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A kitten for you!

Thank you for the awfully sweet message left on my reviewer request for permission. I've been a little down this week, and it made me happy to see that people care about my work.

öBrambleberry of RiverClan 13:52, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween Go Phightins!! I hope you have a great day and remember to be safe if you go trick-or-treating tonight with friends, family or loved ones. Happy Halloween!   dainomite   15:14, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 October newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:

  1. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
  2. Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)
  3. Canada Sasata (submissions)
  4. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions)
  5. New South Wales Casliber (submissions)
  6. Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions)
  7. London Miyagawa (submissions)
  8. Poland Piotrus (submissions)
  9. Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions)

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:

  • New South Wales Casliber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
  • Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
  • Portland, Oregon Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
  • Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
  • Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
  • Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
  • Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
  • United States Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
  • The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to British Empire The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
  • Finally, the judges are awarding Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 00:59, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

TPS - some excellent reading

If anyone is interested, this essay, written by an arbitrator in 2004, is truly worth the few minutes it takes to read. Not overly long, it has excellent foresight, and there is still advice we can draw from it. Go Phightins! 02:47, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Can you help me with this: Bell Bell citation request

There is a Wikipedia help board which has followers that can track down Bert Bell's daughter's comment, which is online, about her father's passing. If I post my dilemma on that help board, then someone may track down his daughter's comment. Do you know which help board that is or how I can navigate to it? Thanks in advance Ijustreadbooks (talk) 05:32, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Ijustreadbooks. I believe this is what you are looking for. They should be able to help you track it down there. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Go Phightins! 13:24, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

WikiCup award

In recognition of your participation in the 2013 Wikipedia:WikiCup, in which you reached round 2. J Milburn (talk · contribs) and The ed17 (talk · contribs) 13:09, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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Cam McDaniel

Hello, since you normally create articles on college football players, (compared to me, who's an NFL player creator) I was wondering if you think Cam McDaniel (aka "Ridiculously Photogenic Football Player") would be notable enough to warrant article creation. WP:NCOLLATH states that as long as players receive "non-trivial media coverage beyond merely a repeating of their statistics", and the meme he spawned might be non-trivial or not, I don't know. I'm wondering if you think it's fine to be created or not. I've created the page in userspace at User:ZappaOMati/Cam McDaniel. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati's alternate account) 22:00, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

I would say absolutely he is notable. I see coverage from the Huffington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Yahoo! Sports, NBC Sports, etc., all of which are pretty good gauges for conferring notability per COLLATH. Go Phightins! 01:41, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
@ZappaOMati: Hrmm, what about adding that the picture was taken mid-tackle? I may have missed it being mentioned in the draft possibly though... Anywho, I like it!   dainomite   10:23, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

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