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Image licensing guidance

Hi Mdann52, I could really use your guidance on image licensing! You had a look at a logo for me that I had asked to be uploaded, but I screwed up somewhere it you declined it. I am new to wikipedia and am drafting an article on Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, which is a very historic health charity here in Scotland.

I had hoped to have their logo added under creative commons (free to use, attribute, don't modify), but when I supplied a link to their copyright notice this caused a problem. Copyright is not my area of expertise!

I would deeply appreciate you letting me know where I went wrong and what I can do to fix this and get the logo approved. Thanks for your patience! Jason — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonmacmillan (talk • contribs) 13:05, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

@Jasonmacmillan:Their license page clearly states they own full copyright of the image. Once the draft is accepted, you can upload it under a claim of Fair Use. Mdann52 (talk) 13:08, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Good to know; thanks! J — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonmacmillan (talk • contribs) 13:11, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:DANTAH

Hello Mdann52. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:DANTAH, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Users are allowed to blank their user page. They have not specifically requested deletion (U1). Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 12:29, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: KAAF University College

Hello Mdann52, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of KAAF University College, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is sufficient context to identify the subject of the article. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Shirt58 (talk) 23:10, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ginger (film)

This film was just released September 6, and beginning as far back as last November,[1] has received coverage enough to meet WP:NF.[2][3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Article has issues (now tagged) and needs work, but it serves the project and its readers that this stay and be improved over time and through regular editing. And with the release only days ago, we can certainly expect more coverage. Perhaps you might withdraw your nomination? Cheers. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 12:23, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done Mdann52 (talk) 12:28, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

. Fast. Wow. Thanks. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 12:55, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Patwa

Sorry, missed your message on my talk page. Revert me if you feel it's appropriate. I do not believe the tags were redundant; the majority of sources used in the article have been passing mentions or press releases, which do not establish notability. Again, revert me if you feel it's appropriate. Edward321 (talk) 22:42, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you both for helping. For the notability component, we just cited a source that is not a passing mention and is not a press release. That reference can be found here: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-factorymade-20130910,0,1723531,full.story

Also, we do not understand what this other issue means "may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject," because all of the sources cited are from various publications. Thank you.

(talk page stalker) I've replied at User talk:Edward321#Removing tags. Huon (talk) 01:13, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Future Planning Meeting for WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League

Hey, Mdann52. Hope you are having good times. You are a Wikiproject Bangladesh Premier League member and this is why you are receiving this message. We are organizing a future planning meeting for our project at Saturday 14 September 2013 at 13:30 (UTC) in #wikipedia-wikiproject-BPL ^connect. We would highly appreciate it if you would come and participate in the meeting. Thanks in advance and hope we see you at the meeting. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 15:25, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Village People links

There are no pages for the "people" you're making wikilinks for. The dead links light up red on the page. Why don't you create pages for Whitehead, Forrest and Mouton and them link them? Hotcop2 (talk) 18:23, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

@Hotcop2: Your removal of these links was inappropriate - see Wikipedia:REDLINK. Redlinks encourage people to make articles; However, that isn't my area of expertise. --Mdann52talk to me! 07:20, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, one of them is dead and no "written" (read: sourceable) info is available on them, and we also know that Wiki insists on sources for every other word, so that would prove a bit of a problem. Hotcop2 (talk) 13:17, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Request an account process

Hi Mdann, how's things? Sometime ago, you requested access to the account creation tool. Are you still interested in joining the team? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:37, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Not in the immediate future, no, as I am unable to identify for a number of reasons. --Mdann52talk to me! 06:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

September 2013

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Non-sports trading card may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "()"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:

• *''[[American Pride (Trading cards|American Pride]]'' (Inkworks)
• *''[[American Heritage (Trading cards|American Heritage]]'' (Topps - 2008/2009)

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 07:48, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done --Mdann52talk to me! 08:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Reversion on Big Bang (South Korea band)

Mdann52,

Please ignore the previous comment.

