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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are 
Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and 
PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from 
Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from 
Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. 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 11:37, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
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Okay, I will try to keep my cool bot come on! Why am I the only one who's Guestbook is not signed by you!Mike 289 20:53, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
- I have no clue what you mean by "keep my cool bot", but I have signed your guestbook, as you wished. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 05:10, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
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Removed your vote
I removed your vote on NYMets2000's RFA since it was added after the close. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:24, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
- Oh, I must not have noticed; I was in the middle of my comment when you closed it. Thanks for telling me. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c)
- It's no problem! (I also undid your update of the vote count too. :P) Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:26, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:
- Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
- PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.
We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), 
Piotrus (submissions), 
Grandiose (submissions), 
Stone (submissions), 
Eisfbnore (submissions), 
Canada Hky (submissions) and 
MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.
In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.
A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, 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 00:07, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Delete the following page
{{admin help}} Please delete User:MathCool10/License update vote for me, per U1. I would have tagged the page, but it is currently fully-protected. Thanks. —mc10 (t/c) 01:44, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Done Skier Dude (talk) 01:52, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you, Skier Dude. —mc10 (t/c) 01:52, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
MC100 HA
He's blocked; has it caught you? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:27, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Apparently not, as I can still edit freely; I still believe it's him, but the lack of activity since his two edits has probably prevented an autoblock. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 00:28, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm. He's clearly not a new user regardless, but I would have thought the autoblock would have been triggered if you edited from the same IP. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:30, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- My guess is as good as yours. I'm guessing it's due to inactivity, but I might be wrong. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 00:33, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't realise he hadn't edited since July. I assume there's a time limit on autoblocks (though I haven't the foggiest how long it is), and he must be the wrong side of it. I take it you've not had any luck getting him to give it up, then? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:53, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately not, though I hadn't realized that he had created another account until I checked Special:PrefixIndex/User:MC10 and started deleting some of my useless subpages. —mc10 (t/c) 19:54, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't realise he hadn't edited since July. I assume there's a time limit on autoblocks (though I haven't the foggiest how long it is), and he must be the wrong side of it. I take it you've not had any luck getting him to give it up, then? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:53, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- My guess is as good as yours. I'm guessing it's due to inactivity, but I might be wrong. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 00:33, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm. He's clearly not a new user regardless, but I would have thought the autoblock would have been triggered if you edited from the same IP. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:30, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! —mc10 (t/c) 20:37, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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- Thanks, SwisterTwister. —mc10 (t/c) 21:56, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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- Can't come, sorry. —mc10 (t/c) 02:54, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
{{admin help}} May an admin please delete User:MC10/License update vote, as U1? The page is currently protected, so I cannot tag the page myself. Thanks. —mc10 (t/c) 04:36, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
- Done. JohnCD (talk) 08:43, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you, JohnCD. —mc10 (t/c) 14:22, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi mc10, what's with that "you have new messages" notice on your userpage? I don't get it. :P -download ׀ talk 23:29, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
- I have no clue what you're talking about. Can you direct me to where you see the "you have new messages" notice? —mc10 (t/c) 14:24, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
User:Mackdv Personal Attacks
Would you please block User:Mackdv? He has created the attack page Monarchism in Libya. 50.81.197.48 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:49, 1 October 2011 (UTC).
- I am unfortunately unable to block the user, as I am not an administrator. I doubt that one attack page is worth blocking over, however. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 01:52, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
WikiCup 2011 September newsletter
We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.
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Attack page js script
Hi - your page User:MC10/FastButtons.js is currently showing up in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages, presumably as a result of your latest changes. I'm not an expert on js, so I can't immediately see why this should be so, but could you have a look and fix it please. Thanks.—An optimist on the run! 05:33, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- To fix this, please wrap that page in nowiki tags, like
// <nowiki>- (rest of script goes here)
// </nowiki>- — This, that, and the other (talk) 06:52, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- Actually, it is showing up not only as a speedy deletion candidate as an attack page, but also under all the other criteria it mentions. For example, the page contains the text txt = '{{db-vandalism}}\n', so it is listed as a candidate for speedy deletion as vandalism. I do not think that the solution suggested above would work correctly, but I suggest using something like txt = '{{' + 'db-vandalism}}\n'. I guess that will work. Please deal with this as soon as possible, so as to prevent the problem from causing a large number of administrators to waste time on checking completely spurious speedy deletion listings. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:43, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- As MC10 is off-line at the moment, I've made the changes suggested by This, That and the other. Hopefully this should resolve the problems.—An optimist on the run! 10:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for fixing that for me; my recent changes to the script must have caused it to erroneously show up in the speedy deletion categories. Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 17:11, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
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