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The article Hector Correa has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Non-notable baseball player, fails WP:GNG and WP:BASE/N. I feel I maybe could speedy this as the creator, but I'm not sure so I PROD.
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- I like how you notified yourself that you were proposing the article for deletion.. just in case you wanted to challenge your own proposition.. Spanneraol (talk) 20:47, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, you can never be too thorough! I use WP:TW for a lot of my tagging, and in the case of a PROD or AfD, it automatically notifies the article creator. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Mark Takano
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Dave Holt Baseball Player
Hi Muboshgu I was checking to see if it possible to have my page reinstated? Is there anything I can do? It seems there is some grey area and I might be reconsidered. Thank you, Dave Holt Baseball Player 68.58.223.98 (talk) 02:49, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
I apologize
I want to apologize for an offhand remark I made in the AfD Wil Cardin discussion. I was getting the impression that you were only proposing republican pages for deletion, and being a Democrat myself, was getting a bit irritated. I've been trying to quit caffiene and it hasn't helped, lol. I just don't like to see bias on Wikipedia, and even if that is what you are doing (I'm still not clear on that because I can't find any Democrats that you have nominated)...even if that is what you are doing, my remark was uncalled-for. I go out of my way to be very polite, and I got a bit snippy without even coming to you first, and that simply wasn't fair. Can we be friends? --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 01:05, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'll nominate for deletion any paper candidate or sacrificial lamb candidate I come across. I think it's only those two so far. I was thinking of finding who it was that ran against Barney Frank in 2010 (I think that candidate still has an article and probably shouldn't). I try to keep impartial when I edit. I nominated the Todd Akin comment article and "You didn't build that" article for deletion, and I've gotten DYKs for some of the new members of the House, both Democrat and Republican alike. My nominations have nothing to do with partisanship. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:53, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Documents from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
hi I work at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum, and we are uploading materials to Wikimedia Commons. We have a number of documents that might be of interest to you - they are located at Wikimedia, Category:Documents at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. If you are interested in writing articles/stubs, I may be able to provide you with pictures from our archives as well. We have a limited number of artifacts, also at Wikimedia, Category:Artifacts at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Let me know if I can help in any way, and please feel free to pass the word about these docs; I'd love to see some content generated around them....thanks! Bdcousineau (talk) 20:23, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Proposed Article for Deletion
Hello again, I see that SNIyer12 was recently banned. It's too bad because he occasional made good maintenance on articles, but I certainly understand the decision given his history of repeated disruptive edits and disregard for consensus. It didn't seem like he was learning. I'm contacting you because I want to nominate a page he created for deletion. It's Celtics–Knicks_rivalry. I know you and I share the opinion that these "rivalry" pages are ballooning out of control and I believe SNIyer12 was a big reason for that. It has three paltry references that deal more with a general New York - Boston city sports rivalry. It was created in 2010 but there have been recent IP edits and additions to the Knicks' page that I believe may be originating from SNIyer12 (I see he was also recently accused of sockpuppetry). Please let me know how you would recommend going about doing this or, if you want, feel free to do it yourself. Thanks very much.TempDog123 (talk) 21:08, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
- It is a shame that user didn't behave better. We tried to keep him around, because a number of his edits were very helpful. I haven't had a close look at that page yet, but I can see AfD being a good venue for it. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:21, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Steve Pestka
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X said something stupid AfDs
I saw your X said something stupid AfD requests.[1][2] You might want to check out Wikipedians who are not a Wikipedian DRV and its MfD. Pretty much the same thing as US presidential politics, only within Wikipedia. As for the politically motivated articles, I've been working on concept idea on how to address this in the future. If you look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Romney Democrat, you will note that it was deleted after the election ended. The Romney Democrat article was created 00:48, 4 November 2012,[3] two days before the US Presidential election. By 06:53, 4 November 2012, the AfD had enough input to get an idea of where the outcome was headed. What do you think about having a Template:TempDelete (similar to Template:TempUndelete used at DRV) where an admin could have replace the contents of the Romney Democrat article just after 06:53, 4 November 2012 indicating that the page was now being discussed at AfD. That would have blanked the contents of the article during the two days before the US Presidential election, but left the Romney Democrat article content history available. Then, after the US Presidential election ended on 6 November 2012, anyone coud remove the Template:TempDelete and make the Romney Democrat contents of the article visiable once again. Making the article temporarily hidden from view just before the election would prevent Wikipedia from being used for political purposes yet still maintain the content accessible in article namespace. Template:TempDelete could be applied to any election worldwide where appropriate. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 13:07, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Hector Correa
