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Seems there is a competing article to your page, see 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks. I have tagged this page that it should be merged to yours (the other was first, but your version is much better developed), and put notes on both talk pages. I think the other title is better as the attacks are continuing. 2011 New years arson spree perhaps? --220 of ^Borg 18:32, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

The event is hard to put a name on... this is why I was unaware of the other article. I tried "2011 Southern California..." in the search box, no results. "2011 California..." Nothing. "2011 Los Angeles..." Nothing (I should have typed 2011-2012). I think the current name is fine, maybe move it to 2011-2012 Los Angeles arson spree? Maybe a RM? The other article is ready to be a redirect I think. Doesn't expand on 2011 Los Angeles arson spree, IMO. Maybe after making it a redirect move my article over the redirect? BCS (Talk) 18:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi "Bar Code Symmetry". I don't recall being quoted before on WP, certainly not at an AfD!
Sorry for late reply, but IIRC it was actually early/late in my morning (UTC + 11) and I went to bed soon after, had a long day and night editing. To find the article I think I just put "2011", "arson" and "Los Angeles" into the search box (you don't need an exact title, it will give you a list of returns with the appropriate words). Then I edited the page to ad it into Category:arson and when I had a look there, I found ' your' page. And what a kerfuffle I started!, though it seems to have been worked out.(I hope?) - 220 of ^Borg 10:33, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

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Based on its current state, it's pretty clear that 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks needs some serious work. I've started a discussion about how to go forward at Talk:2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks#One cleanup possibility, and you're invited to participate. Thanks in advance, Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 05:34, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any formal notability guidelines for matches other than general notability. Record setting matches, and tournament finals have generally been kept if afd'ed, but really what it comes down is if the match is significant enough to have received coverage beyond the usual match reports, etc. Cheers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:20, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Ok, that's what I thought. BCS (Talk) 02:28, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry for not responding earlier, I was busy in RL. I've done a couple dozen checks at WP:RA/Sports in the O-Z section. It seems most of these guys are Estonian and have appeared in a handful of international matches back in the 1930s. I'll do more in the next few days. Regards. Timbouctou (talk) 00:09, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, that's great! RL always comes first, though. I have been busy myself. I think it was one person who added about 50 names of Estonian footballers. I'll look into it, and I'll inform WikiProject Football when it's done to maybe consider writing articles. Keep up the great work, BCS (Talk) 02:43, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page. Will continue to do so. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 20:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Because I noticed some of your edits. And I am aware that there are issues that develop around talk pages in Wikipedia, and this helps identify them as such, so that other editors won't mess with your format. It was meant as a suggestion (I think it's good practice.) But as I said, it is only a suggestion. Feel free to move it, remove it, or leave it. It's your page, and you get to do what you want to do. Best to you. Happy editing. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:52, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

OK Thanks. BCS (Talk) 02:54, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Keep up the good work. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 03:06, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Mmmm... thanks! BCS (Talk) 03:08, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Lol. Who the hell told you she kicked people out of the hospital? She would never do that. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 05:36, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Wow. But I think most celebrities do that. The difference here is that Beyonce did it. And media like to follow everything she does to sell their damn newspapers. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 14:10, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Lol. I may seem like an aggressive fan sometimes but I cannot tolerate those media. Do you know television shows do all their programs and show a two minute interview with Beyonce the last just to increase their ratings. This is too much. Lol. They even faked her pregnancy cravings. Beyonce was disgusted when an air hostess brought her banana with ketchup as the latter saw it in newspapers. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 14:15, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

So happy we understand each other. :D Jivesh1205 (Talk) 14:39, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

No. It's a worthwhile endeavour, but not something that is recognised in the WikiCup. For more information, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Thanks. J Milburn (talk) 10:33, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

No worries, glad I could help! I'd seen a discussion on the match on the Football WikiProject's talk page so I'd read into what had happened in the match already so it was good to see it had been made into an article. Thanks for the advice :) I'd seen about the not needing to do a review before your 5th nom but I thought it wouldn't hurt my chances of getting my nom reviewed so gave it a go anyway! Del_♉sion23 (talk) 12:59, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey- you were right that the GA was not eligible, but you shouldn't have removed it yourself- instead, you should have contacted one of the judges. It saves the sort of fratching that occurred on that particular submission page, and stops a bad atmosphere being fostered. Rest assured that Ed and I are checking through every submission at this stage in the competition, and so it would have been caught. As I say, though, if you're worried, contacting one of the judges would be the best move. Thanks, J Milburn (talk)

