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Hello, Another Believer. Thank you for writing up [[Ashurbanipal (sculpture)|the wikiarticle about this statue]] ''(pictured right)''. I gotta check it out the next time I visit SF. Anyway, I should let you know that I've [[Template:Did you know nominations/Ashurbanipal (sculpture)|nominated it for DYK]]. Happy editing! Cheers! --[[User:PFHLai|PFHLai]] ([[User talk:PFHLai|talk]]) 18:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Another Believer. Thank you for writing up [[Ashurbanipal (sculpture)|the wikiarticle about this statue]] ''(pictured right)''. I gotta check it out the next time I visit SF. Anyway, I should let you know that I've [[Template:Did you know nominations/Ashurbanipal (sculpture)|nominated it for DYK]]. Happy editing! Cheers! --[[User:PFHLai|PFHLai]] ([[User talk:PFHLai|talk]]) 18:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
: Thanks for nominating a DYK hook. The QPQ requirement deters me from nominating articles myself, but I am always glad to see my work on the Main Page! I've been writing a lot about public art lately, so expect more soon! --<font color="navy">[[User:Another Believer|Another Believer]]</font> <sub>(<font color="cc6600">[[User talk:Another Believer|Talk]]</font>)</sub> 19:18, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
: Thanks for nominating a DYK hook. The QPQ requirement deters me from nominating articles myself, but I am always glad to see my work on the Main Page! I've been writing a lot about public art lately, so expect more soon! --<font color="navy">[[User:Another Believer|Another Believer]]</font> <sub>(<font color="cc6600">[[User talk:Another Believer|Talk]]</font>)</sub> 19:18, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

=== Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation ===
Dear Another Believer,
The reason for my deletion of the reference to the Assyrian Foundation for the Arts being the same as Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation is not a true statement.

I was one of the founders of AFA along with the president, Narsai David. We formed the foundation in his restaurant in Kensington, Ca and I even designed the logo. The AUA Foundation in Chicago may have been one of the contributors, but they were not in any way a part the AFA.

When you look at their reference to the AUAF page, it states that Fred Parhad was commissioned by AUAF to erect the monument in San Francisco... they can claim that all they want (you can call that stretching the truth!) but that reference does not show evidence of the two foundations being connected. ([[User:Sooreta|Sooreta]] ([[User talk:Sooreta|talk]]) 22:51, 25 October 2013 (UTC))


== Your [[WP:GA|GA]] nomination of [[Shemanski Fountain]]==
== Your [[WP:GA|GA]] nomination of [[Shemanski Fountain]]==

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Requested copy edit for Petersen Rock Garden is complete

Thank you so much, Jonesey95. Much appreciated! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:33, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great American Wiknic Barnstar

A Barnstar!
Great American Wiknic Barnstar
You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2013 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Portland. -—Pharos (talk) 23:05, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Pharos! --Another Believer (Talk) 00:31, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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A Song Flung Up to Heaven

Hey AB, would you mind making your support for A Song Flung Up to Heaven more clear? Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/A Song Flung Up to Heaven/archive1. I swear, sometimes I can find neither rhyme or reason to FAC. Sometimes, my articles pass easily, and quicker than I anticipate, and other times they languish for weeks. I'm sure has more to do with the volunteers' time and other stuff going on in their lives, but it can be maddening at times, especially when I'm trying to get through to the next round in the Wikicup. So I'd appreciate your assistance. Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:34, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on the article's promotion! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:35, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ashurbanipal (sculpture)

Ashurbanipal in April 2011

Hello, Another Believer. Thank you for writing up the wikiarticle about this statue (pictured right). I gotta check it out the next time I visit SF. Anyway, I should let you know that I've nominated it for DYK. Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for nominating a DYK hook. The QPQ requirement deters me from nominating articles myself, but I am always glad to see my work on the Main Page! I've been writing a lot about public art lately, so expect more soon! --Another Believer (Talk) 19:18, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation

Dear Another Believer, The reason for my deletion of the reference to the Assyrian Foundation for the Arts being the same as Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation is not a true statement.

I was one of the founders of AFA along with the president, Narsai David. We formed the foundation in his restaurant in Kensington, Ca and I even designed the logo. The AUA Foundation in Chicago may have been one of the contributors, but they were not in any way a part the AFA.

When you look at their reference to the AUAF page, it states that Fred Parhad was commissioned by AUAF to erect the monument in San Francisco... they can claim that all they want (you can call that stretching the truth!) but that reference does not show evidence of the two foundations being connected. (Sooreta (talk) 22:51, 25 October 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Your GA nomination of Shemanski Fountain

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Your GA nomination of Shemanski Fountain

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Thanks

This user helped promote Drowning Girl to featured article status.

Thanks for your editorial contributions to Drowning Girl, which has recently become a WP:FA.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:36, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Goodness, that is very thoughtful, but my contributions were minimal... The thanks and congrats go to you! (Keep up the amazing Lichtenstein work.) --Another Believer (Talk) 15:07, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Shemanski Fountain

The article Shemanski Fountain you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shemanski Fountain for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by GA bot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:17, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you. I will start on another jazz article... I do not know which one yet, but I will let you know. Cheers. Javier Espinoza (talk) 16:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds great! I was just looking at Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album when I received your message. --Another Believer (Talk) 16:24, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When God Writes Your Love Story

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the congratulations! It was good to meet you in DC. Your comments during our roundtable discussions there were greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 00:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jason,
As someone who as expressed an interest in this article, I thought that you should be notified of the article's current featured article review. Any constructive comments you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated.
Neelix (talk) 19:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Ashurbanipal (sculpture)

Alex ShihTalk 12:02, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Takes Portland 2013!

