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February 2011

DYK for Sokolov's Dwarf Hamster

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

US state horse map

Hi Miyagawa - prompted by your generous offer, I have been working on the List of U.S. state horses. I believe I have found all of the states, and so the time is ripe to create a map, if you still have the time and interest. I am also having trouble figuring out what information to add to the lead, so any comments on that would be much appreciated. Thank you very much, Dana boomer (talk) 15:56, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

The main problem I've found with Google (either regular or news) is that there are so many phrases that use "horse" together with politics that the searches are almost useless. Dark horse, horse in the race, horse-trading, etc., not to mention state horse councils, state horse surveys, all of it "official" of course. Bah. I found another couple of sources today, but I guess I'm just wondering about length, and if there's anything obvious missing that I could use to make more targeted searches. Dana boomer (talk) 17:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sykes (dog)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:05, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cursinu

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

DYK for Obo II

Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Saint Usuge Spaniel

Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Foxcliffe Hickory Wind

To – User talk:Miyagawa. Hello. I see that you do a lot of editing at the following three pages: Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, List of Best in Show winners of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, and Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. I notice that you have been changing the prefix for Hickory to "GCH.", when it was originally listed as simply "Ch." in all of these articles. However, I believe that the correct prefix is actually GCH (without a period). (See List of American Kennel Club Titles and Abbreviations for Championship Dogs.) But, I am not 100% sure about this. Do you know, for sure, either way? That is, whether the GCH abbreviation should or should not include the period? I did not want to go and edit all of these prefixes incorrectly. Please let me know. Please reply at my Talk Page. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:03, 19 February 2011 (UTC))

Thanks for the heads up, you're quite right, the GCH doesn't have a period, only the Ch. does, probably because of the lowercase h. Glad I found out now because I'm working up the first Westminster results article and I've put periods after all the GCH's! Miyagawa (talk) 17:19, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Do you want to go in and edit all the "GCH" entries (to remove the incorrect period) ... or shall I? Please advise. Thanks! By the way ... I only "follow" the following three pages: Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, List of Best in Show winners of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, and Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. So, I don't know what other articles may have had the "GCH" (with period) error added. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:30, 19 February 2011 (UTC))
That's alright, I've just gone in and made the corrections. Those should be the only articles with them as the GCH title only came in this year. Miyagawa (talk) 17:37, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
OK, great. Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC))

DYK for Tesem

Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured lists on the main page (perhaps!)

Hi there. There's a discussion here about the possibility of getting featured lists their own section on the main page. The discussion has turned to presenting a few lists that would represent the quality and diversity of topics that we cover, and a list that you were involved with has been mentioned specifically. It'd be great to get your thoughts. Regards, The Rambling Man (talk) 11:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011

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DYK for Foxcliffe Hickory Wind

The DYK project (nominate) 06:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lump (dog)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Saluki.

Greetings, Miyagawa! I just wanted to let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Saluki 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. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, sorry I've been kind of slow with this review; there've been a lot of things going on. Enough said. Anyway, I've almost finished it, and nearly everything seems to check, but I did notice two things which I thought could be improved, but am not entirely certain about. Before I pass this article, I hope you could check them over, please? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK 50 Medal

The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
The D.Y.K. Project thanks you for your many contributions to the Encyclopedia. The Interior (Talk) 17:52, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to United Kingdom Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Bavaria Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, 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 23:46, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

March 2011

DYK queues

Hi! Your hard work at assembling DYK queues is appreciated. Seeing your recent queues, though, I wonder if you are aware of the idea that the last hook slot should be used for "quirky" hooks (i.e., weird -- and often, short), to the extent possible. Maybe it's just a matter of differences in perception, but it seems to me that some of your "last hooks" are pretty mundane, at the same time that you are using somewhat "quirky" hooks elsewhere. --Orlady (talk) 00:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle

Gatoclass (talk) 18:02, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dash (spaniel)

Orlady (talk) 02:02, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Map?

