User talk:Σ/Archive/2012/June

Purpose of Template:NUMBEROFFOUNDERS

Hi, I'm just wondering what's the purpose of Template:NUMBEROFFOUNDERS, which you created, as it doesn't seem to be used anywhere and merely displays "1". If it indeed serves no purpose, you may request it be deleted by tagging it with {{Db-author}}, but if it does serve a purpose, I would encourage you to add some documentation to the template and place it in an appropriate category. Thanks. balloonguy (talk) 17:46, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

It was so long ago, but I think I had created it to imitate some magic words, such as {{NUMBEROFADMINS}}. A G7 tag has been applied. →Στc. 08:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 May newsletter

We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Confusion

I see some tiny articles, FA class and some giant articles, B class. CONFUSED :/.--Deathlaser (talk) 12:03, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

It depends on how much information is available about the topic. The featured article criterion 1b says that an article "neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context". this does not mean that an article "must contain at least 30000 characters". MissingNo. and the Gunpowder Plot have drastically different lengths, possibly because a Google Books search of the two yield 156 results and 167,000 results respectively. It is easier to justify the MissingNo article's comprehensiveness, because there is less to know about it. →Στc. 22:47, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Marian Richero (deejay)

Saw your notes at titleblack list about him... he is back. I've requested a speedy. Bgwhite (talk) 06:20, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that. →Στc. 06:24, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

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Sorry, I forgot to change its language code. --Makecat_Talk 02:17, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your intervention

It just proves that anything posted on Wikipedia, someone is watching (Regushee (talk) 06:41, 17 June 2012 (UTC))

You're welcome! →Στc. 07:22, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

MOTD

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your work helping new users with formatting... alongside the million other things you work on. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:27, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Level one user warnings

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Level one user warnings. (This invitation sent because you signed up as a member of WP:UWTEST) Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:20, 27 June 2012 (UTC) Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:20, 27 June 2012 (UTC)