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WikiCup 2012 October newsletter

The 2012 WikiCup has come to a close; congratulations to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), our 2012 champion! Cwmhiraeth joins our exclusive club of previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009), Sturmvogel 66 (2010) and Hurricanehink (2011). Our final standings were as follows:

1. Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
2. Sasata (submissions)
3. Grapple X (submissions)
4. Casliber (submissions)
5. Muboshgu (submissions)
6. Miyagawa (submissions)
7. Ruby2010 (submissions)
8. Dana Boomer (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The featured article award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for four featured articles in the final round.
• The good article award also goes to Grapple X (submissions), for 19 good articles in the second round.
• The list award goes to Muboshgu (submissions), for three featured lists in the final round.
• The topic award goes to Grapple X (submissions), for three good topics (with around 40 articles) in round 4.
• The did you know award goes to Cwmhiraeth (submissions), for well over 100 DYKs in the final round.
• The news award goes to ThaddeusB (submissions), for 10 in the news items in round 3.
• The picture award goes to Grandiose (submissions), for two featured pictures in round 2.
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• Finally, for achieving an incredible bonus point total in the final round, and for bringing the top-importance article frog to featured status, a biostar has been awarded to Cwmhiraeth (submissions).

Awards will be handed out in the coming days; please bear with us! This year's competition also saw fantastic contributions in all rounds, from newer Wikipedians contributing their first good or featured articles, right up to highly experienced Wikipedians chasing high scores and contributing to topics outside of their usual comfort zones. It would be impossible to name all of the participants who have achieved things to be proud of, but well done to all of you, and thanks! Misplaced Pages has certainly benefited from the work of this year's WikiCup participants.

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WP:TW

Hello, Please tell me a bit about Reverting Vandalism through Twinkle because I am interested to fight against Vandalism Greatuser (talk) 14:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm not active in fighting vandalism. I think you should enrol in the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy. Regards, Armbrust 14:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

But You are experienced User about Twinkle especially Reverting Vandalism through Twinkle, That does not matter wheather you are active on fighting Vandalism or Inactive Greatuser (talk) 15:01, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

For how to use this module of Twinkle see WP:TW/DOC#Revert and rollback. Armbrust 15:05, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Massenhafte Änderungen von User:Wonderwizard

Hast du das hier gesehen? Der Typ hat fast alle Snookerartikel umgeschmissen. Ziemlich unsinnige Bearbeitung. Jemand sollte ihm mal erklären dass man das auch innerhalb des Artikels ändern kann und nicht immer beide Abschnitte bearbeiten. Der sammelt wohl contrib points. Gruß --LezFraniak (talk) 21:24, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Ja, ich habe es gesehen und alle seine Änderungen zurückgesetzt. Es sah besser aus, als es war. Armbrust 21:31, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Wirklich alle? Wow! das waren doch bestimmt 40 Stück. Etwas anderes. Ich habe gesehen dass du bei den alten Snooker WM noch Reffs gefunden hast. Kannst du die auch gleich in den deutschen Artikel packen? Das wäre nett. Schöne Wochenende. Ich gehe jetzt ein Bier trinken und Billard spielen. Gruß. --LezFraniak (talk) 21:35, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Vielleicht morgen. Armbrust 21:48, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Université de Saint-Boniface logo.png

The white space around this image has been cropped tighter than the supplied image to be uploaded. The original image had approximately 15px of breathing room (white space) on all sides of the logo. This was done to prevent text and other images from butting right up against the logo. Is it possible to replace this image with the originally supplied image? If the logo must be cropped as tight as possible then may we supply a PNG file that uses a transparent background?

Also, we had requested that this image be uploaded to both the French and English Misplaced Pages pages, it appears that it has only been uploaded to English Misplaced Pages. Is a separate upload request and fair use rational needed to upload this image to the French page? Deschenes Regnier (talk) 20:33, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Fixed the problem with the whitespace and uploaded the file to French Misplaced Pages. Please note, however, that if there is any problem with the file on fr.Misplaced Pages, than I can't fix it. Armbrust 02:38, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Proposals/RISC OS

Thanks for closing Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Proposals/RISC OS. I wouldn't have bothered adding the NAC note, except that I was editing to date it anyway. Thanks very much for tidying this up. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 12:46, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem. Armbrust 12:47, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Friendly Fire

So sorry about my misclick! All the URL additions looked like spam, and I didn't even notice who I was reverting until after I rolled back. — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 16:37, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem, but be more cautious next time. Armbrust 17:46, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

CFDS

Thanks for finishing the nom for tax evaders; I had to dash (RL)! – Fayenatic London 17:39, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Be my guest. Armbrust 18:41, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure

Hi Armbrust. Thank you very much for your numerous closes at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure. I appreciate the good work you do there.

