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Pakistani Cultural Heritage - Edit Drive

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Captain America 3

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done. Keegan (talk) 04:15, 4 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Keegan. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 14:12, 4 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion declined: How to Train Your Dragon 3 (film)

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Hello Captain Assassin!. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of How to Train Your Dragon 3 (film), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 20:18, 4 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion declined: Jack Ryan (film)

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Hello Captain Assassin!. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Jack Ryan (film), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 18:59, 5 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion declined: Popeye (2016 film)

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Hello Captain Assassin!. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Popeye (2016 film), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: This is exactly what a page move would look like. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 19:08, 5 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2014)

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Stir frying in a wok
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Nomination of Looney Tunes (film) for deletion

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Orphaned non-free image File:The Equalize poster.jpg

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The Queen of the Tearling

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I changed a redirect page to a stub article about a film and you reverted it. I would like to know why you reverted it. As an wikipedia editor you must have much more knowledge than I about what it appropriate. I do not understand what was wrong with my edits. Nick Beeson (talk) 15:34, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Nwbeeson: No no, there was nothing wrong with your edits, it's just Wikipedia policies about future films, please read WP:NFF. We can't create an upcoming film's article until its production / filming starts. Understand? --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 15:39, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. That is what I needed to know. I did not know that policy.Nick Beeson (talk) 18:06, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
@Nwbeeson: Appreciate the efforts on the book article. We'll create the film article when filming starts. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 18:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

The Light Between Oceans

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Zarb-e-Azb

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Hi. I remember you nominated it for DYK. But now, it has been promoted to GA, feel free to nominate it for DYK again. I bet an interesting hook, like that of the last time proposition of Mar4d would be better. Faizan 12:08, 13 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Here's what he proposed. Faizan 12:12, 13 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Thank you Faizan to inform me, I'm going to re-nominate the article with Mar4d's hook. And you have contributed the article very well, I appreciate your efforts on taking it to GA. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 14:50, 13 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Ah.... I think we would not be able to get it through DYK, the message by GA bot on my talk says: "If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know.". I am sorry. Faizan 15:38, 14 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Allas....apparently they wouldn't let us get it through DYK :(. No problem, looking forward to some other DYK. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 15:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2014)

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Inserting blasting caps into blocks of C-4
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News One

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There is a sock playing around with the News One article. They have caused "vandalism" in the past, but it appears they have made good edits that add/delete some material at the same time. They latest edits aren't vandalism, but only add/delete material. Could you take a look and make any changes. Bgwhite (talk) 17:42, 15 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Bgwhite: Yeah sure, I'll take a look. In the start people actually do these type of things, I did with Bhawana in the start, I added a lot of content without even knowing what was I doing. I'll do what I can and I'll calm the user down a bit. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 17:56, 15 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Pacific Rim (film)

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Tarantino and other stuff

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Sup. If you were curious, I thanked you because I had started editing the page to do the exact same thing, and then couldn't find it as you'd fixed it before the page buffered :P If you weren't, well, you know anyway. This isn't related but I'll probably reviewing one of the articles you put up for GA over the weekend. Cool stuff. Corvoe (be heard) 19:12, 17 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Corvoe: Welcome! Yep, it's cool stuff and I'm glad to work with you. It's my first time GA stuff, and I'm doing it to learn what we usually need in a good level article. A friend of mine once also suggested me to get into the GA type stuff to learn something. I hope we'll go-along well, happy editing :). --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 21:24, 17 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

A cheeseburger for you!

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2014)

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A Jazz band plays in a park festival
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A Barnstar for signing my guestbook!

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This user has signed my guestbook and been presented with a barnstar. Sign my guestbook now if you have not yet! Ascii002 Let's talk! Contribs

Thanks!!

