User talk:Casliber/Archive 46

Help with a Peer Review?

Hi Casliber, I noticed that your name came up on the list of volunteers for peer review of biological topics. I was wondering if you would be willing to review the Gynecomastia article. I can see that you're a very accomplished and experienced editor and I think the article would benefit from a set of new (but veteran) eyes. I'm working on getting it to GA (and eventually FA down the road). Please let me know. Thanks! TylerDurden8823 (talk) 04:45, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

So, any interest in this Casliber? TylerDurden8823 (talk) 07:34, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, got distracted. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:30, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

That's okay, it happens to me too Thank you for helping! TylerDurden8823 (talk) 08:46, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Sue Rangell and Robert Spitzer again

Back in January you closed this RfC started by Sue Rangell on whether or not Robert Spitzer should be labeled a gun control advocate in Robert Spitzer (political scientist). In your close you said Quoting our own BLP policy "BLPs should be written responsibly, cautiously, and in a dispassionate tone, avoiding both understatement and overstatement." Furthermore, the subject is notable for other non-gun-related material. Thus the word "activist" or (to a lesser extent) advocate is potentially polarising and misrepresentative. I thought the problem was over.

Sue Rangell has added "advocate" back and Spitzer has removed it. I am disturbed to see a conflict about a gun control article affect a person out in the real world. The area of gun control is under discretionary scanctions and I am unclear as to what to do next. What do you suggest? StarryGrandma (talk) 06:54, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

ok. Will take a look.Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:31, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Gynecomastia

Hi Casliber, did you ever decide if you want to compare the gynecomastia article information to UptoDate or DynaMed? Or should I ask someone else? I would prefer an experienced editor like you to do it, but if you don't have time, just let me know. I'm just working on getting it ready for GA review. Thanks! TylerDurden8823 (talk) 01:11, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry - been really busy while I am at work. Will try to get to the library computers on a lunch break or something Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:50, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Not a problem, I just wanted to see if you were still interested is all. I'm glad to hear the interest is still there. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 05:47, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

How are we doing on this front? TylerDurden8823 (talk) 00:51, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

It's ugly at work...will try this week.Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:30, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Sounds good. I hope work is better for you this week. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 05:36, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Sleeping Dogs

Hey, Casliber, how's it going! I was wondering if you could help me with Sleeping Dogs (video game) since I really need help with it. Ever since I joined Wiki I have been trying to tackle the article alone but I can't seem to do it by myself wit the amount of experience I have. Is there any way you could help me take it to GA? I know you usually only edit plant related articles, but this one is rated B class so it should be an easy thing for both of us. What do you think? Thanks for everything in advance, URDNEXT (talk) 13:08, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok will take a look - tomorrow - just about to go to bed now (late here in Oz) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:16, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Alright thanks! Tell the wizard I said hi! URDNEXT (talk) 13:19, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Kelpie

Hi Cas Liber. Just to let you know that I moved the developing sub-thread in Talk:Kelpie#River vs. Lake which was a section I started to the Kelpie vs Each-Uisge section you started, since the topic clearly fits the latter. I plan to be adding to the sub-thread too, but I haven't quite composed it. But I can preview to you a couple of pointers I intend to bring up.
One is that since you do favor stating the contrast betwen the kelpie and the each uisge, I should expect you to be more disapproving of the stubborn kelpie==each uisge policy.
The other is FYI about Briggs. She only says "Highland Kelpie was as bloodthirsty and as hungry" so it is not as contrastive against each uisge as you would like, as you stated. But I think she is the one who is nudging the kelpie toward the bloodier spectrum. JG Campbell uses "devour" for the kelpie and not each uisge; in contrast, she infers that each uisge "devour"ed the children (while the others don't expressly say they were devoured, just that their livers came afloat).
In another of her books Briggs, Katharine Mary (1979), Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, & Boggarts: A Who's Who of Fairies, Penguin, pp. 67–{{citation}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) (snippet viewable), she gives the variant tale of the children-abducting each uisge localized in "Aberfeldy," even though in The Fairies in Tradition book, she localizes the same tale as being in "Glen Keltney, near Schiehallion". The inconsistent language in the locale leads to confusion, but in the light of this evidence, Mackillop probably sources from Briggs's 1979 book, and probably mimicking her opinion. --Kiyoweap (talk) 18:42, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok - yes. It is unfortunate that folkloric critters are more mutable than real ones but there you go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:17, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Eclogue 4

I just wrote an article for Virgil's Eclogue 4 and, in order to make sure that I transferred what the source were saying correctly, I'm looking for people to take a good glance at it. I saw that you noted you are interested in mythology on the Peer Review page. Any chance you could give it a quick look-over? I can provide any source you might need. Thanks!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 21:49, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok - will take a look a bit later. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:20, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Lake Murray Meteorite

Cas Liber, I was wondering whether you could see whether Bruin2's response addressed the issues you had with this nomination, or if there is further information that you need. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:06, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Whoops, forgot. will take a look. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:42, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

some GAs

If you're interested in reviewing a few chemistry GAs, there's nobelium and lawrencium – I expanded them a few days ago. I think all the content is there, but am worried that they might be too technical (hence why I asked you, so that it wouldn't end up like mendelevium, which got reviewed by an WP:ELEM member basically only on grammar). Double sharp (talk) 14:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Got a bit on my plate for the next couple of days but will see what I can do....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:45, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Double sharp (talk) 22:23, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Stub

