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WikiCup 2012 February newsletter
Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was 
Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was 
Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were 
Ruby2010 (submissions), 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 
Miyagawa (submissions) and 
Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.
The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.
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WikiCup 2012 March newsletter
We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.
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WikiCup 2012 April newsletter
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X (submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber (submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's 
Muboshgu (submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.
65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards (submissions) and Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, 
Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, 
Dana Boomer (submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by 
Stone (submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 (submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.
An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:10, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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Vandry at AfC
Hi James. I left you a comment at the Vandry draft. I'm aware that over half of the sources are less reliable or unreliable, but I was confused by your statement that none of them were reliable. I have listed several in a comment under your decline that appear reliable to me, and would like your feedback. Thanks! Ocaasi t | c 17:25, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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You declined this submission as not being written from a neutral point of view and I was wondering if you could elaborate on your reasoning. The author is certainly attempting to write a quality article, and personally, while I don't believe that that the article is perfect, I do think it is ready to be moved into the article space. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
James I'm a novice at this, but if I understand right, you are the editor who last looked at my Wireless Compliance Institute and rejected it. I'm wondering if you could give me a better feeling for what is missing or improper about it. I've tried to tone it down to be as objectively worded as possible and I think I have an adequate number and variety of sources, but I'm surely missing something.
If this the wrong way to contact you, I apologize in advance ... I'm new here.
Your AfC review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Deborah Berke & Partners Architects
Hi, can you please explain why you rejected this as "not adequately supported by reliable sources"? I see several dozen references to independent published sources, almost all of which look (at first glance) to be reliable. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
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For some reason the MOSNUM and dash scripts only work in the user talk space for me, I've used IE9, Firefox, Chrome and Maxthon and the only browser I can use it, albeit with problems, is IE9, however, I need to refresh the page each time I want to use one of the js functions, does anyone know why this is? —James (Talk • Contribs) • 6:06pm • 08:06, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- If you don't find an answer through this request, you might try asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User scripts or use the IRC channel #mediawiki-scripts or crowd source at the help desk. Meanwhile, which scripts? Are you using Vector or some other skin? Not sure but maybe try going to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets → Compatibility → turn on The JavaScript Standard Library. Leaving this open as not my area of expertise.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:31, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- It is probably the AutoEd script that is causing the others to fail. I found it to be not as useful as the other stuff. Try removing it and refresh your cache and then see what happens. --Dianna (talk) 01:48, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
- Nope, that wasn't it, thanks for the suggestion, though. The MOSNUM scripts still only work on Talk pages :\ —James (Talk • Contribs) • 4:43pm • 06:43, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
- Try shutting off WikiEd, if you have it turned on. It's under Preferences - Gadgets.
- You could also try eliminating all scripts and re-adding them one at a time till you find which one is problematic.
- The set in my vector.js all work and play well together (Toshiba - Windows Vista - Firefox) so you could use that as a starting point if you like (some of them you would not need though, as they're admin-tools to aid in image deletions). Try this:
- Nope, that wasn't it, thanks for the suggestion, though. The MOSNUM scripts still only work on Talk pages :\ —James (Talk • Contribs) • 4:43pm • 06:43, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
importScript("User:GregU/dashes.js");
importScript("User:PleaseStand/segregate-refs.js");var SegregateRefsJsAllowConversion = true;
importScript('User:Cameltrader/Advisor.js');
importScript('User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js'); //[[User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js]]
importScript('user:js/urldecoder.js')
importScript('User:Ohconfucius/script/Common Terms.js');
importScript('User:Ohconfucius/script/EngvarB.js'); //[[User:Ohconfucius/script/EngvarB.js]]
importScript('User:Ohconfucius/script/formatgeneral.js');
importScript('User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates.js'); //[[User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates.js]]
importScript('User:Snottywong/diffconverter.js'); //[[User:Snottywong/diffconverter.js]]
importScript('User:Ucucha/duplinks.js');
importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js');
If you get that working, you could re-add any other needed scripts one at a time until it busts; then you'll know where you are at. Seems to me that User:Plastikspork/datetools.js might be a problematic one. User:Ais523/adminrights.js could probably be dropped as this information is readily available in pop-ups. -- Dianna (talk) 14:17, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
- It's either the AfC Helper script or the RfPP clerk script and because I use both I don't want to remove either. The problem is that I can use those scripts, but not in the mainspace. Also, ProveIt doesn't seem to work on any browser except IE for me and I have that enabled also. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 1:07pm • 03:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hello James,
Thank you for reviewing my article. Could you please tell me why you think the sources are unreliable? The articles I quoted are peer reviewed papers from most important conference on graph drawing, published by Springer, which seems fine to me. I would appreciate any advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Euphilos (talk • contribs) 09:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
- Oh pardon me, I seem to have made a mistake when I was reviewing the submission, I'll rectify that now. My apologies. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 8:37pm • 10:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
- No problem, thanks! Euphilos (talk) 11:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi James,
Thank you in advance for your time and I hope you can help.
