User:Bobamnertiopsis/Archive5

Archived talk page discussions from June 28, 2014 until March 15, 2015.

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on this user's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.

DYK for Riverview Theater

Gatoclass (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Raspberry Island (Minnesota)

Gatoclass (talk) 19:28, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know/Preparation area 2: Sarama

Can you please move it to prep 3, so that it comes on main page when India is awake? Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:34, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

@Redtigerxyz: Done. BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 14:43, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:03, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Philaletheis Society

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:24, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

IP block affecting logged-in editing

I recently logged into my account via the secure server from the IP 208.87.233.180 which recently had account creation blocked for sixty days. I now find myself unable to edit any pages but my talkpage, even when logged in. I've tried using different browsers and purging the cache but, alas, all to no avail. Any thoughts? BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 13:56, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

The IP was blocked as an WP:Open proxy. I have asked at Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies for this to be looked into. It may be possible to give you IP Block Exemption to allow you to edit. JohnCD (talk) 14:12, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay. WP:OP has now confirmed that 208.87.233.180 is an open proxy. I see you have been able to edit, though; do you still have a problem with this? JohnCD (talk) 16:07, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

From this particular IP I have remained unable to edit but at this point I'll only be using it for about another week so I don't know if there's much point to allowing me an unblock (or whatever the procedure is). Thanks for helping! BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 16:52, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

GA review:Ahmad Maymandi

Hi, I found this article has been reviewed by you. If you let me, I can help you with it. There are few points which may help to improve the article.

1. There should be template like (Template:Infobox officeholder) which tells when he worked as vizier and who were his successor and predecessor.
2. The lead does not cover all aspects of the issue. It does not say anything about him as vizier.
3. I think a section should be added which describes historiography of Ghaznavid era such as Tarikh-e Beyhaqi.
4. There are some information in the online sources which should be added to the article. For example, Iranica writes "ʿAbd-al-Razzāq served as vizier, but the new reign soon ended in violence with the usurpation of the slave commander Ṭoḡrïl Bozan (see Bosworth, pp. 41-47). When the situation became stabilized under sultan Farroḵzād, probably in 443/1052, ʿAbd-al-Razzāq seems to have continued in official service, though not necessarily as vizier."
5. The third Volume of Encyclopedia Islamica [1] may include the article about him. If not, we can use its Persian source [2].

Best,--Seyyed(t-c) 09:43, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll move these comments to the GA nom page so the nominator can deal with them when they return from their vacation. BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 03:14, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Prof (rapper)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:04, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Frankenstein, MD

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Circus Juventas

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Circus Juventas 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 Cirt -- Cirt (talk) 05:41, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Philaletheis Society

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Philaletheis Society 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 Cirt -- Cirt (talk) 18:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Circus Juventas

The article Circus Juventas you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Circus Juventas 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 Cirt -- Cirt (talk) 01:42, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Philaletheis Society

The article The Philaletheis Society you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Philaletheis Society 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 Cirt -- Cirt (talk) 01:42, 5 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:26, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup Newsletter Correction

Hi everyone,

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.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:03, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Triumph International

Hey Bobamnertiopsis. Thanks for doing the GA review for the Triumph International page, where I have a disclosed COI. I was wondering if you felt it would be a good candidate for FA. I've been meaning to pursue an FA article for a while, but when I nominated the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (a volunteer project), they said it wasn't large-enough of a topic. Most company pages are fairly minor topics though in the scope of things. CorporateM (Talk) 12:53, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Heya, CorporateM. I've never had much personal experience with the FA process because I've always felt it was a little more daunting than I was willing to go for, but a good place to start with Triumph International would be WP:Peer review where you can get the article sort of pre-reviewed by users who often have a good sense of what it takes to make FA status. Send it over there, see what they think, and proceed from there would be my advice. Sorry I don't have a better personal answer; it's only that I don't feel very qualified to speak to an article's FA suitability. Best of luck! BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 13:51, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmm... I listed it at Peer Review, but never got any bites. Anyways, thanks for the GA review! If you ever have some time available and want to dive into a business article, I always need loads of collaboration on pages where I have a COI. CorporateM (Talk) 05:53, 30 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:03, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Facebook real-name policy controversy

Thanks for your nomination! Hopefully this issue would reach a wider audience.--DrWho42 (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Of course, DoctorWho42! Always happy to help a fellow cool freak with their work. BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 20:24, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Reviewer Barnstar!

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		Thank you for your thorough review of Benjamín Galván Gómez! Your work is greatly appreciated. ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 23:46, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Facebook real-name policy controversy

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Circus Juventas

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!!!