Hi Miyagawa - Just wondering if you'd had a chance yet to work on the map for the state horses? Also, I've reviewed Norfolk Spaniel for GA, if you want to pop by and have a look at my comments. Dana boomer (talk) 16:42, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For your work on images, especially the maps showing the states with official dogs, horses and those nasty creepy-crawly things, um, reptiles! Dana boomer (talk) 19:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much! Dana boomer (talk) 19:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sadie (dog)

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)


Your GA nomination of Travel Bug

The article Travel Bug you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Travel Bug for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:38, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Orla Kiely

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Blue Dots

Hello! Your submission of Blue Dots 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! Dravecky (talk) 20:31, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Fiacre’s First and Foremost

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:35, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

New article for you...

You may have already seen it, but I just stumbled across Rare breed (dog) and thought it might be of interest to you. It needs some help. 'Nuff said. :) Dana boomer (talk) 22:14, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Rob (dog)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Source for Matthew Perry videogame character name?

Hi! I am an administrator at The Vault. I have recently become aware that your edit to the wikipedia Matthew Perry article is the only source I can find for "Gecko" being the last name of the character "Benny" from the game Fallout: New Vegas. Would you mind sharing with me your source for the character name? You can reply to my on my talk page at The Vault. Thank you.--50.90.224.94 (talk) 04:32, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. We did figure it out on our end over at The Vault. The last name Gecko was present in early development but scrapped before release. Cheers.50.90.224.94 (talk) 02:36, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Map request

Hi Miyagawa! I was wondering if it would be possible for you to add the states with proposed state horse breeds to the map (file at File:Official Horse States.svg) that you created? In a different color, perhaps yellow or blue, something very obvious and easy to see. The states are Arizona and Oregon. I have a reviewer at PR that is requesting them, and I kind of like the idea. Or perhaps you saw reviewers arguing against this at FLC? Thanks in advance, good luck in the Cup, you seem to be doing well so far! Dana boomer (talk) 15:09, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Blue Dots

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:06, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

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Historical Dog Photos

While I was browsing some forums, I found this photobucket album containing several old historical dog photos. Which, the sources of these photos are not stated clearly, but some photos can be traced to other websites in which creative commons is allowed (I've searched for the photos under the pedigree names). Check it out [1] cReep (talk) 06:11, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Old Hemp

NW (Talk) 00:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Vbos The Kentuckian

Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Leonard Pagliero

Hello! Your submission of Leonard Pagliero 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! Cinosaur (talk) 18:43, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Iman al-Obeidi

Hi Miyagawa. May I ask you to take a fresh and unbiased look at this nomination, as there appears to be an impasse in the discussion. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 09:34, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 14:25, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed changes to dog breed infobox

Hi Miyagawa, I've noticed that you've been an active contributor to the project and was wondering if you'd take a look at my proposed changes to the dog breed infobox. I've gotten no responses yet -- the project seems pretty dormant right now, unfortunately. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks! — anndelion (talk) 16:29, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

April 2011

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Poland Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, 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 01:02, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Chuck Versus Santa Claus

Does Matthew Bomer's name need to be added after Bryce Larkin if he was only mentioned and did not appear? --Boycool (talk) 11:58, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for King Charles Spaniel

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:05, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Beast (dog)

I've reverted it to an earlier version - a redirect to The Carters (The Hills Have Eyes). Peridon (talk) 19:30, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Working up dog articles

Hi, thanks for offering to answer questions. In particular, I'm wondering what areas have typically been emphasized in dog-related DYK and GA reviews. I'd like to work Potcake dog up to DYK, and perhaps even GA, but there's not a whole lot of material out there at the moment, so it won't be as long as many of the articles on here. Is length a big factor when nominations are reviewed?

Would an infobox be appropriate? Potcakes seem unique in that they're a type of mixed breed dog, but the Bahamas Kennel Club has apparently written a standard for them. Taking a look through the breed list, they're in Group 9 Non-Registered, along with other mixed breed dogs, but I can't find a breed standard. Turks and Caicos doesn't seem to have its own registry.

