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June 2011

Talk:A Tale of Two Cities (Lost)/GA1

Hi there! Were there any other issues requiring fixes at Talk:A Tale of Two Cities (Lost)/GA1? Thanks, Ruby2010 comment! 03:20, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Louisiana pancake batfish

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tobermory (distillery)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:04, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Chalet Girl

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK Tetra (monkey)

  Hello! Your submission of Tetra (monkey) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Jim Sweeney (talk) 13:57, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011

 

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DYK for Armored Rat

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for African Owl

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 12:03, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Beauty (dog)

Calmer Waters 00:45, 8 June 2011 (UTC) 12:04, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for I Am Playr

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 1936 FA Cup Final

Materialscientist (talk) 06:04, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tetra (monkey)

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for English Pouter

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Keith Eddy

Good work on this article, much appreciated! GiantSnowman 19:14, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Royal Blue (pigeon)

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DYK nomination of Gustav (pigeon)

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Jack russel

why delete my photo on the jack russell? jack russell has this feature that is often sat on his hind legs ...as often Eddie Crane on Frasier ... so my picture describes a feature that I think is more useful than a jack running to catch a ball as they do many dogs!thanks  :) --Archita (if you must) 18:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archita78 (talkcontribs)

  I can remove  the date and in any case I have a maltese, two English  setter,a  Gordon setter  and a mastiff, and only  my 2 jrt sit on their hind  legs, still ok,  you're the boss:)   --Archita (if you must) 18:56, 24 June 2011 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archita78 (talkcontribs)  

DYK for Approved Premises

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Keith Eddy

Calmer Waters 12:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Royal Blue (pigeon)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jeune Fille Endormie

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Meat dress of Lady Gaga

Miya, don't you think the lead of the article needs to be extended a bit? — Legolas (talk2me) 12:15, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Miya, the lead looks fine. By the way, seeing that you develop many featured quality articles, would you care to give your two cents in this FLC? I would really like to have some thorough comments about sources etc. — Legolas (talk2me) 06:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Gustav (pigeon)

Materialscientist (talk) 18:05, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 June newsletter

 

We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was   Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by   Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by   Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by   Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank   Jarry1250 (submissions) and   Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:36, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

July 2011

WASP-15 at GAN

Hi! Just dropping by to give you some thanks. I appreciate your review of the article. :) --Starstriker7(Talk) 16:10, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Lady gaga in meat dress.jpg

 

Thank you for uploading File:Lady gaga in meat dress.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 21:36, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Over There (Fringe) FAC

Hi there! Love all your dog articles! :) Anyways, waaaay back in late March, you reviewed one of my articles, Over There (Fringe). It is now on its second run at FAC, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind looking it over and possibly supporting it (of course if you feel it merited). Its last candidacy failed due to a lack of reviewers, and I'm worried the same thing might happen again. Thanks very much! :) Ruby2010 comment! 22:10, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Smalandstovare + thread on Reliable Sources Noticeboard

Hi Miyagawa, I apologize for not getting back to you about the article and Bruce Fogle book sooner. I had it checked out from the library but someone had reserved it before I could renew it and it's still out. However, I do have a very similar book (same layout, images, publisher) that I purchased years ago and will look for tomorrow -- it has lots of info about many rare breeds.

Also, I've started a thread on the Reliable Sources Noticeboard that you may be interested in at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Nineteen dog breed sources in question. Best wishes, Anna talk 23:32, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. I'll be attempting to remove the sources I identified in the thread (except for the magazine and vet-overseen ones) from breed articles over the next few days. Tedious but worth it in the long run, hopefully! FYI, while I'm here, I've taken a PROD you contested -- Mountain View Cur -- to AfD, in case you want to comment: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mountain View Cur Anna talk 14:10, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Red or Black?

Thanks for helping the Did You Know project Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Cenotaph, Whitehall

Thanks for this contribution to free knowledge Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Nice work on expanding that article. Let me know if you need more information, as I have some books that may have more details. Carcharoth (talk) 01:08, 12 July 2011 (UTC) I've left some comments on the talk page.
Thanks for the note on my talk page. I'm replying here, to point out that I've left comments at Talk:The Cenotaph, Whitehall. I did mention this above, but only in a note I added later so you might have missed it. Would you be able to have a look at those comments, as I think one of the statements in the article is wrong? The talk page comments include one of the books I have, so you can look that up if you want. It might be simpler, though, for me to add to the article myself using the books I have. There are some thing I don't have access to, so I'll need to look some things up at the library as well. The library I tend to use for really obscure stuff is the British Library as well, funnily enough. But I'm trying to save up several things for one trip and organise myself properly, rather than do piecemeal stuff (which is what I did on the first few visits). Carcharoth (talk) 22:54, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Super Mario Galaxy 2

I've resolved the issues that you mentioned when reviewing Super Mario Galaxy 2, which you failed at a good article nomination on January 2011; I've renominated it and am wondering if you can review the article again, please?-SCB '92 (talk) 08:37, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011

 

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Good Article promotion

  Congratulations!
Thanks for all the work you did in making Fox Terrier a certified "Good Article"! Your work is much appreciated.