Would you take another look at your close of Talk:Richard Tylman#RfC: Should information sourced to research in genealogical websites be included?. I don't think you considered Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 132#Genealogy databases in your close. I find the arguments by My very best wishes (talk · contribs), Shearonink (talk · contribs), Amadscientist (talk · contribs), Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk · contribs), Slp1 (talk · contribs), and The Four Deuces (talk · contribs) very compelling. The arguments that the genealogical website links in the articles are primary sources that are discouraged per WP:SPS don't seem to be refuted in the RfC.

On the talk page, GeorgeLouis (talk · contribs) wrote, "The reason we have footnotes and links is so anybody can go to the Source and see if it is authoritative or not." This is unsupported by the reliable sources guideline which forbids inclusion of unreliable sources. ClemRutter (talk · contribs)'s comment reads like an ad hominem against the RfC initiator and admits that many of the genealogical references are primary sources or user-generated, and Juraj Budak (talk · contribs) did not provide any arguments beyond saying "per GeorgeLouis and ClemRetter". Best, Cunard (talk) 02:53, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Undone closure. If I knew, that I had to consider this RSN thread too, than I wouldn't closed it at all. Too long to read. Armbrust 09:34, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Ancient Roman Christians in Britain

Why did you remove the speedy tag saying that it stale when it was only a few days old? Laurel Lodged (talk) 23:14, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Because the nomination was stale. Stale means in this case, that the speedy renaming was opposed and you didn't take it to a full discussion within one week. Now you have another one week to do it (like you did with this category there), after which it will become stale again. Armbrust 23:17, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hello, Thank you for your support with uploading the poster for The Mountain. Elmauser (talk) 13:58, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Be my guest. Armbrust 08:47, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Super Mega Worm

Hello! I am a computer science student from the University of Strathclyde. I do not have enough edits to add a picture onto the wiki page Super_Mega_Worm and noticed you had already added a one. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to add screen shot onto the page for us. Regards John — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.17.136 (talk) 15:55, 19 November 2012‎

If you give me a link to a screenshot and exactly say, where to put it in the article, than yes. Armbrust 22:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Could you put this screenshot in the 'Gameplay' section ? http://img.stpcdn.net/screenshots/super-mega-worm_2.jpg Thank you so much ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.186.162 (talk) 17:22, 26 November 2012

 Done Armbrust 18:41, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.186.162 (talk) 19:07, 26 November 2012

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Your RM close, needs speedy restore

Hi, Please see Talk:Supernatural (U.S. TV series), I think it is the correct thing to advise closer of an undiscussed move counter RM result. (even though I would !vote the other way, procedure means respecting the RM process). In ictu oculi (talk) 04:48, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but I can't help as I'm not an admin. Therefore I can't move back the article, as the edit history of Supernatural (TV series) contains more than just the move. Try WP:RM/TR. Armbrust 08:58, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.....

...for fixing my RFPP entry :); much appreciated. Lectonar (talk) 10:12, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure. It was bugging me, that it was still not archived. Armbrust 10:29, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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WP:FFU

On FFU, you closed "PCI DSS 2.0 Security Standards Overview" as declined. While this is the correct result, "© 2012 SlideShare Inc. All rights reserved" is the copyright notice for the hosting site, which does not own the copyright to the content. It is instead "Copyright 2012 Vormetric, Inc." Just be careful, because for example, someone might own a blog whose content is licensed under the CC-BY, but says "© 2012 (blog host)" at the bottom. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:30, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

 Fixed Armbrust 09:18, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

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Won't join, as my only contributions to MMA articles are to remove/add categories. Armbrust 23:08, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Super Bowl Logo Upload

Thanks. Armbrust 00:04, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

EchoStar

Hey, Armbrust! I just noticed you switched the logo for EchoStar from a vector image to a rasterized image. I don't see any immediate difference except higher compression and artifacting in the latter, plus the removal of the gradient. It doesn't look like the gradient has been removed totally from their logo family, it just looks like they sometimes use it (press releases) and sometimes do not (their website navigation bar). jæs (talk) 05:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Well I have no opinion on this matter, although for me it looks like the new logo has different colours too. The new logo was requested at Files for upload by KABM (talk · contribs). Armbrust 09:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

