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The right template to use is not the "only warning" one where the user's been warned multiple times. Thanks 79.79.161.203 (talk) 13:43, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Hello, I did not have a previous interaction with you. According to your talk page history, I never had edited or placed a warning template on that page. If you think this was a misunderstanding, please link the page where I placed the warning. Thanks, --///EuroCarGT 20:15, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2014)
 Inside an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
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Image permissions
Hello, this is in regards to image File:Dudley Hewitt Cup.png. The contributor of the file has notified me his latest e-mail to the OTRS and that it specifically states the image in question and that it is released to public domain. I was wondering if there is or will be a status update in its case soon. Thank you. DMighton (talk) 01:53, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
- @DMighton:, Image permissions should be sent using the form at WP:CONSENT. Best, ///EuroCarGT 01:55, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the response... but he already sent it... it says:
To whom it may concern
I am giving you permission to use the OHA Dudley Hewitt Cup Photo, along with all other OHA Trophy Photos that are currently on Wikipedia. The OHA is releasing any and all images to public domain.
Should you have any questions or concerns please contact me.
Regards,
Stephen Boscariol OHA Development Coordinator 519-622-2402 Ext. 7 sboscariol@ohahockey.org
That is pretty explicit about his intentions. I hope this is good enough. DMighton (talk) 02:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
- @DMighton: The permission should be in the form as stated at Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries, this is to ensure the author agrees with the works being published using that license. This form also has acknowledgements and other info that the author needs to be aware of. Best, ///EuroCarGT 02:09, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
- Hi again, I was given the impression that Mr. Boscariol has sent his form letter to OTRS this week. I was wondering if I could confirm that with you? DMighton (talk) 03:02, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
- @DMighton: I did not receive a response from him, however I look in to queue to see if he added a new ticket. Best, ///EuroCarGT 03:05, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Rescue exercise RCA 2012.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 00:37, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2014)
 Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, the world's first national park
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Halloween cheer!
Hello EuroCarGT:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– NorthAmerica1000 05:50, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
I bet you know the answer to this question…
I am trying to put my finger on some information concerning the national parks in the United States. I noticed on your talk page that you participate in the United States national Park project goals. Here's what I need to know: I need to know the total acreage of national parks in the United States. I need to reference the regulations that prevent anyone that visits the parks is prevented from removing, harassing, trapping, or any other activity which impacts any plant or animal located in the park. Thank you very much and best regards
- Bfpage |leave a message 11:56, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
- @Bfpage: Hello! It should be possible to research the total area size of US National Parks. Also for park regulations enforcing illegal conducts in parks is too, quite easy to find, for example, some Trillium flowers are illegal to be removed in some areas in Michigan, New York, Minnesota and Ontario. Also within this week, I should pop in the National parks article to help assist in community collaboration. Best, ///EuroCarGT 20:42, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Halloween cheer!
Hello EuroCarGT:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– The herald 12:16, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Halloween cheer!
Hello EuroCarGT:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– –Davey2010 • (talk) 15:25, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Halloween cheer!
Hello EuroCarGT:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– AmaryllisGardener talk 15:33, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Halloween cheer!
Hello EuroCarGT:
With the risk of repeating everything above: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– Hafspajen (talk) 17:27, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Mentoring for the Co-op?
Hey EuroCarGT, this is Jethro, a fellow host at the Teahouse. With a small team, I'm piloting a new mentorship space on Wikipedia called The Co-op. I wanted to ask if you might be interested in mentoring 1 or 2 editors during our pilot in December. The idea is that mentors will be doing one-on-one teaching based on what an editor wants to do or accomplish, and it's not some huge commitment to teach comprehensively about Wikipedia. Your skills in new page patrolling, and experience with deletion processes, and reputation at the Teahouse would all be very valuable for us. If you're interested, please sign up here and we'll keep you posted when we have an actual interface to work with. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have, of course, so let me know if there's anything about the space you'd like to know more about. Much like the Teahouse, the only way we'll know if our project is useful is if we can get folks to help teach. I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:04, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
- @I JethroBT: I'll be interested in joining, however with the scheduled date of December 2014 - end of January 2015, I may not be active around mid-January till late January 2015 due to exams. Is it required to be fully active within the pilot project dates? Best, ///EuroCarGT 21:33, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, for a number of reasons, it is looking like we could be piloting later in January 2015. So, you would probably be in good shape. Even if we were to start in December, I'm sure there would still be an opportunity for you mentor if you were interested. I, JethroBT drop me a line 21:55, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll probably join after reading some of the points listed on the project page. Best, --///EuroCarGT 22:10, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
- Actually, for a number of reasons, it is looking like we could be piloting later in January 2015. So, you would probably be in good shape. Even if we were to start in December, I'm sure there would still be an opportunity for you mentor if you were interested. I, JethroBT drop me a line 21:55, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2014)
 A pizza is an oven-baked flat bread typically topped with tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings
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My posse
Wikipedia is a hell of a place; the brilliant content-creators labor in anonymity but the janitors get their own fanclubs.[1] DMacks (talk) 04:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is 
Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. 
Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.
A full list of our prize-winners follows:
Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
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ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2014)
 Sleeping is part of everyday life
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Selfoss July 2014.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:37, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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Congratulations
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The Lamborghini Award |
| You have won the Lamborghini award, in recognition of your extremely swift help in the Photography workshop of the Graphics Lab. NikosGouliaros (talk) 22:51, 16 November 2014 (UTC) |
- Thanks! ///EuroCarGT 00:27, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2014)
 Military aviation and missile guidance are examples of modern military technology.
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Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews
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The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.
If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)
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Would you have any suggestions?
A few months ago during the eventually unsuccessful Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Piotrus_3 you voted "neutral". You said "Neutral more of leaning towards Support, still thinking of this candidate." I wonder if you ever had time to revisit this - did you decide to keep neutral, or did it slip your mind? I wonder if you'd have any suggestions in the event I'd decide to run again. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:29, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: I forgot to update my !vote on your RFA. Overall, my suggestions would be ensuring the concerns express on the oppose section don't happen again for a long time and keep on continuing good work on content. All of this would increase the trust the community has on you. Best, ///EuroCarGT 21:30, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for getting back to me. While I've continued to write content (DYKs, GAs, etc.) and intend to do so steadily, I'll note that this has never played a significant factor in the community's opinion of my suitability as an admin. Hence, I'd appreciate any suggestion regarding what you think are the major concerns that I could address (and that I haven't done so far). While of course I have thought about it myself, and tried to work on that, I wonder if you could spot something that I've missed. Feel free to examine my talk archives (which are not redacted) or any other logs and perhaps you'll be able to spot some problematic issues you think I need to work on? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: I may not have the time to look at your talk page archives and user logs now, but I have watchlisted your talk page to have a sense of your interaction. I think for a admin candidate today, interaction is key and ideal, especially in heated discussions and for the new editors. Continue what you are doing and with the new years coming set some new years resolution on what you want to improve on. Best and kind regards, ///EuroCarGT 21:34, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for getting back to me. While I've continued to write content (DYKs, GAs, etc.) and intend to do so steadily, I'll note that this has never played a significant factor in the community's opinion of my suitability as an admin. Hence, I'd appreciate any suggestion regarding what you think are the major concerns that I could address (and that I haven't done so far). While of course I have thought about it myself, and tried to work on that, I wonder if you could spot something that I've missed. Feel free to examine my talk archives (which are not redacted) or any other logs and perhaps you'll be able to spot some problematic issues you think I need to work on? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
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| Congratulations, International airport, an article you helped in prove as an active contributor amongst the team over at the wikiproject Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement has now been recognized with Good Article status here on Wikipedia. Your contributions among the the TAFI team and Wikipedia as a whole are appreciated. David Condrey log talk 08:00, 19 November 2014 (UTC) |
Wow, I am impressed. Such general topics are a pain to improve. Nicely done! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:21, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks both of y'all! ///EuroCarGT 21:35, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2014)
 A beach on the island of San Andrés, a tourist destination in the Caribbean
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Steak you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Biblioworm -- Biblioworm (talk) 01:41, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Don't want to duplicate effort, or steal your sunshine
Sometimes the time horizon for "soon" is longer than I think. Apparently you meant "immediately". I'll leave steak alone for a few hours. --NickPenguin(contribs) 22:47, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- @NickPenguin: Don't worry, anyone can pitch in. Remember, this is a community collaboration. Best, ///EuroCarGT 22:50, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
The article Steak you nominated as a good article has passed 
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Dudley Hewitt Cup image
Hi, the owner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup image (Steve Boscariol) e-mailed me yesterday to confirm that he e-mailed the permission form for the image yesterday. I was hoping to confirm that it arrived. DMighton (talk) 22:22, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
- @DMighton: I merged the ticket to the previous one. The permission has been confirmed and we are modifying the file according to the permission statement. Thanks, ///EuroCarGT 22:24, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
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