I've noticed you were the last to review Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/BroadLight : The article is indeed structured in a very simple and informative way. It was modeled after and conveys no less information than already published similar articles such as Alphamosaic, Gigle Networks, Element 14, Redpine Signals and others.
I recognize the page has been rejected several times and I am not sure how this fact influences each additional review. I would greatly appreciate if you can relook and offer your insight on how to make some positive progress with this submission.
Regards, /se Semiexpert (talk) 05:55, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sorry but it conveys little information about the company, their operations, who it was founded by and some of the references are dodgy. The sentence about how many patents they've been awarded is trivial and doesn't help readers' understanding of the company. What makes their products different from others available on the market? It barely makes an assertion of notability, which is why I didn't use that decline reason, the sources PatentGenius.com and Deloitte.com are not reliable, the latter because they issued the award to this company and thus has an inherent conflict of interest. Please find mainstream sources which include the statements you've written in the article and message me back, I will then give the article another read-over. Regards, —James (Talk • Contribs) • 6:29pm • 08:29, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
James,
Thank you for the prompt response. Per your guidance I've added founded-by details, notable industry contributions from a product perspective, adjusted references to a reliable source and removed the award reference. I sincerely apprecaite your feedback.
Regards, /se Semiexpert (talk) 15:06, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
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Arb report
Hi James, The Signpost is looking for a new writer for its arb report now that Lord Roem (talk · contribs) has become an arb clerk. Your name was mentioned as a possible replacement. It's much simpler than many of the other reports; it can actually be rather formulaic, actually. You would need to commit to having a report each week, though. What do you say? (watching this page) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:49, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Ed, I'd be happy to help. I'm not very familiar with the way they're written, however, I'd be more than willing to read past reports and write in a similar fashion. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 5:17pm • 07:17, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- Awesome! Roem may be available to give you advice on the page, if not its content, or else feel free to ask away on my talk page. Will you be able to put one together for this week? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:35, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- I should be able to. A few pointers about what to start off with should be sufficient. :) —James (Talk • Contribs) • 5:41pm • 07:41, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- Afaik, your two main pages will be Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard and Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case, aside from the individual case pages. This week shouldn't be too difficult, as there are still no open cases (which is an interesting fact in itself!), but you can mention the changes in evidence submission limits and the Fae request for arbitration (RFAR). Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 14:43, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- Righto, I've written a couple of paragraphs, is that satisfactory? If not, I will revise them per your suggestions and as necessary. Regards, —James (Talk • Contribs) • 10:44am • 00:44, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- James, I appreciate your taking over my post. Just one word of advice: always be mindful of the word "balanced" when writing these reports. So, for instance, it may be good to add some other editors' opinions in the Fae RFAR paragraph. The filing party's is a great start, but may not give all perspectives.
- All the best, Lord Roem (talk) 02:33, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- Quite right, Lord Roem, that's a rather noobish mistake to have made, thanks for picking it up, I've edited it as such, are the two paragraphs sufficient? I found TFS' statement to be a rather good one, it balances out the statements and I've included Fae's response as well for good measure. Any further suggestions? I'd be happy to take a few pointers, also! Kind regards, —James (Talk • Contribs) • 12:55am • 14:55, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- Much better now. Good work! Lord Roem (talk) 19:15, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- Quite right, Lord Roem, that's a rather noobish mistake to have made, thanks for picking it up, I've edited it as such, are the two paragraphs sufficient? I found TFS' statement to be a rather good one, it balances out the statements and I've included Fae's response as well for good measure. Any further suggestions? I'd be happy to take a few pointers, also!