Thank you once again; writing an article nearly from scratch is a bit daunting and I do appreciate the offer to help :) — anndelion (talk) 02:57, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the detailed response! To clarify, when you say 1500 words of referenced prose, you're referring to the total wordcount of the references, correct? If so, is even a stub eligible for DYK hooks providing there's an interesting, sourced tidbit in there and the references contain the correct amount of referenced material?
I'll be sure to add the infobox in, then. It's a bit of an edge case, since it's really a specific type of stray mongrel, but I can always mention this in the notes section.
Regarding sources, I'm curious as to what you think of this piece. It's a blog, albeit on what I think is a fairly reliable site (discovery.com), and there are some great figures I could use in there, such as the estimated number of potcakes on the streets.
Thanks again, this is very helpful. — anndelion ※ 02:07, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Alright, that changes things quite a bit. In that case, since I initially removed some irrelevant info -- perhaps prematurely, but it really was general dog stuff worded like, oh, a potcake ad -- I'm not sure DYK would be appropriate. Seems like it would be far more applicable for articles that were always stubs.
Muchas gracias for peeking at the blog. I shall get to work, then :) Thank you. — anndelion ※ 22:56, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your participation in the March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive

On behalf of User:Wizardman and myself, we would like to take the time and thank you for your contributions made as part of the March 2011 Good articles backlog elimination drive. Awards and barnstars will go out shortly for those who have reviewed a certain number of articles.

During the backlog drive, in the month of March 2011,

  • 522 GA nominations were undertaken.
  • 423 GA nominations passed.
  • 72 GA nominations failed.
  • 27 GA nominations were on hold.

We started the GA backlog elimination drive with 378 GA nominations remaining, with 291 that were not reviewed at all. By 2:00, April 1, 2011, the backlog was at 171 GA nominations, with 100 that were left unreviewed.

At the start of the drive, the oldest unreviewed GA nomination was 101 days (Andrei Kirilenko (politician), at 20 November 2010, reviewed and passed 1 March 2011); at the end of the drive the oldest unreviewed GA nomination was 39 days (Gery Chico, at 24 February 2011, still yet to be reviewed as of this posting).

While we did not achieve the objective of getting the backlog of outstanding GA nominations down to below 50, we reduced the GA backlog by over half. The GA reviews also seemed to be of a higher quality and have consistently led, to say the least, to marginal improvements to those articles (although there were significant improvements to many, even on the some of the nominations that were failed).

If you would like to comment on the drive itself and maybe even make suggestions on how to improve the next one, please make a comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/March 2011#Feedback. Another GA backlog elimination drive is being planned for later this year, tentatively for September or October 2011. Also, if you have any comments or remarks on how to improve the Good article process in general, Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles can always use some feedback at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles.

Again, on behalf of User:Wizardman and myself, thank you for making the March 2011 GA backlog elimination drive a success.

MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 21:49, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for George (dog)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Jack Russell Terrier

Hi Miyagawa,

Thanks for your referral info in support of the proposition that the JRT has "changed"; I would believe this even if there was no cited source for proof, in fact it is reasonable to believe that it has - genetics doesn't stand still; especially as the JRT has not, until recently, been inbred through "accepted" standards - my view. You say in your edit summary that this specific proposition is supported in the text through a citation - can you point this out by doubling-up the cite that exists elsewhere in the article to the "has changed" assertion in para 2 ? And then we should remove the first "not changed" sentence. If the "changed" assertion is not supported elsewhere, and cannot be double-cited, we should, of course, remove both statements for neutrality.

I added "cite request" tags to point out the the two contradictory statements as I couldn't see an inline tag for contradition - there may be one but I couldn't find it; I explained the contradiction on the talk page, which of course you noted. Acabashi (talk) 22:54, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Leonard Pagliero

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for H. S. Lloyd

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Christopher Wright (academic)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:05, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Question

If the plot section was split up into sub-sections due to several sub-plots, could a television article still become a good article? --Boycool (talk) 00:56, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

March 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive award

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For reviewing 10 or more Good article nominations during this past March 2011 GA backlog elimination drive, I hereby award you The Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Nice work! –MuZemike 17:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

And apologies for accidentally posting it your actual user page. My fault. –MuZemike 17:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Some guidance

Hi, I put up my first DYK on 26 April 2011 on Dinochelus and Jesse H. Ausubel. To date it has not been reviewed and it will probably go into the "old list"anymore. Does this mean that it has died a natural death?

