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The POV pusher's lexicon, continued newly posted to my blog.

My edit count, a good example of why automated tools should be filtered through common sense. Although only about 30% of edits have been to Misplaced Pages namespace, that averages to one featured content credit for every 61 mainspace edits over 3.5 years.

Geocities: Yahoo has announced plans to shut down Geocities later this year. So in anticipation of the change I am reducing the number of outgoing links to Geocities within our articles. If you disagree with a removal I will not edit war, but please be aware that alternative sourcing will probably become necessary within a few months. Durova 02:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Uncle Tom

On April 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uncle Tom, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Chamal 08:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Durova 17:47, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

FPC

MER-C seems to have forgotten to notify co-nominators again, so, from my talk page:

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:B'nai B'rith membership certificate 1876.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 02:54, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Durova 19:25, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm

		The 50 DYK Medal
		Looks like I have the pleasure of awarding you this medal Durova. :) Great work, and I know you will exceed this soon enough. The main page is calling. ;) Synergy 21:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! :) Durova 22:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations. Jehochman 00:05, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Durova 00:06, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Abd and JzG

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Abd and JzG/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Abd and JzG/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Hersfold 02:10, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. Durova 02:12, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Borobudur

re:

Nah, I believe I noticed Borobudur pop-up on my watchlist. fyi, I got busy and lost the other thread... Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah, that's cool. Btw Jack, I've stumbled upon a couple of older FAs that really don't seem up to snuff. Do you ever have a look at that sort of thing? I left a message on the talk page, might FAR them if no response. Durova 16:11, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I can see how FAs could degrade; anybody editing, and all. I'm not sure where you message is, but I'll have a look-see if you leave a link here. It'll be tomorrow, as I'm hours way-ahead of you.

You have any idea just how many temples there are here? One per family compound; three per neighborhood. There are 14 neighborhoods in my small town.

Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Kammerlader and Krag-Jørgensen. Both list-heavy, citation-short 2005 promotions that appear to have been abandoned. Krag-Jørgensen contained several citations to what appear to be a Norwegian collector's Geocities page and another non-notable homepage. Very surprising for an FA, and the other one has been tagged for lack of citations for nearly two years. I figure I'll give a reasonable time for the original editor to respond (he's not quite completely inactive). Thoughts? Durova 16:25, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Standards were far lower back then. I know nothing about rifles, extra-nothing about Norwegian ones. Have they needed them since The Moon Is Down? I'll take a peek tomorrow.

Seen this: Mother Temple of Besakih? Just one sentence. It's by far the biggest deal temple on Bali. I've not gone because it's also the biggest tourist trap.

Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:39, 25 April 2009 (UTC) (+Goodnight)

Yep, back in 2005 that probably was the best this site had. So much to do... Durova 16:41, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Really gotta go, but just noticed a new user helping out: Special:Contributions/Mara Lover. Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:51, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XIV

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter Round II, Issue 4 - April 26, 2009 Archive before | Archive after Content Leaders As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most: Featured articles Ceranthor, Ottava Rima, Sasata and the_ed17 have all had 1 successful featured article nomination. Featured lists Rlevse and Wrestlinglover have both had 3 successful featured list nominations. Featured topics Rlevse has had 1 successful featured topic nomination. Featured pictures Durova has had 10 successful featured picture nominations. Featured sounds Shoemaker's Holiday has had 2 successful featured sound nominations. Featured portals No contestant has yet had a successful featured portal nomination. Good topics No contestant has yet had a successful good topic nomination. Good articles Mitchazenia and Theleftorium have both had 6 successful good article nominations. Did you know? items Sasata has had 23 successful "Did you know?" nominations. In the news items Candlewicke has had 8 successful "In the news" nominations. For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10. Biggest Jumps This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are: Rank User LF TF D 1 Sasata 202 464 262 2 Durova 182 434 252 3 Mitchazenia 79 202 123 4 Useight 73 178 105 5 Paxse 87 174 87 LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores A full list is located at Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Jumps From the Judges Another big week sees new leaders in many of the pools. Many of the wildcards are in triple figures so others might want to pick up the pace to make it through!  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One WikiCup At a Glance As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of: 4 Featured articles 9 Featured lists 1 Featured topic 17 Featured pictures 3 Featured sounds 0 Featured portals 0 Good topics 25 Good articles 64 Did you know? items 11 In the news items This combines with the Round 1 totals to make a grand total of: 24 Featured articles 41 Featured lists 3 Featured topics 152 Featured pictures 24 Featured sounds 1 Featured portal 2 Good topics 168 Good articles 368 Did you know? items 60 In the news items Pool leaders In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are: Pool A Shoemaker's Holiday (346) Pool B Mitchazenia (202) Pool C Theleftorium (232) Pool D Paxse (174) Pool E Durova (234) Pool F Sasata (464) Current Wildcards Rlevse (227) Wrestlinglover (186) Useight (178) the_ed17 (154) Candlewicke (142) Scorpion0422 (130) Ottava Rima (123) ThinkBlue (104) Ceranthor (92) Gary King and Juliancolton (71) All scores are accurate as of 12:33, 26 April 2009 (UTC) If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.

Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 14:26, 26 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

Evidence

Is there any new evidence for the JzG case, or will it just be a summary of what's already been presented elsewhere? To answer your question, I proceed to the workshop because I've already seen the stuff that's been presented to date. I don't need to see it presented again. Jehochman 23:29, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

My general request to arbitrators has been to wait one week for evidence before moving to a proposed decision. There's no particular reason why things should be different here. You requested this case at your convenience. It may not be equally convenient to other parties. Durova 23:35, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough. I am not in any rush. I did not think my proposals would elicit so many responses! Normally people pretty much ignore my amateurish workshop proposals. Jehochman 23:37, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Durova,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Ijazah3.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 28, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-04-28. howcheng {chat} 03:43, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Beautiful caption, I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks! Durova 03:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Abd and JzG

Hi. I answered to your talkpage message, I think we basically agree, though I feel that the evidence I present hooks into a different part of the situation. Also, I believe that I recused to 'decide' on the de-blacklisting request, but that to me does not mean that I am not allowed to expand on the issues involved if I believe that those issues were fully presented in the case.

I am a bit troubled by your "The one alteration I actually encouraged has not been made: removal of the ambiguous suggestion that I share Abd's content POV.". I do not see where I make that ambiguous suggestion. If I do so, could you please point me how I do that, as I have no reason to suggest that. I have also responded to your sentence where you suggest I have altered evidence, I hope there that you meant that I altered the representation of the evidence, there is for me no way I can alter evidence, that is in the diffs. I don't want us to go into dispute over these things, and I'd rather remove the response as it is not part of the case. --Dirk Beetstra 10:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I will be really away for the approx. next two days, may not respond quickly to other concerns and remarks or be able to adapt evidence. --Dirk Beetstra 12:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough: I hadn't seen your query to the talk page when I wrote that. Will amend. Durova 16:12, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Durova,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Red Jacket 2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 29, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-04-29. howcheng {chat} 23:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, looks fine. Durova 23:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates/A Midsummer Night's Dream

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Midsummer Night's Dream Henry Fuseli2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 11:56, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Durova 15:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

B'nai B'rith membership certificate

I don't know if you saw, but this has passed on commons. I shoved it into the POTY queue for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, 19 September, since Shavuot was already filled. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

In other news, kind of annoyed at FPC: The stupidity of opposing the Grant image for using a Victorian format, combined with having to practically beg people to review any literature-related FPCs are starting to annoy me. Thinking of taking a long break. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

One of the things I discovered long ago is that FPC reviewers like variety. The provenance on the image at right is incredible: embroidered by Elizabeth I herself in her youth as a gift for Queen Catherine Parr. But it didn't pass FPC because reviewers didn't want too many embroidered book covers. Misplaced Pages has exactly one embroidered book cover FP, which had recently passed when this was nominated. I fail to see the logic is assigning a quota system to prevent more than one example of a medium from getting promoted (could you imagine if people tried that with oil paintings? with digital photography?) but there's the way them folks thinks. Change it up. Ultimately it is a good thing to learn more styles and media. Durova 15:13, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:NOR

I note that you reverted Bob's removal of a paragraph at WP:NOR (saying that it was a long standing concept in the policy). Please note that Bob had discussed the reasoning behind his edit on the NOR talk page. While you are absolutely within your rights to object and revert, please do him the courtesy of explaining why you reverted on the talk page. Blueboar (talk) 15:34, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I see you already have... thanks. Blueboar (talk) 15:36, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

It's a concept that's been very useful for years, when interacting with difficult newcomers. Durova 15:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Image restoration request

Hi! I stumbled upon File:Nagasakibomb.jpg, which was featured in August 2007, and includes a number of scratches and dust particles. I'm sure WP:GL could handle it, but given that you have such expertise in this sort of restoration, and it's already featured, I thought I'd ask if you could please clean it up. Thanks!--HereToHelp 19:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually the graphics lab doesn't do restorations. Can't make any promises when I'd get around to it, but thanks for the pointer. Durova 00:48, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Krag-Jørgensen

