User talk:JamesR/TalkArchive/2008/December

WikiProject Arena Football League newsletter

The newest issue of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Arena Football League newsletter is ready for delivery. Crash Underride 01:32, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Due to a problem with my internet connection, newsletters will be delivered around 00:00 UTC tomorrow morning. I apologise for any inconvenience. — E ↗ 12:17, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

That's fine, thanks for lettin' me know. Crash Underride 18:16, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Bot Missed a Report

HBC Bot 5 was active tonight yet missed removing this report. The IP was blocked at 07:44 (UTC), I removed it from the list 10 minutes later at 07:54 (UTC). You may want to take a peak at it and make sure everything is alright.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 07:57, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to take a punt that the report had the {{vandal}} template rather than the {{IPvandal}} template, otherwise it may have been a connectivity issue. I will restart the bot now just as any other bot owner would do when they are worried :) Thanks for your help. — E ↗ 09:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly Episode 66

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No.5 is not alive!

Helperbot is down at AIV. Your earliest attention will be appreciated... probably (it may be that folk just expect helperbots to work?) LessHeard vanU (talk) 01:42, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

The issue is currently being investigated, please continue to manually archive until a resolution has been found. — E ↗ 02:43, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

 Fixed at 02:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC). — E ↗ 02:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Hi Fvw. Was this edit really necesary? You stopped the entire HBC AIV helperbot series from editing by removing that line from the page. Also, the {{adminbacklog}} template is managed by the bots so it is not necessary to touch this area. Thank you. — E ↗ 02:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't realise the bot expected a nobacklog tag there, sorry about that. --fvw* 02:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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Happy holidays! _David^WS _(contribs) 19:47, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly Episode 67

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Thanks!

Thanks and wishes to you too for the holiday season. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 11:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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Those repeated notifications to me were tests set up by me. I have the code down right. I wasn't planning on it spamming me every two seconds :O. _David^WS _(contribs) 20:31, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

That's fine! :) — E ↗ 21:53, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Australia newsletter,December 2008

WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 2, Volume 1 — December 16, 2008

Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. 200 GA Drive Last year, an informal pact/commitment was made late in the year to aim for 100 good articles by the end of the year. As a result, a net increase of 24 GAs was achieved in December 2007 and the GA count hit triple figures, ending the year on 106 GAs. This year seasonally adjusted, the GA production has been slower than in last during the May-November periods (see graphs below). At the start of the month, our WikiProject had 178 good articles. Another GA Drive has been organised, with the hope of reaching the double century by the end of the year or Australia Day 2009 at the least. As of 16 December, there are 180 GAs and 15 currently nominated, primarily in response to the GA appeal. Everyone's help is requested to make the drive a success. 2008 Summer Olympics photo drive Following the 2008 Summer Olympics, some Australian Wikipedians attended the various welcome home parades for the athletes, with one objective being to help create free images of the athletes. Previously, less than ten had photos. However, there are now over 100 athletes that do have photos, but unfortunately in some cases, they have not yet been identified. Help is requested for this purpose at the link above. Wikimedia Australia After much hard work in slogging through paperwork and government regulations, Wikimedia Australia was incorporated on 6 August, and membership was opened on 12 November. Its stated purpose is to be "an independent, not-for-profit organisation, whose primary aim is to promote equality of opportunity to access and participate in the collaborative creation of Free Cultural Works, especially educational works, and works about Australia, its culture, natural environment, and Australian news and media". It will be developing a joint publication with Creative Commons Australia, and members are in the process of spreading the Wikipedia message, with Wikipedia being introduced into the curriculum in some courses in Australia next year. The first AGM is planned for 11 January 2009. Casliber Well known Australian Wikipedian and polyglot FA writer Casliber, known for his writings on Australian wildlife among other things, has placed first in this year's arbitration election and appears certain to be appointed. Quality watch Mattinbgn is rather camera shy, so here is Harry Trott. 2008 saw a major feat for WikiProject Australia: 100 articles were promoted to featured article status. This is huge not only for the project's individual members and those who helped achieved such an impressive statistic, but for all of Wikipedia. Everyone involved has given readers from all around the world a chance to learn about Australia and relevant topics online from the best of sources. Congratulations to Mattinbgn, who wrote the 100th FA, Harry Trott. Also of note was the promotion of national icon Sir Donald Bradman, which then appeared as the main page FA on his 100th birthday. WikiProject Australia's maiden featured topics arrived early in the year, with Dream Days at the Hotel Existence and Powderfinger albums, both about the band Powderfinger. New South Wales and Music of Australia became featured portals. A further 13 featured lists have been produced. Recent events January-February: The first two Australian featured topics promoted. 25 Jun: One hundred Australia-related articles have been promoted to featured article status. 6 Aug: m:Wikimedia Australia is incorporated. 27 Aug: Featured article on Don Bradman appears on the front page on his 100th birthday. 8 Dec: Drive for 200 Australian good articles begin. Details. Main page · Talk · Notice board · Portal · Articles · Current collaboration · Complete to-do · Article quality (FA·GA) · Subprojects · Miscellanous · Newsletter discussion This month's newsletter was written by YellowMonkey and published by TinucherianBot. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 2, Volume 2, December 2008. See newsletter archive for previous issues, or view this issue directly. Newly-promoted content (since 1 September) Good articles Paul McDermott (comedian) Blair Anderson Wark Hughie Edwards South African War Memorial (South Australia) Cyclone Graham Emilie de Ravin Percy Herbert Cherry Frog cake Joseph Maxwell Clarence Smith Jeffries Not Quite Hollywood Stanley Goble Ernest Albert Corey Jeff White George Julian Howell Aeroplane Jelly Kew Asylum George Ingram Bruce Kingsbury HM Bark Endeavour Featured articles SS Mauna Loa Richard Williams Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Kevin O'Halloran Bob Windle Ian O'Brien Bill Brown Harry Murray Morotai Mutiny Guadalcanal Campaign Recent collaborations Isaac Isaacs Melbourne Cup Griffith, New South Wales Quentin Bryce HM Bark Endeavour Howard Government End of November 2008 statistics Here are some statistics for WikiProject Australia in terms of 2008's good article and featured article promotions. Summing it up: 116 featured articles, and 178 good articles. So far this year, a net 36 FAs and 72 GAs have been added. The areas of FA growth were cricket (+12), military history (+7), swimming (+5), Powderfinger (+4), birds (+4), Silverchair (+2), Holden (+1), Wiggles (+1). These areas have been traditional strengths of the project, and this year, Abraham, B.S. has started another strong tradition, with a series of articles on Australian Victoria Cross awardees (1FA, 8GA). It would be great to see a wider range of Australian topics represented at FA in future. Two FAs were sent to Featured article review, but Bilby was instrumental in renovating and saving both Shrine of Remembrance and Waterfall Gully, South Australia. Australia-related featured article production Australia-related good article production

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Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas to you!
	Have a very merry Christmas, and a great new year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Regards (and Season's Greetings!) from Stwalkerster [ talk ] 21:07, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

To you too Stwalkerster, I look forward to editing alongside you in 2009. — E ↗ 06:59, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary!

Wishing JamesR/TalkArchive/2008/December a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Dylan620 Contribs Sign! 00:01, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

--Dylan620 _Contribs ^Sign! 00:01, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Dylan, it's much appreciated. — E ↗ 04:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Verification

This is to confirm that I wish to obtain the username JamesR on commonswiki (commons.wikimedia.org). — JamesR (formerly E) ≈ 23:27, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Adminstats

Seems to be updating the wrong page title. ;-) --MZMcBride (talk) 08:55, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

 Fixed — JamesR (formerly E) ≈ 11:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, JamesR/TalkArchive/2008/December, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

...and Happy New Year! Willking1979 (talk) 15:40, 31 December 2008 (UTC)