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The Signpost: 14 March 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

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The Signpost: 21 March 2011

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The Signpost: 28 March 2011

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WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

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

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:53, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 April 2011

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re: CSD#R3

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Per your request, I have deleted User:Buggie111/Dwight B. Heard. I wanted to drop a note here, however, because you tagged it with {{db-redirtypo}}, the tag for CSD criterion R3. The page was ineligible for deletion under that criterion. Most redirects created as the result of non-vandalism pagemoves are ineligible. As a user-space request, the better tag would have been WP:CSD#U1. Less potential for confusion that way. Nothing to be done in this case but if you could keep it in mind for the next time, it would help us keep the logs cleaner. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 19:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry there. I was short on time and the scripts told me to put that in specifically. Next time I'll punch in the correct criterion manually. Buggie111 (talk) 23:02, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. What scripts, please? It has been a remarkably common mistake lately. If it's script-driven, that might explain it. And be easy to mass-fix. Rossami (talk) 02:06, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, not scripts de-jure. After I moved it, it came up saying "If you don't think this is a plausible redirect, click here to mark for CSD". I went there, and it told me to punch db-redirect in.Buggie111 (talk) 02:22, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm. Just tested it in the sandbox. That's not going to be an easy page to fix. The wording is poor, though. Thanks for pointing it out. Rossami (talk)

Regarding other CSD nominations:

  • Saran(iran) - You tagged it as a duplicate of Saran Surname which is was. At that point though, Saran Surname was probably the worse title of the two (since Saran, Iran is where the content finally landed). Complicating the case was the userpage notice. The default for A10 is not as helpful as most people think. The user clearly didn't understand and kept editing. In hindsight, a custom-written explanation might have been more friendly and maybe more effective at sorting out the better title. Right answer in the end, though.
  • VSide - good tag. It could also have been plausibly tagged with A7 (web) but you already had two solid reasons to delete. Interestingly, that page has been previously deleted many times. A draft has been "userfied" to User:Krispin16/VSide. Don't know how you could have known that, though. And it wouldn't have changed the decision you made.
  • User:Buggie111/Urartian art - Your final act when you were done with it was to tag the page with G7 which was fair as you were the only editor. You could also have used U1 since it was in your userspace. U1s get executed a bit more cleanly. Worked either way, though.
  • Kwanhanumas sock - confirmed. Given the user's contribution history, I might have even used the stronger "vandalism" accusation
  • Kwanhanumas - You tagged it as A7, then reversed yourself. Again, I would have been more harsh and gone straight to "vandalism". You are correct that "blatant hoax" is a very high standard but the link the user stuck at the end confirmed it for me. There was no possibility that link was connected to the alleged content. It was a clear attempt to imply credibility in bad faith.
  • Lucas Group - restoration of an improperly-removed speedy tag was entirely appropriate. Had the conflict of interest not been so blatant, you might have considered dropping a note on the user's page explaining the error. In this case, I wouldn't have either.
  • Bisneyland - you tagged it as A7 (no notability) but the content was pretty clearly malicious. Again, I would have been more harsh in the assessment, calling it vandalism. Few would fault you for being tactful, though...

That goes back through November. Is this the level of feedback you were looking for? Rossami (talk) 02:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC) I'd prefer if ouy'd review any large spurts of action, but besides that, I'm fine. Thanks a lot! Buggie111 (talk) 02:58, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RE: move request

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I'd love to help you out and make that admin move for you, but my RfA doesn't close till the 13th. I'm feeling confident about it, though, and if you can hold off till then, I would love to make it my inagural sysop action. If not, you can find help at WP:Requested moves. bahamut0013wordsdeeds 18:46, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I fail! I thought you had the mop. You just got my vote. Buggie111 (talk) 18:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Courcelles beat me to the deletion, but I made the move fer ya. bahamut0013wordsdeeds 16:44, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 April 2011

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Request for adoption

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I would like you to adopt me to help me with what you said on my editor review. Thank you.--Breawycker (talk to me!) Review Me! 22:25, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! As I believe you are all right with Wiki-coding and the like, I'll start to prepare the content related lessons in my Adopt template. I sugesst you read up on WP:RS,WP:GA,WP:FA,Wikipedia:The perfect article,WP:MOS and WP:DEV. You don't have to finish them all, just a few. Also, could you please go to User:Buggie111/Adopt and follow the instructions? Buggie111 (talk) 22:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have finished the survey and pre-test--Breawycker public (talk) 19:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I'll grade the pre-test. You can start working on the first two lessons, in the meanwhile. If you reach the third lesson, which still isn't done, go back to reading the above articles. Buggie111 (talk) 22:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What do I do know that I have read the User rights page?--Breawycker public (talk) 19:58, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Reread the above links until I notify you. Also do the tests for the first two lessons (they are at the bottom). Buggie111 (talk) 01:01, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History of the United States Navy

