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WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

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Peru national football team FAC review

Hello Nergaal. I hope to find you at a good time friend. It has been half a year, but the Peru national football team article is still in the FA review process. Like last time, the article is on the verge of being archived due to lack of votes.

The article underwent a thorough copy-edit and now is significantly different from last year. Since you provided helpful reviews to it in the past, your comments (and oppose/support vote) would be much welcomed. Thanks!--MarshalN20 Talk 01:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

  1. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

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Just letting you know I left a comment for you. Aureez (Talk) 11:49, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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Why is my IP (188.24.179.6) labeled as an open proxy? I've been using this IP for years

(Unblock request removed as this account is not blocked). I have asked at Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies/Requests#188.24.179.6 for this to be looked into. See also WP:WikiProject on open proxies/Help:blocked. JohnCD (talk) 16:15, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, the message I was getting was not very clear about what to do. Nergaal (talk) 16:26, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Re: Motorway map

Hi, regarding your suggestions about the map, I disagree with removing some of the routes displayed and I consider the map should represent the planned network for the long term (as in the map of the planned numbering system). I strongly disagree with changing the graphical layout of the map, as that would result in a lack of consistency and too many (rather unnecessary) line styles (the current layout it is reasonable in making a difference between planned, under construction and completed sections). The tendered sections, once the tender is complete and the contract is signed, can be drawn with dashed lines. I agree that the route between Buzău and Galaţi should be added too. Regards, BaboneCar (talk) 07:51, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

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Post-transition metals

Did you discuss the move & its consequences somewhere? -DePiep (talk) 17:13, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

More precise: please revert. Undiscussed, "OR" for a grouping page title, sloppy effects all around, calling Al a post-transition metal is, well, disputed. -DePiep (talk) 20:41, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Calling them other metals is well, at least unprofessional. I don't care about what name will be chosen as long as the qualifier is not "other". Other refers to not-a-category which is well explained in the title. Nergaal (talk) 20:44, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Then propose that before moving. You know where, why & how. -DePiep (talk) 21:20, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
It's controversial. Please revert &tc. -DePiep (talk) 21:27, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
Continue at WT:ELEM. -DePiep (talk) 00:25, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's United States ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Rhodesia Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Washington, D.C. Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Canada Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Minas Gerais Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Nepal Czar (submissions) and Indiana Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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 • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

American football FAC

Hey, I noticed you haven't responded to my fixes in adding athlete numbers to the article. If you have the time could you come to the page and perhaps strike those concerns, or add others if needed? I really appreciate your input regardless. :) Toa Nidhiki05 00:55, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

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I am pretty sure I have the right to defend my actions and to answer to dubious allegations made on the ANI noticeboard. Nergaal (talk) 07:55, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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@DangerousPanda: can you tell me what the point of keeping him blocked is? Blocks aren't meant to punitive -- whether you like it or not. — lfdder 12:19, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Such a bizarre statement, and wholly non-AGF. Yes, punitive blocks are abhorrent. However, as per Drmies question below, until the community is convinced the move-warring won't continue, the block remains. This is the key element of WP:GAB, after all. If his unblock request had addressed the issues, and ensured the behaviour wouldn't continue, he'd already be unblocked - by me. the panda ₯’ 15:20, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Yes, whereas, refusing to unblock him on the suspicion that he will continue to move war is AGF. He should've been unblocked a few hours later (and after a talking-to), and if he continued to move war (doubtful), reblocked. Blocking him for 2 days right from the start is incomprehensible. — lfdder 16:27, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Even if I had intended to continue it seems that by now that will not be necessary anymore. It was quite surprising to me that I have been blocked for 2 days over something that it does not seem the blocker even cared to investigate beyond reading the ANI message. Why wasn't the page protected from moving instead? I sincerely shocked by the rationale of the decliner. If this is the sort of respect I get from admins after all the contributions I've offered to wikipedia during these years it is really hard to even care anymore. Nergaal (talk) 17:44, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Rollback

that's an abuse of rollback. The edit was clearly a good-faith attempt to improve the article. StringTheory11 (t • c) 16:31, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