Wilhelmina Will has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween! '"On Psych, A USA Network TV series Episode 8, The Tao of Gus, Season 6, Shawn refers to pumpkins as "Halloween Apples" because he thinks all round fruits are a type of apple. If Trick-or-treaters come your way, add {{subst:Halloween apples}} to their talkpage with a spoooooky message!

Cheers! "We could read for-EVER; reading round the wiki!" (talk) 18:04, 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:04, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Riverview Theater

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Riverview Theater 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 MusikAnimal -- MusikAnimal (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Riverview Theater

The article Riverview Theater 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:Riverview Theater for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MusikAnimal -- MusikAnimal (talk) 00:02, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Riverview Theater

The article Riverview Theater you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Riverview Theater 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 MusikAnimal -- MusikAnimal (talk) 05:02, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Elgato

I have prepared a draft at User:CorporateM/Elgato as a proposed 60+ citation replacement for the current article, which is mostly OR/Primary. You did the GA review for Triumph International a while back, where I also had a COI, and I was wondering if you had a minute to consider my work for the Elgato page per WP:COI.

The main thing I wanted to point out about this article, is that the company is not really notable, but its products are, yet they are not so notable as to warrant separate pages. So I wrote the article as a page on a product line / brand. It mostly just cites product reviews to explain what each product is, its version history and reception. CorporateM (Talk) 02:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:18, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

GA on Suquamish Museum

Hi - I think I made all the changes you'd recommended for Suquamish Museum ... please LMK if I missed something! DocumentError (talk) 07:39, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 3

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 3 Greetings, all! We hope that all of our American GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Friday saw the end of Round 2. Two from 7 pools, plus a tie score and one wildcard (16 in all) moved onto the next round. Some pools were more competitive than others. Round 2's highest scorer was 3family6, with an impressive 255 points. Good888, who came in second place overall with 202 points, reviewed the most articles (19). The wildcard slot for Round 2 went to Jaguar. Congrats to all! Round 3 will have 15 competitors in three pools. The key to moving forward in Round 2 seemed to be reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; almost everyone who moved forward nominated at least one article from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). The GA Cup was also used to promote a group of articles about The Boat Race, a rowing race held annually since 1856 between Oxford University and Cambridge University, on the River Thames. 17 Boat Race articles were promoted to GA in November. In Round 2, 110 reviews were completed, as compared to 117 in Round 1. The GA Cup continues to be a success. This month, we got a report from User:AmericanLemming, who maintains the GA statistics, that in October, there was a net gain of 201 articles nominated for GA. He thought that more open GANs could mean that more editors are submitting more of their articles to the GAN process. In addition, having a high-throughput of GANs means that more articles get reviewed more quickly, which reduces the frustration of potentially waiting several months to get an article reviewed. The activity in Round 2 of the GA Cup seems to bear that out. It's our hope that the competitors' enthusiasm continues in Round 3, and we can continue to make a difference in helping more editors improve their articles. For Round 3, participants have been randomly put in 3 pools of 5 contestants each; the top two in each pool progressing, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users. Round 3 will start on December 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on December 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. There have been a couple of rules clarifications to announce. We're slightly changing the wording to the second bullet in "General rules", which now reads: You may only score points in a round for reviews which have been completed in that round. We're also including this clarification: Only reviews started during the competition are eligible. We have also lost a judge, so there are now only three judges. Good luck and remember to have fun as we move into the holiday season. It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup has a joyous holiday season and Happy New Year. Cheers from 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:33, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

barnstar

		The Feather Barnstar
		for tireless contributions of Good articles DocumentError (talk) 07:24, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Mami Kawada/archive3

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Peer review/Mami Kawada/archive3. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:36, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Hey, just wanted to thank you for taking the time to review the article! I'm happy I was able to get it up to GA. I would love to get it to FA some day, but think that will regrettably take a while as I have been swamped with real life dealings.

You mentioned you just finished the series. Have you seen Rebellion yet? It's a mindblower. Cheers! Artichoker^[talk] 00:29, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome! Glad to help bring an article on such a fantastic show to a better status! I haven't watched Rebellion and am on the fence about doing so. The same friend who introduced me to PMMM watched the movie and liked it, save the last 20 minutes which she is "treating as non-canon". With a caveat like that, I'm not sure I want my love of the show to be tarnished by what may be a disappointing ending. In any case, thanks for the recommendation! I'll weigh the options and see what I decide. BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 03:26, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

If you're a fan of the show, I think Rebellion is required watching. Actually the reason I originally watched Rebellion was because I was so flabbergasted as to how they could possibly continue the story after the great ending of the television series which I thought wrapped things up quite nicely. However, I was blown away and I think it's just as thoughtful as the original series with an even more powerful ending that you can come to your own conclusions about.

