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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greece–Nicaragua relations

Please could you take another look at this. I've integrated a few more citations into the article about the Socialist-Sandinista era, see if it's up to WP:N now. --99of9 (talk) 02:37, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello 99of9: Thanks for the notification. I checked out the sources you added to the article, but they all appear to consist of passing mentions of Greece–Nicaragua relations, rather than in-depth coverage, which is typically required to demonstrate topic notability. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:27, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for reviewing it. I wish I knew Greek or Spanish... --99of9 (talk) 09:26, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Check out online translators. Google Translate is rather functional for many languages. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Arbitration notification

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Article Rescue Squadron and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

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I'm no longer a member of the Article rescue squadron WikiProject, and resigned in early November 2012. I occasionally post to the project's rescue list for requests to improve articles and find sources, but I'm no longer a member there. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:53, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Revising the nominations process at Wikipedia:Today's article for improvement

I'm seeking wider input on a proposed redesign of the nomination process over at TAFI. The current method could benefit from some streamlining and usability tweaks. If you feel so inclined, I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 23:02, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:35, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #43

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  • Fixing various deeply buried bugs and a few minor bugs reported after deployment
  • Preparations for next deployment on wikidata.org
  • Working on property parser function for the client
  • Implemented robust serialization of changes for dispatching
  • Resumed work on linked data interface
  • References can now be created, edited and removed on existing statements
  • Several minor user interface fixes
  • Styling of the user interface for statements
  • Selenium tests for references
  • Selenium tests for non-JS SpecialPages
  • Worked on puppet
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  • First external tool for output in RDF: [4] and [5]
  • Running your own instance of Wikibase (for science!)
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  • Admin reconfirmation is still ongoing
  • Deployment of first parts of phase 2 on wikidata.org are planned for February 4 and deployment on English Wikipedia for February 11. See this blog post for details and more dates.
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AFD for another beauty pageant - may I ask for your input?

Hi, I recently saw your contributions to the AFD for Miss Asia Pacific World. I wonder whether I could be cheeky and ask you to take a look at another beauty pageant related AFD nomination, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Globe Organisation? I fully understand if you would prefer not to get involved, but I think it would be useful to have input from someone who hasn't had any involvement with this specific subject, but who has dealt with similar topics. Thanks so much. Mabalu (talk) 00:58, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm going to pass on contributing to the discussion there at this time. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:06, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough, thanks anyway. Mabalu (talk) 12:33, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

For adding the professional touch at Miran Pastourma. It was much appreciated. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:17, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Certainly, and thanks for the appreciation. Minor edits such as those I made to the article can often significantly improve the layout and style of the overall page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:44, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

I fully agree. :) Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 02:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

February 2013

Hello, I'm Northamerica1000. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Chili powder because it didn't appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:56, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

• Sent in error. Disregard. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:46, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

• Please say your opinion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (2nd nomination). Thanks. NickSt (talk) 11:31, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm going to pass on contributing to the discussion there. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:57, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for the notification, and happy editing. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:56, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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Re: WP Hotels

I have joined! --Tito Dutta (talk) 09:28, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
...and thanks for doing so! Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

• See this edit and then click on "next edit"! --Tito Dutta (talk) 09:38, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Yep, I already fixed it. Another editor apparently accidentally removed your entry. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:40, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

WP Brands tagging

Sorry it took so long, I finally got time to look at it. Are you sure you intend to tag articles like Beretta 418? Anomie⚔ 22:38, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello Anomie: Thanks for the reply, and I look forward to the commencement of auto-tagging for WP:BRANDS. Regarding the article above, sure, since these are brands of firearm that are made by the Beretta company. The plan is to tag brand-related articles, but not companies, since Wikiproject Companies already covers them. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Ok, just making sure. I'll start it in a few minutes. Anomie⚔ 01:41, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Awesome, and thanks again for your assistance with all of this! Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:43, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

FYI, AnomieBOT has completed tagging everything in those categories. It looks like about 18247 talk pages were tagged. Anomie⚔ 03:24, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Exceptional! This will really help the project out in many ways. Thanks again for performing the work to help out the project and Wikipedia with this matter, it is appreciated. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:44, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Template tagging

Hi North. Consensus so far seems to suggest that this template is a good idea and there is support for it as an editnotice on articles about organizations. Though I'm waiting cautiously for the whole "no direct edits" debate to re-spark.