To be fair, my second and third hooks of 27th & 28th have been reviewed as "good to go". I am a little hesitant to review anyone else's in reverse obligation since I have not quite become familiar wit the process. AshLin (talk) 13:10, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing, that's a relief! DYK is fun and writing start/C sized new articles for them is even more so! AshLin (talk) 01:39, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, that is good to know. I have started reviewing DYKs myself as required for self-nom. AshLin (talk) 09:28, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for List of Scotland national football team hat-tricks

Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Rex (dog)

On Rex (dog) I'm seeing huge white space in the article under Early Years section. Whats up with that? How do we fix that? Outback the koala (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the super fast reponse! Outback the koala (talk) 19:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
And a really good overhaul/expansion of the article. It looks great. Outback the koala (talk) 19:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Your hook in prep4

... that the Best in Show at the 1912 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Kenmare Sorceress (pictured), was purchased from a brick-layer in Wales? is missing a noun and repeats "show". Can it be changed to something like

... that the winner of the 1912 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Kenmare Sorceress (pictured), was purchased from a brick-layer in Wales? or something else Materialscientist (talk) 05:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Kenmare Sorceress

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tom Kitchin, The Kitchin

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Questions regarding lists

Hi, Miyagawa. Sorry to bother you again, but I have a few questions relating to lists and featured lists in particular; I see you have some experience in that area. Hope you don't mind.

I'm interested in starting a list of giant dog breeds; however, there is no set definition. Would it be best to go with breeds described as giant/extra-large by their official breed club, standard, or a high-quality breed book (e.g. Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds by D. Caroline Coile)? I'd perhaps miss out on some rarer breeds, but even the obscure tend to have a fancier's association. This makes it easy to establish that the breed really is considered giant, and prevents breeds like German Shepherds and Labs from being included. Would lists of dog breeds by group (such as "list of gundogs" with redirect from "list of sporting dogs" or vice versa) work well?

I'm also wondering how to organize these. Prose at the top briefing the topic, maybe two or three paragraphs because of the nature of the topic, and then a nice list in table format. Name, flag, image, compiled height/weight from as many reliable sources as possible? Original function(s)? Alternative names? I'm at a bit of a loss, and I'd welcome any input. What's needed to make it stand out at FLC?

Thanks in advance -- sorry for all the questions! – anna 06:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, that all sounds logical. I could do it for small dogs as well (less than x lbs or shorter than x in), and maybe "large" and "medium" dogs too, although those are broader. I'm thinking of "small" as < 25 lbs or 12 in, medium between 25 and 60 lbs or 12 and 18 in, and large between 60 and 90 pounds or 18 and 24 in, although those may be subject to change. Still, they're not completely arbitrary (in fact, height is primarily based off of the agility divisions I'm familiar with). I imagine some breeds will fall into multiple categories, but there's no harm in having one listed in several places. I'll get started on these and the breed group ones as well -- thanks for the help! – anna 12:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) and Assyrian people Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Democratic Republic of the Congo Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, 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 19:25, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

May 2011

The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011

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Bad Blood GA review

Thanks very much! :) --BelovedFreak 12:28, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Talk:420 (Family Guy)/GA1

Hi Miyagawa! I just read your review of 420 (Family Guy), and I found some things in the article that needs to be adressed. Tell me what you think! Queenieacoustic (talk) 11:45, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Salilyn 'N Erin's Shameless

Gatoclass (talk) 18:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Salilyn's Condor

Gatoclass (talk) 18:04, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

For your continual canine contributions...

The Fauna Barnstar
For writing and improving hordes of dog-related articles and being a sensible voice in related discussions, you're certainly deserving of this. Many thanks. – anna 15:01, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Waterside Inn

Hello! Your submission of Waterside Inn 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! Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 22:43, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Miyagawa. The ref for the hook fact looks like a blog within that website. All other aspects of the article are fine though. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!)

