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An award for you!

The Rajinikanth Award of Excellence and Bravery

Rajinikanth, as an actor, is known for his larger-than-life persona with exceptional confidence and charming optimism. Your efforts to bring Portsmouth to GA status indeed is a notable victory. Though the article's quality was debatable, your efforts were not. I give away this award to you too; I gave this to many exceptional editors in the past who have accomplished such hard tasks. Cheers! Pavanjandhyala (talk) 05:32, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Pavan! It's always an honour to receive a Rajinikanth award! Portsmouth is definitely the biggest thing I've done on here, and I'm glad that I made the choice to leave behind the obscure video games and move onto something more worthwhile. This is not the last "big article" I'm going to promote though. More to come! JAGUAR 11:58, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
	You did very well, considering the scale of the task and people criticizing your work! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:34, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Can't thank you enough for the excellent review - it was just what it needed. JAGUAR 19:45, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Cliff Clinkscales FA nomination

Because you spent some time helping it reach GA-class, I thought you might be interested in helping Cliff Clinkscales become a featured article. If so, please head over to the nomination and leave your comments. TempleM (talk) 23:58, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

I will take a look at it soon, but I'll be a bit busy for the next couple of days. JAGUAR 14:24, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

@Jaguar: Thank you. TempleM (talk) 19:47, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Ropley Church of England Primary School

pleaase do not remove the {{merge-school}} template from the Ropley Church of England Primary School without discussion. CalzGuy (talk) 15:11, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Adrian Moss (basketball, born 1988) GA nomination

Hello, I recently nominated the Adrian Moss (basketball, born 1988) article for good article candidacy, and I was wondering whether you could take a look. If you have the time and interest, please go ahead and start the review. It is rather brief, so it should not take too long to check out. However, please prioritize the Cliff Clinkscales featured article nomination that I told you about before. TempleM (talk) 21:51, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

I will take a look at Cliff Clinkscales shortly and will review Adrian Moss afterwards, I won't be long! JAGUAR 11:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Whatsup?

I'm back Its MaranoFan again. How you been mentor?--09:48, 13 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaranoBoy (talk • contribs)

Hey MF! How are you? I'm very happy that you're back. I wondered where you went off to. JAGUAR 11:15, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

BTW Check the LIGLY article. I addressed the concerns.--MaranoFan (talk) 11:17, 13 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaranoBoy (talk • contribs)

Looking a lot better! If you renominate it I'll review it. JAGUAR 11:19, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Just did. :) --MaranoFan (talk) 11:20, 13 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaranoBoy (talk • contribs)

You know you could get your old account back if you ask an admin to remove the wikibreak enforcer? Anyway, I'll take the review now. JAGUAR 11:22, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

That was swift, thank you so much. AATB will be my next project but I don't plan on getting around to it anytime soon haha-MaranoFan (talk) 12:05, 13 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaranoBoy (talk • contribs)

It's OK. It looked like it met the criteria anyway after you addressed all of the previous concerns. JAGUAR 12:06, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Do you still have my email address? JAGUAR 13:06, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Yeah.. Checking mail now..-MaranoFan (talk) 14:24, 13 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaranoBoy (talk • contribs)

Invitation to Women in Food and Drink editathon

November 2016
	An opportunity for you and your country to contribute to the Women in Food and Drink online editathon Faciliated by Women in Red

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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	For being an awesome mentor and hard working GA reviewer.-- MaranoFan (talk) 15:43, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! JAGUAR 15:46, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Please change your approach to GA reviewing

I've undone your GA promotion of Swaziland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. While you checked the article for grammar and typos, you apparently didn't check whether the sources supported the claims and whether the facts weren't simply wrong. I've listed a number of serious errors in the article which I found through a first reading of it. Please, when you do GA reviews, start with fact-checking. A well-written but incorrect or unsupported article should never be a GA. Fram (talk) 08:50, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

I actually did spotcheck the sources on the first lot of GANs yesterday but last night I got so tired that I must have skimped on Swaziland's I think. I'll take another look at it. JAGUAR 17:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