I was wondering, because you recently did something similar for WikiProject Brands. Once the RfC is closed and a consensus is reached, what would be the next step towards actually implementing an editnotice and/or Talk page template across a large number of articles? I am especially hesitant to do anything bold here. CorporateM (Talk) 18:24, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello CorporateM: I wasn't aware of proceedings regarding this matter. Please provide a link to the discussion occurring regarding this matter. Regarding automatic tagging, AnomieBOT recently finished its run of tagging article talk pages with the project banner for WikiProject Brands, and it would likely be functional for placing this tag. Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:06, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

I was thinking more along the lines of getting adequate consensus and discussion before tagging. I would guess it would have at least a couple more months of incubation time and may get re-written a few times in the process, assuming it doesn't widdle off into endless debate ;-)

The current RfC is just on the Talk page of the template.[6] CorporateM (Talk) 04:29, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. Utilization of this template on a large scale may have some detractors, so it's definitely a good idea to request community input regarding this matter, which you have done. I'll post comments at the discussion from here on out. (Still please feel free to contact me at anytime here, though). Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:34, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, one editor mentioned something about wanting COIs to "slow their roll." I think that's a message most editors can get behind and is a good objective-statement for the editnotice, but what that means when we try to boil it down to three sentences is another story. There is a gap that corporate environments thrive on process and rules, while Wikipedians don't want to have any. Feel free to edit the template too; it's only used on a handfull of articles where I've used it personally. CorporateM (Talk) 05:29, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Gatorade shower

Consider looking for a picture of Nick Saban getting one--he totally hates them. Roll tide, Drmies (talk) 06:00, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Not much out there in Commons currently ([7]), but I appreciate the tip! Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:10, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

NAC

Hello. Can you please revert your closure of this discussion as that sort of action requires administrative judgement. WP:NACD policy says that controversial closures such as these are better left to administrators. Thankyou Till 10:40, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done. The close was not particularly controversial, and rather obvious as a no consensus per the discourse of the discussion. WP:NACD states "Close calls and controversial decisions are better left to an administrator", but this is neither a close call nor a decision that I would consider controversial. If I had closed the discussion with a "keep" result (which I wouldn't do in this case), rather than per my "no consensus" close, I would consider that to be controversial. At any rate, the closure has been reverted. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi. A no consensus outcome also isn't helpful for the DYK nomination. Could you please review this? Thanks very much. -- Trevj (talk) 10:45, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your co-operation and handling that very maturely. Ta Till 11:00, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

per comments made by other users it should have probably closed as no consensus the first time around on Jan 29 2013. Reslisting hasn't really helped since. It certainly isn't a controversial decision to have closed as no consensus per WP:NACD. — Lil_℧niquℇ №1 ^[talk] 12:30, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for providing your input. I find myself in agreement with your analysis here, particularly the latter part. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:33, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Thanks, even though of course the next closer may come to the same conclusion as you! In fact, I ended up reading through the discussion there (before !voting) with the intention of closing it. While I saw that it didn't appear to be a keep to me, I thought a merge close (clear to me, based on the policy arguments) could have been viewed as a supervote, hence my !vote instead of close. -- Trevj (talk) 12:40, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

• Hi North. I just want to point out as well that you should indicate that your close is a non-admin closure as well. Per WP:NACD, "Non-administrators closing deletion discussions are recommended to disclose their status in the closing decision." If you use User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD it does it for you automatically. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 13:35, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

I did do so, see [8]. However, I appreciate the tip about User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:37, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, I came here because of a completely different AfD - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chicken John (2nd nomination). I probably should have said that. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 13:41, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

No worries. I revised my closing post here. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:43, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Btw, someone reverted your relisting of the discussion Till 05:46, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Maybe it's for the better; the discussion will likely just eventually be closed again by another editor as no consensus. This is a unique example of a discussion in which (per the discussion there as of the time of this post) any other type of closing result would be akin to a supervote. Maybe more editors will contribute there. Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:32, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Sounds like a reasonable summary. Anyone relisting would probably be criticised, depending on what justification is given for doing so. -- Trevj (talk) 08:46, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Nope, discussion closed as merge Till 11:58, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Interesting. Sure, lots of sources, but the depth of coverage was contested by the closer (and several participants there). Many of the sources do fall short of significant coverage. I'm not particularly interested in this topic, but it wouldn't surprise me if someone takes this to DRV. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:03, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Miniapolis' RFA