If the nsw geo stub cat is removed, isn't woodford now no longer in the nsw geography cat at all ? --Dave Rave (talk) 09:47, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm, it's in Category:Towns in New South Wales and Category:Suburbs of the City of Blue Mountains - I just removed the stub tag as it is larger than a stub. I am not sure what other categories it should be in...I guess we can add some....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Southern boobook

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:40, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey

Hey Cas! I was wondering if you could gove feedback on my draft for the sleeping dgs development section. It's currently at my sandbox User:URDNEXT/sandbox. The article is currently being reviewed for GA and me and tezero will be taking it to FA later next week, so any advice would be very much appreciated! URDNEXT (talk) 14:54, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Revert of Magnolia × thompsoniana

No problem with the revert, but the talk page of Magnolia × thompsoniana mentions to add a taxobox...if that is not required,the message should be removed. --JayaJune (talk) 00:44, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Good point. I will remove it now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:21, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

I'd be inclined not to use a cultivar box; the plant seems to be a spontaneous hybrid between two species, and there are multiple cultivars of the nothospecies, so a normal species taxobox is appropriate. Peter coxhead (talk) 19:59, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Peter coxhead But it has two species parents...? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:48, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

But nothospecies are not automatically cultivars. See e.g. Musa × paradisiaca, of which there are hundreds of cultivars. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:34, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

aaah ok. I did not know that. Never seen the word used much in Australia...interesting....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:50, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Though I think a hybrid originating in a plant nursery is a cultivar, as opposed to a naturally occurring hybrid such as Grevillea × gaudichaudii.--Melburnian (talk) 06:56, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

The ICNCP requires a cultivar to be stable in cultivation, so usually it's only a clone of a hybrid which ought to be called a cultivar. If the hybrid is sterile, then cultivated plants will be be clonal, although mutations do occur in clones (as with bananas) giving rise to distinct cultivars. I don't think the terminology is used very consistently, though, either for hybrid species or cultivars. (Triticum aestivum is generally written without any hybrid sign, although a complex hybrid.) Peter coxhead (talk) 07:12, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

I agree with your clarification "usually it's only a clone of a hybrid which ought to be called a cultivar".--Melburnian (talk) 08:08, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2014)

A solar flare erupts from the Sun, an example of solar activity. Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Solar activity Previous selections: History of West Africa • Ghost story Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 25 August 2014 (UTC) •

Stub Contest.

Alright, promote Andrew Gray to judge for me. I will be ready for the 1st. Mitch32^{(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.)} 19:44, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:26, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Just of note, I moved back into my dorm, and have no internet at the moment, so, I'm going to be delayed for a couple days. (I am using a uni computer as is). Mitch32^{(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.)} 12:44, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok no dramas. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:00, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately this problem is a little more serious than originally thought. I am getting a new computer some time next week, then I will be happy to start again. Things are really crazy with this. Mitch32^{(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.)} 18:19, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

ok...life happens. lucky there are three of us. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:07, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Uploading

Commons have a new system of uploading images. Now users have to log on to Media Wiki to upload images to Commons using one of he semi-automated forms. I do not use MediWiki much and I forgot my "snowman" password, so I had to log on with a different name just to upload the Australian Crow image, and subsequent images. Snowman (talk) 13:41, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Oh dear. don't you have a unified log in? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:47, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Years ago, when I started editing here, I did not know about unified login and I used different passwords on en Wiki and Commons. When I found out about unified login, I discovered that different passwords complicated unified login, so I did not get a unified login. Snowman (talk) 14:44, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Aah ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:48, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Willie wagtail TFA

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 9, 2014. Cheers, Bencherlite^Talk 19:19, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Precious again, the bird, bringer of bad news or a stealer of secrets. I bring good news: DYK José Carlos Cocarelli, sad story but interesting article history and talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Pucill

Cas Liber, your review here has been responded to by the nominator. Do you plan to return to this one, or should I call for a new reviewer. Please let me know if I should make the call; otherwise, your further post will let me know that you're continuing the review. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:49, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

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)

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

A Nunivak Cup'ig man with raven maskette – in the Raven Tales the raven is the Creator god Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Raven Tales Previous selections: Solar activity • History of West Africa Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:01, 1 September 2014 (UTC) •

Anatomy articles

Are you planning on working on any anatomy articles this Autumn? Do you have any interest on expanding any of the various article on the ear. Before I can do much editing, I have a number of outdoor tasks to complete before the weather becomes too wet and cold here in the UK. Incidentally, I tried emailing you some months ago. I usually have my emails switched off, because I think that talk pages are adequate for almost all communication. When I emailed you, I switched on my Wiki email to send you a message and then immediately switched it off. I am not sure if this resulted in a email being sent to you. Snowman (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

I was just thinking of that - I was thinking it would be a shame to leave the cervix article where it is but I lost interest a bit. I will have a look at the ear articles. I am in no hurry, as we've had a cold wet end to winter here and I have a long flu which has knocked me around a bit. I vaguely recall an email but I can't see it now...maybe I am recalling wrongly. I generally keep most conversations on wiki unless there is a pressing reason to do otherwise, which is uncommon. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:35, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

another actinide GAN that you might be interested in

This one is much more important than the other two I suggested: thorium. Double sharp (talk) 14:08, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Ok - sorry, my head is all over the place. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:16, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Don't worry. Work on it if and when you want to and have the time to. Double sharp (talk) 15:24, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

How many times can an article have DYK?