British English usage

Hi Jaguar, can you create a similar template like what you did on Malaysia article {{Editnotices/Page/Malaysia}}, for Sabah {{Editnotices/Page/Sabah}} and Sarawak {{Editnotices/Page/Sarawak}} just like in the US state of California {{Editnotices/Page/California}} that using American English. Molecule Extraction (talk) 13:26, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing, added! Let me know if you want other notices creating. JAGUAR 17:43, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

All done! JAGUAR 15:52, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Molecule Extraction (talk) 12:45, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

No problem, all done once again. I'm more than happy to create others if need be. I think a lot of African and Asian countries could also use the templates if they use British English too. JAGUAR 16:43, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

GAs

Hi. When you promote the GAs can you update the tally on the main page and add a GA icon before the article title?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Will do. Sorry I never thought to do that! JAGUAR 15:53, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

GAR

Like I'm Gonna Lose You, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. — Calvin999 07:55, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Eega

Eega has become a FA finally, Jaguar! I am so so happy for that. Just want to share this with you and others. :-D Pavanjandhyala (talk) 14:57, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Well done Pavan!! Hopefully this brings on a good winning streak of successful FAs! JAGUAR 12:14, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Haha, Jaguar! That cannot happen. When Eega's 1st FAC was happening, i faced a personal loss (you were self-blocked then). I lied down for nearly two months and you did review one of my GANs, Oopiri. This is the 2nd FAC of Eega. Though it is great enough to have a successful streak of FAs, it is also foolish enough to expect that to happen. You know why ;-) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 12:19, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

I completely understand; I have more failed FACs than successful ones so I know how it feels. Just when you think things are going well the nomination could take a turn for the worst at any moment. FAs are risky but then again they are meant to showcase the best articles on Wikipedia! JAGUAR 12:27, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Exactly. The first FAC was like that. Five supports came quickly and i thought i would win. Then two opposes, and this tragedy. I never cared about the oppose; with proper help from that party, things would have been amended which is sure to happen considering who they were. But after the loss, i felt that i may not handle this with certain patience and dignity which it actually requires. So, i withdrew it. So, how are things going with you these days? Pavanjandhyala (talk) 12:31, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear that, it can be disheartening when you lost out of a FAC which you thought was going to be successful. It's happened to me twice. I'm doing OK, thank you, I have a FAC open at the moment but I'm waiting for it to close successfully so I can hurry up and nominate Portsmouth! I took out a grant with the foundation and I have to make the most out of the books they gave me, so I'm anxious to see if it will pass or not. JAGUAR 12:56, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

I am feeling better now, and am doing well. Watching some good and bad Indian films (non-Indian too; loved Brooklyn and The Intouchables but am feeling numb after the recent Batman vs Superman film). Mostly on GAs now, though none are actually ready at the moment. All the best for your FAC, and since Corinne has copy-edited Portsmouth, I'm sure the prose shall be very better now. I am sure about that. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 13:07, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Batman vs Superman is meant to be terrible from what I've heard! I stay away from superhero films myself, they're not my preference. I like watching Indian films, and the other day I actually watched a North Korean film! I actually haven't watched that many English language films lately. If there are any other enjoyable/clever Telugu films I'll be glad to watch them :-D JAGUAR 13:10, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

If you want to watch a Telugu film this week, you can try this. A quite breezy love story. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 13:32, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Ah 2014, my second favourite year. JAGUAR 13:40, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Watch it leisurely. And let me know how you felt. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 13:48, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, Jaguar. Well, did you watch the film? Pavanjandhyala (talk) 17:25, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

@Pavanjandhyala: please forgive me, I've only just seen this message!! Yes I remember seeing the film weeks ago, I really enjoyed the narrative. It was also quite impressive to balance out a romance and comedy, something I find American films fail at. I should try to watch a film all the way through in one sitting the next time, though... I'm so sorry for the late reply. Sometimes I open up notifications on mobile and then forget about them shortly after. JAGUAR 18:21, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