- James, I appreciate your taking over my post. Just one word of advice: always be mindful of the word "balanced" when writing these reports. So, for instance, it may be good to add some other editors' opinions in the Fae RFAR paragraph. The filing party's is a great start, but may not give all perspectives.
- Righto, I've written a couple of paragraphs, is that satisfactory? If not, I will revise them per your suggestions and as necessary. Regards, —James (Talk • Contribs) • 10:44am • 00:44, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
- Afaik, your two main pages will be Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard and Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case, aside from the individual case pages. This week shouldn't be too difficult, as there are still no open cases (which is an interesting fact in itself!), but you can mention the changes in evidence submission limits and the Fae request for arbitration (RFAR). Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 14:43, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- I should be able to. A few pointers about what to start off with should be sufficient. :) —James (Talk • Contribs) • 5:41pm • 07:41, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- Awesome! Roem may be available to give you advice on the page, if not its content, or else feel free to ask away on my talk page. Will you be able to put one together for this week? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:35, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks very much Lord Roem, belated congratulations on becoming an ArbClerk! :) —James (Talk • Contribs) • 10:35am • 00:35, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- I did a bit of copyediting, but it looks really good! Thanks! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:33, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind words Ed, I'm glad that you're satisfied with my work. :) —James (Talk • Contribs) • 7:49pm • 09:49, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Two new requests for comment regarding the Arbitration Committee
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- Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Expansion of Ban Appeals Subcommittee
- Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Effect of arbitration processes on editor retention
Thanks! Kirill [talk] 20:36, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- I will do so now. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 8:26pm • 10:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
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In Fæ's response, posted on his behalf by clerk Guerillero, he notes that MBisanz's writings on Wikipediocracy during the month of May about his private meeting with Eric Barbour "should be of interest to many and appears to directly relate to the nature of his complaints about matters off Wikipedia."
Please see MBisanz's response and User_talk:Fæ#Request_for_arbitration. Fæ made a mistake; MBisanz didn't have a private meeting with Eric Barbour. This is MBisanz's actual Wikipediocracy post. Can you please correct the Signpost article? --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 00:22, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- Also see the new RFAR filed today. Might need to work on the signpost. Steven Zhang Get involved in DR! 06:48, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- Noted and fixed, thanks Michael. Steven: I've added it to the article. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 8:27pm • 10:27, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- There are still inaccuracies. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 12:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- Ah right, thanks Michael! —James (Talk • Contribs) • 9:37am • 23:37, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- There are still inaccuracies. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 12:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- Noted and fixed, thanks Michael. Steven: I've added it to the article. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 8:27pm • 10:27, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
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We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.
This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:31, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Adoption request
Hi. User:Class Avesta is currently blocked and cannot post to your talk page. This user is interested in adoption/mentorship as a means to return to the community's good graces, and expressed an interest in you because you are listed as "available" (under your former username) at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters and apparently interested in ancient history. I volunteered to contact an adopter on his behalf in the event he is unable to do so. Are you still available? ~Amatulić (talk) 19:06, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, I'd be more than happy to assist in the facilitation of this user's return. :) Are there any details I should know before I begin? —James (Talk • Contribs) • 4:25pm • 06:25, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
- Just read his talk page and reply to him there. He is anxiously waiting to hear from you.
- In particular, here are the three major chapters in the history of his talk page:
- Initial warnings prior to being blocked and prior to the editor blanking the page.
- Some more contentious stuff including declined unblock requests, prior to the user blanking the page again.
- User talk:Class Avesta has all the activity since the last blanking.