The logo that I submitted contains 2 changes: 1. removal of the gradient 2. addition of the registered trademark symbol. The version with the gradient is no longer valid for use. I am a newbie, and not authorized to upload, so could only submit the version published for media use http://www.echostar.com/~/media/EchoStarWeb/Images/Media%20Downloads/EchoStar%20Logo.ashx KABM (talk) 19:43, 3 December 2012 (UTC)KABM

Where have you read that it is "no longer valid for use"? jæs (talk) 20:19, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Featured_picture_candidates#Closing_procedure

Got it. Sorry, it's a tiny bit of text on a very long set of instructions that I generally just skim for blue links. Adam Cuerden 13:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

No problem. Armbrust 13:02, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

A little favour

Hey, could you please merge the histories of List of games developed by Crystal Dynamics into List of Crystal Dynamics video games? I did both articles but performed a copy-paste move because I created the redirect before and thus couldn't do the move over the redirect. I'd appreciate your help very much. Thanks. — ΛΧΣ 21:44, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm not an admin and therefore I can't help you. Armbrust 21:46, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

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No true Scotsman merge closure

Hello, Armbrust! I just thought I should let you know I removed the merge tag from Special pleading and added No true Scotsman to the “See also” section there. I hope you don’t mind.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:38, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Of course not. Thanks for removing the merge tags, totally forgot that. Armbrust 23:52, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Punctuation and signature

Hi, just a tiny suggestion: you might like to include a dash or other punctuation at the start of your signature (as I do). This would save momentary confusion from scanning consecutive links at WP:CFDS e.g. "per BBC Radio Armbrust". HTH – Fayenatic London 14:05, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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Seasons greetings

Armbrust, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and hope your day is full of the true spirit of the day. Plus, good food, good family and good times. :) Have a Great Day! :) -- Dianna (talk) 17:54, 25 December 2012 (UTC) Modified from {{subst:User:Neutralhomer/MerryChristmas}}

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WP:RPP question

Hey there. I have just noticed two of your edits to WP:RPP adding the Declined template to the sections I had added the NotDone template to. Does the bot not archive if the NotDone template is added? ·Add§hore· 00:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I think not, but I'm not sure (I saw {{RFPP|no}} for the first time today). But according to this edit summary, the bot identified two open requests on the page, and if you look at the revision reached by the previous edit, than there are 2 marked as declined and 2 as not done. Armbrust 03:26, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, interesting, I guess I will stop using it :) ·Add§hore· 11:40, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Also I just noticed one of your revision on WP:RPP that was asking about protection/un-protection on your talk page archives. If you want this but don't want to fill out the noticeboard just post a list on my talk page and I will be sure to do this for you! ·Add§hore· 00:39, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Premature closure of Sila-Nunam RM

Armbrust, please undo the premature closure of the requested move:

• Talk:79360_Sila–Nunam#Requested_move

The emerging consensus was that the move was proper, per policies wp:COMMONNAME (wp:TITLE) as most-common form in wp:RS reliable sources (search Google Scholar) and wp:ACCESS for accessibility, and because the hyphenated name, "79360 Sila-Nunam" refers to the binary system, as a whole as if a married name in a specific order, where "Nunam-Sila" could refer to a different object. Anyway, discussion had not concluded, and more editors had been posting replies just hours before the premature closure. -Wikid77 (talk) 06:07, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Emerging consensus? I'm wondering which of the 9 opposers you and Apteva and Enric were thinking you were on the verge of convincing. Based on all the other venues where the same idea has lost, a WP:SNOW close here seems entirely appropriate, no? Though I agree that such a close is probably not appropriate for a non-admin to be doing. Dicklyon (talk) 06:15, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

People keep rehashing the same old arguments, instead of realizing that there is no difference between McGraw-Hill and Sila-Numan. Neither syntactical, nor grammatical, nor lexical, nor semantical, nor anything. They are both hyphenated single words, working as proper names of single entities, created by joining two elements that are independent when presented by separate.

Discussions should be closed on strength of argument, not on head counting, see WP:ROUGH CONSENSUS: "Consensus is not determined by counting heads, but by looking at strength of argument, and underlying policy (if any). Arguments that contradict policy, are based on opinion rather than fact, or are logically fallacious, are frequently discounted." But admins are very wary of closing a discussion against a 9-2 head count. Specially in areas where they are guaranteed to get attacks on his the credibility and lengthy arguments in his talk page.