Hi Northamerica1000, I'm just wondering why this was at all necessary. It is assumed that the candidate answers their questions, no? A bunch of unsigned templates is both superflous and unsightly. To be frank, it paints the candidate in a negative light because it makes them look like they don't know what they're doing. Airplaneman ✈ 22:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

• Hi User:Airplaneman: Well, on their user talk page, the editor thanked me for reminding them to do so. See: User talk:Miniapolis#Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Miniapolis. Why would the rule about signing one's posts apply in some areas but not others? I understand what you're saying, but I view consistency regarding signatures as a positive, rather than a negative. See WP:SIGNHERE for more background regarding signatures. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:03, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #44

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  • More work on Lua templates for Wikibase entities
  • Worked on bugfixes in the statement user interface
  • New features in the statement user interface (references counter/heading)
  • JavaScript editing for table showing labels and description of the same item in different languages
  • Repaired and updated the demo system
  • Resumed work on Linked Data interface
  • Support for enhanced recent changes format in client
  • There are automatic comments for statement edits as well in the history now
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Zan Perrion

Per your WP:REFUND request, this article is now located at User:Northamerica1000/Zan Perrion. I won't bother going over the whys and wherefores of what you can and can't do with it; you know the deletion policies as well as I do! Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 11:07, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for userfying this, Yunshui. Best regards, Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:09, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Re:WikiProject Hotels

Hi Northamerica1000. Thanks for the invite; the project sounds interesting. There seems to be a bit of an issue with the invitation template's coding, though. It's placing any new posts on my user page at the very top, even if they've actually been posted at the bottom. The only workaround I could manage is to move all new posts above the invitation. Can you perhaps help fix this? Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 16:31, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello Middayexpress: This may have occurred due to the formatting of your user talk page, possibly due to the box there on the perimeter of the page. When I posted the invitation, it posted at the bottom of the page (See diff). On the subsequent post, the invitation was also existent at the bottom of the page (See diff). There appears to be no problem with the invitation template itself. Northamerica1000^(talk) 16:38, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

I just sent you a talkback notice, and sure enough, it posted at the top of your page. This is due to the way you have formatted the page. I've used this template many times and have never had this type of problem with it. Again, it appears that you may need to adjust the code on your page. It appears that the </div> at the end of the template may have caused the error on your talk page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 16:45, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

It has something to do with the template because I've never encountered this issue before. The only way around the problem is to move the post above the template. I've just done that, and sure enough, your talkback message now appears towards the bottom of the page like it should. I think you may be right about the nowiki; I'll test it out and get back to you. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 16:51, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

I tested it out, as you likely noticed, but I'd rather not change the template that all editors receive due to one unique circumstance. Please note that these types of templates with borders are common. Northamerica1000^(talk) 16:58, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Looks like it was the template coding after all; seems to be all sorted out now. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 17:00, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

It appears that this problem will continue to occur on your talk page if you ever receive templates or messages with <div> markup, unless you change the parameters of your talk page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:07, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

The div style coding in the template seems to have been conflicting with the div style at the top of the page. I've closed that parameter. The template should perhaps work now ordinarily; give it a shot. Middayexpress (talk) 17:16, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

A test post with </div> markup just posted correctly at the bottom of your talk page. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:24, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes! It seems to be all working now, and I've re-added the div style as per your original template. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 17:27, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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AfD pages: future sports schedules

Hi NA1k!

I see that last year you made some very thoughtful comments on an AfD proposal regarding the page Notre Dame Fighting Irish football future schedule (in favor of keeping the article). Since the same group of users have nominated the page once again, it would be great if you could visit the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notre Dame Fighting Irish football future schedule (2nd nomination) page and add your vote with any appropriate comments. Thanks! -- Trowbridge (talk) 16:17, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

I may pass on contributing to the new discussion this time around. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:08, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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Ping. —Theopolisme (talk) 12:08, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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WV County list