The main issue is time, and the fact that just ain't much in the way of good references available. I have laid my hands on a copy of a book on US Krags and hope to be able to use that for referencing that section, but Real Life is keeping me busy. WegianWarrior (talk) 22:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. At least the article isn't being abandoned. Good luck with the improvements. :) Durova 00:47, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates/Richmond, Virginia, 1865

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Richmond Virginia damage2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 11:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Durova 14:19, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Removal of geocities pages

You are doing this prematurely. You have no idea what plans Yahoo has for these pages. They are unlikely to be trashed. Please stop this campaign. ► RATEL ◄ 15:10, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

So we should keep contributory copyright infringement and unreliable citations? Please explain what you think I should change. Durova 15:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

How do you know that copyright is infringed and that that site's extracts are not there with permission? ► RATEL ◄ 15:17, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

The burden rests with people who host copyrighted material and link to it, to demonstrate that they're compliant. I've been removing contributory copyright infringement links to YouTube and lyrics sites for ages. Geocities is not a sanctuary from the law. Durova 15:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Where in the rules or guidelines are ELs stated to be under this deletion caveat? You seem so sure of it that you must be able to point me to the paragraph with ease. ► RATEL ◄ 15:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:LINKVIO Durova 15:28, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thought you might post that. The site uses extracts of books, not "lyrics of many popular songs without permission from their copyright holders". So this is not an open-and-shut case. Let me ask you something: If I can contact the owner of that site and ask them to clarify copyright, and they state —on the site— that copyright permission was given, will that satisfy you? ► RATEL ◄ 15:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely, that'd be fine. Apologies if my tone seems abrupt. It's a thankless task. After enough interactions with people who just don't care, one gets a little jaded. It once even went to arbitration when negative information was being sourced to copyvio/unreliable hostings at a BLP. Best wishes, Durova 15:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, let me see what I can do. I think I can deduce an email address. Give me a couple of days. BTW, no offence taken. I hope we don't lose all geocities sites, since many are unique. I expect Yahoo will sell them to another provider, even if only for the ad revenue they bring. ► RATEL ◄ 15:43, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

It'd be a shame to lose them all. Some of those links are the official sites of museums in the developing world, which apparently have to operate on a limited budget. Durova 15:45, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

File:Graculaindica.jpg

Could you list this image at WP:PUF? It would look more credible if you listed it since it's on a blacklisted domain. Blueboy96 22:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure, a bit later on. Durova 22:19, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Arb Enforcement

Apologies, Durova. I can't say that I was entirely unaware of the mentorship; it just hadn't occured to me. -- Levine2112 03:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

You're human. We all are. Durova 04:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Special edition triple crowns

Hi, I noticed you special edition section and wanted to ask about a group of editors that have contributed to the WikiProject Video games. Some have contributed to several video game related articles, and I picked the ones below somewhat arbitrarily. They may have a different article that they may favor more.

• Kung Fu Man
  • DYK: Rufus (Street Fighter)
  • GA: Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
  • FC: Alleyway

• David Fuchs
  • DYK: Grudge Warriors
  • GA: Halo 3
  • FC: Golden Sun

• AndonicO
  • DYK: Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far
  • GA: Age of Empires III
  • FC: BioShock

• Jappalang
  • DYK: Conan (2007 video game)
  • GA: Space Hulk (video game)
  • FC: Giants: Citizen Kabuto

• Sephiroth BCR
  • DYK: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
  • GA: Soma Cruz
  • FC: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

• Gary King
  • DYK: Nintendo DSi
  • GA: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
  • FC: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Deckiller was awarded a regular triple crown for the below articles, but has significantly contributed in improving numerous video game articles to GA and FA. For example, he pushed Characters of Final Fantasy VIII through GA and FA. Not sure if he would still count or not?
  • DYK: World of Final Fantasy VIII
  • GA: Tom Brady
  • FC: Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Do they meet to criteria to start a VG project section? (Guyinblack25 19:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC))

Yes, you have enough for a project crown. The question is whether Deckiller supplied at least ten inline citations to the version of Characters of Final Fantasy VII that passed GAC and FAC. If so, he'd be included in the award. Durova 02:51, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

The edit history shows his contributions. Prior to his contributions, the article was in very poor shape. A few weeks later, the article was well written and sourced. Dates of the work done to the article corresponds to the GAN and FAC dates in the article history on Talk:Characters of Final Fantasy VIII. He was also the one who nominated the article in both instances. (Guyinblack25 03:45, 2 May 2009 (UTC))