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Could you please comment again at History of the United States A-class review? I made some article changes based on your comments which hopefully earns your support. Thanks! Kirk (talk) 13:49, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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And I'm never going anywhere near Natalie again. Cheers, 99.149.87.151 (talk) 03:51, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just try not to get mentioned inn E!, then the whole world will be going after you :). Don't worry, this happens frequently, and administrators at WP:AIV can check so as you are not blocked on accident. Buggie111 (talk) 13:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the DYK review

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Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to look at the SS Ranpura. Have a good one! JKBrooks85 (talk) 09:52, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I was just looking for a DYK to review and decided I didn't want to review some old mill or fungi species. Buggie111 (talk) 13:23, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 April 2011

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DYK for Dwight B. Heard

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of M2 gas mask

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Hello! Your submission of M2 gas mask at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you started using one of those new references. Are you sure that all the information you wrote in the 2 paragraphs is stated in the reference? It seems to me that the reference talks more about how hard it was to put on and wear the gas mask, which you don't mention in your article. Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I actually think it does. IDK. Buggie111 (talk) 14:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've re-reviewed the article and posted some new comments. Please try to address them! --Orlady (talk) 18:50, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Now is it ok? Buggie111 (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Erm... I'm sorry to say this, but the answer is "no."
For example, I still can't figure out what is meant by the statement that the mask "compressed" gas -- and there's no information on that topic in the source cited. To be candid, that doesn't make sense. The mask presumably worked by blocking infiltration of the chemical components -- possibly by absorbing them or reacting with them chemically. It doesn't make sense that it could have compressed the gas, nor that compression of gas would have protected the wearer.
Also, removing refs to the blog did not improve the sourcing for the article -- it means that more of the article content is now completely unsourced, instead of being sourced to a marginal source. If you ask me, an unreliable source is better than no source at all, because it allows the reader to find out where you got it. --Orlady (talk) 19:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've reverted my older edits and decided that I don't really need to go through this much hassle over a DYK. nothing against you Orlady, but this is like discussing a nbsp at FAC. I think I'm gonna go work on something else. Buggie111 (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Moscow Metro Stations help

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K' there, all you template masters, I've got a question. When I was working on my copy of List of Moscow metro stations, a template problem popped up. I copied and pasted over the exact coding from ru.wiki, leaving the title, and everythign seemed ok, but, when I added the english version of the template, it went really cazy. I then found out that the {{}} version of the template was different than if I had just copied over the text from the template. The two templates can be found at User:Buggie111/TemplateSandbox Any help? Buggie111 (talk) 21:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I fixed the template, open it up again if it is still an issue, or let me know and I'll look at it some more. Monty845 23:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I was gonna say, it looks fine to me now. CTJF83 23:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
K there. Thanks. It's all good. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 April 2011

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DYK for Battle of Caldera Bay

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

raydin687

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Sub Roman Britain talks about Brtian in the 5th and 6th centries, mine is about the proabilaty of a unifidied post roman kingdom, it was about a state, while sub roman Britain was about an era, please put it back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 14:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, when I read over the article, it talked about somthing that "started in the 425", otherwise, the fifth century. I'll revert the edit, but be sure to add Wikipedia:Reliable Sources to the article, as right now, it's unsourced. Next time, please put new messages at the bottom. Buggie111 (talk) 17:33, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article is mostly theory, its meant to be about the possability of what the Roman Arthur's Kingdom may have been like. Thank you if you put the article back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It needs to be theory with sources. I'm not putting it back up until you demonstrate some reliable sources that you will use. Please read WP:RS. Buggie111 (talk) 21:49, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kign Arthur's round table revealed, Britain AD King Arthur's Britain, Arthurian Legends: King Arthur. These are documentaries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No books or websites? Anyways, I'll revert the redirect and give you a day to cite the article. I'd suggest finding some books also. Buggie111 (talk) 22:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to add BRitain is a book, http://heritage-key.com/blogs/lyn/king-arthurs-real-round-table-revealed, talks about real round table, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293657/King-Arthurs-Round-Table--table-Roman-amphitheatre-Chester.html this one talks about chaster being camelot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I'll revert it right now and you can get to work. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Buggie111, just a friendly note to let you know of a discussion on Kingdom of Britannia at User Talk:Snowded. Cheers, Daicaregos (talk) 15:03, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011

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WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

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

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

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:10, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Email

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I've replied to your email. Sorry for the long delay. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:37, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's nothing. I know how hard you must have worked toget that one semester. I wish you good luck. Buggie111 (talk) 12:56, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for M2 gas mask

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 2 May 2011

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GOCE drive newsletter

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The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive.