That's okay. I find it not much amusing, given the way ADHD has been creeping on all of us. I found this film having strong influences of Woody Allen's works. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 07:09, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

@Pavanjandhyala: I agree. But next I'd like to try and watch this film! ;-D JAGUAR 16:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Dare i say, don't. It is really really bad. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 11:09, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Portsmouth

Hello, Jaguar. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Portsmouth at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! – Corinne (talk) 00:51, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

As you can see, I copy-edited the entire article, not just the two sections you mentioned in your request (I had forgotten about your request to copy-edit just the history and culture sections). One of the last things I did was to make the punctuation after initial "In + year" phrases consistent. Most had commas, but some didn't, so I added the comma on the ones that were missing one, even though I prefer no comma. My impression is that writers of British English prefer the comma. If, by some chance, you also prefer no comma after initial "In + year" phrases, let me know and I'll remove them. (I've checked, and learned that the comma is optional – either way is all right – but it is important to be consistent, whichever style is chosen.) – Corinne (talk) 00:55, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much for copyediting Portsmouth, Corinne! I'm strongly considering nominating it at FAC soon, so a fresh copyedit was needed throughout the whole article. I'm not sure if the comma after "in year" is British English or not, sometimes I find it appropriate to add one and other times I don't. I think we'll stick with the comma. I know that things are hyphenated more frequently in British English but sometimes I skip them altogether. By the way, South East England is always capitalised – as with all other English regions like North East etc. Thanks again! JAGUAR 12:17, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Final FAC

Since you were the reviewer of Bradley Cooper for GA, I would like to inform you that it has been nominated for FA in case you want to provide a review or a source review which you usually do. No problem if you cannot.

I wish you best of luck with your future endeavour. Regards, FrB.TG (talk) 18:27, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For bringing Portsmouth to GA! — Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 07:30, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for my late congratulations. Caught up with real life. But, aren't we all at some point?

— Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 07:32, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much Ssven! I'd love to bring it to FA but am of course anxious about it. JAGUAR 18:37, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

What is "User did not have a podium finish" in GA cup?

I was just passing by the archives of GA cup held in the past. In judging criteria, I observed this sentence — User did not have a podium finish — I don't know what it means. i also see that in 2016 cup finals User:Sainsf was not awarded the first place stating the same reason, thought he scored highest number of points. Could you please explain what it means? Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 02:43, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Krishna_Chaitanya_Velaga, "user did not have podium finish" means that they did not come in at least third place. A podium usually consists of three places; third, second and first, so MPJ-DK and J Milburn were in fifth and fourth, respectively. Sainsf won the 2016 GA Cup, did he not? I don't know why his colour isn't gold. JAGUAR 20:46, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, that is why I am confused. I has the highest points count, but the colour was update, though the second and third were. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:24, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, all!

We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time.

The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring.

Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:38, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, all!

We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time.

The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring.

Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:41, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 7 November

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Notice

You signed up for a state project that has currently been moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge/New England. If you want to continue to contribute, please look into that challenge. Thank You for your help!— JJBers|talk 17:29, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Burning Rangers

Jaguar, your recent promotion of your own hook to Prep 3 was reverted by Mandarax. Since you seem unfamiliar with how DYK works, you should know that it is considered a conflict of interest for a nominator to promote their own nomination, or for the promoter to be the same person as proposed the promoted hook or approved the nomination. You also did not do the promotion correctly, which would have been a problem even had it not been your own hook.