I have nominated Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah once for DYK and it was shown in the main page. Now, the article is a GA. Can I nominate it once again for DYK? Mhhossein (talk) 13:40, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

No. The consensus is that we should spread main page appearances around different pages. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:53, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Rodent FA

Will you be doing that source check? LittleJerry (talk) 04:25, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Soon - I saw some other activity there and held back - some other RL stuff has cropped up about Lomatia and I am double checking a couple of things....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:53, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Please finish soon. :) LittleJerry (talk) 23:32, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

LittleJerry bit later today. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:39, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2014)

File:Jvc gz-mg555-02.jpg A handheld camcorder ia a typical consumer electronics device Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Consumer electronics Previous selections: Raven Tales • Solar activity Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:02, 8 September 2014 (UTC) •

check 'readable prose'

Hello Casliber,
I wanted to ask if there is a way to see how much 'readable prose' has added before adding it to the contest page? As my plan is more to destub rose cultivars (which I decided before I noticed the stub contest) than to participate in the contest, it would save you time if I could add only those where I actually did add enough text. The minimum level is quite high for topics small as topics like those cultivars - e.g. Rosa 'Albéric Barbier' now includes the information of a palette of rose books, I don't think there's more I can add to that cultivar. (The list of references already looks a bit much for such a short article... ;->). Best wishes, --Anna reg (talk) 07:22, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Anna reg Yes, there is a simple add-on at User:Dr pda/prosesize.js. You add it to User:Anna reg/monobook.js. Then you get an extra item under 'tools' in the left hand column under the wikipedia symbol. It is very handy for calculating article size. Both the other rose cultivars are only just under....this is also good for DYK noms too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:01, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for that information. But as I normally don't have anything to do with scripts, it doesn't seem that simple ;->. I tried to follow the instructions on the talk page as the first text to enter didn't work (getting the red x), but I don't think it worked... --Anna reg (talk) 09:04, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

I added a bit more information to the two cultivars and therefore removed the C template - not sure if that was correct. Is there a better way to show that a new link was provided? --Anna reg (talk) 10:59, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Anna reg - I tried tweaking your monobook now - see if you can refresh and see the page size bit. I am off to sleep now. will have another look in the morning (I am in Australia) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:46, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Still doesn't work. But thanks for trying! --Anna reg (talk) 22:57, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Damn - Iwill check a bit later - I have to attend to some stuff IRL now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:01, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Acacia pycnantha

Hi Cas, would you be able to email this paper to me, assuming you have it at hand? --Melburnian (talk) 11:59, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

yep. sent now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:07, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Got it, thanks.--Melburnian (talk) 00:06, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK help request

Hello,

I tried nominating George Bacon (CIA officer), but managed to get the nomination "stuck". I wonder if you might be so kind as to go to the August 30 listings, and create whatever it will take to shake it loose and put it in play.

Many thanks in advance.

Georgejdorner (talk) 14:57, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Don't you mean William Young (CIA officer)? I can't see Bacon there. Will have a look soon. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:10, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Nominated George Bacon, and fouled up the process. Nominated William Young and got it kinda right. Would like to get back in practice again with DYK, as I have another article coming that has a real juicy hook. It's been three years since I participated in DYK.Georgejdorner (talk) 00:15, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Georgejdorner Ok - how far did you get -did you half-make a page somewhere? If so link it here - if not, it can be easily done from scratch. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:53, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

I somehow managed to skip Step 3 of the nomination process originally, and cannot figure out a way to carry it out after the fact.Georgejdorner (talk) 14:58, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

I can only guess that my fouling up Step 3 prevented you from finding George Bacon. I haven't found a way to link to the nomination.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:51, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Georgejdorner Does the page actually exist at all? Can you link it here? I can't see it in your edit history...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:29, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/George_Bacon_%28CIA%29 the desired link?Georgejdorner (talk) 23:14, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Gaga (genus)

Hello Casliber, hope you are doing good. I have a strange request to make. Actually the above article I had developed as part of Wikiproject Lady Gaga. However, I have never worked on any plant article, and since you have many FAs to your credit, would you kindly take a look at the article and give some feedback? Feel free to ignore my message if its a problem. :) —Indian:BIO · ^{[ ChitChat ]} 05:04, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Interesting...will take a look. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:54, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

FA congratulations spam again

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Pictor to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR (specific and non-specific date slots) and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. Bencherlite^Talk 14:53, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

thx - yeah I keep forgetting....will find some specific dates if i can...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:59, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Acacia pycnantha