- That should get you started ~Amatulić (talk) 18:32, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
- Ah yes, thank you very much Amatulic! I've left a rather long note on his talk page clarifying a few things, particularly with regard to tendentious/contentious editing, other points of contention, neutrality and supporting of material by the relevant sources. Thanks again! :) —James (Talk • Contribs) • 11:40am • 01:40, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi M.O.X, just a reminder about this week's arbitration report... Regards, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:16, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
- Ah sorry about that Ed, I'll get onto it. —James (Talk • Contribs) • 5:24pm • 07:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
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- Good work on the arbitration report, James! Ed made the right call in picking you. The depth of coverage is a treat to read. Best, Lord Roem (talk) 07:20, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for the kind words, LR! I'll try my best to continue living up to community expectation. You're doing a great job as a clerk :) I have one question: should I include requests for clarification and amendment? James (Talk • Contribs) • 6:44pm • 08:44, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
- Normally best to include those as well. Steven Zhang Get involved in DR! 13:53, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
- Honestly, until a motion passes at C&A, it's just a discussion. Maybe note that a request was filed, but nothing really expansive until an arb proposes something. -- Lord Roem (talk) 15:30, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, ok then. I didn't include them in previous issues because they'd have made the report far too long. When a C&A report passes, the motion gets listed on the Motions page, right? I'll be sure to include the ones that pass. James (Talk • Contribs) • 4:37pm • 06:37, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Class Avesta fresh start
If you're still interested, see User talk:Class Avesta, who seems to understand now the idea of cooperation and mentorship, and wants a fresh start. I have tried my hand at making suggestions on his proposed additions to an article, and would appreciate if you weigh in. Since I am clueless about the topic I can only give advice pertaining to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:50, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
- Ah ok, will do, I've been so busy with writing the ArbReport and real life that I've neglected my duties as mentor, my sincerest apologies, I'll comment after I come home. James (Talk • Contribs) • 7:31pm • 09:31, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
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Review of Articles for creation/BroadLight (follow up from archive)
Per James' request, referencing archive section [1].
Hoping to get Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/BroadLight approved soon, per your guidance I've added founded-by details, notable industry contributions from a product perspective, adjusted references to a reliable source and removed the award reference.
The article is structured in a very simple and informative way yet conveys no less information than already published articles of similar companies such as Alphamosaic, Gigle Networks, Element 14, Redpine Signals and others.
I recognize the article has been rejected several times and I am not sure how this fact influences each additional review. In any case, I would greatly appreciate your insight and help on how to make some positive progress with this submission.
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- Notability has been established, but the few reliable sources isn't helpful, what makes this company different from others in the same industry? What notable achievements and innovations have they made? The article needs more context. James (Talk • Contribs) • 9:54am • 23:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your input. I've added details to highlight notable achievemnt / why the company is different. Please let me know if this is acceptible.
/se Semiexpert (talk) 17:45, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Great work, however, the statements you inserted are not backed up by any references and the references have remained unchanged, please cite the relevant reliable sources. Thank you, James (Talk • Contribs) • 5:56pm • 07:56, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
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Good to see you writing the arbitration report for the Signpost. I have a slight nitpick: when cases are accepted, they cease to be requests for arbitration, but become open cases (or very in very rare circumstances reviews). Regards, --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 18:59, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
- Oh goodness, you're quite right haha, I can't believe I didn't notice this weeks before :P thanks for picking it up Alexandr, I assure you I won't make the same mistakes in subsequent issues. James (Talk • Contribs) • 9:07am • 23:07, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
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- Thanks very much for the kind words Ed. I didn't see myself lasting this long, but I will continue to write the report for as long as possible. :) James (Talk • Contribs) • 5:21pm • 07:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there. I just wanted to point out that the Perth case was accepted to deal with the wheel warring, not the suitability of the Move Review process. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
- Ah whoops, my apologies, corrected section accordingly. James (Talk • Contribs) • 10:09am • 00:09, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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Can you please be a lot less aggressive in your archiving? You've archived talk from a few hours ago. This leads to new editors wondering where there comments are and a rehash of points that were being discussed. I will undo your edits and then archive some of the really old stuff. --NeilN talk to me 01:38, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- I see you've put back threads. There are other archived threads which still have current responses. --NeilN talk to me 01:42, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I thought that if I archived it and included an editnotice it'd avoid any future allegations of racist agenda, omission of facts et al. My apologies, I meant it in good faith. I fixed my archival as soon as I noticed the recent threads were also archived, but I might have missed some. James (Talk • Contribs) • 11:45am • 01:45, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- No worries. Unfortunately, many new editors just ignore editnotices. I'll archive threads which have responses more than two days old. --NeilN talk to me 01:54, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- Righto, sorry for the hassle! :S James (Talk • Contribs) • 12:02pm • 02:02, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
- No worries. Unfortunately, many new editors just ignore editnotices. I'll archive threads which have responses more than two days old. --NeilN talk to me 01:54, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.
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...for this. I was running out the door at 6am to help my dad in the end of the world. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:55, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
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