I think the speedy delete G7 would work since you are the only one that added substantial content.--Yankees10 22:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
- I was just thinking that myself. If we're wrong, an admin will tell us. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:12, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
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I know you've been asked before
Looking through your talk page archives, I see two queries similar to the one I'm about to make, but since the most recent one was almost three months ago, I thought I'd inquire anyway. Would you be interested in running for adminship? You are overqualified, in my opinion, and TommyBoy's RfA showed that content contributors such as yourself can pass, so I thought I'd ask. I would definitely be willing to nominate you, but I'm sure those with a little more prestige around here than I would as well. I just think that you would be an asset to the project as an admin. Thanks--Go Phightins! 20:17, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I appreciate the thought, but I don't think I'm suited for adminship. I'm happy to work with content without having to worry about the duties of an admin. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:09, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- OK. Just thought I'd ask... Go Phightins! 22:24, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Stephen Strasburg GA review
It is under way. There are a few minor things to fix, nothing too big. --Jprg1966 (talk) 15:12, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
40 man players
Why are you creating new articles for everyone that gets added to the 40 man roster? Surely these guys would be better positioned on the minor league player pages until they get called up? Most of these articles have such little info in them that they are primed for merging anyway. Spanneraol (talk) 18:20, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- No 40 man player should be a red link. They all, undoubtedly, deserve either full pages or redirects to MiLB pages. This is a good way to find out which deserve their own pages and which should be merged. The Brazilian pitcher for the White Sox definitely has enough coverage for GNG. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:53, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- I agree about the red links, but most of these guys should be on the minor league players pages. Curtis Partch for example. Spanneraol (talk) 19:08, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- You're right about Partch. We can merge that one and any others that should be merged. Andre Rienzo is the one I mean that I know for sure meets GNG. The others, there's no deadline to decide upon. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:18, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- You also don't need to rush to re-direct the articles. I was in the middle of creating an article and before I saved you re-directed it.--Yankees10 20:07, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- Why do you keep adding the -- in the number field on the player info boxes? It doesn't really serve a purpose and just looks funny.. I prefer to just leave that field blank if they dont have a number. Spanneraol (talk) 03:52, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- You also don't need to rush to re-direct the articles. I was in the middle of creating an article and before I saved you re-directed it.--Yankees10 20:07, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- You're right about Partch. We can merge that one and any others that should be merged. Andre Rienzo is the one I mean that I know for sure meets GNG. The others, there's no deadline to decide upon. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:18, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- I agree about the red links, but most of these guys should be on the minor league players pages. Curtis Partch for example. Spanneraol (talk) 19:08, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, between all of us, there are no more red links in roster templates. I just made redirects on the last of them (I just flew across the country today, not in the mood to research them all). We need to go through the whole group of new 40 man roster players to decide who of them deserve their own articles and who gets a blurb on a MiLB page. I'll start on that tomorrow. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:15, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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- Not sure if you were done with the article update or still in progress. Another conflict is whether he threw it at Holmes or Quinn. Maybe you can just say "team official"? Article and hook need clarification.—Bagumba (talk) 18:22, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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- Damn that's alot of edits. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:30, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
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Paul Krugman edit on Controversies
Thanks for letting me know of your removal of my addition to the Controversies section of Paul Krugman's personal biography. A previous editor was not so considerate. I am not really sure why this piece was removed but will accept your judgement based on your experience on biographies on Wikipedia (I'll read up on that). I believed the section was appropriate for inclusion particularly about someone as polarizing as Krugman and I thought this provided some balance to what seems to be mostly (but not entirely) a politically correct biography. There were some other comments that were similar in the bio (such as Barro and Prescott's in "Economics and policy recommendations.") and I don't see these as too much different from those remarks. Anyone of Krugman's stature talking about Milton Friedman, one of the most important economists of our time, in an article that received considerable attention seems to deserve the reference, at least in my opinion. The comments were made, not by me but by a protégé of Friedman's, who Krugman said was one of the most important monetarists of our time (Anna Schwartz). And she did so in paper published in the annals of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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You just commented in Edit Summary section that the citation does not need to be in the lede. I really don't care if it is in the lead or not. What I do care about is the fact that the citation that keeps getting placed in the article is an incorrect citation. I was attempting to correct the citation. I was not attempting to jam the citation in the lede as you incorrectly surmised. Please check the citation closer. The citation that I removed from your new section stated that the Washington Post article was written by Rachel Weiner, which is incorrect. That article that broke this story is from the Washington Post but it was written by Daniel Henninger. Please do not jump to conclusions on what other editors are doing. Please ask and don't assume. Thank you.