Awards and barnstars
A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

You are receiving a copy of this newsletter as you are a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, or have participated in one of our drives. If you do not wish to receive future newsletters, please add you name here. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/SMS Radetzky

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Hey Buggie. Want to help me finish up the remaining issues that we did not fix in this article's ACR? I fixed everything but the citation issue with the notes and one more thing that I cannot seem to put my finger on...I mentioned this over at Dank's TP. (look at his last archive for it)--White Shadows Stuck in square one 21:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm bedded down with finals until the 19th and already have Zrinyi at an ACR, but I'll see if I can take a shot. Buggie111 (talk) 23:58, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Hello, Buggie111. You have new messages at Elektrik Shoos's talk page.
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The Signpost: 9 May 2011

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GOCE drive update

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Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive update

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Here is your mid-drive newsletter.

Participation
GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

So far, 54 people have signed up for the drive, and 33 are actively participating. If you signed up for the drive but have not participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you have not signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now. If you have questions about getting started, feel free to talk to us. Many thanks to those editors who have been helping out at the Requests page. We currently have 17 articles awaiting edit.

Progress report

We are making slow progress on achieving our target of reducing the overall backlog by 15%; in order to accomplish this goal we will need to complete about 400 more articles. However, we are making good progress on the 2009 backlog, as we have eliminated over half of the articles from 2009 that were present at the start of the drive. Let's concentrate our fire power on the remaining months from 2009; leaderboard awards will be handed out for 2009 articles this drive. Thank you for participating in the May 2011 drive. We hope it will be another success!

Your drive coordinators – S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

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The Signpost: 16 May 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011

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The Signpost: 23 May 2011

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SMS Zrínyi

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Buggie...you need to get on this ASAP. The ACr will close in about 24 hours and there is still much to do!--White Shadows Stuck in square one 22:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 May 2011

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WikiCup 2011 May newsletter

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

A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:22, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

May MilHist contest

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Hi mate, looks to me like your two entries haven't advanced this month -- rather than score them zero this month, are you happy for me to just spirit them into next month's table? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating!

Participation
GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog.

Progress report

During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started.

Coodinator election

The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.

Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast (Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), and Torchiest (talk).


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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011

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The Signpost: 6 June 2011

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WikiCup 2011 June newsletter

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

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

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

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:27, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive invitation

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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting.

This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated.

We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words".

>>> Sign-up now <<<

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The Signpost: 4 July 2011

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The Signpost: 11 July 2011

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Milhist FA, A-Class and Peer Reviews Apr–Jun 2011

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 Military history reviewers' award 
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

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

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:23, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011

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GOCE drive newsletter

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Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters.

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Thanks for helping me out with my GAN while I was dealing with Hurricane Irene :) ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:15, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

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

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

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

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

A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:53, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Principals: Ironwood, Kellis

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The person who removed Jeff Wooten as Ironwood vice principal added him to the Raymond S. Kellis High article. You might want to check if something happened there. Raymie (t • c) 22:10, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks there. I'll check right now and verify on Tuesday. Buggie111 (talk) 22:12, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've checked the RSK website, and it says that Wooten is now principal at RSK. I'll revert my revert to Ironwood. Buggie111 (talk) 22:14, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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VI Corps

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Thanks for reviewing the article VI Corps (Grande Armée) as B-class and your kind comment. I'd appreciate if you could mark up the talk page. I did that "corps" article on a whim and wasn't planning to do all of them. (I'd look at your Caldera Bay article but it's late.) Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 04:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

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Deutscher Wikipedia Beitrag auch in der englischen Wikipedia veröffentlichen

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Hi Buggie111!

Ich möchte gerne meinen Beitrag von der deutschen Wikipedia auch in der englischen Wikipedia veröffentlichen. Dazu würde ich Hilfe benötigen. Könnte ich dich bitte über E-Mail kontaktieren, um dir Details bekannt zu geben?