The hook will be promoted in due course—there is currently a backlog of over 80 approved hooks, or over 10 days worth, so it may take a week or even two. Please be patient. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:06, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks BlueMoonset. It's been over a year since I last nominated something at DYK and I'm unfamiliar with the process. I thought the nomination was sitting there for too long and I got worried, but it's comforting to know that it will eventually reach the queue. JAGUAR 19:55, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

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GA noms awaiting review

Hi Jaguar! Firstly let me start off by saying how much I think your work here means to the project; reviewing over 500 GA noms! I remember you as the reviewer who passed my GA noms of Talk:Gianluigi Buffon/GA1 and Talk:Andrea Pirlo/GA1 this past summer. I thought you did a great job with the reviews. We know how long it can take for GA noms to be reviewed, and I was randomly reading your user page and suggested "so if you want a GAN or FAC review done, just ask, I could probably make time for that". Now, I know we're all busy and everything, but I would really appreciate it if you could review some of my noms if you have some spare time :)...Like the last noms of mine you passed, these should be in top shape and shouldn't take to long to review. I and User:Messirulez will be around to make any adjustments ASAP. My noms are Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Del Piero, Paul Pogba (these three are relatively old from July/August), Sebastian Giovinco and Francesco Totti (these two are relatively new from November). Again, if you time, I would really appreciate it. Select at your leisure. Thank you!! Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 20:19, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Vaselineeeeeeee, thanks for the kind words! I'll be happy to take a few of your noms, or hopefully all of them. Bearing in mind I think I was doing that GAN sweep this summer which explains the shorter than usual reviews, but your articles were in great shape anyway so there weren't many issues to raise! I'll reserve a couple tonight and should start reviewing them in the morning. I'm just 200 more reviews away from being the most prolific reviewer on Wikipedia LOL. JAGUAR 22:14, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance! That would be quite an achievement, best of luck! Regards, Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 22:44, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sonic Jam

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sonic Jam you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TarkusAB -- TarkusAB (talk) 13:20, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sonic Jam

The article Sonic Jam you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Sonic Jam for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TarkusAB -- TarkusAB (talk) 14:20, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sonic Jam

The article Sonic Jam you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sonic Jam for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TarkusAB -- TarkusAB (talk) 23:41, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Burning Rangers

On 20 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Burning Rangers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Burning Rangers was among the last five Sega Saturn games released in America? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burning Rangers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Burning Rangers), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

ysrnry.co.uk down

Something went down with Your Sinclair Rock n Roll Years and the whole site has been down for some time. Wanted to give you a heads up as it broke a lot of my links too, though it looks like the Internet Archive can fill in without gaps. Heading back to these Rare articles eventually & looking forward to continuing that jagczar WP soon, czar 22:51, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks czar, I noticed that it went down a few days ago when I was looking for reviews. I was pondering the idea of going on another mass ZX Spectrum GA spree again but sadly I'm not so sure at the moment. It's going to be a pain but at least they can still be archived! I wonder what WikiProject Jagczar can produce next time? JAGUAR 23:12, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Jaguar. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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GA reviews

Thanks again for taking the time out to review and promote all those Italian footballer articles this week (and Pogba as well!); really appreciate it! Best regards, Messirulez (talk) 19:34, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome! Happy to help. JAGUAR 19:44, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	Master Reviewer!
	Did you think I wasn't going to reward you for reviewing (and passing) my requested five GA nominations in under a week without a blink of an eye!? Now I know where to come when I need a GAN done ;). Thanks again! Regards, Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 19:36, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm happy to do any GA review upon request. I was hoping to get all of them done in two days! JAGUAR 19:44, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Hhahaah :) Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 19:48, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer - RfC

Hi Jaguar. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:49, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Template:Editnotices/Page/Laos

Mr. Jaguar, can you update this yellow template to the white latest one like in Template:Editnotices/Page/Malaysia? (: 103.250.143.81 (talk) 16:43, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Done! JAGUAR 16:44, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Wow, how fast! Thank you!! ^_^ 103.250.143.81 (talk) 16:45, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

GA reviews

Hi, which harvref error, had a look and didn't see it? In unrelated note, beware of the stats dump of 2015–16 Bengaluru FC season. That's a WP:NOSTATS violation, their age, where they're originally from is not relevant to the season events, it's for the players article. Check the various GA season articles at WP:Football. Stats dumps are widespread, but GA should never have them, appearances and goals are the only thing related to the season.--Threeohsix (talk) 22:21, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, if I recall correctly I think there was a broken harvref at the very bottom of the article, but I can't remember. It's a very minor issue though and shouldn't have interfered with the review! Thanks for telling me about the WP:NOSTATS violation, I wasn't aware of that. I'll let Coderzombie know. JAGUAR 14:42, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

