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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

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Reviews

Doing reviews is less exciting than writing articles but is still very much appreciated. Thanks for going through all those articles. violet/riga _^[talk] 00:00, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:NBA roster list footer

Template:NBA roster list footer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Bagumba (talk) 17:24, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK length

Could you help me better understand the DYK length rules and how to properly count a nom's length. I've nominated an article, Template:Did you know nominations/Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and just don't get how this works. You reviewed my last nom on Manitoba Hydro Place (here, there was a lot of fuss about the length, and it went right over my head. I've asked another reviewer on that nom to help also. Could you please respond on my talk page, thanks. 842U (talk) 14:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Right, this is about article not hook lenght. I guess this is my question: how do you count characters before and after, excluding tables, captions, infoboxes, templates, bulletpointed text and section heading?842U (talk) 15:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I succeeded in installing the counting script. Not exactly a friendly experience, but hey, its done. Thanks for your help. 842U (talk) 15:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Dorothy Howell Rodham

Dubious editing? I have only nominated it for deletion, hows that dubious? There is one person who keeps deleting that. Norum 00:22, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

so what's the proper link then? Norum 14:33, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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Craig Lathen interest?

Hi Tony. I have an article request for you that I'd like to see you make rather than myself. It involves a former college basketball player, Craig Lathen (nicknamed Cubby Lathen), a Chicago native who led the NCAA in assists in 1983–84 while playing for UIC (he appears on {{NCAA Division I men's basketball assists champion}} as well). I only really managed to find two sources ([1][2]), but you have a proclivity toward Chicagoans, especially sportspeople. Any chance I can convince you to take this one? Jrcla2 (talk) 15:19, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

I didn't even realize that a second player from UIC has also led the nation in assists. In 2002–03, Martell Bailey was the assists champ. Maybe you'd like to create both of their articles and make it a double-DYK nom? Seems like the perfect combo - two men's basketball players from UIC who have each led the nation in assists. It writes itself. Thoughts? Jrcla2 (talk) 21:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Know what I just discovered? That Craig Lathen's name had been spelled "Craig Lathan" on both {{The Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox}} and The Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. So, when you do get the chance to make his article, he is not only the NCAA assists leader but he was also the Summit POY. Jrcla2 (talk) 16:47, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Refrain from Undoing Others' Contributions - Always Assume Good Faith

Dear TonyTheTiger: The nomination for deletion has been made in good faith, and your terse explanation for reversing it merely states: "nomination not completed". As the instructions on the template state, "please explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page." If you believe that the subject of the entry meets Wikipedia notability standards, please explain it. If you think that the procedure for nomination for deletion has not been following, please provide a detailed explanation, including pinpointing the exact steps that you think should be followed. In the future, we hope that you will refrain from undoing others' work without proper explanation and documentation. Thank you, and have a pleasant day. TippTopp (talk) 17:19, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District

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Bonjour and salutations! Would you mind if this DYK ran without the image? Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 12:58, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:NBA current roster template footer

Template:NBA current roster template footer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Bagumba (talk) 21:11, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Billy Taylor

You raised a good point about the rushing leaders list. Since he's no longer even in the top 5, I removed the list from his article. Cbl62 (talk) 02:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Elio Fox

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Kennedy Center Honorees

Sorry, I have been off WP for a bit. I have responded on my talk page. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 21:25, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Gordon Bell image

Found a couple and added them. Cbl62 (talk) 04:06, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Penn–Princeton basketball rivalry

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:02, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Michiganensian

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see what I can do. However, the Michiganensians from 1977 forward appear to still be subject to copyright. So I will only be able to find PD images for those who played before 1976. Even on those, I have been reluctant to swap a crappy PD image for a reply good fair use image like the one in the Jack Clancy article. I found a really good pic that I think is Dufek. But there was no caption to verify. If you think you can verify, let me know and I will upload tonight and have you take a look. Cbl62

The issue I raised about Clancy also applies to Al Wistert, George Hoey, and Elmer Gedeon. I have looked and have been unable to find any decent images that remotely compare in quality to the ones currently used. But I can take another look. If there are other important Michigan articles for the pre 1976 era that lack photos, I welcome the suggestions. I have done some basketball figures but do not know Michigan basketball history as well. Cbl62,

As for Rifenberg, I have been unable to find anything decent so far. Just a couple blurry action shots, but I will look again. For such an important figure, I would expect there to be a decent photo in one of the Michiganensians. Cbl62.