I saw the problem.

Thank you.

Ygent ebiz (talk) 03:12, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hello Mdann52,

I was just writing to ask about the reversion to the "Big Bang (South Korea band)" reversion.

Would you please explain what you meant by "rm copyrighted material"?

The images are on flickr with a creative commons 2.0 license and I thought that it was alright to share.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/officialygfamily/

Did I do something wrong?

Thank you in advance.

Ygent ebiz

Ygent ebiz (talk) 00:51, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Civil recognition of Jewish divorce for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Civil recognition of Jewish divorce is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Civil recognition of Jewish divorce until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.


Concern, reason or rationale: It is an original research largely by its creator as part of his series of work also of original research on the theme of the subject of the Conflict of laws; only an Israeli Jewish (religious) divorce can be recognized by civil authorities overseas, and that is only an automatic legal right in domestic law in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland; the article is unnecessarily, unacceptably and unreasonably hypothetical and legalistic, and ought to be merged with the main article, being Get (divorce document). 212.50.182.151 (talk) 10:57, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

AFC Backlog Elimination Drive

Hi Mdann52/Archive 8. How are you? Hope fine. Now AFC is organizing a backlog drive. As you are coordinating the project please use EdwardsBot to let the members know about the drive. Then members will be able to know about the drive. I myself didn't know about this and learned from Numbermaniac's contribution.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 08:42, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

You've been stalking my contribs? :P -- ^t numbermaniac ^c 09:31, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

October 2013 AFC Backlog elimination drive

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from October 1st, 2013 – October 31st, 2013.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1400 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

A new version of our AfC helper script is released! It includes many bug fixes, new improvements and features, code enhancements, and more. If you want to see a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. --Mdann52talk to me!

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Help test better mass message delivery

Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)

For the past few months, Legoktm has built a replacement to the current message delivery system called MassMessage. MassMessage uses a proper user interface form (no more editing a /Spam subpage), works faster (it can complete a large delivery in minutes), and no longer requires being on an access list (any local administrator can use it). In addition, many tiny annoyances with the old system have been addressed. It's a real improvement! :-)

You can test out MassMessage here: testwiki:Special:MassMessage. The biggest difference you'll likely notice is that any input list must use a new {{#target:}} parser function. For example, {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales}} or {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales|test2.wikipedia.org}}. For detailed instructions, check out mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage.

If you find any bugs, have suggestions for additional features, or have any other feedback, drop a note at m:Talk:MassMessage. Thanks for spamming! --MZMcBride (talk) 05:19, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013–40

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

• Special:Listfiles can now display old versions of files a user has uploaded. A new link was also added (Special:AllMyFiles) that gives a list of all files the current user has ever uploaded (that haven't been deleted).
• There is now an Android application to contribute to translatewiki.net from mobile devices. [8]

VisualEditor news

• VisualEditor now has a new toolbar with drop-down menus for advanced tools. [9]
• Many bugs were fixed, some related to copy-and-paste. [10]
• You can now move references, list of references, templates and other elements with the mouse ("drag-and-drop"). [11]
• You are invited to comment on designs for the interface to add references in VisualEditor.

Future

• Developers are looking for ideas of small technical projects that new developers could work on. Please add your ideas. [12]
• Developers are looking for wikis who would accept to try using secure links (HTTPS) for all users. [13]
• You can join an IRC discussion about "Beta features", a tool to try new features, on October 3. [14]
• You can join an IRC discussion about Flow, the new wiki discussion tool, on October 17.

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19:57, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Need reviewers?