@StringTheory11: wtf is with the aggressive tone here? Can't you see I am trying to reply on the talkpage? How about having some good faith in somebody who created the article alone? Nergaal (talk) 16:40, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Sorry if it sounds aggressive; I just tend to go straight to the point, even if it is blunt. Anyways, that doesn't excuse misusing rollback to support your own version of the article. I never said that I had bad faith; in fact, I certainly do believe that you have acted in good faith with your edits. However, that doesn't mean that your edits on the article are immune from criticism and critique, which the IP and I are trying to do, and it appears, at least to me, that you are not listening to our advice. StringTheory11 (t • c) 16:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
@StringTheory11: it doesn't mean that I am not listening to your advice, but that I am annoyed that somebody is removing entries from the table without bothering to adjust the remaining article, or leave somewhere a clear note of the removals. Nergaal (talk) 16:47, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
The tables below have now been adjusted. StringTheory11 (t • c) 17:06, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

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Moons of Neptune

I saw your comments at the old FAC. Is it better now? Double sharp (talk) 15:35, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

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Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Schwarze Habichtsfliege Dioctria atricapilla.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 26, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-06-26. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:28, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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2026 FIFA World Cup

As to avoid edit warring, I take my thoughts on the 40 team addition here. I realize my first undo was poorly explained, and the way I said it would be an incorrect reason to take something off, original research as you said. I had bad faith from all the self-serving vandalism I see on this page. What I don't like is putting something in the article that is an unofficial plan for a proposal. It seems like it's adding the UEFA president's personal opinion. Perhaps that is enough? Seeing how you're a much decorated wikipedian, I feel I should defer to you on this matter. ৳€Ø฿€ƦȺ₡Ⱥƪ৳€Ø฿€ƦȺ₡Ⱥƪ 07:02, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

@Leoberacai: I don't really care how the information is put in the article. Since not much is known about the 2026 edition and all the existing information in the article is about possible developments (For example Mexico has not submitted any documents to host the cup so by the host selection deadline they might not have a bid) why not mention the 40 teams idea then? There is an entire section at FIFA_World_Cup#Possible_expansion_to_40_teams and although nothing in it is specifically directly related to the 2026 edition, I don't see why it would/might not apply. Nergaal (talk) 18:36, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
I'm not sure I like that addition to the World Cup article either...but on reflection I've softened on the subject. I think the info you've supplied is akin to the American entry in terms of speculation. Since this would be quite important, I'm OK with it being in there. Thank you for your time. ৳€Ø฿€ƦȺ₡Ⱥƪ৳€Ø฿€ƦȺ₡Ⱥƪ 01:18, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

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2014 FIFA World Cup statistics

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Periodic table (with pictures)

Template:Periodic table (with pictures) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ricky81682 (talk) 21:24, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to Florida 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Bartošovice v Orlických horách Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! 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) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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World Cup goalscorers

Thanks for the thanks. But could you please recheck the lists of who scored how many? For example Davor Šuker was the 1998 top scorer with 6 goals, but you have omitted him from the now-hidden rows in the first table, though he does appear in the second one (rightly). --Theurgist (talk) 07:47, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

That's why I have that section hidden. I will try to make sure it is complete once the WC is over. Nergaal (talk) 08:37, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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A cup of tea for you!

This is just to let you know that I appreciate your reviews. I understand your position, and value the time you took to analyze the article. It's unfortunate that we have yet to agree, but I'm sure at some point we will. Best wishes.-- MarshalN20 Talk 13:55, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

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Rebuilding Period 1

I sip some coffee as I write this, saddened by how some people are bulldozing through the FTRC of the period 1 elements even though you and I strongly oppose. However, I would like your opinions on how to rebuild the individual period articles. You see, just as the period 2 and 3 elements are often talked about in textbooks, so are the other periods intensively studied in academic articles. Don't worry. I am not as deletionist as you think. Parcly Taxel 06:40, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I was not referring to you, but to the tag-team that has spent the last 2 or 3 years filling the talkpage at wp:elem with interminable, then moved to impose their narrow opinions on the articles without really focusing on article improvement. And when consensus was built agains them, they did not even bother doing a simple page move but continued to pile with their crap. I have removed all elem pages from my watchlist and I am not looking forward to get back onto working on them only to have my work demolished. Nergaal (talk) 10:28, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