Basketball figures I will look for include Ricky Green, Phil Hubbard, Craig Dill, Henry Wilmore, George Veenker, John Townsend, Bill Perigo, Bill Frieder and Richard Doyle. Can you think of others? Cbl62.

Here is the image I mentioned. It's definitely a star player on the 1973 Michigan Wolverines football team (Dufek started all 11 games and won the Maulbetsch award that year), and based on other Dufek photos, I'm pretty sure it's him. Can you take a look and tell me if you concur? Cbl62 (talk) 02:53, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thanks for making good articles on Martell Bailey, David Bailey and Craig Lathen. They were much-needed and WikiProject College Basketball thanks you. Jrcla2 (talk) 03:48, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

USEP discussion

You may be interested in a discussion about the future and the growth of the US education program along with the future of the Wikipedia Ambassador Project here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 04:04, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Kit Mueller

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:02, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK help

Hey Tony, the article Yogo sapphire has been languishing without review at DYK for quite some time. Could you or someone you know take a peek at it and get it out of limbo? I can't because I've worked on it and am a co-nom. Thanks. Montanabw^(talk) 03:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks TTT! See you two got it done after I dozed off. PumpkinSky talk 13:59, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Yeah Pumpkin, but we are still going to make YOU pick your favorite hook! LOL! (Me, I still like the cigar box going to Tiffany's one, but that's just me) Montanabw^(talk) 02:42, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

It's in prep1 as lead hook now. Put there by Panyd PumpkinSky talk 02:44, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

(Doing the happy dance) Thanks, Tony! Montanabw^(talk) 03:29, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

New Neighborhood Template

Tony, you seen this: Template:Neighborhoods in Chicago.. dunno who this joker is, but how are official neighborhoods (like Auburn Gresham) considered unofficial while unofficial neighborhoods (like East Hyde Park) are considered official? Just saying. 75.22.22.141 (talk) 08:02, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Use/Location of building

I have removed the "use" portion of the building on the site because it is not a public studio, it's a private studio and "use" is partially incorrect as well. Thanks for your understanding and do no further edit this section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bkachinsky (talk • contribs) 19:10, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Tony and nice to meet you here on Wikipedia. I see that you have commented on some FAC's. I nominated "Rehab" for a FA. It's it third nomination. Can you look at the article and comment or eventually give you vote on Rehab's FAC. Thank You — Tomica1111 • Question Existing? 22:06, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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Re: T.H.E.

I've requested T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) to be deleted, so that T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) can be moved in its place. Cheers! Good work with the article by the way, you're ahead of me! xD — Status {^talk_contribs 02:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response time, it's midterm exams week. I've moved it with the three periods anyway. The E.N.D. is an example of an album that only uses two dots, but the article has three. It just make sense really. But then there's also N.E.R.D, so I don't really know. :L Talk page discussion? — Status {^talk_contribs 02:48, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jerry Lyne

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:02, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

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• I've added in the links. Sorry about the confusion-- I don't typically see links for the publishers in the references section normally, just links to the articles. But there are good reasons to have access to info on the publisher too, I agree. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 19:37, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Michigan–Michigan State ice hockey rivalry

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Do we really need...

Two articles about one (demolished) housing project? There already was a relatively comprehensive article for RTH and now, the WP:Chicago's newest geographer has created a separate article based on his outdated map. This is the new one which is actually an inaccurate representation given that the properties there is not named for Robert Taylor. Just thought you'd like to know. 75.22.22.141 (talk) 00:42, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Analysis on quality

See here: PowerPoint: Wikipedia's poor treatment of its most important articles

Is a chapter on the Four Award. Just letting you know. Go William Tell! (and Hammer, don't hurt me.) 69.255.27.249 (talk) 16:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry

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• Looks good now. KimChee (talk) 13:13, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Michigan–Michigan State ice hockey rivalry

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DYK nomination of Glen Rice, Jr.

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