If you have time, please review my remaining nominations. It wouldnt take much time. Season 04-05 to 08-09.Threeohsix (talk)

Sure, I might get to them tonight but if not it will definitely be tomorrow. Rest assured I'll have the sports backlog cleared soon. JAGUAR 18:38, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

When I meant 04-05 to 08-09, I was talking about all five seasons. The articles are all similar, so its easy just doing a review of all of them.Threeohsix (talk)

Don't worry, I'll review them all by tomorrow! I got too many GANs open at the moment but I'll review yours first. JAGUAR 18:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

GA review needed

I'd be obliged if you could find time to review Jamestown, Saint Helena before the end of the 27th for the Africa De-stubathon.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:58, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

I saw that yesterday and was actually going to take it! Done. JAGUAR 16:59, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bug!

The article Bug! you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Bug! for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aoba47 -- Aoba47 (talk) 23:01, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

A twitter bot that posts random gifs from wikipedia posted this gif someone made for you in 2012

just in case you wanted to know.

https://twitter.com/GIFsofWikipedia/status/796396964187373569

--JumboDS64 (talk) 22:23, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

That's strange? And it's got 26 likes so far? Well, I'm shocked. But surprisingly flattered! JAGUAR 22:47, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Rudraveena (film)

Which began as a pure destubbing case ended up being a GAN today. One of my most committed works here, this GAN needs to be reviewed. Considering that Dr. Blofeld is truly stuck, i really wish that you review this leisurely. Regards, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 06:58, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Good work on it! Sure, I promise to reserve the review after I've reviewed a few more today. JAGUAR 15:14, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

GA nomination

Hi Jaguar, thanks for reviewing the Muslim women in sport page. I've left a few comments and questions on the talk page of that article. Rjpg12 (talk) 19:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

2011 DC United season

Hey Jaguar, I fixed some of the issues with the GA nomination for the 2011 D.C. United season. Let me know if anything further is needed. Quidster4040 (talk) 22:09, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Thank you for all of your work reviewing the women's soccer good article nominations. Appreciate you taking the time to conduct the reviews! Hmlarson (talk) 20:21, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! JAGUAR 23:55, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break.

There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll.

If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA).
If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December.

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JLaw

Interested in taking Talk:Jennifer Lawrence up for review? – FrB.TG (talk) 15:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing, taken. JAGUAR 16:37, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks a million for your review of John E. Corbally and for all your work at GAN! clpo13_(talk) 16:36, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! JAGUAR 16:37, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Cheers for the Harold Oliver review

But you have never heard of Australian rules football! Thejoebloggsblog (talk) 08:51, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'm not into sports, so I don't really know what American football is either! JAGUAR 12:22, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

GA Review Comments King's University College

Thank you for reviewing King's University College. I appreciate the helpful & straightforward comments you have included. I have made edits to the article in an attempt to improve references. Could you please take another look? I'd appreciate any suggestions. --Kjp993 (talk) 00:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I question your GA reviewing

Hi. There are 95 citations on Trump University. How many of those did you actually read to verify the content? You passed the article without suggesting a single change, which I also find odd. Please explain. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:46, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi. If I recall correctly I verified all of them, as I usually do. It's a well written and comprehensive article which met the GA criteria. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to write suggestions if there aren't any to make. If you question it feel free to submit it at GAR, but I'm sure it's fine. JAGUAR 19:28, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Passing by—verification of sources isn't in the GA criteria, though it's a nice courtesy. I would think that there are other breadth issues here, though, with a topic of such political import czar 18:43, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi there!