--ExclusiveAgent (talk) 20:16, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
M. Young
Hey Muboshgu, thanks for holding down the fort on Michael Young's page until the trade is finalized. I believe this and this assert that the trade is finalized, but wanted to check with you before I changed it on the article. Go Phightins! 20:18, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yep, that would seem to indicate that it's a done deal. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:00, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
- Updated in the article. Thanks again. Go Phightins! 21:11, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Baseball Mountain
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reverting "Vandalism"
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- It's a point I'll take under advisement. I did notice after I chose "vandalism" rather than good faith what you had meant to do. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
I've just deleted this page as a copyright violation of [4]. Although ballotpedia is indeed a wiki this does not automatically mean it has a license that is compatible with wikipedia. In this case the license the content is available under the "GNU Free Documentation License 1.2." and so unfortunately we cannot copy this. Please see Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright for more on this. If you've used this source elsewhere would you please go back and remove the text or tag the article as appropriate. Dpmuk (talk) 16:16, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
- I was unaware of that distinction. I admit I tried to use a shortcut on that one, one that I thought was acceptable. Guess I'll restart that article from scratch now. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:29, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
- Not a problem, you're not the first, and you won't be the last, to make that mistake. It's very subtle, and frankly it's all a bit dumb, but if we are to stay within the law we can't use such material. At least you know for future now. Dpmuk (talk) 16:43, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
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Do you agree with the page move? It appears there was no discussion about it before it happened. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:28, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't know. I'm not sure what the protocol is with Asian names. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:29, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- Is there some way of having this discussed and possibly reversed? Seems to me that the article should accurately reflect what everyone calls the guy. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:31, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- Also, I've started a discussion on the talk page about the trade-related edits. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:46, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- A requested move can always be initiated. Or you could go the WP:BOLD route and move it back over the redirect. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:21, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't want to get into a big controversy, but I'll try it. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 03:23, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- A requested move can always be initiated. Or you could go the WP:BOLD route and move it back over the redirect. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:21, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- Also, I've started a discussion on the talk page about the trade-related edits. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:46, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- Is there some way of having this discussed and possibly reversed? Seems to me that the article should accurately reflect what everyone calls the guy. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:31, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
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Given that you recently edited the page, you might find this article about recent vandalism on the Towers article interesting. It looks to me like it had been taken care of before you got there, but I still thought it might be amusing to you. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 19:37, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Granderson middle name
Hi Muboshgu, seeing a lot of vandalism around his middle name in the past day. Presumably some of it is coming as a result of people reading this article on MLB.com. Just wanted to keep you apprised and see if you want to keep an eye on it. Thanks! Matthew (WMF) 20:15, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