Vielen Dank!

Liebe Grüße --Bah2011 (talk) 06:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Buggie111!

Thanks for your answer. I would like to publicise my article from the German Wikipedia also in the English Wikipedia. The article is about a company. Would it be possible to contact you by Mail for further details?

Thanks in advance! --Bah2011 (talk) 08:47, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, just click the Email this USer button on hte left hand side of the screen.. Although I don't know why you can't do it here........... Also, are you by any chance User:Bah? Just makin' sure. Buggie111 (talk) 13:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That was quick!

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The "I got there 11 minutes after voting opened" award
For managing to place your votes at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2011 just 11 minutes after the voting opened! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:31, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I got there two minutes after opening, but didn't want to sem, too..... anxious. Buggie111 (talk) 00:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Titan's Cross

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Warning

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I understand you don't like swear words, but that does not give you carte blanche to modify other editors' comments. The basic rule – with some specific exceptions – is, that you should not edit or delete the comments of other editors without their permission. Understand? 28bytes (talk) 02:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't read your message on Cerejota's talk, I thought it was sarcasm from a supposedly vandal only account, although it was reported due to Cerejota's revert. Sorry about that. But, could you eplease remove the part about swear words, nowhere were htey used, and please try to calm your edit summaries down in the future, I have not been warned by you in the pat for refactoring other's edits, as I remember, the last time was in March of 2010. cheers, Buggie111 (talk) 02:40, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The previous warning to which I refer is here, where I undid the edit you had made to Mkativerata's nomination statement. As best I can tell, you did not ask either Mkativerata or the candidate before you bowdlerized his statement. Editing others' comments in this way, as you did to Ironholds' comment here, is unacceptable, and I ask again: do you understand? 28bytes (talk) 02:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I thought you meant the goodbye sweet prince part. I actually, personally, don't know how those two reverts occured. I didn't take a look at the nom statement or comments and am sorry about that. Must be my filter rewriting the stuff. Apologies once again. Buggie111 (talk) 03:25, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, OK, if you have a browser filter set up it could indeed do that. Thanks for the clarification. 28bytes (talk) 03:32, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, the filter affected my page too – see [1]. Is there any way to turn it off? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Turned off. Buggie111 (talk) 15:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, turned off one two of three computers. The alst one is password protected (and it's a very long process of getting the password), so I"ll ahve to use IE on that computer. Nothing bad, though, the FF spell check seems ot be down on it. Buggie111 (talk) 01:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Give the page time

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Buggie please give the Dart monkey page time to become constructed and organized. Thanks, Gatorfan6 (talk) 23:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and if I can help in any way with the military history give me a to-do list and I will help as much as I can.Gatorfan6 (talk) 23:44, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I'll give you another hour, but it's still not notable. Please see this for further info. On the topic of Military History, the thign hanging at the top of my page is old stuff. I'd suggest you look at this for some tasks. Once again, welcome! Buggie111 (talk) 23:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nah never mind go ahead and delete the page. I read why and I think it might be a waste of time and nothing somebody will look at. Thanks for being the first person to welcome me.Gatorfan6 (talk) 23:53, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Battle of Borodino

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How about we both don't take offense? However if you want run to an admin, it is free and available. I'm not interested in controlling anything beyond not having to copy write it endlessly. Secondly the article is getting over long. Thirdly sometimes you really don't have a choice but to go to a website, unfortunately. Fourthly, we have both offered to help this fellow out with a few copy writes to help him out. There have been lots of edits to the Battle of Borodino and for the most part I let them be, just as every editor out here does. That being said there are a few of us that try out best to keep the article on the beam more or less. We have lots of folks that would rewrite this to something that better suites their personal tastes. See all the fun that has been had with the results box for one. Websites have been used to replace cited content from RS sources, usually as a means of changing the results of the battle or rewording the article for the same reason. Now actually I am an American so I don't really care who won except for the glaring fact that we are presenting a history to the public and it is supposed to be the truth, or at least as close as we can get.

This fellow has done nothing wrong besides a fair amount of bad grammar. As for sources, actually in this case it would be better to use a recent history from a main stream author mainly because the farther back you get the more distorted the truth becomes. Chandler was quite the Napoleonic Scholar and managed to blow it several times. Asking a new Editor to sort out the good from the bad is asking a bit much.