I just wanted that—if you're interested in that and have time for that—you could leave comments on my FAC of Unlocked and my GTN for Cliché (Hush Hush). Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 19:41, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I might be a bit slow as I'm a little busy this week but I'll try and leave some comments whenever I can! JAGUAR 20:55, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Sing (Annie Lennox song)

Hello:

I happened to do a GOCE copy edit today of Gypsy (Lady Gaga song) by the primary author of Sing (Annie Lennox song). This prompted me to check out the latter article. There were a number of issues with it which, in my humble opinion, should have been dealt with before it passed as a GA - see [1]. I just wanted to remind you, for example, that unless the caption to a photo or illustration is a sentence fragment, the text requires a period after it. Regards Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:50, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry about that, I wasn't aware that a GOCE copy edit was still in progress when I took the review. I'll take another look at it just in case. JAGUAR 20:52, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

There wasn't a GOCE in progress. As I said, I happened to look at it after I'd done Gypsy (Lady Gaga song) which was in the GOCE edit cue. I guess I'm not clear on the GA process but it seems to me, as I pointed out above, that an article with as many issues as this one had should not be given a GA designation until they are fixed. Or is that not the case? Regards. Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:45, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

N64 exclusives

Got tired before I could finish rating the rest 😉 I see some topics and get excited, but invariably whenever I delve into the details, I find that I'd be mostly writing GAs on crap games (known for either middling reviews or for lazy development). And I can't honestly defend wasting time writing those when there's so much more important stuff to do czar 17:58, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

@Czar: I thought of that too. When I saw a new potential good topic I got excited, but then I realised that around three quarters of that list would be Solar Jetman all over again! I'm not so worried about reviews (if there's enough content), but writing a mandatory background section for each individual article wouldn't be worth it IMO. In other news, I'm working on bringing the Wipeout series to GT status, and should be done with that fairly soon depending on my off-wiki life. Next I'm planning to complete the DKC good topic. I have no ideas regarding another collaboration at the moment... JAGUAR 18:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

I can help out with the DK titles when you're done with Wipeout (much less garbage in that topic...) I have a few things in draft, just kinda slow in finishing things these days czar 18:15, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, czar! That's my favourite track from DKC, it's nice to see all of the different renditions of it. JAGUAR 17:11, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congrats for the promotion of Super Mario Galaxy as a FA! As for me, I put the work on the side temporarily because I'm working on other subjects, but I'll finish using the last source I have used only partially as soon as possible. In any case, the nomination should be O.K. Thank you again for your help, I hope we can collaborate again in the future! Good luck in your contributions. Skull33 (talk) 11:53, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm glad to see it promoted. I hope to have it on the main page in time for its tenth anniversary on 1 November 2017. Good luck with your nomination, I haven't checked it in a while but I have no doubt it will pass thanks to all the supports it has! Looking forward to collaborating again in the future.... JAGUAR 11:55, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Paava Mannippu

Hey there, Jaguar. The article is up for GAN. My first in 8 months. I was hoping if you could do the honours (take up its GAR). Thanks. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:28, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Looks good! I'll be happy to take it. JAGUAR 15:30, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

First place – $200
Second & Third place – $50 each
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relevance of all things Baha'i to project Iran?

Charles Wolcott? Sara Blomfield? Baha'i Studies Review? Please explain. The Baha'i Faith far transcends Iran - most of its adherents are not in Iran and never will be, it's center of authority is not there. What gives? Smkolins (talk) 23:10, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I'm afraid I have no idea; it was already categorised under Iran by someone else, but feel free to remove the talk page banner. JAGUAR 14:22, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

GA Cup

I want to sign-up, have added my name to the list of participants but what do I do now? Seriously, I don't know what to do next...like how do I start my Review page, etc., etc. I need step-by-step instructions. Also, earlier this month I did a GA Review (Talk:Trinity War/GA1) but that was before I joined the Cup - can I add that Review to my list? Shearonink (talk) 02:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

@Shearonink: hi, sorry for the late reply – I've been a little busy off-wiki. MrWooHoo has made you a submissions page. I'm afraid that your review of Trinity War won't count as it was undertaken before you joined the cup, but given the laxity of this year's cup it's safe to say that even a couple of reviews should secure you into the next round. On your submissions page, just add the name of the article you're reviewing and a judge will mark it for points. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Regards JAGUAR 12:19, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to all!