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  The Barnstar of Good Humor
Hello Captain Assassin! Recently you have signed my guestbook! Thank you very much for signing my guestbook. Cheers NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook 02:16, 21 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Firstly i signed your other page that had signatures as the title and I said something along the lines of: "Is it this one", cause there was no other signatures and in the history you had removed one. Then I found your real one and said "No its this one ok". NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook 06:07, 22 July 2014 (UTC) P.S. Thanks for signing mine :)Reply

Upcoming film redirects

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Hi. Can you explain why you continue to create redirects for upcoming films that have yet to enter production, despite being blocked for this activity in the last 12 months? Thanks. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 17:58, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Lugnuts, Could you list the redirects? Bgwhite (talk) 18:18, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Sure Bgwhite, here are some from the last couple of pages/days from CA's contribution history:
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Those are the ones going back just to 18th July. Several follow the pattern of 1) create stub 2) slight expansion of stub 3) redirect to director! Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 18:22, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Lugnuts, thank you. I see the pattern picking up speed in June. But, there a questionable creations earlier. In addition, there are movie articles created without asking me first. Per his unblock agreement, Assassin is supposed to create an article in his sandbox and ask me to movie it. He has been doing this, as evidenced by messages on my talk page, but not doing it for all films. I see this as very serious matter. An explanation is in order. Bgwhite (talk) 20:16, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
@Lugnuts: Yes, I created the redirects but only which have confirmed filming start dates, like you can see 4, 5, 6, and 7, these all have a recent start dates. I didn't create the redirects a rush form I used to create last year. While 1, 2, and 3, were only created to lead readers to their parent article like I did here. You can see, if I've created any bad redirects then I'll ask for punish myself. I only created of films whose development were moving quickly, just to lead readers to main article like everyone has rights to do it. I admitted I did wrong in the past, last year I created redirects of films which weren't supposed to be in development for even in a year or two, but now you can see 4 will begin in early August, 6 in just two days, and 7 in 10 days, and others are also moving fast.
@Bgwhite: Yes ,I created film articles without sandbox, but they were only a few, they were already redirects, so I just added confirmed sources and created them myself. I've only created a few which I can list here, if they seem to be created wrong or have any mistakes, I'll leave Wikipedia there. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 23:39, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
You agreed not to create articles or redirects without asking first.
Articles and redirects are not to be created until filming has started, not about to start. I got after RAP for the same thing.
Those are two hard and fast rules. DO NOT break these rules again! I'll wait for what Lugnuts thinks before commenting further. Bgwhite (talk) 06:57, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Sounds clear enough to me. Thanks Bgwhite. I'd also prefer if the redirects were deleted per WP:NFF, rather than being redirects to directors/books, etc. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 08:22, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
I'm good to go with the rules. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 15:43, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
Well, this shows you're clearly not. Care to explain? (and @Bgwhite:). Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 06:50, 5 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
You also created other articles and redirects since 23 July without going thru me. Bgwhite (talk) 21:15, 5 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2014)

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The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library
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Monster Hunter's Survival Guide listed at Redirects for discussion

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Orphaned non-free image File:Ride Along album cover.jpg

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Sea of Trees

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DYK nomination of Sea of Trees (film)

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Pakistani Cultural Heritage Edit Drive 2014

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Ford World Headquarters

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I have posted a DYK self nom for Ford World Headquarters that needs a review... 842U (talk) 02:37, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Category:Magnolia Pictures films

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Orphaned non-free image File:Eliza Graves poster.jpg

