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Ever wondered who chooses which article is going to be "Today's Featured Article" (TFA) on the main page? Well – with the assistance of the community at the TFA requests page – that'd be me as "TFA coordinator". If you have a query about a TFA that has already been picked, please ask away; if you have a query about a TFA that you'd like to be picked, or the TFA selection process, I'll do my best to help. I have limited time and ability to edit Misplaced Pages at weekends, so for anything urgent that's TFA-related you'll need to go somewhere else, such as WT:TFAR or WP:ANI.

You've Got Mail

- Neutralhomer • Talk • 19:36, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Resolved. Bencherlite 21:20, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Help!

Sorry to trouble you, but I have come across the article Draft:Gay Barlow which is obviously a hoax, and an embarrassing one. I'm sure you will agree it should be for speedy deletion, but I've looked at the process and, having never been involved in anything like this before, it looks anything but speedy for me to understand what to do. Maybe you know how to speedily set the process in action. It's already had 26 viewings. Can you help? --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 11:45, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

{{db-vandalism}} or {{db-attack}} will do. Zapped, anyway. The anonymous editor who created it was using a computer at Queens University Belfast - a good use of revision time... Thanks for dealing with this. Bencherlite 11:51, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

That's great; many thanks. It would have taken me ages to do it. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

ITN - Maya Angelou

On 28 May 2014, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Maya Angelou, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.

--Bencherlite 20:22, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, me! Bencherlite 20:22, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

You rock. We're talking about getting a 'bot to do this. Not that many regulars can be bothered to dish these out...! Now then, stop messing about and start reviewing and contributing to the soon-to-be-masterpiece that is The Boat Race 2012...... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:25, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I'm great. I just know that I'll forget who I've successfully nominated if I don't do this (I had to hunt in my archives for one of these to see that I nominated Joan Sutherland for ITN back in the day...). Will look at the Boat Race later. Bencherlite 20:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Cool. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:35, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Featured content

What do you think of my suggestion here? We could easily get a 30 to 60 item rotation of Featured articles and pictures, and a decent number of FLs which are guaranteed up to date and auto-change that way. Portals and topics would need hand-done. Adam Cuerden 18:20, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Op Perch

Hi, may I suggest that Battle of Villers-Bocage is also protected for 15 June? It is going to be, more than likely, the most visited page of any of the links contained on the Perch page and due to its somewhat controversial nature, vandalized. Regards EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 10:23, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

EnigmaMcmxc, I've only given Perch the standard TFA move-protection; semi-protection for that or for Villers-Bocage will have to depend on activity on the day. I won't be online that day, so pop by WP:RFPP if there's a problem. Bencherlite 21:56, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Well, if you're ready for another coin

Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar is a rattling good story and I could nom it in the any day slot. On another note, I will be in London this week (the first time in three years) and if you are available for coffee or such, I have little planned but the opera Tuesday, King Lear Thursday, and a conspiratorial meeting with a few others, including Brianboulton and Tim Riley, at the British Library Tuesday afternoon. I suspect my schedule is more open than yours. I leave for Dover and a cruise ship Friday morning, the anniversary of D Day, I hope that is not foreshadowing anything.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:55, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Mail

- Neutralhomer • Talk • 23:44, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Rejections of noms

I am rather upset with your quick dismissal and rejection of the two nominations here. See here, in which The Bushranger assured me that there would be "no action on the existing ones, per AGF". As I have promised to stop, having forgotten, could you not demonstrate a simple bit of good faith? ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 10:44, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Good faith has nothing to do with this part of things. You're not permitted to nominate at DYK, are you? The fact that another admin has decided not to block you after your breach of that topic ban is neither here nor there when it comes to the different question of whether DYK nominations made in breach of your topic ban should be allowed to stand. Bencherlite 10:51, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Understood. I am also technically banned from mainspacing anything. If one wishes to go by the book hard, then by all means, please delete the articles in question. I deeply apologise for forgetting about and consequently violating the ban. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 11:01, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

TFA for Sir George

Watcha, through the misty, red wine-impaired eyes of yesterday's shenanigans, I have, per our chat, listed Sir George here. Is this where he should go, or am I going completely mad? Cassianto 11:14, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Cassianto, that's fine. Hic... Bencherlite 16:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Ha, indeed. Not the sorest head I'm guessing today by far! Cassianto 16:59, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

For you!

	The "How was the play otherwise, Mrs. Lincoln?" Award
	For seeing Our American Cousin, with all that carries with it, including an overlong production, sudden and loud noises, deadly dull (except when your head's being shot off), and a (Samsonian) tendency to bring the house down! But thank you! Wehwalt (talk) 18:41, 4 June 2014 (UTC)