User talk:Spencer/Archive 19

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Spencer. Thanks to your guidance I have written one new article and rewritten another. I would be really grateful if you could look at them and give me some constructive criticism. Much appreciated! Robvanvee (talk) 09:09, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Point taken. will get on that asap. Robvanvee (talk) 15:56, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

		All Around Amazing Barnstar
		Dear Spencer, your help has not gone unnoticed! Thank you for your guidance and continued support in showing me the ropes and improving articles I have been involved with! Robvanvee (talk) 12:31, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Ah, seems like I was on the move. Sorry, will be more sepcific. Its the OCD sometimes ;) Lihaas (talk) 09:11, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Spencer - this is to notify you that there is a discussion starting on the Article Feedback RfC talkpage that has ramifications for the RfC itself. Your input is much appreciated :). Thanks! and apologies if I've missed anyone Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:48, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day, Spencer, from the AutomaticStrikeout (T • C ) 17:59, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Lord Roem ~ (talk) 16:02, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

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 Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you for helping with the vandal on my talk page! Moosehadley 21:55, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Who should be included?

Per

notability criteria

. All alumni meeting these criteria are to be included on an alumni list, regardless of how much time they have spent on a school roll, from one day to several years, and whether or not they graduated.

In my experience, this correctly reflects general practice for alumni lists in school articles: notable people who have attended are listed whether or not they actually graduated. Best, --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:29, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Spencer. You have new messages at Arxiloxos's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hello, Spencer. You have new messages at 2001:db8's talk page.
Message added 05:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

– 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 05:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you for uploading a local copy of the image (which admins sometimes neglect to do).
FYI, when uploading the exact Commons file without modification, there's no need to change the name. Such uploads should be tagged {{

Spencer, I wanted to thank you for your support during my RfA. It did not end as hoped, but I am determined to treat it as a learning experience for my future editing. Warm regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:38, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

At AIV you wrote that the IP edits appeared to be in good faith but I must disagree. The IP appears to be the same editor as Vironus, since the IP blanked User talk:Vironus here and here, the 2nd time adding "This is my talk page", which Vironus clarified one minute later here. Interestingly, they both appear to be Jonathan Biderman, without declaring that they are.

Edits to Talk:Stile Project which I think were all improper

• Feb 22 IP deletes "Jonathan" (Biderman's multiply reliably sourced first name) here with false edit summary "(typo correction)", and altering other editors' comments
• Feb 26 IP replaces "Biderman" w/ "Harchick" here again altering others' comments
• Feb 26 Vironus changes photo request to "Stileproject" here with a false edit summary
• Feb 27 Vironus deletes all reliable sources and discussion mentioning "Jonathan Biderman" here, again altering others' comments
• Feb 28 IP changes "Biderman" to "Berman" here, again altering others' comments

Edits to Stile Project which I think were mostly improper

• Jan 28 IP changes "Jonathan Biderman" to "Philip Widerman" here. ("Jonathan Biderman" is multiply reliably sourced)
• Feb 22 IP removes "Jonathan" everywhere here
• Feb 26 Vironus removes much cited content here and adds a primary-sourced claim about the 1999 faked suicide. Also replaces one "Biderman" with "Stile", and one "Jay Stile" (reliably sourced) with "Stile"
• Feb 28 IP again replaces "Jonathan Biderman" with "Stile" here
• Feb 28 Vironus adds unsourced details Biderman would know here. Text: "from the BBC documentary "Culture Shock". Interestingly, not claimed by Biderman/Stile on stileproject.com/wired.html, archived here or stileproject.com/kitty.html archived here. Totally unsourced, therefore.
• Feb 28 Vironus adds info about Biderman/Stile's Ph.D. here sourced from the Stile blog entry posted Feb 27 (yesterday).

So, from all this, I think the IP and Vironus are Jonathan Biderman, interested in simultaneously disassociating himself from the site and bragging about his doctorate. What's the best next step about this, given that Vironus just blanks their Talk page? --Lexein (talk) 11:37, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

IPs like 125.77.42.221 (talk · contribs) (China) are to be blocked on sight. Filter 271 targets general spambots, whereas filter 523 (perhaps redundant) was set up specifically for this LTA spambot. Materialscientist (talk) 05:50, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

No. There is a

WP:AIV, but even for those the threshold varies, from one attempt to several. Materialscientist (talk

) 06:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

1. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
2. Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
3. 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.

Other contributors of note include:

• Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts
  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.
• Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
• Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
• Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a

curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook