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• EdwardsBot (talk) 13:27, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Moose

Hey, did you see the moose? -— Isarra ༆ 15:47, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks! I'll have a look on it soon. Orcaen solns (talk) 17:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

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Submission on Community Professional Loudspeakers

First of all, thank you for taking the time to review my submission. Could you please clarify the reasons for declining it? I significantly improved the referencing from the previous submission, adding more secondary sources that all demonstrated the subject's notability. Your rejection also wanted "clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia." However, I detailed how the company revolutionized its industry and influenced the works of some of the greatest musicians in rock and roll history. I'm not sure what else to do - could you please help? SFall34 (talk) 03:54, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

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adoption???

hello, im new to wiki. any chance you could help me out with my editing? i could really use it. Thanks. Athyria (talk) 09:30, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Athyria, I'd love to adopt you but unfortunately must decline your request because I'm simply too busy for another adoptee right now; I'm barely making time for my current ones. I recommend you look through thevlist of adopters and choose someone else, if that's ok. Thanks for your understanding. Orcaen solns (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Trent Barton bus routes for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Trent Barton bus routes is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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My adoption page (Fred)

 Done Please review my answers and sorry to keep you waiting. Fred 11:19, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I've seen the answers and put the next lesson up there. You can find my comments by expanding the green dropdown box. Orcaen solns (talk) 12:50, 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) 00:29, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I want to upload a picture of my cat

The Dwarf cat article needs a picture so I took a picture of my cat, but I can't figure out the form to add it. What is this copyright stuff? What's a descriptive title? Why does it need a title? Could you help please? I'm sorry to bother you but I just don't know what to do. --Gleaming muffins (talk) 01:23, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Try going here and using this form - it should walk you through the process. Title just needs to say what it is, for instance 'Dwarf cat - Binky.jpg' if the name is Binky, and for the copyright, just select the default and you should be good to go. Orcaen solns (talk) 21:04, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) New users shouldn't be seeing a form here at all, though, since they they don't have the rights to upload files here in the first place. Are we sure Gleaming muffins wasn't there already? --Doranton (talk) 21:25, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

It was probably just the form linked in the sidebar - it appears to eventually redirect people to Commons' upload form once they get through all the steps. Orcaen solns (talk) 21:33, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, so it does. Probably not one we want new users to be using, though, since the fields don't entirely match up. --Doranton (talk) 21:42, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Gleaming muffins, if you don't mind my asking, what is your cat's name? This is very important. --Doranton (talk) 21:42, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

The cat's name is Binky! Gleaming muffins (talk) 20:38, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

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