User talk:Fox/December 2015

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On 13 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Julius Green, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that, while working as a spy for MI9 at Colditz, Julius Green wrote coded messages to a fictional lover? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Julius Green. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi

I see you used to be on the Scots Wikipedia and haven't edited it for about 3 years but have continued with wikipedia. I would like to know what you think about this. Munci (talk) 23:04, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

@Munci: Not much to say other than that I got busy. — foxj 17:35, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

That's a shame. I was hoping I could get more people interested in the project again. Munci (talk) 04:35, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

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Merry Christmas, Foxj, and may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers.

@Dirtlawyer1: Thanks! You too :) — foxj 17:21, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks Pine! — foxj 15:45, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Foxj,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Poepkop (talk) 19:41, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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