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WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

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Aoiyama Kōsuke

Hello, could you please clarify how did you conclude that my adjustments of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoiyama_K%C5%8Dsuke are "not constructive"? Have you seen Aoiyama Kosuke wrestle lately to have better expertise about him than his cousin? The current description of his fighting style is not just inaccurate, it is completely not what it is.

Regards! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.42.20.205 (talk) 18:57, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

I reverted your edit because it removed a whole bunch of information from the article - in fact, you removed his entire Career record from the article. This was an unexplained blanking of content - and as such, I reverted.

You're more than welcome to re-instate the change to his fighting style, provided you don't remove his entire career record. ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Make a comment!} 05:41, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 05:05, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

1996 Summer Olympics torch relay

I just created 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay and, through "What links here", noticed that you had plans to work on it. Thought you might like to know in case you wanted to resume work on it. violet/riga _^[talk] 23:04, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know! That project has kind of been on hold for a couple years, yours looks much better than my attempt. ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Make a comment!} 00:15, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HD media player

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