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Acacia pycnantha 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. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn (talk) 19:22, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Stub contest

I wondered why the open nomination numbers at DYK had suddenly gone up; now I know: the stub contest guarantees at least a 5x expansion for every article submitted. Maybe we can have a DYK reviewing competition next month to clear the backlog? (Please don't consider that really).Belle (talk) 01:33, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Not each one is necessarily an expansion. The idea of being generous with starting stub size is some unreferenced articles that have too much tect to multiply by five easily. They should all be reviewing other folks' too though. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:50, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Gaga (genus)

Hello! Your submission of Gaga (genus) 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! Yakikaki (talk) 08:05, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Acacia pycnantha

The article Acacia pycnantha you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Acacia pycnantha for comments about the article. Well done! 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. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of J Milburn -- J Milburn (talk) 18:44, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Rodent FAC

Did you want to add any further comments to your review of the Rodent article at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rodent/archive1? At the moment the amount of commentary and support at the FAC is limited and I feel it is unfortunate if an article fails at FAC for lack of willing reviewers. It has ended up as rather a long article and I must admit that reviewing shorter ones is less time consuming and therefore more attractive. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:02, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

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

Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ancient Roman architecture Previous selections: Consumer electronics • Raven Tales Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 15 September 2014 (UTC) •

Stub Contest - A random prize?

I too hate stubs. I have a team of people that I have trained to be WP editors. Their last task in training is to take a stub and try to transform it into a DYK. We have been most successful the last couple years. These are mostly brand new editors that take weeks to finish a page, so it is unlikely for them to be able to finish more than one page for a contest. I know you are trying to get a massive amount of stubs turned into quality work quickly, I just discovered this stub contest and wanted to get my team involved. But as one of my people pointed out, the winners have already been decided. No way we could turn out 100+ in the next 15 days or even months. Just wanted you to know that we are doing our best, training people to do it correctly and hopefully keep them around as editors for years to come. I was thinking that maybe in the future if you run this contest again, to put names in a hat for everyone that completes a rewrite and pull one for a prize. I know we would love some cool WP stuff if you can get WP to cough up some swag. Thanks for taking this on, it is sooo needed.Sgerbic (talk) 03:24, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm, I'll have a think of some other contests. I did a core contest too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:50, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Gaga (genus)

The DYK project (nominate) 14:37, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Australian English

Hi, In Australian English is it an autopsy or a post mortem. Needed for Jack jumper ant. Snowman (talk) 22:15, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

It seems both terms are used officially here:[1][2]--Melburnian (talk) 02:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Snowmanradio, yes we'd use (and be familiar with) either interchangeably here. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:59, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

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Hi, I joined this rather late, I hope this is OK. Can you add me to the scoreboard? Up to Sofala it's 255 points I think, although I'm not 100% on one of the 4500 kb expansions if I get the 5 points.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:29, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Ok - gimme a sec. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:09, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK Review Help

Hello! I was wondering if you could possibly help me? As part of the DYK process, I have attempted my first review; DYK Cross-border Terminal, Tijuana International Airport. I feel the article has two problems, but the main one is that pretty much the whole of the text was copied from another article and not increased fivefold. Looking further into it, the original text was created in one chunk on 22 Aug 14. My question is; is there any leeway in the process? The content is new, but this article hasn't been expanded enough (I really enjoyed the review process btw). Many thanks for you time and help. -LookingYourBest (talk) 11:48, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

LookingYourBest - I'll take a look. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:09, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks -LookingYourBest (talk) 12:32, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

It is an interesting question actually and I have posted it at the general discussion page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:34, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake

The Wiki thanks you for your help Victuallers (talk) 13:32, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Request for checking close paraphrasing

Hi Cas, thanks for the message. I have recently expanded Province of Agrigento while trying to avoid any paraphrasing issues. Can you check it for close paraphrasing? Thanks.--Skr15081997 (talk) 09:21, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah that's better. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:11, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Cas Liber, I have replied to your message on my talk page. Bruin2 (talk) 16:47, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Sleeping Dogs FAC

Are you available for giving feedback to the Sleeping Dogs FAC? Thanks! URDNEXT (talk) 13:27, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Aargh. Gotta do a couple of chores first and running out of time ATM...might have to be tomorrow. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:31, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Ok. URDNEXT (talk) 13:35, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Vote

The real place to vote is [3] as Dave took it to MFD. Dennis 23:34, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Sigh...yeah. saw that after...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:20, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Agree with your "xfDiscussion" comment, our approach to problem pages is way too binary. For 3/4 of the pages, it is moot, but a good chunk of pages need more than up and down votes and instead need debate, throwing out ideas, and actual compromise seeking; options beyond /delete/keep/merge/redirect. I know DGG has been a big fan of that for years, and technically if found consensus back in 06 but never got implemented. Dennis 13:34, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