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Radiocarbon dating PR

Hi -- I responded to your comments at PR; the PR is now closed, but I wonder if you could comment at the article talk page if any of the changes I made don't address your concerns? Thanks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:48, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks, I've uploaded the full res file. Nergaal (talk) 14:59, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution 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 Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

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Hi. I closed the nom since other than yourself it looks unsupported, and you didn't use a template. Please just cut and paste a template if you want this to go back up or for your next nomination, it's simple and makes it much easier for others to support your effort. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 01:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

@Medeis: I wonder if you realize that excluding the Nobel awards, there have been extremely few items up on ITN lately. I know how to use the template, but if others are not going to chip in to the items I think could be worth posting, then why bother? Nergaal (talk) 09:36, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

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The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution 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. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

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Hi Nergaal,

I am impressed at how many articles you have managed to have promoted to featured status. I recently nominated Counties of Romania for a main page slot, and some concerns with the article have been raised here. Might you be willing to help address these concerns? As a side note, I notice that you don't list this article on your user page as one of the lists you had promoted to featured status. Is there any reason you haven't included this one with the others? Either way, any help you would be able to provide at TFLS would be greatly appreciated.

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FT introductory paragraph

So I was thinking about how topics should now have an introductory paragraph in them (not mandatory of course), I'm curious as to how they will be implemented into the topics pages. I don't know how they will be shown on the FT and GT pages along with the topic page itself. Or how we're going to make these paragraphs for the other existing topics. Just curious what has to happen since its brand new. GamerPro64 16:49, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

@GamerPro64: use <noinclude>blurb</noinclude>. That way the paragraph is not transcluded, but is shown when the actual FT/GT page is opened (such as when openied from the main page link). The only annoying part about this is that the noinclude part does not show at TFC if put in the nomination page. Nergaal (talk) 22:59, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up the Good Topics page. Managed to load on my computer faster than usual so it was definitely a good idea. GamerPro64 01:08, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Romanians

I added a gallery of "great" Romanians to the Romanians article (including two Dacians).Someone more experienced should take a look.Catlemur (talk) 21:51, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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I did not know about that holiday until now, or that it would make an ideal date for an upcoming TFL. Thanks for educating me on its existence. I'll switch that article and the current December 1 TFL choice first thing tomorrow. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:03, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for the nomination, but I moved it to December 12 because the event happened on the 12th. --George Ho (talk) 23:58, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

@George Ho: Wow, you edit was so helpful that the bot archived it 3 minutes later. How can I be anything but grateful for your edit? Nergaal (talk) 00:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
That doesn't matter. The rules said that nomination must be at the same date of events. I've done that accordingly, yet I realize that this is just old news. There's nothing to be done about nominating a story that is too old. By the way, one opposed it for being US-centric. --George Ho (talk) 00:18, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
@George Ho:For the sake of an argument let's say there is such a rule you speak of. Have you heard of ongoing events? Anyways, great, helpful editing there! Keep up the good job. We need more of you at ITN. Nergaal (talk) 00:32, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

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here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#The_Rambling_Man_forgets_the_IBAN_once_again, my apologies. μηδείς (talk) 04:19, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

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One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

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I was planning to do a review this evening but saw the nomination had been closed. If you renominate let me know and I will do my best to review it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:46, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

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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 points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 16:39, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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What's that? Sca (talk) 13:23, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

TROM? xD 117.192.182.105 (talk) 17:50, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

It's an attempt at attacking me. It's brilliant, really, it is. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:07, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

Help

I ask you to remove your comment from her because I am the main contributor of the topic and the nominator is not. He didn't even consulted me prior to nomination. I have requested deletion of that page. Si, please help me. Thank you.—Prashant 15:38, 26 May 2015 (UTC) NO NO...I want to take it to FT in its first attempt thats why I have requested. So, please re-add that temp. Than you. That should be deleted as its without any rules and regulations. Thank you.—Prashant 15:44, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

