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Super Paper Mario
Hello! Just notifying you that Super Paper Mario, one of the final major steps towards a Paper Mario GT, has been nominated for good article status. Unlike the other two, I didn't have to do much to get it to this point (you've done basically half ), and I won't take much credit for this. Panini🥪 14:03, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of 2016 Camellia Bowl
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About SB Nation sources
Hi Toa Nidhiki05, SB Nation may not be a bad source but I think there are better sources than SB Nation such as Detroit News. If you insist on keeping the SB Nation sources, feel free to do so. You have did a great job with the article, and therefore, I will pass it as a GA-article. --AlabamaFan101 (talk) 04:14, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of 2016 Camellia Bowl
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Your GA nomination of 2016 Camellia Bowl
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Thanks for taking care of those pesky tables! I've been trying to take care of them but received a lot of pushback from other users, including the original user who advocated for them, so I gave up. I'd like to turn your attention to the articles that still have those tables:
- 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia
- 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia
- 2021 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election
- 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
- 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election
- 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2021 Anchorage mayoral election
- 2021 Boston mayoral election
- 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election
- 2021 New York City mayoral election
- 2021 Seattle mayoral election
- 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election
That's all I could find. The tables seem limited to races that are to be held in 2021 and 2022, but I don't know if they're being expanded to other elections held pre-2021. Again, thanks! Love of Corey (talk) 06:45, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
2022 North Carolina Senate Race
The source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-lara-senate-north-carolina-b1816787.html quotes Lindsay Graham as saying "If she runs, I certainly will be behind her, because I think she represents the future of the Republican Party." referring to Lara Trump. What part of this is contradictory to Wikipedia:Endorsements? It seems to meet all criterion of an endorsement. Anish631 (talk) 02:38, 2 April 2021 (UTC)Anish631
Recent reversion at SWLJ
Just a heads up I restored a few valid changes I made that you reverted, likely by accident. --GoneIn60 (talk) 18:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Amy Grant discography/archive1
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Your GA nomination of Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa
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Blocked
You and IR2017 have been blocked for one week from New Democrat Coalition, Blue Dog Coalition and Republican Governance Group due to edit warring. Use the talk pages. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 16:36, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- Good deal. Did you revert to the previous consensus version, before the editing war began? CambridgeBayWeather Toa Nidhiki05 16:42, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- No because I don't know which is the correct version. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 18:58, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- The original versions:
- No because I don't know which is the correct version. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 18:58, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- The section in question is “See Also”. If you wanted you could just copy the old version to the current page edit. I am fine with the temporary block because it forces him to go to the talk, I just think per WP:BRD the page should not have the contested edit in the interim. CambridgeBayWeather Toa Nidhiki05 19:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- You could use the talk page and ask if others agree. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 19:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- I have. Other editors on those pages reverted back as well. It’s not a matter of agreement. That’s the original version that the dispute is over. Since when do we allow contested edits to remain while discussion is ongoing. Toa Nidhiki05 19:13, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- And he just deleted my post asking for discussion. CambridgeBayWeather Toa Nidhiki05 23:31, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- Warned. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 23:43, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- And he just deleted my post asking for discussion. CambridgeBayWeather Toa Nidhiki05 23:31, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- I have. Other editors on those pages reverted back as well. It’s not a matter of agreement. That’s the original version that the dispute is over. Since when do we allow contested edits to remain while discussion is ongoing. Toa Nidhiki05 19:13, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- You could use the talk page and ask if others agree. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 19:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
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The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
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template on 2004 United States election voting controversies
Would you mind detailing what you think the fringe issues are on 2004 United States election voting controversies. For reference, diff. Bonewah (talk) 15:47, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa
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Exchange reviews?
Just nominated Judgment (video game) to GA and saw your nominated of Bionicle: Matoran Adventures. Are you interested in exchanging reviews? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 13:12, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah I think that would work Tintor2! 17:16, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Awkward source
Hi. I did a quick search for anything that might substantiate the assumption that content was cut from the 2003 Bionicle monstr-ahem, game. I found this post from someone working with the BIoMedia project who got into contact with a number of Argonaut staff, and includes some juicy details about its production (original concept, team history, engine info, production problems). The problem is it's from Tumblr, which is traditionally inadmissible as a source. I don't feel comfortable adding it to the source suggestions page of the article, but I thought I'd leave it here. --ProtoDrake (talk) 10:20, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
- Funnily enough, ProtoDrake, I’m quite familiar with them and have stumbled upon their source. It’s public knowledge at this point that the game was developed last-minute and half the levels were cut - but sadly a RS has never reported it and I’m not sure an argonaut employee has ever publicly said this under their real name. It’s very unfortunate. Toa Nidhiki05 10:57, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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Even though Steny Hoyer has the title of House Majority Leader, since he is second in rank he does not belong in the leadership spot, if we were to include second ranking people, then we would have to add Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin as well. Moreover when people talk about democratic leaders in congress they always refer to the top democrat in the House and top democrat in the Senate(Pelosi and Schumer). Also, House Majority leader hasn't been included in this article going back years. Therefore he should be removed. So please do not add him.Uzenaes (talk) 13:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
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American football video games to GA
Can you bring American football video games to GA? Longplay Watcher (talk) 19:45, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
RFC
Given the current controversy, I guess if you really wanted the RFC to move forward, you could open it yourself. No pressure from me though, you should do what you want. Benevolent human (talk) 14:20, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
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[Cindy Hyde-Smith
Rather than edit-warring at Cindy Hyde-Smith, please explain yourself in a discussion on the talk page. I will place similar notices on other involved editors talk pages. Jacona (talk) 11:48, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Jacona: Toa Nidhiki05 is entirely correct here. Is Hyde-Smith a white supremacist? 100% (in my opinion, an opinion which does not necessarily reflect that of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or anyone besides myself affiliated thereto). However, lines like: "It is unclear whether Hyde-Smith was demonstrating allegiance to the Confederate States of America. She also has not disclosed her position on treason or crimes against the United States," are unequivocally inappropriate in the prose of an article in Wikipedia's voice. Furthermore, the onus is on the editor(s) including new material to discuss it on the talk page should their edit be reverted, not vice versa. Toa does not need to "explain themself in a discussion on the talk page." TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 22:26, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Bionicle (video game)
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; see Talk:Bionicle (video game) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheTechnician27 -- TheTechnician27 (talk) 20:01, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Barnstar
| The Video Game Barnstar | ||
| For your elevation of Bionicle, Bionicle: Matoran Adventures, Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa, Lego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui, and Bionicle Heroes to Good Article status. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 20:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC) |
Also, I was looking for a WikiProject Lego barnstar right as I saw your notification on my talk page. Someone really ought to make one of those. Either way, you deserved one a loooong time ago, given you seem to have had a hand in literally every Bionicle GA promotion, or at least the video games. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 20:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks! ProtoDrake got the one for Mask of Light, but the others are all mine as far as I know and there's only one off from having a complete "good article" set for the video games! Toa Nidhiki05 21:49, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
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The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
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BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.
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I am asking you to please stop undoing my edits when I corrected my initial mistake. You even took out somebody elses edit.
If you see something that does not look right go over it and fix what is wrong. Do not reverse entire edits.
-Michael usfg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael usfg (talk • contribs) 21:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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Can you please post an explanation of why you've been repeatedly reverting what appears to be sourced material for endorsements of a declared candidate? Am I missing something? OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:44, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants,
The Rambling Man and
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being
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Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles.
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