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- Is it really necessary to template an editor with over 90K edits? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:18, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Over 100K, actually :P – Muboshgu (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- I've been wondering about that. Did you have a prior account or edit as an IP or something? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think so? But I can't remember how everything started. I do know that a few different ways of looking at edit counts and "birth" dates conflict when I try to trace back my wiki-lineage. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:22, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've noticed the edit count you give is slightly higher than the official ones I see. There must be some reason for the discrepancy, not that it makes a huge difference when one has that many edits. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:26, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think so? But I can't remember how everything started. I do know that a few different ways of looking at edit counts and "birth" dates conflict when I try to trace back my wiki-lineage. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:22, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- I've been wondering about that. Did you have a prior account or edit as an IP or something? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Over 100K, actually :P – Muboshgu (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)Really? A drive-by templating over something that got reinserted due to an edit conflict during the massive storm of editing that's been going on? – Muboshgu (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your nomination, but DGG's arguments were stronger, so I closed the AfD as keep. Bearian (talk) 17:52, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
- I recognized that DGG had a very strong argument, so much so that I thought about withdrawing the AfD. I decided not to so that the AfD record could say "kept" rather than "withdrawn", though that likely doesn't make much difference. I figured it was going to close as keep and at any moment. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:02, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
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If you could email me at jalexander wikimedia.org when you have a chance. You were nominated for a t-shirt and I'd like to get it sent your way :). Jalexander--WMF 22:23, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
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I know it's a bit late, but I noticed you hadn't been given credit for this yet. Could I ask you to return the favour with the ITN article I nominated on December 16, since I haven't been given recognition for that yet? Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:56, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
- Sure. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:29, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Last Exit on Brooklyn GA review
Well, it's been nearly a year since the first nom, but I think all the issues you had with this article have been corrected. Care to take another look? Yworo (talk) 18:05, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
- If I get a chance. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:29, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
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Hey. Would you be able to review Bob Lemon at GAN? Since it's part of User:Wizardman/Operation Big Bear, I wouldn't feel right giving it the review, and since he was a Yankee for a time it should hold interest for you. Wizardman 15:41, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah no problem, although I may not be able to get around to actually reviewing it until January. I'm very busy and have left GA work off (I'm not even nominating nearly as many DYK articles lately). – Muboshgu (talk) 20:18, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Not a problem, I ended up reviewing it. When my review is done though, would you be able to tackle the changes? I would but fixing my own review may be iffy. Wizardman 18:57, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
- Sure, but I'm going out of town later today for Christmas break, so it'll be after Saturday, or maybe the first week in January. Just ping me again in the new year if I don't move on it sooner. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
- Not a problem; the review's done now but I'm fine giving you a couple weeks to tackle it, since I found quite a bit. Wizardman 01:34, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
- Sure, but I'm going out of town later today for Christmas break, so it'll be after Saturday, or maybe the first week in January. Just ping me again in the new year if I don't move on it sooner. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
- Not a problem, I ended up reviewing it. When my review is done though, would you be able to tackle the changes? I would but fixing my own review may be iffy. Wizardman 18:57, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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If you have the time and inclination, might you add your voice at Talk:Andy Barr (American politician)? Apparently, a couple of relatively new editors don't think my time expanding his article was well spent since he hasn't taken office yet. Should have taken your advice and nominated for GA, I suppose. Now I'll need to show consensus for the present article length to keep from failing the "stable" criterion. *sigh* Such is the life of a WikiDragon, I suppose. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 23:48, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
- Indeed it is. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
- Gracias, friend. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 01:44, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
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Do you have any thoughts on the Yankees roster template? There is a user who wants to give Youkilis a number based on a tweet from a beat writer. I'm against it, but I don't want to get too deep in an edit war, obviously. Your opinion tends to be a solid one. Kjscotte34 (talk) 13:58, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
- I personally don't use Twitter as a source, but I can see the reasons to do it. All in all, what Youkilis' number will be is a small matter. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
A couple of things