I'm sure the nomination was very good. Key question here is how many of those citations this editor added. It may be an arbitrary threshold to use that as the metric and set it at ten, but it's the most fair and verifiable thing I could do to draw a threshold between minor and major contributors. Durova 05:11, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Here are two example edit differences that show some of the his rewrites and sourcing; all the intermediate revisions between the differences are Deckiller's. So basically, almost all the citations in this version were added by him. (Guyinblack25 17:30, 2 May 2009 (UTC))

DYK for José Sabogal

On May 2, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article José Sabogal, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 00:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Durova 02:56, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

USRD TC

This is just a ping to see if the USRD special edition TC has ever been designed. It was last mentioned in October at WT:USRD, and that discussion was archived in archive #14. Imzadi1979 (talk) 06:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh dear me. Apologies! (trouts self). Yes, of course. Do you have a request for the logo? Durova 06:19, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Image help

I've been suggested to you, as someone who might be able to help out with this... Do you think you could spare a minute to glance at it? Thanks in advance/no hard feelings!! ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 15:20, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

It's a reasonably good scan of a cheap color printing method that really doesn't hold up at high resolution. If you want to get a better file version, the thing to do really would be to search for an older book source. Preferably mid-nineteenth century through about the 1920s, when production standards were higher (they hadn't yet figured out how to do it cheaply). Generally I shy away from coats of arms because local laws unrelated to copyright may attach to them. Legally and policy-wise these things have no protection here at en:wiki if the copyright has expired, but this is an international project so at rare moments someone shows up from another country who's very sensitive and takes offense. Culturally that's quite a surprise to an Ignorant Yank like myself, but I don't actually want to give offense and have learned to tread lightly. If other editors can provide a better source copy and give assurance that it wouldn't offend anyone's civic or family pride, I'd be glad to help out. Please provide a TIFF file 10MB or larger from a clean scanner. If that's feasible then talk to me and we'll work out the details. Durova 15:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I'll look into getting a better source copy then, thanks. ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 16:26, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Images at Commons

I found several images at Commons but wasn't sure the correct way of dealing with them. The first two (File:AFClogo.jpg and File:AFC blue logo.jpg) are logos so I assume they are speedy deletes. File:AFC arieal.JPG, File:AFCGrade1.jpg and File:AFC TD.jpg are to be found at http://www.alfalaah.org.za/?pg=117 while File:AFC JGym.jpg is at http://www.alfalaah.org.za/?pg=112a&resp=learner. However, the images at Commons are better quality than the ones on the Al Falaah website. This leads me to think that User talk:Abdulmirza has taken or has access to the originals. I was unsure if the images should be tagged as speedy, regular deletion or some other process. There was another, File:AFC Lab.jpg, that I couldn't see on the Al Falaah site. Cheers. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 17:29, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Have you communicated with the uploader? Durova 17:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I got called away just after I left this note. I just left them a message now. Thanks. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 22:18, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Email

You have mail that relates to the permalink you just made. Risker (talk) 01:29, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Could you point me to the policy or guideline statement onsite that states featured articles are exempt from templating? If I've missed a clause somewhere I'll gladly retract. Durova 02:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Durova,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Beethoven opus 101 manuscript.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 4, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-05-04. The audio files are included too, but I'm not sure how I'm going to get those on the Main Page yet. howcheng {chat} 02:31, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

On September 11 last year we ran an audio file George W. Bush's address of 9/11/2001. Perhaps borrow the formatting from there? Durova 02:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I know, but that was just one; this a group of three files. I'll probably forgo the big "play" button. howcheng {chat} 02:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

There's a group audio file template; Shoemaker's Holiday constructed it I think. He's been very talented about that sort of thing. Durova 04:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I think I made it look OK (see Template:POTD protected/2009-05-04). Also, File:Searching for bodies, Galveston 1900.ogg will be POTD on September 8, 2009 (anniversary of the hurricane's landfall). howcheng {chat} 04:57, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Another one: File:Gerald Ford hearing2.jpg will be going on June 17 (anniversary of the Watergate burglaries). I would have done it on the anniversary of the pardon itself, but that was on September 8, same day as the Galveston hurricane, so oh well. howcheng {chat} 05:44, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Hm. I've done Nixon's resignation speech. Featured sound nominations often go slowly, but would you like me to search for Ford's announcement of the pardon? Durova 06:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

If you think you can get it promoted in time, sure. howcheng {chat} 07:19, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Salem witch2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talk 18:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Borobudur lantern slide2.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talk 18:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Durova 15:36, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XV