Sorry, I thought you just had to inform the user (which I did) and delete it. BCS (Talk) 03:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Dear Bar Code Symmetry, i was checking the history of the article User:Football leb/Rabih Najjar and by coincidence i found that you removed the PROD from the article based on the fact that the Lebanese league is notable. first allow me to thank you, second I would like to ask your help, the article has been deleted and I was asking the administrator who deleted it to restore it because i believe that I fix it in a way that meets Wikipedia standards for notability. But the administrator is not convinced based on the fact that the player did not play in a fully pro league and till the time being he doesn't admit that our league is notable and so he declined my recreation. please do check the earliest version of the article and the improvement of the article now [1] and give me your opinion if possible. can my problem be fixed? Football leb (talk) 18:30, 20 January 2012

Hello! The concern of the PROD was notability, if I am not mistaken. The guideline for notability for football players is:

"Players who have appeared, and managers who have managed, in a fully professional league, will generally be regarded as notable"

This became hard to define, and a list of fully professional leagues was made. However, the list is still incomplete; since Rabih Najjar played in the Lebanese Premier League, you would need to find a source stating that the Lebanese Premier League was fully professional or not. If you need help, I can help you look. Also, maybe someone on the list's talk page can help you. Hope I was of help, and happy editing! BCS (Talk) 20:20, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you a lot Bar Code Symmetry, finally i find someone on Wikipedia ready to help. it would be more than an honor for us to find that you are interested in helping, actually it's not hard to proove that our league is fully professional i guess, we have always participated in the world cup qualifications and the olympic games qualifications as a member of the FIFA , actually we hosted in Lebanon the "Asia cup 2000" and now we reached the fourth and final round that leads to the world cup 2014 and Lebanon is currently one of the 10 best teams in Asia.

I think that this makes from our league a professional one, if yes how to proove it on Wikipedia? i really don't know how the things works here I'm new in editing.

Thank you once again and i really apreciate it Football Leb (talk) 2:30, 22 January 2012

You're welcome. Lebanon national team doesn't make a league notable and neither does hosting a tournament. You would have to find a source from the Federation Libanaise de Football's webiste that says that the Lebanese Premier League is fully professional. However, the website seems to be down right now, so I can't tell you that Rabih Najjar is definately notable. I'm trying, though. BCS (Talk) 03:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Well you are absolutely right in what you said because i didn't know that the standards of notability is defined this way, it is so sad for us to know that we cannot archive the carreer of some exceptional lebanese players and to find that other lebanese players with no achievements what so ever has a biograply on wikipedia just because it's dated before the new rules were made. and our real and big problem is the lack of web sources in our country. so the next step i guess is to find in some way that our league is fully professional but how? is there is another way to proove the player notability? his coaching carreer doesn't help?

I can not thank you enough for your help if i knew from the first i wouldn't waisted time asking instead of starting to actually work :) Football Leb (talk) 14:46 , 22 January 2012

You're welcome. I'm sorry, but rules are rules, and unless he played for the national team, he is not notable. You can write articles about anybody who has played a football match for Lebanon national football team, though. Go to that page, maybe find a redlink (Walid Ismael for example), find sources online about him, and write an article. Good luck! BCS (Talk) 18:34, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Bar Code Symmetry:) unfortunately i was excited to finish this article due to the reputation of Rabih Najjar in my country, but i will not give up there must be a way,all i have to do is to keep on searching i guess. u know what makes me said that this player already played for the national team but there is no web sources whatsoever back to those days. it's ironic our federation does not even have a website. thank you once again and i will let you know if something new will occur with me Football Leb (talk) 18:12 , 23 January 2012

It is very sad that some players don't get articles, but it's the rules. Sorry. If you need to ask me anything, please do. Until then, BCS (Talk) 20:08, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

On 21 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barbados v Grenada (1994), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a football match was won by scoring an own goal on purpose? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barbados v Grenada (1994).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Wow. Talk about a weird game and a great DYK hook :-) Nyttend (talk) 17:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Your appreciation is much appreciated. :P BCS (Talk) 19:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Brilliant DYK! We need far more quirky things like this – while lots of DYK articles are interesting, this hook was perfect for grabbing my attention, and the article was very interesting! matt (talk) 23:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. BCS (Talk) 23:25, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