P.S. If you ever want to grind your friend's gears, tell her this: "Homura did nothing wrong." :) Artichoker^[talk] 05:00, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

"DEBATABLE" -Friend. BobAmnertiopsis∴_ChatMe! 05:21, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar

Thanks for passing Puella Magi Madoka Magica for GA! As one of my favorite anime of all time, seeing its article as one of the best articles the WikiProject has to offer is a great achievement. By the way, as my way of saying thanks, I'm encouraging you to take a look at my active peer review, Wikipedia:Peer review/Mami Kawada/archive3. I'm looking for more comments for said peer review, as I'm planning to send the said article to a GAN as well. Finally, the backlog at the WikiProject's GAN list is quite long. It would be nice if you could take a look at some of them as well. Thank you very much and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:54, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Mami Kawada/archive3

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Peer review/Mami Kawada/archive3. As my way of saying thanks for the GA review, I would appreciate it if you took a look at the peer review. Currently there's only one comment, and I would really appreciate more given that I'm planning to nominate it for GA soon. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 14:33, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Webber Park Library

Harrias ^talk 12:02, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 4 (Semi-Finals)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 4 Happy New Year! We hope that all of our GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable and safe holiday season. Monday saw the end of Round 3. Eight contestants moved forward to Round 4—the top two contestants from each of Round 3's three pools and the top two participants of all remaining users. It was an exciting competition, especially towards the end. Round 3's highest scorer was Jaguar, Round 2's wildcard, with an impressive 305 points, the highest score in the GA Cup thus far. Pool B was the closest race; J_Milburn and Cwmhiraeth switched places a few times in the final hours of the competition, although J Milburn edged out Cwmhiraeth by just 9 points. Pool A was, by far, the most competitive; four out of five moved onto Round 4, and its competitors earned a cumulative 935 points and reviewed 59 articles. Ritchie333, who came in second overall with 255 points, reviewed the most articles (17). Peacemaker67 and Wizardman earned the two wildcard slots, with 184 and 154 points, respectively. Congrats to all! 114 articles were reviewed this round, as compared to 110 in Round 2 and 117 in Round 1. The key to success in Round 3, like in Round 2, was reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; everyone who moved forward reviewed articles from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). Many of these articles had languished because their nominators had left Wikipedia and had little chance of passing to GA, so our competitors provided a great service by helping remove them from the queue. Also as in Round 2, The Boat Race articles proved to be popular review choices, with 10% of all the articles reviewed in December. We appreciate the competitors' continued enthusiasm, even during the busy holiday season. At least one competitor even reviewed articles while preparing for a holiday meal! For Round 4, participants have been randomly put in 2 pools of 4 contestants each. The top two in each pool will progress to the finals, as well as the top participant (5th place) of all remaining users. The semi-finals will start on January 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 4 and the pools can be found here. We received some excellent feedback about how to improve the GA Cup in the future, including the definition of "quickfails" and the use of pools, which we'll seriously consider as we move forward. As a result of this feedback and the experience we've gained, there will be some changes to the rules come next years GA Cup. Good luck to all our semi-finalists! It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup continue to have fun and be enthusiastic about reviewing and passing articles to GA! Cheers from 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:09, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Cool (aesthetic) Mike Kabinsky (talk) 11:03, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Vassar Class of 1951 Observatory

Got you another page to watch over. Ajh1492 (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

GA Cup Barnstar

	The Good Article Barnstar for the GA Cup
	You made it to Round 3! Thank-you for being part of the success for the first GA Cup! We hope to see you next year! --Dom497 (talk) 03:18, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Pierre Bottineau Library

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:50, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Thanks for such a polite message over a potentially controversial AfD! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (Message me) 20:25, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Frankenstein, MD

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Frankenstein, MD 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 23W -- 23W (talk) 06:21, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