Now as for the reason I probably sounded a bit harsh?

I know the rules here, so do you, lets both assume we intend on following the letter and spirit of the intent.

As I told Alex, the problem is that new editors tend to go to the articles where the bar is set very high. They get reverted and frustrated and quit. It grates on my nerves and isn’t my forte but if we don’t help the new Editors out we are never going to get really good new editors. I intend on helping him out. God knows there are precious few that really want to work on the Russian articles as is and I need every one I can get. I hope that explains where I am at. We are both trying to help him and there are lots of articles that any Russian speaker can do and frankly that I can’t. I can’t get decent sources.Tirronan (talk) 05:34, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations!

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I am pleased to inform you that you have been elected as a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. Congratulations on your achievement, and thank you for volunteering!

Discussions of our plans for the coming year will no doubt begin in the next few days. In the meantime, please make sure that you have the coordinators' discussion page on your watchlist, as most of the relevant activity happens there. If you have not already done so, you may want to read the relevant courses in the project academy, as well as the discussion page and its recent archives.

If you have any questions about your work as a coordinator, or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask me directly. Kirill [talk] [prof] 02:01, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Military History Coordinators

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Buggie111,

Looks like we've just made it with only 19 votes for Coordinators. Hope to work with you as Coordinator over coming months! AustralianRupert, who I have struck up an online wikipedia friendship gave his support for us and he's very helpful when he can get access Wikipedia. Adamdaley (talk) 05:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Muchas gracias, merci, vielen Dank and many thanks for your trust and voting me into the team of coordinators. MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

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Coordinator of the Military history Project, September 2010-September 2011

Congrats on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Project! In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. Parsecboy (talk) 22:04, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

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

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:29, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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"WikiProject's Peer and A-Class ..."

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The awards should probably mention FAC, too. Sorry I didn't catch this before. Thanks! - Dank (push to talk) 14:16, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

............ Uggh. Once again, 17 open tabs. But, so what. Will do. Buggie111 (talk) 14:17, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Military History Reviewers' Award

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Thanks Buggie111 for the Military History Reviewers' Award. I enjoy doing research and editing on Wikipedia. I believe the study of military history has tremendous value and importance for posterity. Cmguy777 (talk) 15:49, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. Keep up the good work. Buggie111 (talk) 19:07, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Milhist FA, A-Class and Peer Reviews Jul-Sep 2011"

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Thanks. However, mine doesn't display correctly but I can't identify a succinct fault; this may affect others. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Buggie111 (talk) 19:06, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for The Military history reviewers' award - I doubt I did enough to deserve it, but thanks you for the recognition. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:00, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTCENSORED

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Hey, I noticed this. Please don't refactor others' comments. Thanks. --John (talk) 19:35, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My bad. That was my web censor, cutting out things. Password is locked. Buggie111 (talk) 19:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You could probably avoid that by using the "new section" option rather than editing the whole page. --John (talk) 01:20, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see. The setting will soon be unchecked, though. Buggie111 (talk) 01:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Award

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Hi Buggie111. Just seen your award. Thanks a lot!! I appreciate it. Cheers,Alex --Alexandru Demian (talk) 20:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's nothing. Keep up your good work. Buggie111 (talk) 20:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gong

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Thank you, and your colleagues, so much! What a very nice medal to get! Tim riley (talk) 19:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's nothing. Keep up the good reviews

MilHist Awards

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Hi,

I was nosing around the MilHist Coords talk, and notice you were trying to develop standard MilHist Awards for those conducting Reviews for the project at User:Buggie111/milhistcoord toolbox. Not sure if you're familiar with how to create subst: templates similar to barnstars, so that instead of trying to copy/paste all that code and hope it works, you could just use something like {{subst:WP:MILHIST/Awards/Reviewer/1|Jul|Sept|2011|~~~~}} which would add the award with the start-end period, year, and the to/from details automatically. Depends if you're familiar with how to create such templates, but if you're not, drop me a message, if you're interested in awards processed like that, as I don't mind helping you set them up. Cheers, Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 21:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Hmm, didn't see that tempalte on the awards apge. Thanks. Buggie111 (talk) 22:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That template is not on the award page.. I'm offering to make such templates, as I was under the belief you're not sure how to create substitutional templates based on your code copy/paste method. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 22:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How to create them? Np. But use them, yes. sure, I'd be happy if you'd make them. Buggie111 (talk) 23:07, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 The Military history reviewers' award 
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Jan–Mar 2011, the Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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 The Military history reviewers' award 
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Apr–Jun 2012, I am delighted to award you the Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period July–Sept 2014, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period October–December 2013, I am delighted to award you the WikiChevrons. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all of that, I really know I deserve... I mean, well, yeah. Thanks for the subs. Buggie111 (talk) 00:04, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I like it! No probs - they can all be edited/altered/updated as you see fit, now they're setup. Cheers, Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:08, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 3 October 2011

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Your note about User:Sanjaydasgupta54/VisualLangLab

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Hi, Thanks for the note you left for me (about the article User:Sanjaydasgupta54/VisualLangLab) on Breawycker's talk page.

