect the delisting of a couple of your FLs. I hope you don't mind. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:46, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Gary King. You recently removed the Jennifer Hale reference from the Samus Aran article. I'm a bit puzzled as to why [http://sadiesgaminginfection.com/staging/wordpress/?p=256 this video] isn't a reliable source. Why does it matter where the video originated from when Jennifer Hale herself acknowledges she voiced Samus within the video? Thanks. -sesuPRIME ^{talk • contribs} 08:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

:Hello again, Gary King (can I call you Gary?). Are you suggesting the woman being interviewed in the video may not be Jennifer Hale? The interviewer, UltraNeko a.k.a. Sadie, has interviewed several voice actors that gamers are likely familiar with. In addition to Hale, she's interviewed David Hayter ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmxj-cly1Dk see here]) and Christopher Randolph ([http://sadiesgaminginfection.com/staging/wordpress/?p=136 see here]), and even hosted a fifteen minute improv session with Hale, Hayter, Randolph, Quinton Flynn, and Paul Eiding ([http://sadiesgaminginfection.com/staging/wordpress/?p=261 see here]). So, to suggest [http://sadiesgaminginfection.com/staging/wordpress/?p=256 the Hale interview] isn't authentic is to suggest all her videos are inauthentic. -sesuPRIME ^{talk • contribs} 03:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

::Hey, Gary King. I asked Ealdgyth: User talk:Ealdgyth#Using a blog's video as a reference: Part 2 -sesuPRIME ^{talk • contribs} 06:08, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Good news. But I need to ask you if I can nominate the topic for the GT, or I'll have to wait for the result of the Metroid II FAC (feedback positive by now... but very few responses) so it can go straight to the FT. igordebraga ≠ 00:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

remove any reliable sources' that you added, if any. Uh? Adding sourced statements is a problem? And I didn't add any sources, just added based on the ones you've already included. igordebraga ≠ 02:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor, {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima, and {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata have all had 1 successful featured article nomination.

• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover and {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse have both had 1 successful featured list nomination.

• 14px Featured topics
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured topic nomination.

• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 6 successful featured picture nominations.

• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 1 successful featured sound nomination.

• 14px Featured portals
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured portal nomination.

• 14px Good topics
• No contestant has yet had a successful good topic nomination.

• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium and {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue have both had 2 successful good article nomination.

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata has had 12 successful "Did you know?" nominations.

• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer has had 1 successful "In the news" nomination.

• For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

Mitchazenia has requested and been granted his spot back in the Cup. So welcome back, and get to work Mitch! :)

 GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:

{{Col-begin}}

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• 3 14px Featured article
• 2 14px Featured list
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 8 14px Featured pictures
• 3 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 0 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 11 14px Good articles
• 21 14px Did you know? items
• 1 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

This combines with the Round 1 totals to make a grand total of:

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

• 23 14px Featured articles
• 34 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 143 14px Featured pictures
• 24 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 1 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 154 14px Good articles
• 325 14px Did you know? items
• 50 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

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;Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (156)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (79)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (88)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (46)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (136)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (131)

;Current Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (82)
2. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (82)
3. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (77)
4. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (63)
5. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (49)
6. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (43)
7. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (41)
8. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (41)
9. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (38)
10. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (33)

• All scores are accurate as of 15:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 17:00, 13 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

I changed what I did on Max Payne 2 because it was wrong. It isn't what happened. Max injured the villain but he died because Max shot a bunch of stuff that fell on him and then he, the villain fell. Lots42 (talk) 17:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Three of your featured lists are at FLRC:

1. List of Natasha Bedingfield awards – Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Natasha Bedingfield
2. List of awards and nominations received by Blink-182 – Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Blink-182
3. List of Good Charlotte awards – Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Good Charlotte

Since these fail criterion 3b, I don't think you can prevent these from being delisted, but just thought you would want to know. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:17, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

The information i provided on the KGB was factual info from my World History professor. The only info from the site was in "". IF you would like, you could delete that info, or i can. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.77.230 (talk) 20:50, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor, {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima, {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata and {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 have all had 1 successful featured article nomination.

• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse has had 3 successful featured list nominations.

• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse has had 1 successful featured topic nomination.

• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 8 successful featured picture nominations.

• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 2 successful featured sound nominations.

• 14px Featured portals
• No contestant has yet had a successful featured portal nomination.

• 14px Good topics
• No contestant has yet had a successful good topic nomination.

• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium has had 3 successful good article nomination.

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata has had 20 successful "Did you know?" nominations.

• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 3 successful "In the news" nominations.

• For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

A great turnaround from last week with one group even in a tie for first place and the automatic promotion slot. Good luck to all involved there!

 GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:

{{Col-begin}}

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• 4 14px Featured articles
• 7 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 13 14px Featured pictures
• 3 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 0 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 17 14px Good articles
• 46 14px Did you know? items
• 4 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

This combines with the Round 1 totals to make a grand total of:

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

• 24 14px Featured articles
• 39 14px Featured lists
• 3 14px Featured topics
• 148 14px Featured pictures
• 24 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 1 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 160 14px Good articles
• 350 14px Did you know? items
• 53 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

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;Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (268)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (94)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (200)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke and {{flagicon|Cambodia}} (86)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (182)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (201)

;Current Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (193)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (142)
3. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (128)
4. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (123)
5. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (90)
6. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (72)
7. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (61)
8. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J_Milburn (59)
9. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (53)

• All scores are accurate as of 21:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 09:33, 20 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

Here it is, enjoy!Skier Dude (talk) 02:30, 22 April 2009 (UTC)