On 24 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the series of arson fires that began on December 29, 2011, was the worst set of arson events in Los Angeles since the 1992 riots? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Yes, I can see the mountain. In fact, it is not isolated. It is a mountain range. (You want a pic?) "We Found Love"? For heaven's sake, have you seen the clip? It should gave been "We Found Drugs in a Hopeless Peace". Yes, I was blocked three times because I did not know that I was not supposed to add information without referencing it. And you know, I was still a child at that moment. :P If ever you come, do let me know. You can come to my house. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 05:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome. You will get it very soon. How old are you? Hmm, why do you like love my country so much? :D Jivesh1205 (Talk) 15:24, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay. Sorry. Do come my friend. You won't regret. Better breathe some fresh and non-polluted air. :D Jivesh1205 (Talk) 04:59, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Lol. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 06:41, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey I've graded it as Start-class for now. I think all it needs to get to C-class would be sections on the "Kit and colours" and "Home stadium", plus an update on how they've got into the quarter finals of the 2012 African Cup of Nations. Add them and I'll come back and make it C-class :) Cheers! Del_♉sion23 (talk) 20:11, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm afraid by coincidence I happened to be away between the 2nd and the 6th also so I've not been able to fill in for you. Thanks for the advice on the map, I have however updated the Czech republic as I had a specific request. Also it can be easier to update in small chunks as it's easy to forget changes that occurred almost a month ago. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 19:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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There is only only capital in Mauritius. And it's Port Louis. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 05:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Lol. I know there are nine districts but we have one capital only. Mauritius is too small to have several capitals. Actually, I believe the word capital should be replaced by main town, don't you think so? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 13:59, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Sure. And wow you know him as well. Lol. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 14:02, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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Okay. BCS (Talk) 12:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hi. Thank you wholeheartedly. You are truly very nice. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 05:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. :D Jivesh1205 (Talk) 14:58, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

On 12 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Le Pouce, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Le Pouce is named after its thumb-like peak? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Le Pouce.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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On 14 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article History of the Jews in Mauritius, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 40 Jews live in Mauritius? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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So I did. No idea how that was missed. Thanks. J Milburn (talk) 23:54, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Whatever you edit, I'll try to give DYK credit for. I'm horrible at the information boxes and I've never created the sheer volume of national team articles with a goal of taking to DYK. Some of the teams have little history, so they might be feasible to get up to Cs, Bs or possibly GAs with a few hours work. (I think what I'm drafting might not be complete but working based on the list of national team articles.) So yeah. Babbling. Any help appreciated because when doing batch editing, things get messy and a bit disorganised. :) --LauraHale (talk) 19:50, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Seriously fantastic work. :D It looks like it could be a good article with that. :D Really impressed. I tend to just do information dumps when doing attempts to get up to DYK length. When I get around to taking to DYK, that will be one of my first. (I have a few reviews socked away and I'm avoiding moving my softball ones over.) --LauraHale (talk) 21:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I've nominated Mauritius women's national football team for DYK. I took a major stab at fixing the prose. As the country has not played in single FIFA sanctioned match but does officially exist, there isn't much available information. Everything that can be found is pretty much in the article. The article is probably the best it is likely to get. For that reason, I've nominated it for GA. If you can keep an eye out on Talk:Mauritius women's national football team/GA1 and Template:Did you know nominations/Mauritius women's national football team, that would be helpful. (The article would be the first article about a women's national football team in Africa to get to Good.) --LauraHale (talk) 21:46, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

On 23 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mauritius women's national football team, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that while Mauritius has a senior women's national football team, they have not played in a single FIFA sanctioned game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mauritius women's national football team.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:07, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's Grapple X (submissions) remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's Casliber (submissions) was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's Muboshgu (submissions) coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both Matthewedwards (submissions) and Grandiose (submissions), the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, Ealdgyth (submissions) earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article, Dana Boomer (submissions) earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by Stone (submissions) to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. Jarry1250 (submissions) managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions), for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:04, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

The article History of the Jews in Mauritius you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:History of the Jews in Mauritius for things which need to be addressed. GoP_T^C_N 11:45, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

The article History of the Jews in Mauritius you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:History of the Jews in Mauritius for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? GoP_T^C_N 14:52, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is Cwmhiraeth (submissions), whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader, Grapple X (submissions), is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. Miyagawa (submissions) leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by Casliber (submissions), our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user, Muboshgu (submissions), claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:23, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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. 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) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:44, 2 July 2012 (UTC)