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Peer Review
First of all, Happy New Year. Please, help me on the peer review of Priyanka Chopra list of awards and nominations. As decided during flc, to get wider opinions on the list the PR is going on. Pls, contribute and help me regarding its PR. This time, i don't want to be left behind. I want it to be complete and one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Please contribute and help me. Wikipedia:Peer review/List of awards and nominations received by Priyanka Chopra/archive2. Thank you.—
A kitten for you!
Couldn't make it earlier, anyway, Happy New Year now!
Zia Khan 04:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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| Wishing you and yours a joyous, healthful, and productive 2013! Please accept a belated thank you for the well wishes upon my retirement as FAC delegate this year, and apologies for the false alarm of my first—and hopefully last—retirement; the well wishes extended me were most kind, but I decided to return, re-committed, when another blocked sock was revealed as one of the factors aggravating the FA pages this year. Maintaining standards in featured content requires vigilance, dedication and knowledge of people like you, who are needed; thanks for all you do in here! Somehow, somehow we never ever seem to do nothin' completely nice and easy, but here's hoping that 2013 will see a peaceful road ahead and a return to the quality and comaraderie that defines the FA process, with the help of many dedicated Wikipedians! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:54, 3 January 2013 (UTC) |
Talk back
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Sysop?
Hey Giants2008, though I don't think we've ever directly interacted, I've seen you around a lot in the sports department and have admired what you do. I was messing around with Scottywong's Admin Readiness Tool and for the heck of it typed in your name; you came out of the tool looking like a strong candidate. I'd never really given you much thought as a potential admin candidate and this isn't necessarily an offer to nominate, but I was curious, had you ever given it any thought? Go Phightins! 03:41, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
PR
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Hello sir, your all issues have been addressed. Please, talkback on the page. Thank You.—PKS:1142 · (TALK) 07:21, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Peer Review ->> Balan
Before Re-nominating to Flc, I want to show you the condition of Balan's list. Please, review it and point out mistakes, if any on Wikipedia:Peer review/List of awards and nominations received by Vidya Balan/archive2. Thank you. Greatuser (t@lk)My edits 14:39, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hello sir, your every issue have been resolved....Thank you and continue if you see some more issues.—PKS (TALK) 17:47, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I appreciated the feedback you provided concerning this FA-nomination, and I responded tonight (though I have not had any opportunity to yet edit the article). I'm committed to the article on-going and would like to see it through to FA-status. Thanks. joepaT 23:52, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Well you haven't responded to anything since last year so I thought I'd remind you about the list.--Astros4477 (talk) 20:24, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
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Joe West
I believe your second set of concerns has been addressed. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 04:16, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Doc Adams TOC
I've read your comment regarding Doc Adams TOC. It must be browser dependent, and in mine it is the other way around. Here are links to the way it appears in mine: toc normal and TOC Right. What could be done to improve formatting in a non-browser-dependent manner?--Gciriani (talk) 18:03, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
- I posted the question at the Help Desk, per your suggestion, and they pointed me to [Help:Section#Floating_the_TOC]. In it one of the guidelines states: If the introductory summary is long enough that a typical user has to scroll down to see the top of the TOC, you may float the TOC so it appears closer to the top of the article. So I played a little, and tried to do the opposite of what I did before, to address your concerns. Instead of floating the TOC right I did on the left hand-side with TOC left at the beginning of the last introductory paragraph. It seems to do the trick.--Gciriani (talk) 23:34, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Marion Irvine
 | On 17 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marion Irvine, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dominican nun Marion Irvine became the then-oldest participant at a U.S. track and field Olympic Trials in 1984, running in the women's marathon trials at the age of 54? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marion Irvine. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Bob Feller
Hey. Just checking to see if you have any further concerns you wish to note. There's a couple years that are a bit lackluster that I'll add info on yet, but otherwise it's pretty much complete. Wizardman 19:06, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Powderfinger discography
I believe I have addressed your concerns at FLRC:Powderfinger discography and would be interested if you have any further concerns.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:16, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I've nominated the list for a PR, may I have your opinion here? Regards, Zia Khan 00:04, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Um?
Um why'd you close List of roller coaster rankings? There were NO opposes and some comments were still being addressed.--Astros4477 (talk) 01:01, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
GA Thanks
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On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your editorial contributions to Joe Lillard, which has recently become a GA. --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:52, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Signpost question
Hi Giants, would you be willing to give the Signpost's featured content section a blurb about one or more exemplary FLCs from 2012, or those which stuck out in your mind or were your favourite? I'm thinking about a hundred words, and in the end it should look a bit like this. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:50, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hello sir, your every issue have been resolved....Thank you.—PKS (TALK) 02:12, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, List of international cricket centuries by Alastair Cook is at FLC, could you take a look here? Zia Khan 01:49, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
FLC
Hi, I have nominated Chopra's awards and nominations list for FLC. Please, feel free to review it. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Priyanka Chopra/archive2. Thank You.Prashant ✉ 12:08, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
WikiCup 2013 January newsletter
Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. 
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (
Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. 
12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:
12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score for an article, with the good article Hurricane Gordon (2000). Again, this is a repeat of last year!
Buggie111 (submissions) was the first to score for a did you know, with Marquis Flowers.
Spencer (submissions) was the first to score for an in the news, with 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
Status (submissions) was the first to score for a featured list, with list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was the first to score for a featured picture, with File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg.
Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.
This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:
Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.
