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Measured drawings

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I was looking at this the other day hoping I could find some measured drawings (like this) for Dutch route number signs. I'd like to create SVG versions of the city route signs, but I wouldn't be against redoing all the others if we find something useful. I'm asking for your help because ik spreek geen Nederlands. –Fredddie 16:40, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Fredddie:, if I understand you correctly, you are asking for official measurements of Dutch road signs. I'll try to look into it, although sources are very limited online for the Netherlands (or at least, Google/Bing can't seem to find a lot). (ps: You're Dutch seems to be perfectly fine :-) ) TheWombatGuru (talk) 16:45, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct. I have an app on my phone that's been teaching me Dutch (my maternal great-grandparents came from the Groningen area); it's slow going. –Fredddie 16:53, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This is about what I found, does it help?
And what app do you use to learn Dutch? Duolingo? TheWombatGuru (talk) 19:04, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Fredddie:, forgot to ping TheWombatGuru (talk) 19:08, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The €134 document looks like the best bet. If the exchange rate were more favorable to me, I'd think about getting it. Duolingo is the app. –Fredddie 21:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've sent a mail to my local library organisation, maybe they own a copy of it. TheWombatGuru (talk) 21:28, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Then something else, I found documents like these, I think they could be helpful for Dutch roads: pdf file on google drive TheWombatGuru (talk) 21:30, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure how your government works in this regard, but here I can visit the Iowa DOT library myself and look at documents that are not publish online. –Fredddie 22:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We too have open access to city libraries, but I live in a small town, so they mostly own popular novels and not so much official documents and such, I'm also 16, and my parents don't really let me go anywhere. Although I can't go to another library outside my town myself, the city libraries are mostly owned by the same organisation, so you can request books. If a public library, part of the organisation, somewhere in the Netherlands owns a copy, it can be send to your local libary. TheWombatGuru (talk) 22:21, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I'm writing to myself, kinda lame, but have to test something. TheWombatGuru (talk) 18:23, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Dinnerbone for deletion

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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by India The Herald (submissions) during the second round.

The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Belarus Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

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The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Scotland Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Philadelphia Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
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  4. Somerset Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5. Washington, D.C. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6. Somerset Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7. United States Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8. England Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

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WikiCup 2015: The results

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WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Belarus Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to United States Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

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We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 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.

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Awarded for participating in the 2015 WikiCup. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 19:34, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1

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Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Connecticut Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions), Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), Florida 12george1 (submissions), and New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by There's always time for skeletons Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with Lancashire J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.

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FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13

Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions) and one by Montana Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by England Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by Lancashire Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by Zanzibar Hurricanehink (submissions), Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by There's always time for skeletons Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while British Empire The C of E (submissions) and Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and New South Wales Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

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Dinnerbone listed at Redirects for discussion

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Help Please on KML from Google Maps to Wikipedia Page

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I noticed you created the guide to [Google Maps into KML] that can appear in Wikipedia. I'm having trouble. I've done for these historical markers in Ulster County, NY, USA ([here], wikipedia article here) but when the map opens it (a) defaults to German and (b) is centered in Russia. More Russian interference in the US? (that's a joke) If you can point me to where I can learn to fix this I will document it on the help page. Thanks. HighAtop94 (talk) 19:28, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@HighAtop94: , The link to the KML doesn't work for me, it says bad title, can't contain "|". I found this though: https://tools.wmflabs.org/wp-world/googlmaps-proxy.php?page=https:%2F%2Ftools.wmflabs.org%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DList_of_New_York_State_Historic_Markers_in_Ulster_County,_New_York&output=classic for me it shows balloons on all the sites and it is in English. Have you tried if this is a local issue to you? Try different browsers, a public pc at a school or library or incognito mode or VPN. TheWombatGuru (talk) 14:00, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Jett Rebel has been nominated for discussion

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(t · c) buidhe 04:27, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 20

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Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 20 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 09:05, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]