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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.
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.
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.
Don't invent and impose new rules where there is none needed (I'm refering to your explanations for reversing my edit
here
). The convention since time immemorial is to put asterisks below tables, not above. Wikipeida doesn't have a separate rule from that. Your baseball examples are of no use as this isn't baseball and I doubt even baseball has rules regarding asterisks that deviate from the rest of the editing world.
Having said that, I agree with the reversal for other reasons: the table isn't too big so there's not much distance (scrolling needed - which is the reason why I initially edited it that way in the first place (my intent was to maximize user-friendliness by minimizing scrolling so that readers can at the same time, (without scrolling) see the key AND Federer's stats down low in the table where the asterisks are located. Loginnigol (talk) 16:21, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for explaining your standpoint. I'm not imposing any new rules. The examples I provided are
featured list ones that happen to be baseball as well. You're correct in stating that asterisks go at the bottom. However, keys (the format utilized in this list) always go at the top. There's a reason why those examples I provided are FLs; they are among the highest quality lists on WP. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk
) 16:45, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)
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When you update the atp rankings, where are you getting the data from? The two sources listed did not have the data as of the time you updated and we are not allowed to pre-calculate per guidelines. Is there another better (earlier) source we can use as a ref instead of the atp site and outdated CBS sports? Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:35, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
I was assuming the ATP website would already have been updated by the time I edited the rankings page. It was Monday morning already and (for some strange reason), the rankings are still not updated yet, even though there are no finals on Monday. —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:56, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Last week they didn't update until later on Monday also. And this Monday is Columbus Day so maybe they are slower still. Since we update only when the ATP updates, just try to keep an eye on their page so no one (self included) needs to revert for lack of proper sourcing. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:03, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops)
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Thanks for this article, I was both baptized and confirmed in this church. Do you have Kamloops connections? (I was raised in Barnhartvale). Happy thanksgiving, The Interior(Talk) 14:38, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm actually from Vancouver, but I've visited Kamloops several times. Have a few friends living there and I visited the Cathedral once, but I haven't been back for a while. And Happy (belated) Thanksgiving to you as well! In where I am currently, Thanksgiving isn't celebrated, so it's really kind of you to remind me of something from home. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 16:41, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Well, your hometown's currently going through its longest drought since the 1880s. Very dry. But rain is in the forecast. Your article got me thinking about some Kamloops history that needs to get on the wiki, namely expansions of Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune and James Teit. If I only had more time ... The Interior(Talk) 01:09, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Amby McConnell
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DYK nomination of List of Archbishops of Vancouver
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DYK for List of Archbishops of Vancouver
nominate
) 00:04, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
DYK for James Francis Carney
nominate
) 00:05, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Redmond DYK
I do hope you decide to continue your contributions to WikiProject Baseball, as you have shown to be a valuable contributor. While I support your viewpoint that "I just feel it's common human decency to help out with rather than impede another user's contributions", there is no consensus in Wikipedia that it be a behavioral policy or guideline. Take a
break from the project or Wikipedia itself if you need, but I hope you make your way back.—Bagumba (talk
) 17:44, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Bagumba! I appreciate how you turn any bad situations always better with your positive outlook. —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:53, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Bob Montgomery (baseball)
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triple crown
Congrats to Bloom6132 as we award this standard triple crown for great work on improving baseball-related content on wikipedia. Well done. Casliber (talk·contribs) 11:28, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
List of Major League Baseball pitchers with 18 strikeouts in one game
Hi Bloom, I stumbled across
List of Major League Baseball pitchers with 18 strikeouts in one game, which I noticed you've done a lot of work on lately. Is there something special about having 18 strikeouts in a game, as opposed to 17? It seems like an arbitrary cutoff point. --BDD (talk
) 23:13, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
I wasn't the one who came up with 18 strikeouts being the cutoff. My best guess would be that the number is equivalent to approx. 6 innings of Ks (i.e. 2⁄3 of a complete game). I say approximately because a pitcher can get 4 Ks in one inning with the uncaught third strike rule. —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:09, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Hmm. Well, I won't press for deletion. The article is well written and referenced. I'd probably be happier with a list of most strikeouts per game, say a top 20 or so, but I can't think of a good title wording, so this is fine. Thanks for answering. --BDD (talk) 15:58, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Pat Creeden
nominate
) 16:04, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
Request for consensus for editing Template:Catholicism
Here's your 300+ words to get it up to DYK standards, as a second paragraph in the History section:
In July 1970, while the Cambodian Civil War was raging, the cathedral had harbored 10,000 North-Vietnamese refugees since May, being cared for by Vietnamese nuns. The cathedral's grounds were the site of the Russei Keo camp (housing 20,000 refugees at its peak), through which a trail of refugees boarded a flotilla that would take them to be settled in villages in South Vietnam.[1]Drmies (talk) 20:41, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for all your help! Much appreciated. —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:54, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Notre Dame Cathedral (Phnom Penh)
CP
17:46, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
DYK for List of Major League Baseball pitchers with 18 strikeouts in one game
nominate
) 16:02, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
Congrats
Ghanaian general election, 2012, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.