Hey, I think Peer Review is complete on the List of counties in West Virginia. Wanted to say thanks for your work there and I have listed it at GOCE for a good copy edit before getting it over to FL nomination. ANY feedback is appreciatedCoal town guy (talk) 01:22, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I just put the list up for FL nomination....many thanks for your help, and of course, wish me luck!Coal town guy (talk) 16:57, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the information; The article looks really nice at this time, and I'll try to help out with it if there are any further improvements that can be made to it. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 15:16, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

EISER Infrastructure

Hi, you have added a 'Primary Sources' tag to the EISER Infrastructure article that I recently added. As the vast majority of references are not primary, and are in fact from reputable media sources (such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Infrastructure Investor and IPE), I would appreciate it if you would remove this tag. I will continue to add even more references as the article grows. Many thanks. Inkja (talk) 16:58, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

•  Done. Nice work improving the sourcing in the article. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:52, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

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Change to entry on Indigenous Australians Sept 2012

Hi

I don't know what changes you made where, please could you point me to where I can see the changes you made?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.25.39 (talk) 13:04, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

• I don't recall; refer to the article's Revision history. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:54, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

TAFI

Hello, In the past few days, Today's Articles for Improvement has gone through many changes. We have modified the process for adding Nominations, which now uses a template/table format and requires only 3 supports for an article to be selected. There is now a Holding Area, where articles are kept for discussion before being selected for a particular date. The TAFI schedule now involves adding 10 articles weekly, chosen from a variety of topics. We now have an Accomplishments page where we will be highlighting our older TAFI articles which have now become quality articles on the Wikipedia. The Project is almost ready to hit the Main Page, where it will be occupying a section just below "Did you Know" section. Three article from the weekly batch of 7 will be displayed randomly at the main page, the format of which can be seen at the Main Page sandbox. There is also an ongoing discussion at the Main page talk over the final details before we can go forward with the Main Page. If you have any ideas to discuss with everyone else, please visit the TAFI Talk Page and join in on the ongoing discussions there. You are also invited to add new nominations, and comment and suport on the current ones at the Nominations page. You can also help by helping in the discussions at the Holding Area. Above all, please do not forget to improve our current Today's Articles for Improvement Thank you and hoping to have some productive work from you at the Project, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:20, 18 February 2013 (UTC) (From the TAFI team)

Re-submit

Hi there! You reviewed my article for creation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Gibson%E2%80%99s_Finest_Canadian_Whisky back in September. Just put in a bunch of new sources, any feedback or comments is appreciated! Jleite (talk) 20:28, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

• It's been published; thanks for the update, for improving the article and for improving Wikipedia. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 20:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for helping out, appreciate it! Jleite (talk) 21:47, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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Unnecessary redirect

Hello Northamerica1000. I have deleted Wikipedia:DPT Laboratories per WP:CSD#G6 as a cross-namespace redirect because it must have been unintended. You've succesfully recreated DPT Laboratories per the outcome of the DRV. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:54, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for cleaning that up; it was created in error. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 20:09, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Please take a look at this article

I reviewed your vast experience and wanted to contact you about helping to resolve a dispute. I'm being teamed up against by a group of self-avowed libertarians. I don't care that they are libertarians (or if you are) except for the fact they are using their ideology to skew the Koch Industries article. When I post positive things about Koch, they don't blink an eye, but if I dare put up anything critical, it gets deleted and frowned upon without balance. I'm trying to round up some disinterested third party input so I'm not getting steamrolled by biased editors. My goal is to make the article more informative and encyclopedic and that's it. Here's the current critical part of the Talk Page. Thank you. Cowicide (talk) 20:58, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

• I'm going to pass upon becoming involved in this matter. However, you should feel free to seek out opinion from an uninvolved editor at Wikipedia's Third opinion. There's also the option of taking this matter to the Dispute resolution noticeboard. Northamerica1000^(talk) 16:37, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #46

