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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 11:37, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FILM July 2011 Newsletter

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--Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talkcontrib) 03:26, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Policy about screen credits for TV actor Edge

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In a Haven episode, Sparks and Recreation, the actor commonly referred to as Edge was credited as "WWE Superstar Edge". Do we need to use that name or can it be changed to "Edge"? Someone changed it and I reverted it, as I don't know the legal issues here. Thanks. -- Ihutchesson (talk) 21:15, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing illegal about it, but it is poor practice. "Superstar" implies superiority. We should try to avoid that because it is most likely personal opinion, and not neutral; see WP:Peacock. "Former WWE wrestler" or some such would be fine, but because you're wikilinking his name, I would so with simply "Edge". Certainly any Good article or Featured article wouldn't say "WWE Superstar Edge". Also, as I was writing that I realised how confusing it is. One could read it as "WWE Superstar Edge" and wonder what is a "superstar edge", or wonder what is "edgy" about a WWE star, etc etc. Why not use his real name? Matthewedwards :  Chat  23:53, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the response. I don't like the fact, but in entertainment billing is important, so unless there are other problems I think I'll go with a compromise "Edge, billed as 'WWE Superstar Edge'". Best. -- Ihutchesson (talk) 08:32, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Reference on Kurt Hummel page

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Back on March 26, 2011, you added a pair of references to Emmy magazine in the Kurt Hummel article. That article is currently going through the FAC process—it's already a Good Article—and one of the points brought up was that these particular references listed the "Academy of Arts and Sciences" as the (linked) publisher, but that link pointed to a disambiguation page. I checked, and discovered that the publisher is more fully called "National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences", which solves the disambiguation problem.

However, I also noticed that the name of the author was given as Shawna Malcolm. I was wondering if you still had that magazine available, so you could check the spelling of her last name for me. One of the authors we cite in a number of Glee articles is Shawna Malcom, who writes about TV for the Los Angeles Times and a number of other publications. It seems unlikely, though possible, that two Shawnas, one "Malcolm" and one "Malcom" without the second "L", would be Hollywood writers with expertise on that particular show.

Note: here's one of the two references you included back then; the other was for an article in the same issue that ran from page 102 through page 109; I'm guessing that was the main article, and the one below a one-page or partial-page sidebar.

Malcolm, Shawna (2010). "Role Call". Emmy. Vol. XXXII, no. 3. North Hollywood, California: Academy of Arts and Sciences. p. 108. ISSN 0164-3495. OCLC 4629234. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Thank you very much for any help you can give me. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:48, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up: I've just been able to track down an online version of the main article in Emmy, and it is "Shawna Malcom" who wrote it, according to the byline. Sorry to have bothered you; I've just corrected the references in Kurt Hummel. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:36, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, glad you sorted out the confusion. My apologies, and good luck with the FAC. Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Thanks for the reply, and the good wishes. The FAC's been heavy going so far, especially getting the prose up to standard. I'm in awe of your collection of FA stars. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:54, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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