I noticed that you are taking some of the charge in the article review backlog. Are any special privileges needed to perform reviews? Dovid (talk) 17:10, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

@Dovid: No – just an understanding of Wikipedia policies. See WP:AFCR for instructions. I have left a welcome template on your talk page. --Mdann52talk to me! 17:24, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

I could ask this on the project talk page, but I'm probably just misisng a few obvious things. Please let me know your thoughts on these:

1. Via the AFC category pages, I've encountered a number of articles where the template states that they are NOT under review at this time. Is that a bug? I felt like it was wasting my time.
2. Similarly, a few that had already been declined … and even worse, many that had already been approved! Again, discouraging.
3. I'm pretty "up" on WP policies (I've done thousands of edits, created a few articles myself, participated in consensus building and admin-assisted special ops, etc.). However, I'm finding it hard to deal with the Gnn reason codes and WikiProject templates. Any advice? Is this something that should really be in the script?
4. What do we do with Sandbox entries that the author obviously never wanted reviewed, even though they are in a review status? I'm not sure how they got there to begin with. For example, I saw a page that was obviously intended to the User main page, once he got his broken English repaired, and it was far from complete, yet it somehow had come into AfC. Really don't know how. Any idea how it got to us? Or what to do about any such article in review?
5. I did approve one article, but I'm not sure I did two things correctly for it. a) I did some minor, obvious content cleanup (extraneous headings on a stub, hide TOC on stub, move infobox to top). b) I saw some obvious connections to other stubs on the same subject (a book series). AFter I approved it, I edited the automatic message on the user's talk page and added some suggestions to create a comprehensive book list for the series and possibly to merge all the short articles into a single larger one. Were these two actions god, bad, or indifferent?

If you think these questions belon in the project talk page, fel free. Honestly, I think this project is begging for a new-reviewer-FAQ. And maybe some screen-shot tutorial. Dovid (talk) 04:38, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

@Dovid:

1. Is a known issue; AS long as you are accessing the list via the tab at the top of the AFC page, it is ok. FYI, the submission template is normally at the bottom.
2. Someone beat you to it! Try reviewing further down the queue
3. Don't worry – Gnn codes are speedy delete (found at WP:CSD) – You don't need to worry about them. Also don't worry too much about WikiProjects – If you don't rate it, I am currently going through and fixing that.
4. Just replace the {{afc submission}} with {{User sandbox}}
5. All of them were ok. We encourage reviewers to clean up, and let the writer know if it could be improved.

I will add some of this to the instructions. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions! --Mdann52talk to me! 07:11, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

AFD LogosQuiz

This edit changed the number of equal-signs on the section break in the AFD. That change was later reverted to avoid "breaking" pages that transclude it. I'm letting you know in case you were unaware. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:44, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - that was a bit of js I am currently testing. I'll try and sort this issue out. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:53, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: File:Governor Stirling Senior High School Crest.gif

Hello Mdann52, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of File:Governor Stirling Senior High School Crest.gif, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The file is not a match, and therefore not redundant. Please use the proper deletion methods to deal with unfree files. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 18:06, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

The Investment Building

hi, love the em-dash wikignome work. however, if the dash is in an image name such as here [15], it screws up the image. please correct this, it could lead to fair use images being deleted, wrongfully. Duckduckgo (talk) 17:26, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment

As you previously participated in related discussions you are invited to comment at the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC for AfC reviewer permission criteria. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:44, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-42

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

• You can now choose which language to show for SVG files that contain several languages, using the "lang" option, like [[File:Gerrit_patchset_25838_test.svg|lang=de]] for the German layer of File:Gerrit patchset 25838 test.svg.
• Developers are looking for wiki communities to try the new search system. [16]

VisualEditor news

• You can now create and edit references inside media captions. [17]
• You now need to press the "delete" key twice to delete a template, reference or image; the first time, they only become selected, to avoid accidental deletion of infoboxes and similar content. [18]
• When you resize images, you will now still see them, and their size will also be seen in the center. [19] [20]

Future

• The new notifications system ("Echo") will be added to almost all wikis that don't already have it on October 22. It will notify you of changes and events that affect you. [21]
• MediaWiki 1.22wmf22 was added to test wikis on October 17. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 21 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 24 (calendar).
• The interface to reset your password will soon be changed. [22]

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09:13, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League Co-ordinator election