	We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2017!
	Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Glorious, Prosperous New Year! God bless! — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

chrissy greetings

*Hi Jaguar, Mwiaowy xmas* Coolabahapple (talk) 15:14, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Burning Rangers

As requested:

1 - GameFan. Vol.5, Iss. 12. Pg.110.
2 - GameFan. Vol.5, Iss. 12. Pg.111.

The editor is Dave Halverson and the author is Dan "Knightmare" Jevons. -Thibbs (talk) 23:50, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much! JAGUAR 12:30, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

have a small concern about an undone review

I'm sure they meant no harm but I noticed that one of the GA Cup participants has signed up for a Review but hasn't touched the GA subpage - Talk:Second Battle of Bapaume/GA1 - since December 12th. In my opinion they should either get cracking on the Review or release it in case another GA Cup participant wants to do the Review. I do feel uncomfortable contacting a fellow GA Cup participant about something like this, so was wondering if this should be something for the Judges to notify the editor about. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 16:47, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

@Shearonink: I've just let Krishna that the review is still waiting. Perhaps he forgot about it, but rest assured that reviews will only be scored once the reviewer has finished the reviews. Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy over the Christmas period! JAGUAR 17:47, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

He's done so many reviews - the output is amazing & so detailed, no wonder he overlooked one. Cheers,Shearonink (talk) 17:59, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Newsletter draft

I have a draft of the newsletter that I'm working on in my User:3family6/sandbox. Feel free to add more to it. Thanks, --3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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WikiProject British Empire

Hi. Why have you tagged Aubrey Swanepoel for this project? Are all indivduals born in South Africa in 1980s in scope for this project? Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 14:47, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: thanks for spotting that, I've just removed it. That was among the very few articles I tagged for the British Empire project for BLPs (as it begins with 'A'). I've long since set AWB to skip all biographies of living people, and anybody to do with sports too. The only people who should be included in the project's scope are those who were involved with colonial affairs and who were born in the colonies etc. Again thanks for letting me know. There shouldn't be any more sports related people! JAGUAR 14:51, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Superb - thanks for fixing that. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 14:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Conventions and the British empire

Why are you labelling all kind of conventions as part of the British Empire wikiproject? I would guess those are outside the scope? What are the criteria you use? L.tak (talk) 15:06, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

WP:BE's scope generally considers any article related to the British Empire to be a valid topic. All of the conventions I tagged had British African colonies participating in the conventions, and they were also categorised under them. If you feel like this is wrong, please let me know and I'll remove them (or you can remove them now if you like). Do you want me to skip all articles relating to conventions from now on? JAGUAR 15:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

OK, I've added anything to do with "conventions" to the skip list and will remove any stray ones. I still think it's related to the scope though as the UK was a signatory to all of them... but if you think it's best, they can be removed. JAGUAR 15:15, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Well, the problem is: if it for every country involved it should be added to a wikiproject, then some have over 100, and that's contraproductive. We had these issues with I believe other countries in the future, that were "autotagged" and then removed, so it seems a recurring problem though... L.tak (talk) 15:19, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I see your point. If that was the case then hundreds of countries' projects would need to be tagged - I didn't think of that! I've added anything to with conventions and treaties to the skip list, so we won't see this problem again. JAGUAR 15:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, that would work, I guess (I know nothing about automated editing) could you also revert the changes made yesterday? Tnx, and a good 2017! L.tak (talk) 09:09, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

I am curious

as to why you added a British Empire tag at Cantonment Burgwin? Almost any reason will do, but for the life of me I can not think of one. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:32, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Oops, thanks for spotting that. I removed it. No idea why it was categorised under the Thirteen Colonies! JAGUAR 11:01, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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