This is an archive of past discussions with User:CLWE. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
ITN for Brucellosis
On 1 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Brucellosis, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
On 2 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Fredrik Reinfeldt, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
On 5 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Organization of American States, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
The TOC is on the top right corner, which looks awkward to me, and the main text body of the talk page is considerably restricted... with a large chunk of whitespace on the right. --BorgQueen (talk) 08:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
What do you mean it needs 1000 more characters?It barely had anthing useful till I expanded it. And if I fix the referance on the romanian article, could that qualify?SchnitzelMannGreek. 20:19, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Some did well this week, but a lot of you didn't move much. Some are still hanging under the 200 mark. Our current top 8 are all over 200, so if you are below that line, get moving! There is a poll up at the talk page about the rest of this year's competition. If all of you could give your opinion there, it would be very much appreciated.
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Thanks for your comment on the ITN nom of the Urumqi riots. I had two quick questions for you.... first of all, is it ok for the bold link in the blurb to be a link to a section, rather than to the whole article? I think I remember seeing other things in ITN that have been like that, but I can't find a specific guideline anywhere.
Also, is it ok for me to update ITN myself, with my own nom? The last time I nommed something I withdrew it, but one of the reviewers there basically told me that if I wanted I could BOLDly update the template myself once (and if it was reverted by another admin, then of course we would have to discuss it). I figured for the sake of being timely, and because so far no one has objected to the nom, it probably wouldn't hurt if I posted it...but wanted to check first. rʨanaɢtalk/contribs01:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Prep 2 is clear now. Sorry about the delay; I was hurriedly fixing some things because it turns out my ITN generated a bit of a fuss! (Not that there was anything wrong with boldly promoting it; this is a pretty little-known area of the world among English speakers, so I doubt leaving it at ITN/C for another 24 hours would have attracted any expert comments/opposes of the kind I got once it was on the MP.) rʨanaɢtalk/contribs03:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
DYK credits
No problem. By the way, I would much appreciate if you could review some of my DYK nominations. For some reason they are being overlooked by regular reviewers... I don't think they are particularly boring though. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
On 9 July, 2009, In the news was updated with facts that involved the articles Jadranka Kosor, and Frank Kabui, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
Hey. I understand that you're trying to make sure you get the verified ones, but taking hooks from today, like you did here, is something you should not be doing. Double-check the ones at the bottom before you go about taking ones from the 9th and putting them into prep. It's just not good sense at all. Wizardman15:51, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
There were a few mistakes in last weeks' newsletter. Apologies about that. In regards to the competition, a few of you shot up in points this week. Very, very impressive. However, now that some have shot up to the top, others of you have to work even harder to catch up! There are about 3 weeks left in the round, so if you're behind, now is really the time to start nominating content, so that it can count for this round. If you wait too long, we won't be able to hold off the round while your content is being reviewed.
Per this tiny poll, the remainder of the competition has been altered.. sorry!! The changes being made are as follows: "We will be combining the last three rounds. Round 4 will now last from August through September, with 8 contestants. On September 1st, however, we will eliminate the bottom four contestants. The top four contestants will continue the round with the same score. Then, one person will win out of the remaining four on September 30th." You can also see this change to the main WikiCup page.
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No, it was me. I was having teary eyes because you were gone... :-p Seriously, I wondered what you were doing because ITN was suffering from drought at that time, for more than 48 hours or so. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:31, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
"especially in the circumstances": We have two loaded queues at the moment, so we have more than 12 hours until the panic time. I don't think we need to hurry yet, it doesn't really matter anyway because I can swap some of the bio hooks with another queue. As for Blanco, the point is not only how great the image looks, but how well the article is written, too. I tend to prefer science-related articles as lead hooks these days because I feel they have been underrepresented at DYK (except biology). But the image's copyright status has some issues so nevermind that. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:41, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello all, iMatthew here. I just wanted to let you know about "The Great Wikipedia Dramaout" which starts this Saturday. The goal of the Dramaout is to spend five days working on improving articles and abstaining from any of Wikipedia's drama. I don't think that any of you will have a problem focusing on articles for five days, because of course, any work you get done during the Dramaout will count towards your score in the WikiCup. Details are on the page; hope to see you all signing up! :) iMatthewtalk at 00:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
ITN
On 17 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2009 Jakarta bombings, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
Can you expand the 2009 section just a little further? Adding a couple of sentences with citations will do fine. --BorgQueen (talk) 06:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
About two weeks left, now. To those of you in the back, don't give up. There is still enough time to get some more work done. To those of you in the front relaxing... don't. We've seen it happen before, where users in the back will jump ahead in the final weeks and make it though.
We'd also like to wave goodbye to Scorpion0422, and thank him for all of his hard work this round even though he knew he needed to withdraw at the end of it.
'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthewtalk, and TheHelpfulOne
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On 18 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Natalia Estemirova, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
On 19 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Paul Biyoghé Mba, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
On July 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Domhnall Gleeson, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 19 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2009 Karachi floods, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
The round is over in about four days from now. Sit back, watch your nominations being reviewed, and hope for the best. In these four days, you don't have much control over your score. It's what you did prior to now, that's going to pile up your points (or not). We're very, very pleased with this round's results so far, and of course hoping to see some more submitted before the round ends.
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On 26 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Giant Panda, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
On 27 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2009 Nigeria battles, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
BorgQueen is only one who adds templates to user and article talk pages. Just thought I could lend a hand. (Sorry, I didn't add the bit about updating the article.) Cargoking talk 21:08, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
On 30 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article São Tomé and Príncipe dobra, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
Right, last newsletter before the next round and it's a congratulations to eight of you lot. Unfortunately we say goodbye to a fair few users along the way but that is the competition. Next round, there will only be one pool which will see the lowest scoring users eliminated halfway into the round. Should be good fun! Get your nominations in soon!