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Development
  • Deployed new features and bugfixes including diffs for statements and the ability to enter items and properties by their ID
  • Updated demo system
  • Database maintainance (Wikidata was in read-only mode for a bit)
  • Implemented first version of a string data type
  • Worked on better error reporting from the API
  • Ported Lua function mw.wikibase.getEntity to Wikibase extension
  • Worked on making the search box suggest items and properties while typing
  • Improved the behaviour of the entity selector (thingy that lets you select items and entities)
  • Improved debugging experience in JavaScript when dealing with prototypical inheritance
  • Worked on cleanup of local entity store
  • Generalized generation of localizable edit summaries
• Discussions/Press
  • Wikidata development will continue in 2013
  • Wikidata Phase 2 in Full Swing
  • RFC about the Wikidata API
  • Lots of discussions about certain properties and how they should be used. Current state is at d:Wikidata:List of properties and new ones are being discussed at [d:Wikidata:Property proposal]]
  • RCF about amending the global bot policy for Wikidata
  • Proposed changes to Wikidata’s notability guidelines
• Events
  • office hour including a report on the current status of Wikidata (log)
  • upcoming: Wikipedia Day NYC
• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Deployment of phase 1 (language links) on all remaining Wikipedias and a small update on Wikidata are planned for March 6
  • Great page for editors to learn about what phase 1 means for them
  • Cool tool visualizing family relations based on data in Wikidata
  • “Restricting the World” (first in a series about some design decisions behind Wikidata)
  • List of most used properties
  • OmegaWiki is using Wikidata to get links to Wikipedia articles
  • Nyan Nyan Wikidata Nyan Nyan
  • We’ve hit d:Q5000000
  • Had a look at d:Wikidata:Tools lately?
• Open Tasks for You
  • Hack on one of these
  • Help translate Wikidata/Deployment Questions
  • Help bring the content of en:Wikipedia:Wikidata to your Wikipedia

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Speedy deletion contested: Falkum

Hello Northamerica1000, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Falkum, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: We shouldn't delete both Falkum, Norway and Falkum, and the better article name is probably Falkum. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:17, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

• Hello Eastmain: I noticed that you tagged Falkum, Norway for speedy deletion, and removed the tag from the Falkum page. The articles duplicate one-another, so both are not needed in the encyclopedia. The speedy deletion criteria doesn't cover article naming conventions to a great degree, but per WP:WIAN, it appears that "Falkum" will suffice. I've removed the speedy deletion tag on the Falkum, Norway article per information at CSD A10, and have redirected the page to Falkum, because the former is a plausible alternate name that people may use in searches. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:44, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Birmingham (horse)

Hello! Your submission of Birmingham (horse) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Sorry if I'm showing my lack of knowledge but I have just a couple of very minor queries - great article, though!
I just realised I had put the query note on Tigerboy 1966's talk page, but perhaps should have put it on your talk page as you are the nominator? I've previously always reviewed self noms, so I'm afraid I'm not sure of correct procedure. SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:14, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

• I've replied at Template:Did you know nominations/Birmingham (horse). Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:12, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

GOCE news: February 2013

Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2013 wrap-up Participation: Out of 19 people who signed up for this blitz, 9 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the six-day blitz, we removed over twenty articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, BDD and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 21:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

List of important publications in anthropology

Hi Northamerica1000, I noticed that you were involved in the List of important publications in chemistry. It has been requested by Cnilep that List of important publications in anthropology be moved to Bibliography of anthropology. Your comments on this request are most welcome. Please see Talk:List of important publications in anthropology#Requested move. Anthrophilos (talk) 22:40, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for the notification; I'm undecided at this time regarding the matter. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:30, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Birmingham (horse)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for the notification. Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

dawei fixture

Thanks for Dawei Port Project copyright fixtures. thevikas (talk) 04:36, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Certainly. After clearing out all of the WP:COPYVIOs, the article needs significant work, if you're interested in working on it. Cheers, Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:52, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You!

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from March 1st, 2013 – March 31st, 2013.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 2000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

Delivered by User:EdwardsBot on behalf of Wikiproject Articles for Creation at 14:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Cleanup

Thanks for the invite, North.[9] -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:48, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Sure thing, and thanks for all of your work to improve the encyclopedia. Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:11, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)

A celebratory cupcake from the Teahouse Birthday Badge

It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Metric	Control group	Teahouse group	Contrast
Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit)	5.02 weeks	8.57 weeks	1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited	58.7 articles	116.9 edits	2.0x articles edited
Average talk page edits	36.5 edits	85.6 edits	2.4x talk page edits
Average article space edits	129.6 edits	360.4 edits	2.8x article edits
Average total edits (all namespaces)	182.1 edits	532.4 edits	2.9x total edits

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

-- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:53, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 25 February 2013

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• Discussion report: Wikivoyage links; overcategorization

• Featured content: Blue birds be bouncin'

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• Technology report: Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely

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