GA Cup - The Finals

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 5/Final GA Cup competitors and observers: Get ready, we're about to move into the finals of the inaugural GA Cup! Not nearly as important as another competition taking place this weekend, but significant none the less. No deflated footballs here, though! Thursday saw the end of Round 4. Out of the 8 contestants in the semi-finals, 5 have moved to the finals. The semi-finals continued to be very competitive. The highest scorer overall was Ritchie333 from Pool B, with an impressive 488 points and a total of 36 articles reviewed, the most of any competitor; close behind was Jaguar (last round's wildcard), with 477 points and 29 reviews. At times, the competition between them was a real horse-race, and exciting for the judges to witness. Both Ritchie333 and Jaguar have moved onto the finals. In Pool A, Good888 with 294 points, and Wizardman with 179 also won slots in the final. 3family6 with 285 points, won the wildcard slot. We also had one withdrawal, due to outside-of-Wikipedia priorities. Congrats to all! Although there were just 8 competitors, more reviews were conducted this round than in any other round—148, which demonstrates the commitment and enthusiasm of our participants. The most successful competitors, like in all previous rounds, reviewed articles that languished in the queue at GAC for at least five months (worth 18 points). The Boat Race articles were popular review choices again, with almost 20% of the articles reviewed this month. In other news, we received another report from GA statistics page maintainer User:AmericanLemming. See here [3] for his take on the effect the GA Cup has had on Good Article reviews. He believes that we've made a real difference. AmericanLemming says: "As you can see, ...the GA Cup has done wonders when it comes to getting the oldest nominations reviewed much sooner thanks to the system whereby you get the most points for reviewing the oldest articles." Everyone involved with this competition, especially the competitors, should be very proud of what we've been able to accomplish! The Final will start on February 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on February 26 at 23:59:59 UTC with a winner being crowned. Information about the Final can be found here. Good luck to all our finalists! Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:00, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Frankenstein, MD

The article Frankenstein, MD 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:Frankenstein, MD for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of 23W -- 23W (talk) 06:41, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Frankenstein, MD

The article Frankenstein, MD you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Frankenstein, MD 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 23W -- 23W (talk) 22:21, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

<3

Qetipa (talk) 01:43, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

GA Cup Feedback Form

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Feedback Greetings, all! 4 months ago the GA Cup began and now as it comes to a close, it's time to start thinking about the next competition! Below is a link to a Google Form with several questions. We want to here from you what you thought about the GA Cup. Just over half of the questions are required while the others are optional. If you don't want to answer one of the optional questions, feel free to skip it. Your responses will only be visible to the three judges. Thank-you to all particpants for making the first GA Cup a success and we hope to see you all come out again for the next competition! 2014-15 GA Cup Feedback Form Cheers from 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.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Edina edit-a-thon

In the area? You're invited to the
Edina edit-a-thon
	Date: Sunday, March 1, 2015
	Time: 2 to 5 PM
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2014-2015 GA Cup Wrap-Up

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Finals/Wrap-Up The inaugural GA Cup is now over! The competition officially ended Thursday. Congrats to everyone who participated, and especially to our finalists. The winner of the 2014/2015 GA Cup is Jaguar! He earned an impressive 615 points, despite only being a wildcard in the Round 4. The key to Jaguar's success seemed to be reviewing lots of articles as well as reviewer the oldest nominations; he reviewed 39 nominations in this round. Overall, the key to everyone's success was reviewing articles that had been in the queue for at least three months, which was true throughout the competition. In second place was Wizardman, with 241 points, and following close behind in third place was Good888, with 211 points. Congrats! Although there were a couple of bumps along the way, the judges have thoroughly enjoyed managing this competition. We hope that the participants had fun as well. The GA Cup was a resounding success, and that's due to all of you. The judges sincerely thank each and every participant, and for the editors who were willing to subject their articles to this process. We learned a lot. For example, we learned that even with meticulous planning, it's impossible to anticipate every problem. We learned that the scoring system we set up wasn't always the most effective. The enthusiasm and motivation of Wikipedians is awesome, and we enjoyed watching what was sometimes fierce competition. We look forward to the second GA Cup later this year. We reached many of our goals. See here for GA Cup statistics. We made a big difference, especially in shortening the length of time articles spend in the queue, and in reducing the backlog. Overall, 578 nominations were reviewed throughout the competition and a total of 8,184 points were awarded. Everyone involved should be very proud of what we've accomplished through the GA Cup. Stay tuned for more information about our next competition. There will be some much-needed changes made in the scoring system next time. We appreciate your feedback, and commit to seriously consider it. If you haven't already, please fill out the feedback form here. If you're interested in being a judge in our second GA Cup, please let one of our judges know or click on the tab found in the feedback form. Again, thanks to all and congratulations to our winners! Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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Invitation

In the area? You're invited to the
Art+Feminism meetup
	Date: Sunday, March 8, 2015
	Time: 12:00 - 4:00pm
	Place: Walker Art Center