First, thank you for the addition to the African-American Civil Rights Movement template. I keep a watch over the template to make sure it doesn't list "lesser personages and organizations", which it sometimes does. --- Secondly, I see you like the baseball pages. I spent lots of time moving a player's hall of fame reference up to the lede's of articles, or close enough to make a difference. I noticed that many HOF'ers pages don't mention that fact until near the bottom of the page! I haven't done all of them by a long way, maybe on your travels along the trail of pages you can check on that. Thanks. As for the Yankees, have you read book "The Year That Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs"? An amazing work showing that Ruth remains one of the most underrated bb players in history. Good to meet you. Randy Kryn 12:15 4-1-'13
- Thank you for keeping a watch on that template. I noticed with the number of names in it that there was some risk for adding undeserving individuals, though I wasn't concerned about Clayton's qualifications (watch for a DYK on that article in the coming weeks). I do edit a lot of baseball, and especially the highest priority pages. Eventually all HOFers should be up to GA status, and the first step of that article expansion is usually adding their HOF status to the lead in addition to the body. I've noticed that a lot of those articles don't mention it in the lead, but we're working on improving their quality. As to that Ruth book, I've heard of it but haven't read it. I hear only good things about it. Thanks for the suggestion. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:01, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
- I probably put the HOF reference in the lede in from 30 to 50 of them, I didn't count and this was started a couple of years ago. Thank you for improving the baseball pages, and I saw on your loooong list of articles started lots and lots of ballplayers. Ah, the Ruth book, it's out of print now but could be had on Abebooks. I've read it at least three times and each time have talked at length to my friends and family about Ruth being underrated. As a Yankee fan, I'd say that should be a must-read. I don't even know if it's referenced on Ruth's page here, but if not, and you read it, I do not fear that it will go unreported. I'll look at the Baseball Mountain link, thanks, and will go to a few more of the Hall of Fame pages and see if I can find one or two without that HOF reference in the lede. Play ball! Randy Kryn 15:24 4-1-'13
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Before I promote this nomination, can you add the QPQ please? --George Ho (talk) 03:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
- My bad! It's done. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:26, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
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Ruth and Gehrig
Me and User:Wehwalt are planning to work on those two key articles to featured status as soon as some of our other projects are finished, which might be as early as next month. Considering those two subjects are probably the most core and toughest biographies to tackle in baseball and considering your Yankees interest, we can use your help. I presume you might have some of the same sources I have in those two biographies. Let me know. Thanks Secret account 03:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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Image question
I left a couple file-related questions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball but I haven't gotten an answer yet. Might you know what the answers are? AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:25, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2013 January newsletter
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:
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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 C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the 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?
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Hello
Hello, thanks for your review for Template:Did you know nominations/Carlos López Estrada, I didn't know that another editor replaced some information, would you be kind enough to review it again?. Thanks. Jaespinoza (talk) 18:52, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Ed Koch
As a gay New Yorker I find WaltCip's comparison of Koch with a drunken killer offensive, but Koch doesn't seem to have had a boyfriend either. μηδείς (talk) 23:24, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Jorge Alfaro
Hi Muboshgu. There's no need to delete the page at Jorge Alfaro in order for you to write an article on him - simply go to the page, edit as normal, remove the redirect code and add your text. Since the page has a fairly extensive history, deleting it without a good reason isn't appropriate. Yunshui 雲水 13:57, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
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DYK for Tony Cingrani
On 7 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tony Cingrani, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that professional baseball player Tony Cingrani did not expect his college team to invite him back for his senior season after he struggled as a junior? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Cingrani. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to 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. |
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On 10 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the sister of Stephen Colbert, is running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Colbert-Busch. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Frank Thomas (designated hitter)
If that was changed through consensus, then why do all the players you mentioned, Nady, Wang, Pena, Guzman, Albaladejo, and Ramirez have 2009 WS Champ on their pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiHogan654 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
- They shouldn't. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
- I removed the note from the pages of Nady, Wang, Albaladejo and Ramirez, who weren't on the postseason roster. Guzman and Pena were on the postseason roster, so it's appropriate for their pages. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:24, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Suggestions for AfD
Based on your recent AfD nominations, I would like to offer you some that could also be deleted as well:]
Resignation of Sarah Palin Resignation of Shirley Sherrod — Preceding unsigned comment added by Draconiator (talk • contribs) 21:03, 11 February 2013 (UTC)