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On A-Class reviews

Thanks for the link Cptnono. I had been asking Ameer for more practical advice, as in what's missing from the article and what needs to altered/added before a review. It's just that it's my first attempt at an A-Class review. If you can offer any help on that, I'd appreciate it a lot. Cheers! --Sherif9282 (talk) 08:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

GA Review/ Barbara Howard (artist)

Thanks, Cptnono, for the good news and the kind words. I don't know who the person was who originally nominated this article for GA status (or why) but when the first reviewer failed it, I felt somehow personally slighted (I thought I had done a good job), so I made what I thought was a major effort to improve it, and then renominated it. It was humbling to have you (as the second reviewer) point out all the many things that were still wrong with it! However, you were sufficiently supportive to keep me from giving up entirely and your always helpful suggestions showed me that improvements were still possible. Thanks for hanging in. This GA status is as much your work as mine. Wardsislander (talk) 13:45, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

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. 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 Hurricanehink (submissions) and 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 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 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, 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Lower alpha footnotes

Hello. You have a new message at Imzadi1979's talk page. Imzadi 1979 → 22:54, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Steve Zakuani GA review

Hey, I wanted you to know that I added your name to the GA nom. I wanted to make sure you got credit for your work on this article (earlier, and more recently). Hopefully this counts for the WikiCup. Thanks for your work on this article. --SkotyWA_C 18:54, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Oh thanks dude! Unfortunately I got eliminated after ending the last round 4pts short! I thought I was safe and slacked. It was fun times still. Cptnono (talk) 02:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Apologies for going missing in action after nominating this article for GA. We're trying to sell our home right now and it's getting pretty hectic. Hopefully I'll be able to put more time into the article this weekend or next. Thanks again for your help with this nomination. I expect someone will start reviewing it this week or next. --SkotyWA_C 15:48, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Good luck! I hope it is for the best of reasons.Cptnono (talk) 01:29, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Falafel

Hello. I have asked, more than once, several questions of you at the talk page of falafel. Could you please answer those questions? Thank you, nableezy - 21:28, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Been a little busy IRL and keeping you inline since your return (how has no one else dragged you to AE yet?) is not a priority. Last time I checked you asked why I mentioned legality. I clarified. I'll take a look in the next day to keep things on course though.Cptnono (talk) 07:07, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter

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. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and 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 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, 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:25, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

YGM

AWB

Thank you I'm happy to help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

re "Assisting in disruption again?"

I'm sorry, could you be more specific about what article or incident you refer to? If I "ignored IP vandalism", the article in question may just not be on my watchlist or something, maybe? Herostratus (talk) 14:55, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

No. I don't believe you. AGF only goes so far. You have intentionally assisted or ignored vandalism.Cptnono (talk) 03:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

A/E

You said you thought AgadaUrbanit was "actively discussing a perennial request without being a jerk". I asked whether you honestly thought AgadaUrbanit wasn't being a jerk in that discussion. I didn't call AgadaUrbanit a jerk.

I will remove my comment about manure. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 05:25, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

No need to explain it to me. I got your intent so it didn't hurt my feelings. Those comments still can be taken offensively by others though. Cptnono (talk) 05:29, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

AE

WP:AE#Cptnono nableezy - 19:29, 24 June 2011 (UTC)