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Re: Portal:Opera and Portal:Finger Lakes

Yes, they are featured. I just haven't got around to list them yet. OhanaUnited 20:07, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

We actually have a bot to do some of the tasks. And if we do the job for the bot, the bot owner will get angry and may withdraw its service. So, try leave the promotion parts to the directors. OhanaUnited 00:14, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

The Bartered Bride

This is now at WP:Peer Review. Any comments would be welcome. The structure is fairly close to the format of Agrippina, our recent joint venture at FAC. Brianboulton (talk) 21:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured_picture_candidates/Plantain_Walk,_Jamaica

Per feedback, the image you reviewed now illustrates the biography of the artist and a different image illustrates the History of Jamaica article. You may wish to change your review based upon these alterations. Durova 19:14, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

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WT:OPERA

No problem as things stand - I had no particular intention to use any of the other synopses (some of them written by me, BTW!), and I imagine that Kleinzach would want to get the permission of the author if/when any such occasion arises. As for OTRS, I know less than nothing about it - could you make any necessary links, perhaps in collaboration with User:Moonriddengirl. Best. --GuillaumeTell 13:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

CZ Infant colic

What's wrong with Citizendium's infant colic article? Your note isn't very specific. --Cybercobra (talk) 23:19, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I've added a new column in the WikiProject table for comments and tagged some of yours for elaboration. --Cybercobra (talk) 00:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Is a cleanup possible?

Hi, Shoemaker. I was wondering if it was possible to clean up the sound on , or even if it was worth it. It's the only known episode to survive of a radio show from the 30s, and it has fallen into the public domain. The accompanying article is an FA, and I'd like this file to be, too. Also, would it stand a chance of being promoted at WP:FSC, cleaned or "dirty"? Thanks, Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks. There's no hugh rush so if you have other commitments it can wait. Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:49, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I have another Q on something unrelated. When a composer has written/recorded/published a piece of music before 1923, and then it has been re-recorded/reinterpreted/covered after 1923, is that recording copyrightable or is it PD because it's all about the state of the original work? Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXIV

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter
Round III, Issue 6 - July 12, 2009

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Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:

Pool A
  1. Switzerland Sasata (505)
Pool B
  1. Maryland Ottava Rima (592)
Pool C
  1. Denmark Candlewicke (380)
Pool D
  1. Sweden Theleftorium (666)
Wildcard leaders
  1. Iceland Scorpion0422 (584)
  2. Wales Shoemaker's Holiday (493)
  3. Mitchazenia (443)
  4. Republic of Ireland Juliancolton (261)
Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:

This combines with the Round 1 totals and the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:

Biggest Jumps

The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:

Rank User LF TF D
1 Wales Shoemaker's Holiday 36 493 457
2 Maryland Ottava Rima 241 592 351
3 Iceland Scorpion0422 389 584 195
4 Sweden Theleftorium 518 666 148
5 Toronto Gary King 17 150 113
6 Mitchazenia 160 290 130
7 Switzerland Sasata 442 505 63
8 Thailand Rlevse 109 143 34
9 Japan Wrestlinglover 228 248 20
10 Colombia ThinkBlue 206 219 13
  • LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
  • This was generated from this diff.
From the Judges

There were a few mistakes in last weeks' newsletter. Apologies about that. In regards to the competition, a few of you shot up in points this week. Very, very impressive. However, now that some have shot up to the top, others of you have to work even harder to catch up! There are about 3 weeks left in the round, so if you're behind, now is really the time to start nominating content, so that it can count for this round. If you wait too long, we won't be able to hold off the round while your content is being reviewed.

Per this tiny poll, the remainder of the competition has been altered.. sorry!! The changes being made are as follows: "We will be combining the last three rounds. Round 4 will now last from August through September, with 8 contestants. On September 1st, however, we will eliminate the bottom four contestants. The top four contestants will continue the round with the same score. Then, one person will win out of the remaining four on September 30th." You can also see this change to the main WikiCup page.