TTN and I are both fans as well - I wrote a draft somewhere that we should resurrect some time.....(sounds of wikipages ruffling) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:53, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Aaah yes, found it. Wikipedia talk:Articles for discussion/Proposal 1 is where the first discussion was held. I copied the template into Wikipedia:Articles for discussion/Proposal 2 and intended to fine tune it and begin a proposal at some point. Did discuss somewhere on TTN's talk page archives I guess.....might buff it soon. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:02, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm a bit hit and miss with my time here, please don't consider it canvassing if you email or ping me on it, so I don't miss out on participating. Dennis 16:34, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:02, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Queue 5 isn't set up correctly

Cas Liber, I was hoping you could fix Queue 5. The top line hasn't been deleted and replaced with the DYKbotdo template; I think you forgot this step when initially setting up the queue. Many thanks. (I hope I've caught you in time!) BlueMoonset (talk) 06:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

done now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:47, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Glad it's set. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:49, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Mamoudzou

Can I ask what was wrong with this? I did a char count on here and it seemed fine. If not can I expand it further or fix the problem?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:13, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

It was 159 words with one reference to begin with - i.e. 9 words too long for a referenced article. sorry. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:15, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

159?

Mamoudzou is the capital of the French overseas region and department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou, known as Momoju in the local Shimaore language, is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), the main island of Mayotte. The former capital of Mayotte was Dzaoudzi, on the small island of Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), but Mamoudzou was chosen as the capital in 1977. The island is located in the Mozambique Channel, between northern Mozambique and northern Madagascar.

The commune is composed of 6 villages in addition to its central habitation, also called Mamoudzou. These are: Kawéni, Mtsapéré, Passamainti, Vahibé, Tsoundzou I and Tsoundzou II.

The commune is also subdivided into 3 cantons; Mamoudzou I, Mamoudzou II and Mamoudzou III.

I get 130 words. You can't include infoboxes/boxes/lists as readable prose. I wouldn't? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:18, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Aaaah, I see what's happened - I took the first page of the diff you supplied as the preexisting page, which has 159 words...but you selected one diff too late to begin with, I then just saw the earlier page for 126 words...all good. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:23, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

126 words, not sure why 130 came up. Sorry, I'll remember to check the diff links next time to make sure that doesn't happen again! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:26, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Just want to check, is Province of Guadalajara eligible? I count 147 words, naturally the lists of comarcas etc aren't readable prose.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:23, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

yep. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:14, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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

Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ancient Roman architecture Previous selections: Ancient Roman architecture • Consumer electronics Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 22 September 2014 (UTC) •

DYK for Lomatia arborescens

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Acacia pycnantha

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Medical Translation Newsletter Aug./Sept. 2014

Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 2, Aug./Sept. 2014
by CFCF

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Feature – Ebola articles

Electron micrograph of an Ebola virus virion

During August we have translated Disease and it is now live in more than 60 different languages! To help us focus on African languages Rubric has donated a large number of articles in languages we haven't previously reached–so a shout out them, and Ian Henderson from Rubric who's joined us here at Wikipedia. We're very happy for our continued collaboration with both Rubric and Translators without Borders!

Just some of our over 60 translations:

• Xhosa
• Northern Sotho
• Zulu
• Tsonga
• Venda
• Hausa
• Igbo
• Yoruba
• Kinyarwanda
• Swahili
• Tigrinya

New roles and guides!

At Wikimania there were so many enthusiastic people jumping at the chance to help out the Medical Translation Project, but unfortunately not all of them knew how to get started. That is why we've been spending considerable time writing and improving guides! They are finally live, and you can find them at our home-page!

New sign up page!

We're proud to announce a new sign up page at WP:MTSIGNUP! The old page was getting cluttered and didn't allow you to speficy a role. The new page should be easier to sign up to, and easier to navigate so that we can reach you when you're needed!

Style guides for translations

Translations are of both full articles and shorter articles continues. The process where short articles are chosen for translation hasn't been fully transparent. In the coming months we hope to have a first guide, so that anyone who writes medical or health articles knows how to get their articles to a standard where they can be translated! That's why we're currently working on medical good lede criteria! The idea is to have a similar peer review process to good article nominations, but only for ledes.

Some more stats

• In July, 18 full article translations went live (WP:RTT), and an additional 6 simplified versions went live (WP:RTTS)!
• We have a number of new lead integrators into Dutch, Polish, Arabic and Bulgarian, with more to come in smaller languages! (Find them here old sign up page)
• We were mentioned in a Global Voices Online report by Subhashish Panigrahi at Doctors and translators are working together to bridge Wikipedia's medical language gap
• New medical professionals have started, dedicated to working in Odiya and Kinyarwanda!