I don't think it's worth reopening the move request, it's unlikely to result in any improvement to the encyclopedia. I'll tr sending another email to the IAU, to see if they really know about the difference between a hyphen and an en dash. --Enric Naval (talk) 12:29, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

@Wikid77: I don't know what you mean. There was a clear consensus against the proposed move and that the title should follow Misplaced Pages's own style guide (AKA as Manual of Style). The closure was also not premature, as it was open for more than seven days and was listed in the "Backlog" section of WP:RM. Armbrust 12:40, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Military Bowl

Hey Armbrust, the reason I added the template was because it was suggested at the College Football Wiki-Project talk page that if we plan on editing these articles during the game, adding that template might be helpful to readers. Go Phightins! 19:17, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Well the problem is, that {{Current sport}} should be used on articles, that are rapidly changing and "is not intended to be used to mark an article that merely has recent news articles about the topic". If the editing becomes more frequent, than feel free to add it back. Armbrust 19:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

All right. The game will start in a half-hour, at which point I'll re-affix the template. Thanks. Go Phightins! 19:32, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Space Shower

I'm puzzled by your closure of the FPC Space Shower, as I have the four supports for promotion. Was there an outstanding issue with the image or something else that I missed? I had been under the impression that I would be starting the year off with a FP under my belt, and I am trying to understand why that didn't happen, so any information you could provide would be appreciated. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:23, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

You missed the part that an image can only be promoted, if it has 5 supports. From the top of WP:FPC: "For promotion, if an image is listed here for nine days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Misplaced Pages:Featured pictures list.") However the Space Shower FPC nomination has only 4.5, as "weak support" counts only as a half support. Feel free to renominate it. Armbrust 02:34, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Five? And I see the size requirements have changed too. When did all this happen!? Anyway, thanks for the explanation. I am upset that I prematurely celebrated a good start to the new year, but I suppose that's what happens when I make assumptions about the stability of process here on Misplaced Pages. <sigh> Anyway, thanks for the explanation again, and I will keep my good cheer by wishing you a Happy New Year (hopefully yours had a better wiki-start than mine). TomStar81 (Talk) 03:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks and Happy New Year to you too. Armbrust 10:50, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 06:52, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Districts of Indonesia

The Category:Subdistricts of Indonesia is misnamed. This and the subcategories need renaming. AsianGeographer (talk) 12:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Really? Than nominate the categories for renaming at WP:CFD. Armbrust 12:14, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, really. The correct name is "district". I don't understand WP:CFD. Is there a place to get help on this? I put a note at Category talk:Subdistricts of Indonesia AsianGeographer (talk) 12:21, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

I think in that case you should read WP:CFD#HOWTO, and follow the steps described there. If you still feel uneasy, than place {{help}} on your talk page. Armbrust 12:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

I will use the help template. Hopefully someone can do it. Thank you. AsianGeographer (talk) 12:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:Head chefs leading the kitchen of a Michelin starred restaurant

I have reverted your last edit on Categories for discussion/ Speedy deletion. There is not opposition to the rename and the rename follows our overall naming conventions. The comments merely clarify the the roles of head chefs, executive chefs, owner chefs, patron chefs, and restaurants. - MrX 13:08, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Okay with me, but it looks like two admins disagreed with you by processing renaming requests and leaving this nomination in place. (Timrollpickering & The Bushranger) Armbrust 13:17, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

I know. I don't understand that. I assume they are allowing for additional comments. It should either be completed or moved to CfD if there is some question as to the merit of the speedy request. I will add a comment and hope that someone takes the time to read it. - MrX 13:42, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Songs written by Peter Allen.

Explanation. The category was directed to the composer, I AFG and nominated, but having checked, it's Peter Woolnough Allen that wrote the songs in the category, so it was a bad nom. Thanks for your patience. --Richhoncho (talk) 18:33, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

No problem, everyone can make a mistake. That's one of the reasons, why the categories are listed on the page for 48 hours. Armbrust 19:10, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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OK, you outsmarted me: I have no idea what you did here. I assume you used some template or other? Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Well I copied it from another closed MRV. But Misplaced Pages:Move review/Administrator instructions should be useful in the future. (I didn't use it, because my signature would have been automatically added.) Armbrust 18:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Armbrust, are you really telling me I should read the manual before I operate the machine?? Come on now! Drmies (talk) 21:30, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

No, I just tell there is one. Armbrust 21:34, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Move Review

I don't understand your action here. The "D" in "CFD" is "discussion", not "deletion", and this was not a deletion discussion. Move review is the proper venue. Powers 01:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

That doesn't matter. Per WP:MRV: "Move review is a process designed to formally discuss and evaluate a contested close of a requested move discussion", and WP:CFD is not part of that process. Also CFD is listed at WP:XFD, making it a deletion process, which are reviewed at WP:DRV. Armbrust 01:23, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Question

You really don't have anything resembling a life do you?