Lastly, we'd like to welcome back Shoemaker's Holiday into the competition! 'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthew  at, and The Helpful One

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+2 FPs
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario).jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. wadester16 04:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Gustave Doré - Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote - Part 1 - Chapter 1 - Plate 1 "A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination".jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. wadester16 04:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Plot-only description of fictional works

Since you're a major contributor to it, thought you should know there has been talkpage talk of formally proposing it be made policy. So if you have any final edits or comments, now would be a good time. --Cybercobra (talk) 06:59, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Closure of the lawnmower picture

Hi,

Not sure how I'm supposed to do this, but I would like to respectfully oppose this closure. Sure I only put a neutral vote, but raised an important question that goes further than this picture. I would like community input on this question, and maybe then the vote will be easier for every one else. Regards Ksempac (talk) 09:38, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Happy Bastille Day!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, on behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just want to wish you a Happy Bastille Day, whether you are French, Republican or not!  :) Happy Editing! Sincerely, --A Nobody 23:32, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:J. Cooper, Sr. - Sir Walter Scott - Le Noir Faineant in the Hermit's Cell - Ivanhoe.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. wadester16 06:09, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Expert opinion requested

So I did a bunch of scans today at the local historical society. This is my first legitimate engraving restoration. Care to comment? :-) wadester16 21:57, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually give me a bit of time; with the image problems going on, I'm having trouble uploading the original TIFF. wadester16 22:06, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
TIFF is up; you can now compare to the original. Thanks! wadester16 22:34, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

FPC Closure

You forgot to sign. wadester16 01:19, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup participates in the Misplaced Pages:The Great Misplaced Pages Dramaout

Hello all, iMatthew here. I just wanted to let you know about "The Great Misplaced Pages Dramaout" which starts this Saturday. The goal of the Dramaout is to spend five days working on improving articles and abstaining from any of Misplaced Pages's drama. I don't think that any of you will have a problem focusing on articles for five days, because of course, any work you get done during the Dramaout will count towards your score in the WikiCup. Details are on the page; hope to see you all signing up! :) iMatthew  at 00:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

FPC closure

Looks like you forgot to move this http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/File:Sawfly_larvae_-_Pergidae_sp.jpg. I took care of it. I think. You might want to check! Makeemlighter (talk) 21:58, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXV

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter
Round III, Issue 7 - July 18, 2009

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Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are:

Pool A
  1. Mitchazenia (653)
Pool B
  1. Maryland Ottava Rima (617)
Pool C
  1. Denmark Candlewicke (427)
Pool D
  1. Sweden Theleftorium (673)
Wildcard leaders
  1. Wales Shoemaker's Holiday (600)
  2. Switzerland Sasata (546)
  3. Republic of Ireland Juliancolton (346)
  4. Japan Wrestlinglover (337)
Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of:

This combines with the Round 1 totals and the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of:

Biggest Jumps

The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:

Rank User LF TF D
1 Mitchazenia 443 653 210
2 Wales Shoemaker's Holiday 493 600 107
3 Japan Wrestlinglover 248 337 89
4 Iceland Juliancolton 261 346 85
5 Denmark Candlewicke 380 427 47
  • LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
  • This was generated from this diff.
From the Judges

About two weeks left, now. To those of you in the back, don't give up. There is still enough time to get some more work done. To those of you in the front relaxing... don't. We've seen it happen before, where users in the back will jump ahead in the final weeks and make it though.

We'd also like to wave goodbye to Scorpion0422, and thank him for all of his hard work this round even though he knew he needed to withdraw at the end of it. 'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthew , and The Helpful One

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Mannatech Article

Hello Shoemaker's Holiday, just wanted to touch base with you. I have reverted your edit you made today to the Mannatech article; for some reason you had removed a few months of edits including a major clean-up and improvement I and others have been working on (adding the company logo, organizing all the public scrutiny into separate sub-sections, etc). FYI, I am not affiliated with Mannatech at all. Let's talk if you have any objections to my revert. Have a good day.prhartcom (talk) 12:03, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your reponse (on my page); I definately know what you mean about this article; I have seen many attempts to add marketing content. I keep an eye on it frequently for that reason. I have, I believe, improved it quite a bit in the last few months so I do appreciate it if we talk before you remove any of those improvements. Have a good day.prhartcom (talk) 12:40, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Robertredfern

Thanks for this - I'd raised it at the new content board and the associated wikiproject. Dougweller (talk) 14:49, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: ANI post

If you refuse to withdraw a harmful accusation when only oversighters can see the full truth of the matter, I believe that this is necessary. Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stephen_Bain —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shoemaker's Holiday (talk • contribs)

The page is merely deleted, not oversighted, any administrator can view the revisions. As for the amendment request, you will have to await the other arbitrators' views if mine do not suit. --bainer (talk) 14:00, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
No, some of the revisions - including most of the outing of me - was oversighted, before the deletion of the page was considered. If you're basing your accusation on the events on the post-oversighting page, then you are not really looking into the situation. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 14:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)