I had missed your note earlier, but will make the changes/additions suggested, and notify you when done.

Sanjaydasgupta54 (talk) 15:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article User:Sanjaydasgupta54/VisualLangLab ready for review now

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I've added a short bio to my user page that also mentions the fact that I am the creator of VisualLangLab (the subject matter of the article in question).

I also re-read the article itself, and believe it meets the "good article" requirements. You may sense a sales pitch at some places, but that is inevitable given that the tool's raison d'etre is that it simplifies -- almost trivializes -- what was hitherto a complex process requiring advanced knowledge and skills. For example, to test a parser, you can achieve by clicking a button what other tools (e.g. JavaCC, ANTLR, etc.) can accomplish only after a tedious three-step (generate parser, compile, run parser) manual process.

If you have any other observations I'll be happy to address them.

Thanks for your help.

Sanjaydasgupta54 (talk) 17:30, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since I'm not a computer expert, I suggest you move the page and ask at WP:PR, or possibly at one of the wikiproejct here. I'd add more content, but, then again, I don't know if there's any to be added. The lead of the artilce is longer than the article itself, which shouldn't usually be done. Buggie111 (talk) 19:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

self-reviews for B-class

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Buggie, please don't self-assess articles that you've worked on for B-class. Please let the people at WP:MHAR do so as they're neutral parties. Personally, I'd say that the Condorcet article is only C-class because it doesn't cover her activities during the war in any significant detail.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:27, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All I'm doing is echoing Brad101's asesessment of the article. Did I miss something? Buggie111 (talk) 15:02, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Portal

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You mentioned collaborating in recreating Portal:Military of Germany...? WikiCopter 01:27, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Umm, yeah, I did. Kind of busy now, so I"d suggest you start on the categories, dyk's, etc. using the portal skeleton. I"ll finish up the American football portal in the meantime. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What colors would you suggest using? I thought a toned down red for the title background and black for the text would be appropriate. Yellow should also appear somewhere, and maybe white (reminiscent of Nazi Germany and the Holy Roman Empire's war flag). WikiCopter 22:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If anything, I would have suggested yours. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm done for the day. I finished off the first five selected articles and biographies. It would be nice if you did the DYKs and maybe the selected pics... WikiCopter 03:13, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I'd suggest axing the nom process, it's better to have them rotate by random selection (see Portal:Moscow). Buggie111 (talk) 03:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Translations of Russian references

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A while ago you offered to help with that at Katyn Massacre FARC. Would you consider looking at Polish–Soviet War, another FARC, which has some Russian references? Thanks, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 19:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can't seem to fidn the exact issue. Mind pointing me to it? Buggie111 (talk) 21:01, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 October 2011

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RE: 209.86.226.61

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Different users are using this IP. I left the message about the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee on User talk:Parsecboy page. But I did NOT do the DASH thing. That was somebody else using this IP. Oh, well, that other user won't know that they have a message. 209.86.226.61 (talk) 04:12, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing you ahve to be concerned about. Hope to see you around, and that you make an account. Cheers, Buggie111 (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you

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Thankyou for participating in my request for adminship. Now I've got lots of extra buttons to try and avoid pressing by mistake... Redrose64 (talk) 16:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Don't press the red one. That's the key to life. Buggie111 (talk) 18:38, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Architecture of the Song Dynasty/GA2

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I think I've addressed everything you wanted done. Please take another look at your earliest convenience. Sven Manguard Wha? 14:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like I just missed you by three minutes. Darn. Tomorrow then, maybe? Sven Manguard Wha? 14:42, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, today. I decided to go spend some time doing other things. Wait a second as I update the table. Buggie111 (talk) 15:54, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Congrats on the article. Buggie111 (talk) 15:58, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for everything! Sven Manguard Wha? 16:10, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Bu ke qi. Buggie111 (talk) 16:11, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, FYI, Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Song Dynasty. <drama> The delisting (which predates my time on Wikipedia) got me started, and the relisting is where this is all going to end. </drama> Sven Manguard Wha? 16:43, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
<facepalm>You are that young of an editor? Wow. Will go cehck out the FTC now.</facepalm> Buggie111 (talk) 16:56, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A year isn't that young, is it? I mean it was delisted March 2010, that's a year and a half ago. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:05, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reina Victoria Eugenia class battleship

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Buggie111,

Article: Reina Victoria Eugenia class battleship.