Hey Mdann52, I believe this election for WP:BPL has ended. Now will you please announce the result, kindly?--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 12:57, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

The Category:Office comedies deletion

This one has me a bit puzzled. How does an AFC/C submission get accepted then shortly thereafter deleted? I noticed its empty status (despite my suggested articles and categories for inclusion) shortly after it was accepted, noticed later on the note about its pending deletion due to it being empty, and was considering filling it up with some articles, but now - Poof! - it's gone. Was there some reason my suggested articles were not included and could their inclusion have prevented the deletion? I'm not terribly active here and can be very procrastinatory with the edits (hence my preferred use of AFC with it's smooth, efficient, and official-like process for category creation) so my apologies for my recent inaction, but if I had known this would happen, I might have intervened to added some articles as soon as the submission was accepted.

BTW, here are some more suggested articles:

The Apartment
Haiku Tunnel
Head Office
Office Romance
The Office Party
Office Monkey
Netherbeast Incorporated
Drones (film)
Office Killer
God, Inc.
Golden Years (TV programme)
Office Office
The Great Office War
Stupid, Stupid Man
Joe Somebody
Working Girl
Horrible Bosses
Workaholics
Big (film)

Thanks! 4.252.128.219 (talk) 22:23, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Sorry about that; I didn't realize the category wasn't automatically populated... recreated, with your list of categories. --Mdann52talk to me! 07:10, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello again! Thanks so much for the above, but I figured I'd let you know that likely due to the fact that this was a category recreation, the original talk page with its AFC info and categorization is no longer present. I was hoping that talk page could be restored along with the cat if it was undeleted rather than recreated, but I winced when I saw it was RHaworth who had the duty to pull the trigger on the deletion. When I commented on the nature of this deletion, hoping for a restoration, he kinda just griped and didn't do anything. Should the talk page and its associated categories be restored/recreated? Your call, and Thank You. 4.254.85.71 (talk) 07:41, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Sphere

It's quite suspicious but if you're willing to keep an eye on their edits it should be fine. I'd somewhat agree with kuru in that they are dubious, but it's within reason. NativeForeigner ^Talk 08:08, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

@NativeForeigner: Sure; I am willing to effectively mentor them, and request a reblock as soon as they go astray. --Mdann52talk to me! 09:59, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Mdann52, I saw that you have nominated yourself for RfA. Good luck and I'll definitely support you! :) Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 10:23, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

@Jianhui67: thanks. If you are willing to leave a co-nom, it will be gratefully received :) --Mdann52talk to me! 12:17, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

But you must also accept the nomination to start your RfA process. Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 13:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

@Jianhui67:I will when I actually transclude the template I have read up on this.... :P --Mdann52talk to me! 13:05, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

No need to ping me all the time as your talk page is in my watchlist and I normally watch talk pages waiting for their reply. I have co-nominate you for adminship. Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 14:16, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

thank you :) --Mdann52talk to me! 15:13, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

The nomination is OK, isn't it? Thanks, Matty.007 13:05, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Absolutely fine,thanks :) --Mdann52talk to me! 15:22, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Well then, start up the RfA then. But I have no guarantee whether the RfA will pass or not. But still, good luck! Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 15:43, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Or do you want to get more nominations for your RfA, especially nominations from experienced editors like Callanecc or other experienced administrators? Normally the nominator will affect the nominee. So it may be best if you can get a more experienced editor to co-nominate you. I have only > 4400 edits and is only a reviewer and rollbacker. Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 15:59, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Similarly, I only have a little over 5,800 edits and reviewer rights; so can understand any desire for a more experienced nominator. Matty.007 19:02, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Just a quick note regarding your RfA, which I've been looking through. Some editors may look a little unfavourably on your use of would of in your answer to a question there, particularly as admins can be expected to be communicating with new users a fair bit. As you've apparently not been made aware of this here before, I hope you won't mind me mentioning it! Of course, it's entirely up to you how much notice you take of this, and how valid you consider such potential concerns are. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 15:58, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure when the 24 hours we spoke about is up, but in light of Nyttend's comment, you are on 62%, over 30 less users have commented/!voted on your RfA than on Lugia2453's. Personally, I would be inclined to wait a few more days, but I came by to see if you had changed your mind? (As a note, Jianhui67 is also of the opinion that a few days could turn the tide.) Thanks, and good luck, Matty.007 10:35, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