Further reading

• Translators Without Borders
• Healthcare information for all by 2015, a global campaign

-- CFCF 🍌 (email) 13:09, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Plant landraces

Would appreciate someone who knows plants take a look at landrace. The article is a mess and I'm in a pretty heated dispute with another editor on the animal side of the issue that is generating more heat than light. Montanabw^(talk) 05:25, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Amazing. I'd never heard this term until tonight. Wouldn't have much clue as I am unfamiliar with it.,,,,errr...I see the talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:51, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Errr....it's late here...I think I need sleep and a few cups of coffee before I take a look at that...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:53, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a quagmire. But you also have a mop as well as a background in plant biology.  ;-) And wasn't that same other editor heavily involved with the bird article naming thing? Montanabw^(talk) 18:56, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

And doesn't that make this blatant WP:CANVASSING? See also: [4].  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  15:40, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Grevillea juniperina

Hello! Your submission of Grevillea juniperina 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! Miyagawa (talk) 10:54, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Lomatia fraseri

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Stub contest

An interesting question for you & Mitchazenia - what time does the contest close? (We haven't explicitly said a time zone but I guess we'll be using midnight UTC.) Should this mean:

a) only articles expanded and submitted by this time count;

b) only articles expanded by this time count, but there's a grace period (say to the weekend, 5 October) to add submissions to the entries page

My preference is to go with midnight UTC (ie, ~97-and-a-bit hours from now) and b), we have a grace period to add final submissions, but happy to defer to you if you'd prefer to do it otherwise. Let me know ASAP and I'll confirm the details on the contest page. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:28, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

b) is fine by me. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:51, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Great - looks like Mitchazenia is still mostly offline, so I'll go ahead and add this. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:57, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

He'll be cool with it I suspect. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:01, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

• Just to say I've had an unexpected amount of work the past couple of days - will be back and active by Sunday to work on the scoring. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:18, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Ok - take care. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:25, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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

Aerial photograph of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, an international airport in Houston, United States Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: International airport Previous selections: Ancient Roman architecture • Ancient Roman architecture Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 29 September 2014 (UTC) •

Did you know talk page notifications

Hello, an article I started was in the DYK this morning. I was looking forward to seeing how popular the hook was from the links in the notification. But it never showed up, and I am a suspicious person, so I checked the other DYK to see if they had got their notifications, and they had, and they were all signed by you... so I assumed you'd just missed mine, but I checked your contribs anyway because I just do that to find interesting articles and debates. And what did I find? There are no edits from you at all today except one revert late last night. Can you explain? ~ R.T.G 12:45, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

When the hooks are moved from a prep area into a queue, then a bot distributes the notifications on behalf of the admin that performed this. If you weren't listed as an expander then the bot doesn't give you a template. Which article are you talking about? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:22, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

It was Knockeen Portal Tomb but I got the stats another way anyway. ~ R.T.G 12:23, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Oh, ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:23, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Input on FAC?

Hi Cas, I've got an FAC underway at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Carl Hans Lody/archive1 - I'm hoping to have the article ready for the Main Page by November 6, the centenary of Lody's death. I'd be interested to know what you think of it; might you be able to have a look at it? Prioryman (talk) 22:08, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

That's ambitious....might be a few hours, but will see what I can do. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:09, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Ambitious is good. :-) Any help you could provide would be much appreciated. Prioryman (talk) 22:18, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Prioryman have started - late here and I need to sleep - if you have some time you could always review some other folks' FACs. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:43, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

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.

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Talkback

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Retiring

Hi, I'm retiring for wiki. I hope you'll keep watch over my FA articles. All the best!. LittleJerry (talk) 11:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, you gotta take care of yourself - it doesn't put food on the table and can annoy the hell out of significant others. good luck, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:36, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Bummer! It was fun working with you on Equus (genus). Hope you will be back sooner or later. Montanabw^(talk) 00:17, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Scoreboard

For some reason I made it 1140 points rather than 1095! Not sure where I went wrong!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:59, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

(shrugs) happens...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:01, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

When are the results and winners going to be announced?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:58, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Soon. In transit with limited net access at the moment. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:27, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

And the "with prizes (Amazon vouchers) awarded a few weeks afterwards." part?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:44, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Yep - am looking into that bit....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:30, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force opened

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DYK for Trichilogaster signiventris

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2014)

Seasoned and chargrilled lamb fillet steak Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Steak Previous selections: International airport • Ancient Roman architecture Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 6 October 2014 (UTC) •

DYK for Acacia cultriformis

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A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	This is for volunteering to help EastDimeBoxFrank. I very much appreciate it. LHMask me a question 02:12, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

cool/thx! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:36, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

You've been patient and kind with EDBF, which not every experienced editor would do. I appreciate it very much, as I've thought from the very beginning of my dealing with Frank that he has a lot of potential to be a very fine editor. He's well on his way now, and I'm glad for the part you are now playing in it. LHM^{ask me a question} 03:30, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah - will keep an eye on things too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:51, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup -Round 1 Newsletter

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1 As we move into the middle of Round 1, we wanted to report some of the lessons we've learned thus far, as well as announce a major rule change going into Round 2, which begins November 1. Remember, sign-ups for this year's Cup ends on September 15. Thus far, we're very happy with the results of the competition. One of our major goals, reducing the long backlog at GAN, is well on the way to being accomplished, mostly due to the enthusiastic efforts of Jonas Vinther, who has earned over 250 points. Over 80 reviews have been made thus far. Thank you all for your efforts and for your part in making the GA Cup a success. However, this is the inaugural year of the GA Cup, so there have been some unforeseen circumstances that have come up. One has been a glaring inadequacy with the rules, which the judges feel makes the competition unfair. As a result, there will be a major change in the rules, starting at the beginning of Round 2: Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification. What this means is that you must provide some feedback to the article's nominator, and must wait for him or her to respond before passing the article. If the nominator has not responded in the standard 7 days, you can fail the article. We're instituting this rule change to prevent the possibility of competitors passing articles for the sake of passing articles (or failing them) and to gain more points. We believe that the change will make it more fair to all competitors in the GA Cup. Also, in case you haven't noticed, we increased the "guarantee" for Round 2 to 25 participants. The exact number will be decided in the near future. We thank your for your participation, and for your flexibility and understanding as we learn what works and what doesn't work in this competition. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Your autograph