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Ride Along

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I don't mean to be rude, but I would strongly recommend cancelling your GA nomination of it. The prose is in need of a lot of work, especially in the plot section. If I were to review it (which I won't, because I've contributed) I would probably quick fail it, to be honest with you. I'm sorry I haven't contributed as much as I planned to—I've barely had any leisure time to watch the film—but I think you should seriously consider rescinding the nomination. Sock (pka Corvoe) (be heard)(my stuff) 16:09, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Alright Sock, I cancelled GA nom. Now, help me improving the article. I'm not good with the prose, so do it yourself and I'll see and learn. And one other thing, you reviewed the article Chef (film), which I created and expanded in the start, can I add it's GA credits in my contributions? --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 17:29, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
I don't see why not! Go for it. Also, I will do my best to get the film watched today after work. I don't have any plans today, so I'll see if I can squeeze in some time. Thank you for not taking it personally, I'm glad I didn't offend you or anything. You've done excellent work on the content expansion of the article, don't get me wrong :) I'll leave a message here when I think it's ready. Sound good? Sock (pka Corvoe) (be heard)(my stuff) 17:34, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Sound's great to me, and I never mind or take personally. I'm kind of a person who laughs when someone even abuse me and you didn't even offend or abuse me. So, please try to watch the film today and get it done. I' good in expanding articles and finding content and sources, so let me know if article needs any of these. Thanks for helping me in this. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 17:44, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of Pacific Rim (film)

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DYK review

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DYK nomination of Pacific Rim (film)

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I reviewed this and have no major issues. Do you need to complete a QPQ? And I'd like someone else to weigh in on the Goya attribution comment that was raised. Thanks-Godot13 (talk) 19:14, 1 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Good to go with the new hook, my error on the QPQ as this appears to be your first DYK.-Godot13 (talk) 14:41, 2 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
No problem Godot13, thanks for the review :). --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 17:33, 2 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2014)

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Lucky the Dinosaur at Walt Disney World was the first animatronic creation to walk on land
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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2014)

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Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the leading ghost story writers of the nineteenth century
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Godzilla 2

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Dear colleague! As I see, 20 May 2014‎ you created by three edits the article Godzilla 2, but in the next minute you replaced the article with a redirect. Wikipedia has a place not only for the existing films, but for upcoming films too. So, it seems to me, that it is a good idea to restore the article (it means, to undo the last four edits on the mentioned page); why not? Gamliel Fishkin 20:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Yes Gamliel Fishkin, there's place for upcoming films but only which are under filming/production per WP:NFF. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 01:38, 12 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
See links to sources in the Russian article (the article itself is in Russian, but the linked sources are in English). Gamliel Fishkin 02:55, 12 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
@Gamliel Fishkin: That's usual, not a problem. I've seen sites of other languages here in English wiki. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 08:31, 12 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Guardians 2

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Got it Favre1fan93. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 18:05, 14 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Globalization (album)

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2014)

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A historical map of West Africa from 1707
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DYK for Pacific Rim (film)

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DYK for Race (2015 film)

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GOCE July drive and August blitz

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A solar flare erupts from the Sun, an example of solar activity.
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inre The Transporter Legacy

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Good job. Production meets WP:GNG and filming being confirmed, instruction of WP:NFF(paragraph 3) is met. I have moved your draft to article space, added some cats, and created its talk page. If someone decides to prod it under WP:TOO SOON, explain it to them or ping me. Be well. Schmidt, Michael Q. 23:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Alright, thank you MichaelQSchmidt. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 01:06, 29 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Draft:Pacific Rim 2

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GA Cup

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Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

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The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1.   Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
  2.   Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
  3.   Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
  4.   Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
  5.   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
  6.   12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
  7.   Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
  8.   Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists.   Matty.007 (submissions),   ThaddeusB (submissions),   WikiRedactor (submissions),   Figureskatingfan (submissions),   Yellow Evan (submissions),   Prism (submissions) and   Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, 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 · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2014)

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A Nunivak Cup'ig man with raven maskette – in the Raven Tales the raven is the Creator god
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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2014)

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Good Article Barnstar

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  The Good Article Barnstar
Thank you for your diligence and patience in helping to improve Dallas Buyers Club. In particular, your responsiveness to my concerns regarding the breadth and depth of this article enabled the article to meet those policy requirements at WP:WIAGA and turn this article into a high quality encyclopedic resource is laudable and meritorious. Your willingness to do the work required to improve this article is commendable.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:14, 11 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

DYK nomination of The Finest Hours (2015 film)

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  Hello! Your submission of The Finest Hours (2015 film) at the 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! Edwardx (talk) 09:27, 13 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Tom Hanks on screen and stage

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Hi. Hope you're well. I've removed "untitled cold war thriller" per WP:CRYSTAL with no prejudice for it to be readded when a reliable source is found that indicates filming has actually started. Cowlibob (talk) 09:33, 14 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of The Flash (2016 film)

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The article The Flash (2016 film) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced future film. Forthcoming films are generally not notable until independent reliable sources confirm principle photography has begun.

