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Nombre
Fui "Albacore". Quiero el nombre "Seattle". Gracias. Seattle (talk) 19:14, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 30 July 2014
- Book review: Knowledge or unreality?
- Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate
- News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
- Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World
- Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit
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August 2014
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The Signpost: 06 August 2014
- Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview
- Traffic report: Ebola
- Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them
- Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico
Health issues FAC
Hey, just letting you know I've responded to a few of the issues you noted in the FAC. I'm going to work on knocking the rest out shortly. Toa Nidhiki05 00:08, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
@Toa Nidhiki05: OK. There is no deadline. If you have the time, please do take a look at Chris Gragg, a featured article candidate. Thanks. Seattle (talk) 00:28, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
Canvassing
Seattle, your involvement in the discussion doesn't prevent you from leaving the same warning I did on HesioneHushabye's talk page. Please follow up on it, and if it continues, you can report it to WP:ANI as the guideline suggests.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:17, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 13 August 2014
- Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction
- Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective
- Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars
- News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia
- In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes
- Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week
The Signpost: 20 August 2014
- Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
- WikiProject report: Bats and gloves
- Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia
- Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan
Hey. I hate to ask but could you fail this? I gave it another read through last night ready to fix the concerns, but honestly I found a good deal of issues that would take a good amount of rewriting to fix. Wizardman 23:03, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Wizardman: OK. Contact me when you want to renominate it, and I will be glad to give it another look. Seattle (talk) 20:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 August 2014
- In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news
- News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster
- Traffic report: Viral
- Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!
WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:
Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.
We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. 
Matty.007 (submissions), 
ThaddeusB (submissions), 
WikiRedactor (submissions), 
Figureskatingfan (submissions), 
Yellow Evan (submissions), 
Prism (submissions) and 
Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.
There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.
There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
The Inside Corner : September 1, 2014
- Project news: Reaching 300 Good Articles, baseball resource library
- Around the horn: Deadline deal, new commissioner, freak injury, 30/30 in the PCL, Little League World Series, almost perfect
- Showcase: Prince Oana, Jr.
- Featured image: Christy Mathewson
The Signpost: 03 September 2014
- Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended
- Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more
- Traffic report: Holding Pattern
- WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)
"all things" FAN
Sorry to get back to you so late, but I fixed the issues you brought up on the FAN page for "all things".--Gen. Quon (Talk) 05:29, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Gen. Quon: Chris Gragg is still open too... Seattle (talk) 18:47, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- Boom. Added some comments!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 19:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
FLC request
Hi, I've nominated List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Courtney Walsh at FLC. Could you have your comments here when you get some time? --Khadar Khani (talk) 16:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
Seattle, you opened this GA review on August 15 and said you'd start soon. It's now four weeks later, and it hasn't been started. Are you planning to get to it in the next week or so, or should it be put back into the unreviewed pool in the hopes of finding someone? Please let me know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:40, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: I will conduct the review Sunday. Seattle (talk) 23:59, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: Next Sunday that is. Seattle (talk) 20:57, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 September 2014
- Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity
- Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue
- WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right
The Signpost: 17 September 2014
- WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland
- News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third
- Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack
- Featured content: Which is not like the others?
Second opinion
Do you still wish a second opinion on Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville's GA review? Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 14:45, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Jonas Vinther: Yes, I requested it after my general review. Seattle (talk) 16:49, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- OK, I shall do that for you right after my dinner. :) Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 17:25, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- Ahh fuck it, I'll just do it now. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 17:26, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- It's done friend. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 18:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- Ahh fuck it, I'll just do it now. Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 17:26, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- OK, I shall do that for you right after my dinner. :) Jonas Vinther (speak to me!) 17:25, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
The Inside Corner : September 28, 2014
- Project news: Navboxes, team/season articles
- Around the horn: Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award
- Showcase: Baseball
- Featured image: Derek Jeter
The Signpost: 24 September 2014
- Featured content: Oil paintings galore
- Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary
- Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland
- WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time
- Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education
WikiCup 2014 September newsletter
In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.
Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 01 October 2014
- From the editor: The Signpost needs your help
- Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism
- WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture
- Traffic report: Shanah Tovah
- Featured content: Brothers at War
The Signpost: 08 October 2014
- In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires
- Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City
- Traffic report: Panic and denial
- Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread
The Signpost: 15 October 2014
- Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?
- Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened
- Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace
- Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext
- Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data
- WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest
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The Signpost: 22 October 2014
- Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace
- Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV
- WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help
The Signpost: 29 October 2014
- Featured content: Go West, young man
- In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral
- Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend
- Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles
The Inside Corner : November 3, 2014
- Project news: images, stadium names, bullpen catchers, good articles
- Around the horn: World Series, Tampa Bay management departures, Oscar Taveres, Japan Series
- Showcase: Commissioner's Trophy
WikiCup award
WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.
A full list of our prize-winners follows:
- Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
- Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
- Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
- Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
- Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
- Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
- 12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
- ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.- Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
- ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.
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 participated this year. 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 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 (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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- In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle
- Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?
- Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania
- WikiProject report: Talking hospitals
The Signpost: 26 November 2014
- Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions
- WikiProject report: Back with the military historians
- Traffic report: Big in Japan
Matthew McConaughey filmography FLC
Hi. Hope you're well. Sorry to chase. I was wondering if you had anymore to add in terms of the FLC discussion. Cowlibob (talk) 12:32, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Hey, Seattle!
I was wondering if you had any more comments to do with this FLC. If not, could I ask you to re-conciser your oppose?
Thanks much! ~ Matthewrbowker Give me a ring! 18:48, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Matthewrbowker: I'm happy to strike the oppose when the second set of comments are addressed. Best, Seattle (talk) 22:40, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! Sorry about my delay... I hate finals. I am handling the comments now. ~ Matthewrbowker Give me a ring! 23:15, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Conversion help
Hey Seattle, I answered your question over at WP:RDMA#Conversion help before I realized that you had reasked it (as suggested) at WP:RDS, and I wanted to make sure that you were still looking at the original location. Cheers! -- ToE 11:56, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 03 December 2014
- In the media: Embroidery and cheese
- Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!
- Traffic report: Turkey and a movie
- WikiProject report: Today on the island
WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.
- We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
- In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
- The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, would you mind revisiting the page? I think most of your concerns have been resolved. —Vensatry (ping) 12:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review. Would you mind offering your support (only if you feel the list meets the criteria) or collapse your set of comments? —Vensatry (ping) 17:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 December 2014
- Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!
- Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction
- Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.
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The Inside Corner : December 16, 2014
- Project news: "major league", career stats in articles, pitcher position in infobox, player article layout
- Around the horn: Cy Young, MVP, Korean series, MLB Japan All-Star series, Stanton signs record-breaking contract
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- Featured image: 1937 All-Stars
- Editor spotlight: EricEnfermero
Featured List Candidate for Guy Sebastian discography
Hello! Since you've reviewed similar list(s), would you be interested in commenting at or reviewing my FLC for Guy Sebastian discography? It's currently urgently needing reviews, so any input would be appreciated. Thank you! — Usfun8991 (talk | contribs) 05:20, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 17 December 2014
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- Traffic report: A December Lull
The Signpost: 24 December 2014
- From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief
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 | On 30 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that three artists covered "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" within two years of its original release? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter
Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.
Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round, and one of the new changes this year is that all scores must be claimed within two weeks of an article's promotion or appearance, so don't forget to add them to your submissions pages! 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 GAN, 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. Good luck! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
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