Also, a quick mention of 
The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:58, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Chopra FLC
Hi, I have nominated Chopra's awards and nominations list for FLC. Please, feel free to represent your though on it. The list was successfully reviewed for one month and have improved a lot. I'll be grateful if you can represent your suggestions here...Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Priyanka Chopra/archive2 as fast as you can. Thank You.Prashant ✉ 10:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
It is relisted after one month of delay. Go ahead to join in again for more comments. --George Ho (talk) 15:09, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
I asked a question for clarification, at your earliest convenience. Thanks so much! --Another Believer (Talk) 18:39, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
- I am not sure if you support promotion of lists or not, but I hope your concerns have been addressed. I removed the questionable source but kept the Myspace source (and left the song in the table accordingly). Please let me know if you have any other concerns needing to be addressed. Thanks again! --Another Believer (Talk) 21:54, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
PR
Hi, look forward to your comments at this peer review. —Vensatry (Ping me) 11:30, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
MLB stadium refs
Hello Giants2008, I am working with List of Major League Baseball stadiums and I am wondering what refs would pass at FAC. Here are some, [1], [2], [3], [4]. I know better sources could probably be found but I am wondering just in case. Thanks, -- Astros4477 (Talk) 20:58, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
- I left a reply on my talk page.-- Astros4477 (Talk) 17:00, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
- For the current stadiums, I found this ESPN page, which is a reliable source on Yankee Stadium. The other 29 stadiums have similar articles that can be accessed from that page. Sorry I didn't see the talk page note or respond earlier; I'm just having a really bad day because of list issues. I don't even know why I still do this much on here sometimes with some of what goes on. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:51, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Russian Booker
Hello,
this discussion contains off-topic opinions. I would like to ask archiving that page as I don't think any productive comments will follow soon. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 13:51, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
List of NFL Champions FL
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Toa Nidhiki05 22:21, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I see that you were once active at WP:FAC. Of the 6 WP:NBA WP:FAs, you reviewed 2 of them (Magic Johnson and Yao Ming). No NBA FAC has passed since Magic Johnson did on 2009-04-19. Recently, I have been frustrated by almost no comments on my FAC nominations of Juwan Howard. I was wondering if you might be willing to participate in the review for Howard if I renominated him in a couple of months.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:43, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive5 now open.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:59, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
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FAC
Hello sir, we would like your suggestions on the fac. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Priyanka Chopra/archive1. Please , review it and represent your thoughts. Thank You.Prashant ✉ 18:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
- It was not my intention as the nominator to canvas for this, but now that you have made comments, I thank you, and hope that you can finish your review, since there is not enough activity on the nomination. BollyJeff | talk 14:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
FLC Closings
Because of GimmeBot's inactivity, you and others have been manually closing Featured List Nominations. However, VoxelBot has been coded to replace Gimmebot and is currently on trial, so please just add promoted or not promoted lists to the appropriate logs as before. Thanks! Vacation9 16:49, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Ping
Giants, I got a little crazy today and added some more material to the W.R. Brown article. As you've already signed off as a "support", I wanted to alert you that I had changes, so you could review and comment in case this causes any problems with your support. (I know, I should have probably waited, but one new article was just too juicy to not add!) this is the diff. Thanks. Montanabw(talk) 20:08, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
The FAR is relisted, so join in discussion. Meanwhile, do not hesitate to fix the article Jurassic Park. --George Ho (talk) 00:07, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, any chance you could have a look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Presidents of Pakistan/archive1? Regards, Zia Khan 17:47, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Your comments have been addressed.-- Astros4477 (Talk) 23:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
- Your last remaining issues have been addressed I think.-- Astros4477 (Talk) 02:28, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
- Could you wrap up your comments? I don't want it to be closed because there's no supports when people just aren't wrapping up there comments.-- Astros4477 (Talk) 19:36, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Since it will shortly be two weeks since the nomination, could you please review the article? There aren't any real objections to the content as per the WikiFootball talkpage. EpidemiaCorinthiana (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
WikiCup 2013 February newsletter
Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.
Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:
Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with 
Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.
Other contributors of note include:
Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
Muboshgu (submissions) and 
Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.- Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.
Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...
March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!
A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 11:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Second opinion
Hi, Giants2008. For the past month, my timeline has been at WP:FLC, and for the past month, members of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones (including myself) have been engaged in an argument with TheRamblingMan regarding whether or not these templates, and this template in particular, fail WP:ACCESS. TheRamblingMan has presented that, because it has color only to display the hurricane strength, it fails the guideline. However, seeing as that there is symbol in each square representing the intensity, and the fact that if you mouse over the box it gives you the intensity, myself and others do not believe it fails, and also do not believe it should be brought up on such a small scale, as if the templates really did, it would affect nearly every article on this side of Wikipedia. In short, I'm just asking for a second opinion of whether or not it is WP:ACCESS compliant. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 02:38, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
List of awards and nominations received by Scissor Sisters
I hope your concerns at FLC have been addressed. Thanks so much! --Another Believer (Talk) 00:16, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Leg before wicket request
I don't know how busy you are at the moment, but I've just put the above article at PR here. If you have the time or inclination, I'd appreciate a non-cricketer's view of this one, and how close it is to FAC. If not, no problem, and I imagine I'd see you at FAC anyway (if it ever gets that far; I'm really not sure). Sarastro1 (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive5
You said you would come back to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive5 when other people started feeling comfortable with the article. I have recently gotten two supports.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:18, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
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