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Japanese general election, 2012, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.
Hello Bloom6132, and welcome to the 2013 WikiCup! Your submissions' page is here. The competition begins at midnight UTC. The first round will last until the end of February, at which point the top 64 scorers will advance to the second round. We will be in touch at the end of every month, and signups are going to remain open until the end of January; if you know of anyone else who may like to take part, please let them know! A few reminders: *The rules can be found here. There have been a few changes from last year, which are listed on that page. *Anything you submit must have been nominated and promoted in 2013, and you need to have completed significant work upon it in 2013. (The articles you review at good article reviews does not need to have been nominated in 2013, but you do need to have started the review in 2013.) We will be checking. *If you feel that another competitor is breaking the rules or abusing the competition in some way, please let a judge know. Please do not remove entries from the submissions' pages of others yourself. *Don't worry about calculating precisely how many points everything is worth. The bot will do that. The bot may occasionally get something wrong- let a judge know, or post on the WikiCup talk page if that happens. *Please try to be prompt in updating submissions' pages so that they can be double-checked. Overall, however, don't worry, and have fun. It doesn't matter if you make the odd mistake; these things happen. Questions can be asked on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 18:15, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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The rules can be found here. There have been a few changes from last year, which are listed on that page.
Anything you submit must have been nominated and promoted in 2013, and you need to have completed significant work upon it in 2013. (The articles you review at good article reviews does not need to have been nominated in 2013, but you do need to have started and completed the review in 2013.) We will be checking.
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Don't worry about calculating precisely how many points everything is worth. The bot will do that. The bot may occasionally get something wrong- let a judge know, or post on the WikiCup talk page if that happens.
Please try to be prompt in updating submissions' pages so that they can be double-checked.
Overall, however, don't worry, and have fun. It doesn't matter if you make the odd mistake; these things happen. Questions can be asked on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 13:00, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
DYK for George Nicol (baseball)
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Please have a look there now. ZiaKhan 00:21, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Expanded the article. ZiaKhan 02:21, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Frank McCormick
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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:
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:
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
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
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DYK for St. Dominic's Church (Macau)
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I did the review. Thanks Secretaccount 02:12, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
DYK for St. Joseph's Church, Beijing
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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:
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.
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.
in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...
March sees the
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
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here
04:59, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Murray Battery
nominate
) 00:04, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Battery Path
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DYK for Battery Path
nominate
) 01:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Tung Chung Battery
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Hi, I am commenting here rather than expand the Chinua Achebe discussion. There was indeed talk of lowering the sentence requirement for updates of RD candidates when the discussions about starting the section occurred last summer. (I was in support of it myself.) But the RfC was worded to say that all of the standing procedures would stay in place, since the main opposition to RD was a belief that it meant just about everybody would be listed. So, although it was discussed, and support was evident, it was never formally voted on or passed. μηδείς (talk) 17:46, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Notre Dame Cathedral, Papeete
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) 00:03, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Vidal Nuño
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Thanks for the nomination. That one slipped past me and my shoddy memory. :) – Muboshgu (talk) 16:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
You're welcome! That's what friends are for. I also didn't want want to see such a substantial expansion go without a DYK, which is what happened to recent Yankees minor league players (e.g. Killer Bs, Montero, etc.). —Bloom6132 (talk) 16:49, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject Christianity Newsletter April 2013
ICHTHUS
April 2013
Membership report
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 357 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
Christianity noticeboard
or with me or other individual editors to request it.
From the Editor
We apologise for the hiatus in the publication of this newsletter due to unforseen circumstances leading to the wikibreak of John Carter, and so I have taken over as acting editor, and have taken this opportunity to move the publication date to the start of each month as planned, to better reflect on the previous month and look ahead to the next. This issue covers the period of time from mid-January to the end of March.
Since the last issue we have seen the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis. This has received much coverage both in the world media and on Wikipedia. While there is still much work to do, several quality articles have been written and the editors involved are thanked for their efforts.
This month we look ahead to Easter and the celebration of God's love for mankind through the crucifixion and resurrection of his Son Jesus Christ. With that, I wish you all happy reading!
Contest of the month
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at
Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests
, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.
Help requests
Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.
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