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WikiCup 2010 January newsletter

 

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to   Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than   Hunter Kahn (submissions) and   TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to   Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:22, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:FILMS January 2010 newsletter

--Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talkcontrib) 04:34, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 1 February 2010

Article on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Hi, i have been looking for an Indian wiki admin for a while (i am still not good with getting around wikipedia). I was wondering if you could look into this really messy situation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh Basically, there are 4 users who are bent on painting a positive picture of an organization involved in mass killings. They question the neutrality and reliability of each and every minor thing that is critical of RSS, from Encyclopedia Britannica to Amnesty international. I have already had a really lengthy but futile discussion with these people and unfortunately I have also been involved in an editing war with these guys. Before i started editing, the criticism section was about one paragraph long and was followed by heavy rebuttal of the content and the critics. I would appreciate any help in fixing this article. Thanks. Evox777 (talk) 01:09, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLVII (January 2010)

  The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLVII (January 2010)
From the coordinators
  • It's only a month into the New Year, and we've already made changes to the project's infrastructure, merging and improving several task forces (see below). Much content within the project's scope has also been improved: eleven new featured articles, two featured lists, two featured pictures, a featured sound, and seventeen A-class articles. Thanks and congratulations to all editors who contributed and/or nominated these items.
  • In other news, the elections for new project coordinators are coming up in March. Think about whether you would like to run or not, and self-nominations will be coming up at the beginning of next month.
  • Lastly, our project's A-class review process is desperately in need of new reviewers. Please consider looking at least one and leaving comments, no matter how small or trivial. It will be greatly appreciated by the article's nominator(s).
  • For the coordinators, —Ed (talkmajestic titan) 03:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of the Nile
  2. Bodiam Castle
  3. Charles Eaton (RAAF officer)
  4. Frederick Scherger
  5. Helmut Lent
  6. James Whiteside McCay
  7. Johann von Klenau
  8. Peter Heywood
  9. The Battle of Alexander at Issus
  10. Thomas Baker (aviator)
  11. Walter Peeler

New featured lists:

  1. List of Asian American Medal of Honor recipients
  2. Order of battle at the Battle of the Nile

New featured pictures:

  1. Return of the Great White Fleet
  2. SMS Moltke (1910)

New featured sounds:

  1. It's a Long Way to Tipperary

New A-Class articles:

  1. Alexander Pentland
  2. Battle of Osan
  3. Battle of Winterthur (1799)
  4. Cedric Howell
  5. CFM International CFM56
  6. Florida class battleship
  7. Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
  8. HMS Lion (1910)
  9. List of battlecruisers of Germany‎
  10. List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1940–1941
  11. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann
  12. Operation Windsor
  13. Petlyakov Pe-8
  14. Robert Peverell Hichens
  15. Smedley Butler
  16. USS Hawaii (CB-3)
  17. Vernon Sturdee
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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 03:03, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

India Loves Wikipedia

Hi, I guess you've had a chance to look at my mail to Wikimediaindia-l. I think you're the most prolific Indian Wikipedian in the online social media circles -- you can be the torch-bearer for the India Loves Wikipedia campaign. Looking forward to your ideas and suggestions. utcursch | talk 16:18, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Help on Malayalam page changes

Hi Tinu, I saw couple of moves on Malayalam pages, which was a little suspicious for me. Can you please check out the cross wiki links to Malayalam wiki from Rishabhapriya‎ and Kalyani (raga). Thanks. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 03:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Pathanamthitta, Elavumthitta and Panickersivanand

Dear Tinu, Its quite long time that we said Hello each other. Let me entertain you for some time..
I am going to test your GK. Here are some questions for you.

1. Do you know who is Regi George? You should be atleast knowing the famous Cricket club YOUNG LORDS.

2. 'Valmiki' is the author of epic Ramayana, we all know; but who is the first author of sports literature of Kerala?

3. " Vice presidents:- Rajeev, Babu P S and Iype Koshy; Joint secretaries:- Gracious John and Shaji Ollesseril . Conveners:- Thomas George and Rangular P R. " Regarding which organisation am i talking about?

4. Which game is the father of Cricket ? options: kutty pandhu, stool ball, ball and stick game.

5. What was Mallappally Achankunju and Kunnil Iducula having in common?

6. How much litres of milk is collected from Nediyakala to be dispatched to Kollam diary?

7. What is the important land mark in the middle of Elavumthitta?

8. What will be the people on the way to the market ask persons returning from the market?

9. Do you know who was the first person from Pathanamthitta to become a member in the Quilon Sports Council.
Well I will give you a clue this time. He has worked as the Secretary and Treasurer of D S G A of Pathanamthitta Educational District. Also, he was the State General Secretary and President of K P T F a teacher’s organization.

Thats all for now. If you couldnt answer any these questions, you shall be considered as a person with little GK. Btw, dont cheat by looking here : [2] or here [3]. Happy quizing.. Cheers, -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me..) 10:49, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 8 February 2010

The Wikipedia Signpost: 15 February 2010

Karjat

What would you do about this article?? WP:NOTDIR, WP:OWNERSHIP, WP:COI, self-assessed- High-importance? B-class with the only ref. Fallingrain? All edits except those of the owner are quickly reverted from a variable IP address. Probably costs a few rupees to have ones phone number listed on the Wikidirecto..., sorry, Wikipedia article. Regards (Crusoe8181 (talk) 08:21, 17 February 2010 (UTC)).

Cleaned up some and protected the article for 1 month. [4] Feel free to do more cleanup. Thanks for bringing into my attention. -- Tinu Cherian - 09:34, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I have tidied a few Indian articles with some success but this one was starting to become an aggravation. Regards (Crusoe8181 (talk) 10:12, 17 February 2010 (UTC)).

You are welcome. Thanq for your help and contributions -- Tinu Cherian - 10:15, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Bot tagging

I was wondering if you would be willing to run your bot so that it could assess the classes in the category Category:Unassessed Massachusetts articles. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:14, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 22 February 2010

Please review my article

Hello! Can you please review my article? I have been working on this article for past couple of months. This is one of my first few articles in wikipedia. Thus,I have recievd many comments from editors and have tried to tune it based on their suggestion. Please advise me if this article is ready for going live. Is there anything more I should take care of? PCJain (talk) 07:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Scam of readers via wikipedia content

Please read and help Free Wikipedia articles are on sale as printed books for 50 dollars each in Amazon.com with no prior warning Kasaalan (talk) 14:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Clarification...

Just wanted to know if the decorations on this user's page (including a barnstar by you!) are original. His talk page indicates major cpvios. prashanthns (talk) 07:10, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Nope. It is fake. I dont remember giving a barnster to him ! -- Tinu Cherian - 09:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)