I think you should talk to him about this by email, and not here. Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 10:48, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. Jianhui67; both Mdann and I are on the IRC at present if you want to come on (click on this link, which takes you to a few places you don't need, but wikipedia-en-helpers which you want). Thanks, Matty.007 10:55, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

However, I will not discuss it in a public channel; I can invite you to my private channel if needed. --Mdann52talk to me! 10:58, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Are you around at the minute for the IRC? Thanks, Matty.007 17:02, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Are you free now for IRC? I have to talk to you about your RfA. JianhuiMobile ^talk 14:29, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-43

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

• The "Toolbox" section in the site sidebar is now called "Tools" in English. You can do the same in your language by editing the interface text on translatewiki.net. Someone else may have already done it. [23]

VisualEditor news

• On wikis with VisualEditor, you can now use it on pages in the File, Help and Category spaces. [24]

Problems

• On October 22 (UTC), an error in the site settings caused *.wikimedia.org sites (like Meta-Wiki and Commons) to redirect to wikimediafoundation.org for a few hours. [25]

Future

• MediaWiki 1.23wmf1 was added to test wikis on October 24. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 28 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 31 (calendar).
• In the next days, servers in San Francisco will start providing (cached) content to users located in Oceania. If you are in that area and notice problems, please tell us. [26]
• You will soon be able to test new features easily using the "Beta Features" view. VisualEditor will be in the list on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. Another example is a set of changes in the article text style.

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09:43, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Is it appropriate to add a Google Earth kml that I compiled to a Wikipedia page? If so, are there any examples of best practices? No. The main reason for this is that software such as Google Earth is copyrighted, along with the maps/images, and they fail our non-free content rules. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:28, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm curious about that since KML is not software that I know of. It's a series of gps coordinates in an XML file. Wikipedia uses singular gps coordinates in the GeoHack which in turned links to dozens of mapping applications including free ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcoffida (talk • contribs) 01:15, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

KML

Is it appropriate to add a Google Earth kml that I compiled to a Wikipedia page? If so, are there any examples of best practices?

No. The main reason for this is that software such as Google Earth is copyrighted, along with the maps/images, and they fail our non-free content rules. --Mdann52talk to me! 20:28, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm curious about that since KML is not software that I know of. It's a series of gps coordinates in an XML file. Wikipedia uses singular gps coordinates in the GeoHack which in turned links to dozens of mapping applications including free ones.

Dcoffida (talk) 01:22, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

@Dcoffida: I think I misunderstood you. I thought you meant a screenshot of the KLM on Google earth, which wouldn't be acceptable. However, I believe Wikipedia doesn't support KLM as a file type, but the people at WP:VPT probably know more on it than I do. --Mdann52talk to me! 08:48, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Oblivion (roller coaster)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Oblivion (roller coaster) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Oddbodz -- Oddbodz (talk) 11:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Oblivion (roller coaster)

The article Oblivion (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Oblivion (roller coaster) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Oddbodz -- Oddbodz (talk) 11:41, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Please participate in the discussion going on WikiProject BPL

Hey, Mdann52. Hope your Wikipedia editing is going fine. You are receiving this message as you are a member of WkiProject Bangladesh Premier League. Currently there is a discussion going on the project's talk page. Your participation will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. . Pratyya ^(Hello!) (on behalf of Sourov0000(talk)) 14:10, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Publisher v work

Simplest way to explain this: when citing an article from eg The Daily Telegraph then the work is The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph is not published by The Daily Telegraph - it is published by Telegraph Media Group. Similarly, the Daily Mail is a work; it is published by Dmg media. The Sun is a work, published by News Group Newspapers. As a rule of thumb, where you take a cite from is the work, not the publisher. BlackberrySorbet 23:17, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks; This area has always confused me :) --Mdann52talk to me! 08:17, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