There anything I can do to help with the above article? If so just let me know and I'll help. Adamdaley (talk) 06:02, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Add categories, probably fix up the assessment page, review it at DYK and remove the needs review tempalte on the article. Thanks again, Buggie111 (talk) 18:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Short form references

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Hi, Buggie111. I happened to notice in my travels that you have been using {{sfn}} tags to organise your citations. It's a great tool, isn't it? You might be interested in installing a script: importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js'); which detects Harvard citation errors, such as templating a reference that does not appear in the bibliography, or including a source in the bibliography that is not actually cited in the article. Not sure where I heard about it, but it's a great tool.

Also, if you like flatlist, you will love its counterpart, {{ubl}} (unbulleted list). This template can be used in info boxes and other places where lists are required. The advantages are cleaner mark-up, and an easier time parsing the text by screen readers for the vision impaired. Break-tags actually create tiny paragraphs, semantically incorrect. I have done an example at Japanese battleship Tango. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 04:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 17 October 2011

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Can you review a FAC?

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Hi Buggie, as a Wikipedia who does not have a lot of knowledge about aviation (I think), can you please have a look at a FAC that is stalling quite badly? The article involved is McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, and the FAC can be found here. Please do not think what I'm doing here is canvassing (!), because Ucucha, one of the FAC delegates, says that I can ask some specific people like you to comment on the article, to get the ball rolling again. Can you do me a favour and either "Support" or "Oppose" the article? The FAC doesn't have any objections at the moment, but I hate to see FACs go down because of a lack of interest instead of the articles being non-FA worthy. Cheers! Sp33dyphil © • © 04:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the trout

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It was my first. My memory engrams clearly tell me that I corrected the text (you can even see that the number of days and threads were changed from the original), but the lack of proof in the article history suggests that my memory may have been altered to conceal something terribly sinister.

In all seriousness, yeesh, thanks for catching that.--~TPW 20:36, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Survey for new page patrollers

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Your GA nomination of Battle of Caldera Bay

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Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Battle of Caldera Bay you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 14 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Military history of the Russian Empire

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Thanks for taking up the PR. Forgot to mention: how do you think I should split up the completed topic? Right now I'm leaning towards Peter the Great to Peter II, then Catherine the Great to Napoleon or thereabouts. Won't get back to writing new info until I pull some books out of the library tomorrow. =) ResMar 00:57, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

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See this for the fate of Robert-P. Lemiszki Jr. and a plea for help for his widowed. Widow of former US Marine needs HELP! Very sad. Asiaticus (talk) 03:26, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I've read it before (can't remember how it got to it) but it never hurts to read it again. Very sad, pity that PTSd should take him with everything that he promised. Buggie111 (talk) 03:39, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

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Saw your new FA in the Signpost. Is it your first? Either way, congratulations! It's a great feeling. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:18, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! Nah, I wanted it to be my first, but she came before. Buggie111 (talk) 22:11, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, gotcha. Still, congrats (and props on the pun, sir) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editor reviews

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Hi, I'm in the process of reviewing your edits at Wikipedia:Editor review/Buggie111 (3), so, please check it out. If you're interested in reviewing myself, please see Wikipedia:Editor review/Sp33dyphil 2. Cheers! --Sp33dyphil © • © 23:53, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Reina Victoria Eugenia class battleship

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—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive newsletter

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Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

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Reaper?