Hi Cas, would you mind signing the {{DYKbotdo}} in Queue 1 if you get chance? I don't think it's a really big deal who approves he move to the queue as long as it's been properly reviewed by third parties, but one of the hooks is mine and I'm involved with another, so I'd be happier if another admin signed it (I moved it to the queue and left it blank because we had six empty queues and six full preps). Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:37, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

HJ Mitchell - not a problem, done. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:09, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:58, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup Newsletter Correction

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It was brought to the attention of the judges that there was an error in the newsletter sent out earlier today.

Sign-ups for the GA Cup will close on October 15, 2014, not September 15, 2014 (as mentioned in the newsletter).

Sorry for any confusion.

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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2014)

Central America is the geographic region that connects North America and South America. Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Central America Previous selections: Steak • International airport Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 13 October 2014 (UTC) •

DYK for Grevillea juniperina

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 1 Newsletter #2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1 Hello GA Cup competitors! The judges have learned a great deal in this first part of the competition, and we appreciate your patience with us as we've figured out what works and what doesn't work. As we reported in our last newsletter, an inadequacy in the scoring system has been illuminated in the past 15 days, which has resulted in a major change in the rules. It has also resulted in one withdrawal. To ensure fairness, we've decided to further increase the number of participants moving onto Round 2. Everyone who has reviewed at least one article will automatically be moved forward, and will be placed in pools. You have until October 29 to take advantage of this opportunity. It is our hope that this will make up for the unforeseen glitch in our scoring system. Best of wishes to all of you as you continue to help improve articles and make Wikipedia a better place. Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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HD 106906

As the creator of the HD 106906 b article, I'd like to thank you for creating the article HD 106906. We've needed a page for that F-type pre-main-sequence star! DARTHBOTTO _talk•cont 22:12, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

No worries/a pleasure.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Wheel warring case at ArbCom

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• Wikipedia:Arbitration guide.

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Template:Did you know nominations/Chateaubriand sauce

Hi Casliber: I noticed that you're a DYK admin (per this page). I have withdrawn the above-linked DYK nomination, but I hesitate to tag the discussion with {{db-g7}} because technically I am not the author of the only substantial content therein. Is there any other way of dealing with this matter, or should the discussion just be tagged per WP:G7 anyway? NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:14, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

No need to delete the discussion - will just get archived and is already off the nominations page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:27, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I removed the transclusion on the DYK talk page, but since I received an automatically-generated "Incomplete DYK nomination" message on my page after doing so, I figured this was worth investigating. Another question while on the topic: where do archived entries from DYK talk get archived to? WP:DYKA just lists the hooks. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:44, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Australian raven

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Your GA nomination of Australian raven

The article Australian raven you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Australian raven for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of IJReid -- IJReid (talk) 04:00, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

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Barn owl FAC

I had not realised that there were outstanding issues raised by you at the Barn owl FAC. I was absent from editing Wikipedia for 9 days after a thunderstorm ruined my computer (excuses, excuses!) and thought I had attended to everything there. I always find taxonomy issues difficult and any help you can give in getting this part of the article to an acceptable standard would be much appreciated. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:14, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Are you happy with the changes I made in response to your comments at the Barn owl FAC? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:11, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Cwmhiraeth Sorry - been busy. Will take a look now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:24, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Case request declined

The arbitration committee declined the request for a case involving the DYK wheel warring. The arbitrators comments here may be helpful. For the arbitration committee, --S Philbrick(Talk) 14:31, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Australian raven

The article Australian raven you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Australian raven for comments about the article. Well done! 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. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of IJReid -- IJReid (talk) 22:03, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2014)

Inside an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ice hotel Previous selections: Central America • Steak Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 20 October 2014 (UTC) •

DYK template archiving

Hi Casliber: I asked above, but you may have missed it. Where do archived entries for individual DYK nomination templates get archived to? WP:DYKA just lists the hooks. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:29, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I have no idea. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:27, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

It appears that they aren't archived, and simply exist as standalone templates after discussions are closed. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:43, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Gough Whitlam at TFAR

Hello - you (and your talk page stalkers) may be interested in a thread I've started about Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests#Gough_Whitlam, where possibilities for marking the death (aged 98) of this former prime minister of Australia include re-running a TFA. I'm interested in getting lots of views so I'll be leaving this note on various pages (and apologies, TPS-ers, if your talk page is not one of them!) Thanks, Bencherlite^Talk 10:23, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Today's Featured Article: Notification

This is to inform you that Pelican, which you nominated at WP:FAC, will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page as Today's Featured Article on 8 November 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 22:49, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Great to see on the Main page "the most collaborative bird article", precious again, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Email