Thanks also for your reviews. Featured article candidates and Good Article nominees always need more reviewers! All the best, – Quadell (talk)

DYK for Strathtay Prince Albert

The DYK project (nominate) 12:57, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Yakee A Dangerous Liaison

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:11, 25 July 2011 (UTC) 13:46, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

GA assessment of Meat dress of Lady Gaga

 

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August 2011

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

 

We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are   Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and   PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from   Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from   Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:38, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of HMS Tabard (P342)

The article HMS Tabard (P342) you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:HMS Tabard (P342) for comments about the article. Well done! ==

Canpark (talk) 10:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

  You did it again!
Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making HMS Tabard (P342) a certified "Good Article"! (Pictured: a less capable submarine.) Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk)

Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown jewels

 
Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these Imperial Napoleonic triple crown jewels upon Miyagawa, for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Thank you for your contributions to the project. – SMasters (talk) 04:32, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

The 100 DYK Medal

  The 100 DYK Medal  
Many thanks are in order: your wide-ranging contributions to Wikipedia have resulted in one hundred of your newly created or expanded articles appearing on the Main page, in the "Did you know?" section. You are a great asset to the encyclopedia. Moonraker (talk) 09:30, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

George (dog)

Doesn't look like anyone pinged you about this, but an AfD was started: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George (dog) Anna talk 17:55, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merger of American Akita and Akita Inu

Hi Miya, It is proposed that American Akita and Akita Inu be merged into Akita (dog), which currently is a redirect to Akita Inu. I had American Akita up for GA, which has been on hold for a while until we can get this merger resolved. I've made a proposal merged article, if the consensus decides that a merger would be better. It would be great if we could get this resolved, so far there has been little input for consensus to be reached. Cheers, Keetanii (talk) 22:41, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Miya :) Keetanii (talk) 07:34, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011

 

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DYK for Peter (dog)

Gatoclass (talk) 08:04, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK List of accolades received by Sense and Sensibility (film)

 
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Ruby2010 comment! 15:28, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Luke Evans (rugby union)

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DYK for Fiona_Gubelmann

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DYK for Rifleman Khan

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DYK for Urocyon progressus

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Bomb Pop

I am currently working on getting it to meet DYK criteria after removing the baker sentences. Joe Chill (talk) 19:57, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

I have expanded the article to DYK length and added three options for a hook. Joe Chill (talk) 20:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Wow, I hate to be blunt, but that was a really bad hook that you approved for Bomb Pops. The "National Day" for the confectionery? It was strictly a marketing gimmick, no more official that if I said tomorrow was Euphonium Day. More than that, I think the source is little more than a thinly reworded press release. -- Zanimum (talk) 00:27, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
It is listed in event books so I disagree. SL93 (talk) 00:29, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Your DYK nom for Araki Fabulous Willy

Hi Miyagawa, I have reviewed your nomination and I have another ALT to suggest. Do you think we should have a third pair of eyes on it before moving it to holding? Please reply at the nomination page. Thanks! Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Email

Hey, I've sent you an email. If you could reply to that or on my talk page soon, it'd be appreciated :) J Milburn (talk) 21:24, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

September 2011

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

 

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

  •   Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
  •   PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
  •   Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
  •   Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
  •   Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
  •   Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
  •   Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
  •   Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists,   Another Believer (submissions),   Piotrus (submissions),   Grandiose (submissions),   Stone (submissions),   Eisfbnore (submissions),   Canada Hky (submissions) and   MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. 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. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:08, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Totteridge XI

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

  You did it again!
Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making Meat dress of Lady Gaga a certified "Good Article"! Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 15:14, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK Timor-Leste at the 2002 Asian Games

Hi Miyagawa, any suggestion to make the hook interesting? Do I need to add the "independence" part? — Bill william comptonTalk 17:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for suggestion, would you please revisit the nomination page? — Bill william comptonTalk 18:20, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

 

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Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Miyagawa, I hope you are well. My name is Matthew and I'm one of the Storytellers working on the 2011 fundraiser for the Wikimedia Foundation. This year, we're concentrating a lot of effort on collecting personal stories of the Wikipedians who work so hard to make the projects as important as they are. I'm curious if you would want to participate in an interview with me where I would ask you questions about your experiences with writing and editing, as well as general questions about Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're interested by emailing mroth (at) wikimedia.org. Thank you, Matthew (WMF) 20:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)

Hi! I was wondering if you could tick off this DYK so promoters know it is ready. Thank you! --Odie5533 (talk) 15:54, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

  The Original Barnstar
In recognition of your efforts at Burrunan dolphin. A lot of people will be interested in the subject right now, and having a decent article is a good thing. J Milburn (talk) 21:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Club Gascon

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mick the Miller

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Statue of King Charles I, London

  Hello! Your submission of Statue of King Charles I, London at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 04:45, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Burrunan dolphin

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Monument to the Women of World War II

Materialscientist (talk) 16:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)


Your GA nomination of Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Dandie Dinmont Terrier 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. Puffin Let's talk! 18:10, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Richard Coeur de Lion (statue)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Michael Douglas (skeleton racer)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Statue of King Charles I, London

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 22 September 2011 (UTC)


Your GA nomination of Dandie Dinmont Terrier

The article Dandie Dinmont Terrier 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Dandie Dinmont Terrier for things which need to be addressed. Puffin Let's talk! 17:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

New GA!

  Congratulations!
Congratulations! The article Dandie Dinmont Terrier you nominated for GA has passed! Well done! Puffin Let's talk! 15:30, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cosmo (dog)

Materialscientist (talk) 23:22, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square

Orlady (talk) 12:02, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Australian Cattle Dog

Hi Miyagawa, I've started gathering reviews for an FA and given your experience with dog articles, I'd appreciate your feedback if you have time. Marj (talk) 07:44, 30 September 2011 (UTC)