User talk:Sumsum2010/Archive January-February 2012

(talk page stalker) Hello Radhamadhab, I hope you don't mind, but since Sumsum hasn't been very active lately and there's no knowing when he'll next be on, I'll see if I can answer your questions.

• If you know something about an article that we don't have yet, be
  WP:BOLD
  and do it yourself! There's really no way to say "how"; if you have sources about, say, a band that doesn't have an article, go to the title, write a few paragraphs, include the sources and you've done it. Other people will check on your work shortly. Do you have something specific in mind?
• I encourage you to read
  Commons
  .
• Don't worry about that too much. If you do good work, people will eventually notice. :)
• Well, you seem to be a real person, so I don't think you can be a robot.
  WP:Rollbacker
  is a tool that you can request any time, but I would encourage you to read that page, and since its usually a vandal-fighting tool, revert some vandalism just so admins can see that you are trustworthy. File mover involves, well, files, but again, that's a long way off so don't worry too much about it. If you don't work with files (and not many editors do) then you probably won't need it. Adminship is even farther off. Very few editors become admins without making thousands of edits over many years, so don't bother with that just yet.

One thing that may get you off on the right foot would be toning down your sig. You have a very large sig, and many editors would find the line break and "from" completely unnecessary and obnoxious. I strongly advise you to remove those and shrink your name as well. Hope this helps,

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Article of the month – Phoenix International Raceway - B-class article Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation . The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 miles (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Phoenix International Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop on the West Coast, as well as the second and second-to-last track on the schedule. ( Read more... )
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WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010.

good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions

• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
• 12george1 (submissions) was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
• Russian submarine K-114 Tula
  . Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
• Sp33dyphil (submissions) is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
• Speciate (submissions) was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
• "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song)
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We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

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	The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to Sumsum2010, for their service in participating in all of WikiProject Wikify's drives in 2011. Thank you for your noble service! Kerowyn Leave a note 20:06, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject News New members: None How to Help WikiProject NASCAR Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page . Your input is needed! Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs. Help expand and update everything relating to the 2011 season. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: 2024 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photo : Richie Evans, South Boston Speedway Stubs : See all here Verify : NASCAR rules and regulations, 2008 Dickies 500, Frank Cicci Racing Other : More Portal Help Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.	Article Statistics NASCAR articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 3 5 14 2 24 B 31 57 52 10 150 C 21 37 40 17 115 Start 25 117 341 270 2 755 Stub 17 54 303 598 972 List 10 47 2 59 Category 1 2 4 11 124 142 Disambig 4 1 1 14 20 Portal 1 4 5 Project 10 10 Redirect 2 86 88 Template 2 15 8 4 44 73 NA 1 1 Assessed 101 301 812 915 283 2 2,414 Total 101 301 812 915 283 2 2,414
Picture of the Month Richmond International Raceway in September 2011	Article Developments New articles: 1976 Southern 500 1964 Old Dominion 500 1969 Sandlapper 200 1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Tim George, Jr. 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Joe Denette Motorsports Ryan Blaney Bay Darnell John King (racing driver) Unreferenced BLPs: Mike Cope See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR/Article alerts
Article of the month – Good Article Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is the former Commissioner of the political consultant. He then served as Vice President of Winner & Associates. Prior to joining Harrah's Entertainment and serving as WSOP Commissioner, Pollack held prominent roles with NASCAR and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Pollack has been named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal of "40 Under 40" and twice to The Sporting News 100. He has also won two Emmy Awards. Pollack is married, and resides in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. His half-brother is Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League . (Read more...)
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