DYK for Tom Kitchin

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Kitchin

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of List of San Marino national football team results

Hello! Your submission of List of San Marino national football team results 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! — Rod talk 17:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Could you add a citation next to the hook fact as the reader has to look in the table currently.— Rod talk 17:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pierre Koffmann

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for La Tante Claire

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pig's trotters

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Waterside Inn

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Lolita

You started reviewing Lolita (opera) for DYK, will you continue? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Albert Roux

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Question + thanks

Hi, Miyagawa. Have you considered running for adminship? I think you'd put it to use well, perhaps in the DYK area (at least, and that's a conjecture on my part). Also, although you may have already known this, I'm happy to say that potcake dog was passed as a GA, owing a fair amount to your advice. Thank you! – anna 20:07, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

I'll take that as a "no". Also, if I could ask you a favor, I'd be very grateful. Someone is inserting material taken basically verbatim from the EMDAA (also found on AKC). diff I just don't have the energy to deal with any of this, and am frankly sick to death of being insulted and patronized on this site (not that that's the case here, but I'm sure it'll turn out that way if I continue), but obviously it's a major potential issue so if you'd at least take a peek, that would be highly appreciated. Thanks. Person claims to be representing EMDAA, but there are venues that need to be gone through if they want to release that content and evidently they've been told before on the article's talk page; one anon person's word just isn't enough. – anna 23:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh, no problem at all. I figured as much -- lack of response was more likely to mean no than yes, presumably :) I can certainly understand. Thanks so much for looking into the copyrighted material. I see I should probably enable "Cclean" if this comes up again.
By the way, I see you've been working at expanding Smalandsstovare -- I have a nice book by Bruce Fogle that has a page or half-page covering it; if you'd like me to email a scan to you I'd be happy to do so. ISBN 978-0789461308 – anna 00:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh, I just saw you've nominated it for GA. My offer of additional sourcing still stands, if you're interested. – anna 23:17, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Havanese: want to replace an existing photo

Dear Miyagawa, The Havanese photo File:Havanese0315.jpg (the photo at the top right of the Havanese section with the caption, "..Puppy Cut..") is not the best photo to represent the breed, and also the photo is over 4 years old, and therefore a bit out-dated. I would like to replace it with a more up-to-date one that exists in Wikimedia Commons (File:Havanese cd1.jpg). File:Havanese0315.jpg has three links in the English Wikipedia that I would also like to replace with File:Havanese cd1.jpg. I have no problem leaving File:Havanese0315.jpg in Wikimedia Commons and in the global file directory. I find very little information on replacing a photo and much more on deleting one. I'm not sure what deleting actually means ( ie. removing it from all links, some links, etc).

Please let me know the best way to make this replacement. You have been so helpful in the past. --Loganandgarth (talk) 00:39, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Meat dress of Lady Gaga

Miyagawa, wonderful work on the article, but I'm afraid the meat dress fair use image fails WP:NFCC in a big way. Its a picture of a living person for whom a reasonably free image must be existing. I suggest you remove that image and CSD it. — Legolas (talk2me) 17:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Miya, thanks for replying. Two things, since the article is part of WP:GAGA, would you mind formatting it in the yyyy-mm-dd format to go in with the other articles? Next, as for the image, I think it someone will take a picture at the Rock&Roll Hall of Exhibit. Till then we can keep it I believe. — Legolas (talk2me) 03:24, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot Miya. Good luck with the Wikicup, dear. — Legolas (talk2me) 09:33, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Haha Miya, I knew you had forgotten something with the ??? in the article. Anyways, you have future GA plans with this one? — Legolas (talk2me) 14:55, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Gidleigh Park

Hello! Your submission of Gidleigh Park 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! Yoninah (talk) 14:20, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

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American Akita

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DYK for Smålandsstövare

Hi, Miyagawa.

I have left a comment for you to address at your nomination of Smålandsstövare at DYK. --Starstriker7(Talk) 01:40, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Meat dress of Lady Gaga

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

DYK for Coloptychon rhombifer

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

DYK for Gidleigh Park

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

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New 420 (Family Guy) GAN

The notification is on the talk page. Please take this discussion there, where it's been nominated. Railer-man (talk) 16:28, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dering Roll

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 May newsletter

We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Scotland Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Texas Racepacket (submissions), Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions) and Saskatchewan Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

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