You know I am so angry with that user that I am unable to type as I am shivering. I have given a lot to this topic. I have worked hard on it even during my examinations and an user comes takes everything from you. This is ridiculous, please helo me in deleting it as I dont want another nomination. I want to pass in first attempt. Please understand.—Prashant 15:47, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Geez. I come back from the beach and I see this. Can someone tell what happened? GamerPro64 18:53, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

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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.
  2. Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  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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Rooney goals

If you insist on adding this table, please at least do it properly, your maths is completely flawed and you clearly have an issue with formatting. If you prefer I'll fix it for you. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:33, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

What are you taking about? Nergaal (talk) 21:33, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
I'm not sure what a "giant deuche" is, but I guess that was yet another flawed edit of yours' attempting to be a personal attack. Pack it in. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:39, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Accurate! Nergaal (talk) 21:40, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Brilliant. So next time you use that phrase you'll be blocked per WP:NPA. Well done! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:41, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Yous started it Nergaal (talk) 21:42, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
I don't care for your videos, pathetic as they are, you'll be blocked next time you act so predictably disruptively. You can stop stalking me now, I note that your pointed and disruptive edits haven't made it to the near identical Bobby Charlton list that you've edited tonight. Transparent. Good luck in the future! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:44, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Man, I have no idea what made you such a grumpy old man. Seriously chill out and stop being so bellicose. If you don't like my opinions you don't have to keep being antagonistic to every single edit I make. Nergaal (talk) 21:47, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Man, I have no idea what made you such a disruptive editor. Be consistent, be precise, stop being disruptive. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:51, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

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A tiny request (I'm asking here as I don't want to clog up your thread)- would you mind changing the phrase "game the system" in your message? This has negative connotations (IE, it implies cheating, or close to it) which I'm not sure it would be fair to pin on people. How about simply "quickly accumulate points"? Josh Milburn (talk) 19:00, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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Please consider the following

Nergaal, I highly value your admirable and high quality contributions to Wikipedia.

But a few things: First, please don't put thumbnails of unrelated images at Featured Picture nominations, it will confuse the situation and make respondents think a completely different image is being discussed.

Second, I'd like to move this discussion to the talk page of the FPC. The back-and-forth in the threaded discussion is getting a bit long and tangential. I'd still like to discuss your thoughts with you, but perhaps here on your user talk page or at the FPC talk page would be better.

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Thank you,

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Can you help by improving more seasons of Cupa României ?? We already started with the early first seasons, you can start with the season 2003–04 Cupa României. Thank you.--Alexiulian25 (talk) 14:48, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

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Would you mind, not trying to sound rude, but I un-redirected those pages like List of elements by boiling point and such so I DON'T have to look at a huge blob of random text sorted by number. And I'm madmans, but forget that stupid account. I was an ammature back then. 96.237.17.33 (talk) 16:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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Please read the instructions: "is a template used to identify claims in articles". The Rambling Man (talk) 21:57, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Considering how fast I got two notices on those edits I am sure there will be no problem in finding the discussions that did agree on those entries. Nergaal (talk) 22:00, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
So stop edit warring and start nominating articles for removal from ITNR as befits a collegiate editor. Stop using article space tags in Wikipedia space. Continuing to do so will result in your inability to contribute to Wikipedia. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
You keep missing the points on on every other edit I make. No wonder the retention rate for enthusiastic editors is so low when "contribuitors" have an attitude like yours. Please stop not AGF and try to focus on the message not the form. Nergaal (talk) 22:12, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2015: The results

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.