You have mail. —Neotarf (talk) 03:01, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Yep. got it. will reply soon. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:47, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Interesting

I didn't know editors could do this [5]. Dennis 2¢ 03:25, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

See above message - there is a valid point there and I will be discussing via email. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:46, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

I've reverted Neotarf. They should not be doing that, under any circumstances. That said, Casliber, do you believe you'll be able to fill in any further evidence before the evidence phase closes? Worm^TT(talk) 09:01, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Not fussed either way now.I had a cursory look to see what folks were doing but don't have time to sit down and quantify to analyse. Any arb that wants to inspect can do it for themselves. I suspect it'll be ignored anyway. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:09, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Casliber, I appreciate your comment and the blanking. Worm^TT(talk) 11:12, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick response. —Neotarf (talk) 12:41, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Frank Facer

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:30, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Competition

Have you figured out who expanded the article with the most page views? I doubt September 1 can be beaten. When am I going to get those vouchers?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing...hang on....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:12, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Australian raven

Hello! Your submission of Australian raven 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! Constantine ✍ 15:30, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2014)

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, the world's first national park Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: National park Previous selections: Ice hotel • Central America Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 27 October 2014 (UTC) •

Sydney University women

Hi Cas. You might be interested in an editathon this Friday: Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/University of Sydney Wikibomb. --99of9 (talk) 00:39, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring Draft:Robyn Overall. I think you're right that it is salvageable. Because I can't see them I'm having trouble keeping track of which speedy-noms were valid and which I should be arguing! Could you also look at User:CatScratchPost/sandbox to see if there's anything in there that could add to Vanessa Barrs? It looks like two participants took on the same topic. --99of9 (talk) 23:58, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

PS One of the participants put me in contact with a PhD student who says Moulds was wrong about the density of Aleeta curvicosta - or at least that in the south they are more dense than in QLD. --99of9 (talk) 23:58, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Cool. Only found one bit of info not in article that was in dleeted stuff - added now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:39, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, that's a good outcome. --99of9 (talk) 09:57, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

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Hello Casliber:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
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That's a nice greeting. nice graphics. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:53, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

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Hello Casliber:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    – The Herald 12:36, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Thx :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:54, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

That FAR

Not sure what exactly is happening there, with the poetry slam that seems to have broken out. Care to explain? :) LHM^{ask me a question} 14:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

• Australian raven = raven = The Raven = poor imitations of The Raven (this is much better; it's reviewing a $75 gallon jug of milk; enjoy). My apologies... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

  Ah, geez. I'm a bit slow on the uptake sometimes. Carry on... LHM^{ask me a question} 15:37, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Lake Chillisquaque/GA1

Was there anything more that needs to be done before Lake Chillisquaque becomes a GA? --Jakob (talk) 00:10, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Damn - forgot. onto it in a bit. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:45, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!!!

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Cheers! "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 18:27, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 2 Greetings, GA Cup competitors! Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. Jaguar took out Round 1 with an amazing score of 238. In a tight race for second, Peacemaker67 and Ritchie333 finished second and third with 152 and 141 points, respectively. Two users have scored the maximum five bonus points for article length (60,000 characters+). Anotherclown reviewed Spanish conquest of Yucatán (77,350 characters) and MrWooHoo reviewed Communist Party of China (76,740 characters). The longest review was by Bilorv who reviewed Caldas da Rainha. The review was approximately 22,400 characters which earned s/he two bonus points (20, 000 - 29, 999 characters). In Round 1, 117 reviews were completed, making the first round of the GA Cup a success! A total of 86 articles were removed from the backlog during the month of October! We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 2 so we can lower the backlog as much as possible. To qualify for the second round, one completed review was needed, which 28 users accomplished. Participants have been randomly put into 7 pools of 4; the top 2 in each pool will move onto Round 3. There will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 15th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 2 will start on November 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on November 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here Also, remember that a major rule change will go into affect starting on November 1, which marks the beginning of Round Two. Round 1 displayed a weakness in the rules, which we are correcting with this new rule. We believe that this change will make the competition more inherently fair. The new rule is: Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification. The judges will strictly enforce this new rule. Good luck and remember to have fun! Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Prize

Andrew tells me that you'll contact me by email for the prize. 150 euros I believe.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:07, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

It'll be one of the WMUK people. I will ping them now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:07, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2014)

A pizza is an oven-baked flat bread typically topped with tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings Hello, Casliber. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pizza Previous selections: National park • Ice hotel Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:23, 3 November 2014 (UTC) •

DYK for Australian raven

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Sorry

I just got my new computer today... Mitch32^{(The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.)} 23:02, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

No worries. I sympathize. However, one thing you could do that would be extrmely helpful is this. I was planning on looking at all successful entries at Wikipedia:Stub Contest/Entries, getting the total number, and getting the years of creation of all successful entries tallied so we could get an analysis of the spread of ages of stubs expanded. I think it is really cool to quantify this and would help for funding future runnings of this contest. If you could add a few ages of creation and just addd in brackets after that would be great :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:44, 3 November 2014 (UTC)