No problem; you're not alone. When copy-editing references, I'd say that this is far and away the most common mistake I come across. BlackberrySorbet 14:53, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-44

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New features

• The style and colors for warning boxes, error messages, and success messages in all skins of MediaWiki has been changed. [27]

VisualEditor news

• You will soon be able to switch from editing in VisualEditor to editing wikitext directly without having to save the page. You can't yet switch from wikitext to VisualEditor but developers hope to make it possible in the future. [28]

Problems

• There was a problem on October 31 during the activation of MediaWiki 1.22wmf2 on test wikis. mediawiki.org was also broken, and if you had problems logging in, it was probably because of this as well.

Future

• Because of the problem with MediaWiki 1.22wmf2, the calendar has changed. It will be added to mediawiki.org and non-Wikipedia sites on November 4, and all Wikipedia sites on November 7.

JavaScript / Gadget developers

• Due to a recent change, gadgets and user scripts that use jQuery UI should explicitly load the appropriate modules, as they may not be loaded by default. [29]
• Developers have started to remove long-deprecated methods. You should check the JavaScript console (in debug=true mode) and look for deprecation warnings and their stack trace. [30]

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10:32, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Note for all

Hi, I just wanted to thank everyone who took part in my recent RfA. I will take the advice given to me, and will hopefully have more luck in the future. I have fortunately not become alienated by the process; I will continue to edit Wikipedia, but try and expand my horizons. Once again, thanks to all :) --Mdann52talk to me! 17:30, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Good luck at any future RfAs! Matty.007 18:52, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

We will be willing to support you in your future RfAs! Good luck in your future Wikipedia endeavors. I don't hope this experience dishearten you. Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 18:57, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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Have a brownie on Bonfire Night! Matty.007 19:38, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

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"Sandboxr" article review

Good evening Mdann52,

I am wondering if you could review an article you deleted recently? I have edited the original article and would like to get this reviewed and published if possible. Someone else had written the original article and it was untouched and unedited for over 6 months. I would appreciate any feedback you have to make this an unbiased article.

Thanks for your help with this.

Regards, Becstar95 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgiebec (talk • contribs) 23:26, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

@Georgiebec: You need to add a few more sources, then it is good to go :) --Mdann52talk to me! 08:17, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks User:Mdann52. I have added another two sources for your review. Thanks a bunch User:Georgiebec —Preceding undated comment added 18:08, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Baye McNeil

Hello Mdann52. Thank you very much for reviewing, accepting and publishing the article I created on Baye McNeil. I have some more work on it since its publication - noting more references, and including an external link...I saw that another editor inserted a notice at top of article questioning its notability. I don't understand why. I followed all instructions I was given on articles for creation help page and in live chat I did with help page - noting sources I was informed were reliable...Do you have any thoughts on this? Once again, thank you for your help! Minusminority (talk) 05:23, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

This is probably what I was expecting; The sources are ok to keep the article in mainspace, but it is always looking for more. The template has several useful links in it, and I would recommend looking at them to see if any more exist. --Mdann52talk to me! 13:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello Mdann52. Thanks for the reply. By "template" you mean notice/tag re. notability at top of article, right?...There are numerous references on subject that pop up when doing google search. I've included several more since submitting article. I don't understand why notability is being questioned. I'll leave a post re. this on talk page of article...Thanks again for your help! Minusminority (talk) 14:25, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Baye McNeil "orphan" tag

Hello Mdann52, FYI, I see you tagged Baye McNeil article as "orphan." I've added some links to article and was wondering if they suffice or more are needed...(Noted this on article's talk page as well.)...Thanks for your input!...Minusminority (talk) 02:14, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

I see it has been removed already. --Mdann52talk to me! 08:16, 8 November 2013 (UTC)