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On August 2, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gaze (film festival), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On August 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reek Sunday, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I am a bit busy ATM but I work on Wikipedia whenever I can. Soon I am going to take a holiday trip too though, and a long one at that, more than 2 weeks. So let's do what we can while I am still here. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestions about the Brian Stidham article. I'm going to work on it right now. Any help, even minor stuff, would be much appreciated. Acme Plumbing (talk) 05:21, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
On 5 August, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article HIV, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
You update does not mention that Bolivia became "the first country in the history of South America to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves" meaning the blurb does not match update. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
On 6 August, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article MV Princess Ashika, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
how people just pop up out of nowhere when they want something posted. will never see any of these on ITN after today or well till next justice nominee perhaps. Ashish-g5520:49, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
sigh it got posted as usual. i think this is the 3rd time this woman has been up there on the same news item. and 3rd time she will be taken down. im starting to feel sorry for her. next up when she swears in, then when she sits on her seat, then her first case, her first decision Ashish-g5521:00, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
lol her arms. ya i am done with this one too. no point in talking when it all gets blatantly ignored. we really need admins that are limited to certain sections of the site. these admins just come in and post material that they work on whenever they want doesnt matter if it has consensus or not. Ashish-g5521:22, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
all we can do now is try and make sure other supreme courts make it up there... hopefully it becomes a nuisance and we can go back to head of state. -- Ashish-g5512:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
On 7 August, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Slender-billed Vulture, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
hmm i dont know i find credits fairly useless at times. ive nominated/helped in 100s of items but only few showed up on talk page. so i stopped caring a long time ago. i wonder if credits can be dontated lol -- Ashish-g5502:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
well the thing is ive actually nominated many before i started loggin in a lot more regularly... ip lol. the list would be incomplete either way so now its just a meh. -- Ashish-g5502:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
i will take a look at the african items. i have little knowledge of their relations etc so dont really know where it stands in terms of importance/interest... thats why didnt comment before. i will research it a bit more and comment. -- Ashish-g5515:23, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
DYK
On August 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Raw Sessions, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 13 August, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Gregoire Ndahimana, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
No problem! You're doing some truly awesome work around here. As for the double-double issue, I agree; in the interests of organization, we'd probably take down the other Rwanda-Congo one. As for expanding them, I guess just add the relevant information to each respective page and post them up on ITN/C. Cheers, Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D21:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hmm... I'd love to include it, but I'm not sure under what headline; this is fairly notable being the first attack of its sort in Mauritania, and clearly the French government thinks it's a big deal. However, every wording I've attempted to use makes it sound as if France's involvement is actually more important than the bombing; without mention of the government, the wording seems sparse and dry. Ideas? Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D22:58, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm still not sure about it; seems flimsy, for some reason. As sad is it seems to say, the absence of a body count makes this an unappealing news entry to many people. Any other ideas for tagline? Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D23:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm down with the Libya/Chad one. Also, you missed an ITN thing; WASP-17b. Just kidding, you don't have to give me that one :P As for Argentina et all, I'll post that in a second, just gonna space out posts a bit... Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D03:31, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Hmm... I think that Venezuela/Argentine are too old to go up now. As for the Romania one, I'd like to see some more consensus on that... Good work on cleaning up the article, though! Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D07:35, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
DYK for The Chapters
On August 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Chapters, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 13 August, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Les Paul, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
On August 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article R.S.A.G., which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi! Don't you have an authority to posting ITN materials? Only BorgQueen and Tone have that? What is the law right here? TouLouse (talk) 18:41, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
DYK
On August 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Single-Handed (2007 drama), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On August 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John 3:7 (sign), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On August 18, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Mexico–Uruguay_relations, which you recently nominated and expanded. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
No, no, don't feel bad! :) No offense intended, but I didn't post it solely because you asked (though your support did have a factor). I appreciate, on another note, that you're willing to confront issues you see when you see them; that's a quality a lot of people are lacking here. Cheers, Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D21:08, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Would you mind adding in the first couple sentences in the article itself that the sport is badminton? I wasn't sure where to add, and my brain isn't working too well right now ;P. SpencerT♦Nominate!00:46, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
No problem...I've been incredibly busy this summer, and I don't know how much I will be able to help the project, but I will still be helping out as much as I can anytime I manage to get on. SpencerT♦Nominate!01:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
On August 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wallace Souza, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On August 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Canal Livre, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
There are about 5 people continuously pushing for ITN to become a news source. they keep saying they are not but i dont even think they read what they are writing. everytime we try and explain that it would make ITN a biased news source the easiest way for everyone to change the conversation is to just blame anti-US bias or the fact that we are ITN regulars. No actual good reasons. One just wants it to be wikinews since he works on wikinews. One just uses the words like sickening, offensive, ajoke etc to try and get his point through without actually saying why... i am too tired to actually reply in those discussions as they are becoming dumber by day but if we dont do anything there is a pretty good chance that ITN will be come ITNS a news source that is... just put whatever is on top of CNN lol. The reasons for posting dugard alone show how much these people want this to be a CNN copy. what do u think we should do... -- Ashish-g5517:17, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Greetings! I don't believe we've crossed paths previously, so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dylan, and I have been recently looking for candidates for adminship. I've seen you around, and I have great respect for you and I think you would be a great help to DYK and ITN, so I was wondering if you would like me to nominate you for adminship. Cheers, Dylan620 (contribs, logs)help us!23:30, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
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