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Just wanted to say that if you decide to raise a complaint against TRM's battleground behaviour, I'll support you. Banedon (talk) 05:45, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Well...I'll oppose you then. TRM is an uptight d-bag but he's right about Nergaal's behaviour.Correctron (talk) 22:56, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
I'm not uptight (I'm pretty chilled) and I'm not a "douchebag" (that doesn't exist where I live), I'm simply an asshat. But sure, if you, Banedon would like to creep around canvassing to "raise a complaint" against me, feel free. I very much look forward to seeing it, and the curved slices of wood flying about. Take it easy! The Rambling Man (talk) 23:03, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
@Correctron Right or wrong it doesn't excuse battleground behavior. WP:Battleground explicitly states things like "Do not insult, harass, or intimidate those with whom you have a disagreement" and "If another user behaves in an uncivil, uncooperative, or insulting manner, or even tries to harass or intimidate you, this does not give you an excuse to respond in kind". I think TRM is in violation of these guidelines already. Ironically as well, TRM's user page says "We're here to build an encyclopaedia, not a chat group", and he's encouraging me to complain about him. This kind of behaviour is juvenile and immature. Unfortunately as far as I can tell, there is neither private message nor an ignore function on Wikipedia, or I'd be using those already. I came to Nergaal's talk page to leave him a message, and I've done that. I won't comment more. Banedon (talk) 00:01, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Don't refactor other people's comments Nergaal, you know that, if you don't like this conversation, remove it altogether. Correctron didn't add {{cn}} to their comment.
Also, Banedon, it's not about being "juvenile" and "immature" (which are pretty much the same thing, perhaps you weren't aware, and given your own behavioural issues, this is a little pot/kettle), it's about checking up that if you start to threaten people (i.e. me) without notification, with suggestions like supporting a "complaint", it's my prerogative to respond, and my prerogative to enable you and encourage you to do such a thing in order for you to learn how to improve your contributions here. Happy to go to ANI any time you or Nergaal likes in order to expose this to a much wider and more knowledgeable audience, who I'm sure will provide some excellent feedback on your current editing patterns. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:08, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

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If you are opposed to this, why not propose removal at WT:ITNR? The Cup has been a recurring event. --George Ho (talk) 18:24, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Because I don't care to be belittled again. Nergaal (talk) 22:53, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
You tried to belittle anyone who's not a music fan. Frankly, you have a hard-on for belittling sports fans.Correctron (talk) 01:16, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
[citation needed] Nergaal (talk) 01:27, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

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Season's greetings!

Hope we can continue to improve Wikipedia in 2016. All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 19:53, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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NASA medallions

Hi Nergaal-

I'm heading out of town on Friday and just wanted to check and see if there were anymore issues/changes you might suggest on the FLC nomination. Thanks.--Godot13 (talk) 09:19, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Nergaal. I responded to your comment here a little while ago and I wonder if you might have a look to check it out? Many thanks. Relentlessly (talk) 13:18, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Text color on File:Planet Nine Orbit.svg

Hi. Thanks for keeping the unnecessary background off of this svg. It is useful (but not necessary) though, for the following reason. I use a color-inversion plugin for my browser (as do many users), which makes me unable to see the labels on each of the orbits, since they're black text on what ends up being black background. Could you change the text color to, say, dark grey, or anything that can be easily seen on both a white and black background? Or, if you want, I could do it. Thanks very much.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  00:27, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

The simple solution is to have a white or a black background. No need to have a fake starry background that diminishes clarity. Nergaal (talk) 02:02, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
I agree with both options. Could you do that?   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  03:22, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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Do not modify archives

What part of "Please do not modify it." do you need me to explain? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:05, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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

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Should the current artist's impression be removed from the Planet Nine infobox?

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Time has another dimension

I was watching you strum the guitar talking about time having a second dimension and some saying no, and then I thought about the sound travelling from the string to our ear and then the sound bouncing off the guitar and then reaching our our. The sound would arrive twice at two different times, would it not?