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Hi there, Buggie. I recall seeing you drop a {{ygm}} template off at Reaper Eternal's talk page earlier this month. I was just wondering, did you ever received a reply to that email? Swarm X 17:43, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. Is there some sort of concern? Buggie111 (talk) 18:07, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Er...well yes. There is. To me, personally, at least. After nearly a year of highly active editing (and shortly after becoming an admin), he suddenly and without any warning just stopped. I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything from him since then (I sent him an email a while back and didn't get a reply). Swarm X 18:29, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. I hope everything turns out all right. Buggie111 (talk) 18:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. Swarm X 01:50, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle in the Signpost

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How many times has the Signpost focused on MilHist? Too many to count. Sure thing. Buggie111 (talk) 03:52, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Day of Seven Billion

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

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DYK for Russian battleship Poltava (1894)

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:06, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 October 2011

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November 2011

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Hello Buggie111. Thanks for patrolling new pages – it's a very important task! I'm just letting you know however, regarding ‎Peter Shatner (actor, author, producer), that tagging articles for speedy deletion moments after creation as lacking context (CSD A1), content (CSD A3) and articles created through the Article Wizard, is too fast. It's best to wait at least 10 - 15 minutes for more content to be added, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Attack pages (G10), blatant nonsense (G1), pure vandalism (G3), and copyright violations (G12) should of course be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks. Στc. 03:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Srry. Laptop battery was getting low, so I'd have had to find it in my watchlist when I got home. I believe it would have been A7'd if it lasted any longer. Should I remove? Buggie111 (talk) 03:14, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 WikiCup participation

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Awarded to Buggie111 for participation in the 2011 WikiCup.

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I enjoyed remembering I signed up after Round 1 was over. Procrastination at it's best. Thanks though. Buggie111 (talk) 23:22, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pi userbox

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Hi, I really like your userboxes. Can you tell me how I can get a copy of your Pi userbox? Rskp (talk) 02:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copy over {{Template:User Pi}}. Buggie111 (talk) 03:06, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot.--Rskp (talk) 07:12, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 7 November2011

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PR

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I've done a bit of work, you should check back again. Cheers, ResMar 22:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The heck's the point of that :? ResMar 23:24, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the pointer. My status was to be something I updated, but I got lazy and sidetracked. Now it serves no more than a mention of if I might be able to get to the computer within 24 hours of your post. I've thought about deleting it. RL's a bit too much to handle for me know, so I'll start your review on Friday after my surgery. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"Surgery" is generally not a good thing...well, good luck, I guess. I'll do some work on Axial Seamount in interm. ResMar 01:34, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

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The TomStar81 Spelling Award
Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Buggie111 has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Becoming an Administrator, and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 06:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a little more since the last time you edited, incidentally; you may want to take another look. As always though, thanks for the help :) TomStar81 (Talk) 06:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 November 2011

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Bump

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=). ResMar 22:30, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: November Op-Ed

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Welcome to the Wikipedia Ambassador Program

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College and university dating now a GAN

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I just wanted to let you know that College and university dating, which you agreed to review for GAN for the educational assignment I run, has been nominated. Thank you for helping out! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 00:13, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Bride scam

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That group has some troubles, so they may take a while before they are ready. Thanks for checking. In the meantime, I think family honor could use a review :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 05:01, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 November 2011

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Op ed draft

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Hi Buggie, Per your comments at WT:MHCOORD I'm about to move my 'review essay' to Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2011/Op-ed which will involve deleting what you've written. In case you haven't got a copy elsewhere, I'll post it below. Cheers, Nick-D (talk) 07:35, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm thinking about doing it sometime in Feb. or March. Currently it's too short to be of use. Buggie111 (talk) 13:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks Buggie111 for helping to promote Battle of Caldera Bay to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give some a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil © • © 02:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

>=S

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You had time to do this, now get to reviewing! :3 ResMar 03:24, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm, I did. Didn't find anything. Probably that's the same reason why I get marked off for spelling on my papers, guess I just can't find it. Plus, it's only a PR, not some dire-urgent FAC. Buggie111 (talk) 03:29, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wait so no problems, then? Hmm. Ok. That's good, I should be able to punch it through A without that much effort, then. ResMar 03:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, none besides the fact that it's 3/4 done. But you know that..... :) Good luck Buggie111 (talk) 03:50, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
More like 1/3 =). Like I said, long-term project, and thanks! ResMar 04:02, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

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A new report on the edit war at Ironwood High School

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Please see WP:AN3#User:Peoeagle reported by User:EdJohnston (Result: ), which mentions your name. You do not need to comment there unless you want to. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:07, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry and a reminder

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The Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest closes in a few minutes. I'm sorry that your challenges didn't get many takers. In any case, I'll ask that you wrap up your judging tasks over the next day or three (maybe a note on the contest page). Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 04:31, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, nothing. I'll get to it. Buggie111 (talk) 18:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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