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Your GA nomination of The Fault in Our Stars (film)

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Fault in Our Stars (film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Antidiskriminator (talk) 20:40, 14 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2014)

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Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia
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DYK for In the Room (film)

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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup

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WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.

Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.

Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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DYK for Dallas Buyers Club

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 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Well done on promoting. I did the initial leg work :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 17 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Dr. Blofeld, I appreciate your efforts. It was so short and missing information, so I thought "why don't I take it to GA? It'll be expanded eventually." So I did it :) --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 01:26, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Ha, you should have seen it originally!! I added all I could find at the time.♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:23, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Dr. Blofeld, yep, I've seen the original, but it was so small even after a year of release, data was really out-dated. Reviewer TonyTheTiger helped me so much in its expansion. The funny thing is, in the start of review, TonyTheTiger said me indirectly to cancel the Nom because it was so small, but I said I would do it. In start I thought reviewer was so tough as he pop out this and that issue, and he'll not let me take this article to GA. But I admit it now that he really helped me a lot. And it would never be taken to GA without his efforts. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 09:23, 18 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Mikaal Zulfiqar

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The article Mikaal Zulfiqar has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Lack of verifiable, independent reliable sources to reinforce assertion of notability.

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DYK for Sally Hemings

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Nomination of Mikaal Zulfiqar for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mikaal Zulfiqar is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mikaal Zulfiqar (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Ramzan Sugar Mills

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Can you please fill me in on the background on Ramzan Sugar Mills? I found a forum thread that suggest the current edit warring/vandalism there is politically motivated, and you seem to have made the same observation at your request for page protection, so I was wondering what it was all about. Thanks, VeryCrocker (talk) 18:19, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Well VeryCrocker, actually the background started from Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and opponent Imran Khan's fights on different issues, currently going on in the country. So now members/workers of both parties are attacking each other wherever they found a place like free-to-edit sites, like forums, Facebook and Wikipedia, etc. I'll suggest please protect the page for until all problems are solved and people would calm down. You would see the vandalism on every page attached to both politicians lives. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 19:03, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, that helps make sense of it. Cheers, VeryCrocker (talk) 19:10, 16 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Free the Nipple for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Free the Nipple is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2014)

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Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia
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Proposed deletion of Aiza Khan

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The article Aiza Khan has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The subject does not passes WP:Notability (people) as subject has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions. Cited single source does not establish notability, there should be significant coverage of the subject.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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Dear Rafhan, great work on the article Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film), enjoyed the article and greatly appreciated. Best wishes Cyril Thomas (talk) 08:09, 26 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Cyrillic, yeah I did work but it needs more work which I'll do tonight or tomorrow. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 08:16, 26 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2014)

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Aerial photograph of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, an international airport in Houston, United States
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DYK nomination of Tomorrow (2015 film)

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  Hello! Your submission of Tomorrow (2015 film) at the 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! Yoninah (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

October 2014 Wikification Drive

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Magic Mike XXL

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I'm very confused, did you just add WP:COPYVIO to the article Magic Mike XXL? [1] At the very, very least, shouldn't it clearly be attributed in the article, not just with a ref? Grayfell (talk) 03:00, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

@Grayfell: I thought an official short synopsis is allowed to copy-paste. That's why I mentioned it in edit-history, because I was unaware of that, thank you. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 07:38, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

DYK for The Finest Hours (2015 film)

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HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

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In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer   Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion   Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel.   Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, 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 · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Reply