Thanks Angus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:730F:2100:C8FA:AD45:F0D7:255E (talk) 05:15, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

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In den Nachrichten

  • Mit Barack Obama besucht erstmals seit 88 Jahren ein US-amerikanischer Präsident Kuba.
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FIFA WC goalscorers

Dear Nergaal,

Without a stating a specific reason, you reverted my edit from March 30 concerning the origins of the top goalscorers, which are now wrong again in my opinion. I justified my modification by giving the counts in the commented part of my edit - which are the correct ones in your opinion? -- Best regards, 138.231.81.75 (talk) 06:14, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

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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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Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Aral Sea 1989-2008.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 24, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-05-24. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:56, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Spectre (2015 film)

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If you are still nominating this film, then this might be a good time to say hello. Is it possible that the article is no longer of interest? @Cirt: Its not clear what you are requesting a second opinion for on the Spectre nom page at GA? Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 20:56, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

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Please stop disrupting the heavy-elements pages

As a well-established editor, I shouldn't have to remind you about WP:RS, looking at edit-histories for WP:BRD before being WP:BOLD, and looking at talkpages. The refs do not support, but explicitly disprove that these names are the actual names yet, and all have been repeatedly discussed with WP:CONSENSUS about that. DMacks (talk) 03:00, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

...and having been in WP:ELEM for a while, I should have thought that you would have known this from the previous namings of elements 112, 114, and 116. Double sharp (talk) 04:16, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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Heavy metal (chemical element)

Hi Nergaal

Before I relist this article at FAC in a couple of weeks did you have any remaining unaddressed concerns about it? Thank you, Sandbh (talk) 23:35, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

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ITN nominatione

Nergaal, you've been around for a while now. please use the template when nominating items for ITN. Failure to do so will just mean that they get closed down by the regulars there. It's not hard to copy and paste the template. Mjroots (talk) 13:32, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Planet Nine

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Arbcom case you might be interested in

I just filed an arbitration request against The Rambling Man, citing an example in which you were involved in. You might be interested in the case. Link is here: [2]. Thanks, Banedon (talk) 05:21, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

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List of most viewed YouTube videos

Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" was #2 not long ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_viewed_YouTube_videos&oldid=706476061 And it was never #1, since on November 10 2014 when "Blank Space" appeared, "Gangnam Style" already had 2+ billion views: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_viewed_YouTube_videos&oldid=633707532 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.249.12.7 (talk) 10:03, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
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Thank you

Nergaal, thank you for helping me out in the FL review of the list that I had nominated. It passed, and your review and support were a significant part of that. My appreciation. Lourdes 01:15, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

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About a Feature list candidate

Hello Nergaal, The "Game of Thrones (season 1)" Feature List nomination was closed as it did not recive any opposes nor supports. It has been nominated again(Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Game of Thrones (season 1)/archive2). I would appreciate it if you gave a look and review it. Thanks in advance. AffeL (talk) 00:03, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Featured article candidate: Unlocked (Alexandra Stan album)

Hi there! My mean is not to bother you, but I was wondering if you could find time to comment on my FAC above and even support or oppose to it. Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 11:56, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Would it be possible to return for supporting or opposing to my candidate? This would be very appreciated, but if you can't, just ignore this. Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 14:03, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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HMB FAC

Hi Nergaal. I'm not sure if you got my pings, but I've revised the content in the HMB article in per your suggestions and objection about the lack of information about the chemical; I've done my best to add any relevant/notable information that I could find in reliable sources about the chemical properties of the free acid. I've also added information about its regulatory status in sports/competition w.r.t. WADA+NCAA and its availability internationally in the lead and the body. Would you be willing to take a look at the changes I've made in the HMB article and let me know what you think at the FAC nomination? For reference, this is the permalinked revision immediately prior to your review and this is the current revision as of posting this message. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 01:32, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Could you give me some guidance on what would need to be changed or added in this article to merit your support at FAC? I'm not looking for specific/actionable feedback (although I would welcome that); I'd just like a general idea of how I could go about improving the article w.r.t. what you're looking for in an article on a compound like this. At the moment, I honestly have no clue why you're still opposing the nomination or how I could go about improving the article's chemistry section to merit your support.
If you have any technical/involved chemistry-related feedback, Boghog should be able to address this; he has a strong chemistry background and wrote much of the Amphetamine#Chemistry section to address chemistry-related issues for its FAC nominations. I co-opted him to help with the current nomination after you suggested that an editor with a chemistry background should review the article. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 19:09, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

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  • Featured Portal – Yakutsk SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
  • Featured Topic – Connecticut Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
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  • Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
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