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WikiCup 2010 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! 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 Misplaced Pages: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 Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:16, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Samuel Zoll

On February 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Zoll, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:01, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lawrence Romo

Hello! Your submission of Lawrence Romo 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! NativeForeigner /_Contribs 01:26, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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still blocked

I don't pretend to know what you hope to accomplish by adding all these images to your talk page while you are blocked, but I'm afraid you are not permitted to remove block notices or declined unblock requests while the block still stands, so I am restoring them here. Beeblebrox (talk) 06:54, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked from editing for violating Misplaced Pages policy, by disruption, assumption of bad faith and stealth canvassing/campaigning. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by replying here on your talk page by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}}. You may also email the blocking administrator or any administrator from this list instead, or mail unblock-en-l@mail.wikimedia.org.

As made clear by both Rjanag (talk · contribs) and Misplaced Pages:General sanctions/Obama article probation your actions are not currently in line with policy. Your email to me basically requested that I join you in a tag team, when you first came to me talk page this is what you were complaining about other editors about. I think you have the wrong idea of how we work, you seem to think that you should be challenging the other editors, and be "strong" against them. You should instead work with them. General sanctions makes it clear that you should assume good faith and remain civil, but you are constantly rude to the about the other editors at Barack Obama and claim they act in bad faith. Your continued posting in Chinese after being told to stop is also disruptive, apologising about posting in Chinese in Chinese isn't funny, and shows you aren't taking concerns seriously.

I hope that you understand the reasons behind this block, and when you return you change your behaviour, and the way you interact with others. - Kingpin (talk) 19:15, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry.

I am also sorry that you completely misunderstood my email. I never asked Kingpin13 to tag team. Here is what I wrote:

Hi,

Those two who are complaining about me to the Obama sanctions board are too much. However, I am nice. How about a secret deal where you close the complaints against me as saying these things don't help in your moderating with JB50000? In return, I will limit editing to Obama pages to a maximum of (deleted) days per month for the next 2 months (March 3 to May 3). With such informal and secret restriction, I'll make each post very thoughtful. However, if there are formal restrictions, I'll fight because that this not fair, particularly against bullies. See, I am a weakling and not a fighter.

JB50000 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Tag teaming is a very serious offense. Because I did not ask administrator, Kingpin13, to tag team (see above), I should be unblocked. However, I request reduction of the block to 24 more additional hours. Failure to unblock gives my enemies power and makes them have no remorse for being so rude. If unblocked, I will exercise extreme restraint. I am sorry about replying in Chinese but this is all that I wrote: Sorry. 对不起 Es tut mir leid انا اسف AGF and do not block because of mistaken allegations of tag teaming and that sorry. Thank you.

Decline reason:

I am declining your request for unblock because it does not address the reason for your block, or because it is inadequate for other reasons. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

• the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Misplaced Pages, or
• the block is no longer necessary because you
  • understand what you have been blocked for,
  • will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
  • will make useful contributions instead.

Please read our guide to appealing blocks for more information. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:14, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I do not think the multilingual sorry is disruptive but I will not do it again. I will also assume good faith in everyone - I will take this to the extreme from now on. I did not ask to tag team so I am completely innocent in this regard but I also promise never to start. Sorry.

A final request: Please be kind and not nasty when acting on the unblock request. A kind response will set the tone for a happy and productive reintroduction to WP for me, something that I pledge to continue what you start. JB50000 (talk) 03:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

A final note to you: We don't do "secret deals" and you shouldn't be viewing other users as your "enemies." Misplaced Pages is supposed to be about transparency and working together, not backroom dealing and a battleground mentality. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:16, 3 March 2010 (UTC)