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter Round II, Issue 5 - May 3, 2009 Archive before | Archive after Content Leaders As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most: Featured articles Ceranthor, Ottava Rima, Sasata and the_ed17 have all had 1 successful featured article nomination. Featured lists Wrestlinglover has had 4 successful featured list nominations. Featured topics Rlevse has had 1 successful featured topic nomination. Featured pictures Durova has had 13 successful featured picture nominations. Featured sounds Shoemaker's Holiday has had 2 successful featured sound nominations. Featured portals J Milburn has had 1 successful featured portal nomination. Good topics ThinkBlue has had 1 successful good topic nomination. Good articles Theleftorium has had 7 successful good article nominations. Did you know? items Sasata has had 24 successful "Did you know?" nominations. In the news items Candlewicke has had 14 successful "In the news" nominations. For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10. Biggest Jumps This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are: Rank User LF TF D 1 Sasata 464 800 336 2 Candlewicke 144 236 92 3 Paxse 175 259 84 4 Shoemaker's Holiday 381 455 74 5 Ottava Rima 123 184 61 LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores This was generated from this diff. From the Judges A great week for Sasata with the biggest jump in score for a long while - 336 - so well done! It's nearing the end of this round, remember, which will end on May 29. It would it your best interest to nominate GANs now to avoid missing out.  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One WikiCup At a Glance As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of: 4 Featured articles 11 Featured lists 1 Featured topic 24 Featured pictures 3 Featured sounds 1 Featured portal 1 Good topic 25 Good articles 87 Did you know? items 17 In the news items This combines with the Round 1 totals to make a grand total of: 24 Featured articles 43 Featured lists 3 Featured topics 159 Featured pictures 24 Featured sounds 2 Featured portal 3 Good topics 168 Good articles 391 Did you know? items 66 In the news items Pool leaders In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are: Pool A Shoemaker's Holiday (455) Pool B Mitchazenia (208) Pool C Theleftorium (279) Pool D Paxse (259) Pool E Durova (291) Pool F Sasata (800) Current Wildcards Rlevse (244) Candlewicke (236) Wrestlinglover (226) Useight (224) Ottava Rima (184) the_ed17 (161) Scorpion0422 (143) ThinkBlue (134) Ceranthor (104) J Milburn and Juliancolton (99) All scores are accurate as of 08:15, 4 May 2009 (UTC) If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list.

Delivered for the WikiCup by  ROBOTIC GARDEN  at 08:33, 4 May 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.

DYK for Amalia Mesa-Bains

On May 5, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Amalia Mesa-Bains, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Nice one. Paxse (talk) 14:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :) Durova 15:04, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Ismail Shammout's Where to ....JPG

Dear Durova, you are an image expert, so I think you can answer my question. I've started the bio of Ismail Shammout, a Palestinian artist, who painted Where to ..?. SlimVirgin uploaded File:Ismail Shammout's Where to ....JPG. The image is copyrighted and unlicensed. If I use the image in the bio, does it qualifies as fair use under U.S. copyright law? Have a nice day! AdjustShift (talk) 15:17, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

You should be able to use it in the artist's biography if you write a separate fair use rationale at the image hosting page for the biography. Durova 15:21, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. :-) AdjustShift (talk) 15:24, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVIII (April 2009)

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commons:User:Cecil

Durova, can you have a word with this fellow? He deleted one of the archival versions of an FP, and when I complained, he got very, very rude. If we're going to maintain proper restoration archives, random deletions of the files are going to be a major problem.

Either that, or use your contacts to get the coders off their arses so that they'll finally support decent-sized PNGs. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:38, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Which file did he delete? Durova 17:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

... I meant to do this on commons, which is where he did it, but, anyway: commons:File:Ulysses_S._Grant_from_West_Point_to_Appomattox.png. The lossless version of a Commons FP, no less. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I've commented at that editor's user talk. We really ought to start a writeup of best practices for image editing. Would you like to begin a draft? Durova 19:58, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

FPC

Thought I'd try this once more (though I still say that it's demeaning to have to literally beg to get people to review literature FPCs). However, do you think it's alright not to show the original scan on the FPC when the changes are so minor (since I was able to scan a good-quality copy myself) that I don't think they'd be at all noticable at thumbnail, save the minor levels adjustment? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:58, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Basically if the changes are so minor they don't deserve a separate filename (.2 degree rotation, remove half a dozen dirt specks) then there's no need for documentation beyond a few words at the upload file. But it really does make a difference with museum negotiations to uphold best practices: you and I set the standard in that regard since we've been prolific for a long time. So I err on the conservative side. Long experience with digital editing of any sort has been that most people hate to document their work. One really has to walk the straight and narrow in order to maintain credibility when asking others to do it right. Durova 20:03, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Please join

Please join the arbitration against me. All negative comments are welcome at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration under my name. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 20:36, 6 May 2009 (UTC)