WIKIPEDIA TAKES PORTLAND 2013!
You're invited to participate in the upcoming "Wikipedia Takes Portland" campaign, to be held during the month of September. The local campaign occurs annually in conjunction with Wikipedia Takes America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Photographing sites included on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the main focus of Wikipedia Takes Portland. In typical Wikipedia fashion, you can work individually or create a team.
Details and signup here!

--Another Believer (Talk) 15:12, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed you updated the count again at the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America/Portland/2013 page, but here's something you might not have noticed: Ipoellet has uploaded several Portland NRHP-site photos in recent days (coincidentally starting right about the time I mentioned in a message to you [on my talk page] that most of his recent uploads had been from outside the Portland area), but none of them is reflected in the count you have been using. That's because, I noticed, he hasn't put any of them into the Commons:Category:Images from Wikipedia Takes Portland 2013, which is what generates that total (currently standing at 375). He included the Wikipedia Loves Monuments 2013 template, which automatically put the photos into some categories related to the September 2013 campaign, but the Portland category must be added manually, and he hasn't done that for the few I checked at random. I don't know whether it was a conscious choice or not, so I haven't added that cat myself, but maybe I (or you) should. I also noticed that none of Visitor7's uploads of Rocky Butte was placed in the Portland WLM 2013 cat, but in that instance it appears that he wasn't aware that they showed a site that's listed on the NRHP, an issue I've tried to address briefly by adding an NRHP infobox at Rocky Butte. Two of those photos, this one and this one, are absolutely stunning. SJ Morg (talk) 05:54, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the above, I suppose I should just leave a message on their talk pages, but since you have much more experience with these kinds of campaigns than I do, I figured I'd ask for your thoughts first. By the way, it's very strange to me that of the 13 users listed as "participants" at the page for this effort, only four (you, me, Visitor7 and Ipoellet) have actually made any contributions. The other nine have not made a single contribution related to this, at either Commons or Wikipedia, and several are newly created accounts that have not made any edits to any article or at Commons, whether NRHP-related or not; in effect, they are non-existent users. I'm not a suspicious person by nature, but I cannot help being a little suspicious when 9 out of 13 self-identified users have not actually "participated" at all, not even with a single edit. SJ Morg (talk) 07:41, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2013 August newsletter

This year's final is upon us. Our final eight, in order of last round's score, are:

  1. Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer who has contributed on topics of military history and physics, including a number of high-importance topics. Good articles have made up the bulk of his points, but he has also scored a great deal of bonus points. He has the second highest score overall so far, with more than 3000 points accumulated.
  2. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), another WikiCup veteran who reached the finals in 2012, 2011 and 2010. He writes on a variety of topics including botany, mycology and astronomy, and has claimed the highest or joint highest number of featured articles every round so far this year. He has the third highest score overall, with just under 3000 points accumulated.
  3. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 WikiCup champion, who writes mostly on marine biology. She has also contributed to high-importance topics, seeing huge numbers of bonus points for high-importance featured and good articles. Previous rounds have seen her scoring the most bonus points, with scoring spread across did you knows, good articles and featured articles.
  4. Canada Sasata (submissions), a WikiCup veteran who finished in second place in 2012, and competed as early as 2009. He writes articles on biology, especially mycology, and has scored highly for a number of collaborations at featured article candidates.
  5. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), the winner of the 2010 competition. His contributions mostly concern Naval history, and he has scored a very large number of points for good articles and good article reviews in every round. He is the highest scorer overall this year, with over 3500 points in total.
  6. Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions), who is competing in the WikiCup for the second time, though this will be her first time in the final. A regular at FAC, she is mostly interested in British medieval history, and has scored very highly for some top-importance featured articles on the topic.
  7. London Miyagawa (submissions), a finalist in 2012 and 2011. He writes on a broad variety of topics, with many of this year's points coming from good articles about Star Trek. Good articles make up the bulk of his points, and he had the most good articles back in round 2; he was also the highest scorer for DYK in rounds 1 and 2.
  8. Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions) has previously been involved with the WikiCup, but hasn't participated for a number of years. He scores mostly from restoration work leading to featured picture credits, but has also done some article writing and reviewing.

We say goodbye to eight great participants who did not qualify for the final: Poland Piotrus (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), Michigan Dana boomer (submissions), Prince Edward Island Status (submissions), United States Ed! (submissions), Florida 12george1 (submissions), England Calvin999 (submissions). Having made it to this stage is still an excellent achievement, and you can leave with your heads held high. We hope to see you all again next year. Signups are now open for the 2014 WikiCup, which will begin on 1 January. All Wikipedians, whatever their interest or level of experience, are warmly invited to participate in next year's competition.

This last month has seen some incredible contributions; for instance, Cwmhiraeth's Starfish and Ealdgyth's Battle of Hastings—two highly important, highly viewed pages—made it to featured article status. It would be all too easy to focus solely on these stunning achievements at the expense of those participants working in lower-scoring areas, when in fact all WikiCup participants are doing excellent work. A mention of everything done is impossible, but here are a few: Last round saw the completion of several good topics (on the 1958, 1959 and 1962 Atlantic hurricane seasons) to which 12george1 had contributed. Calvin999 saw "S&M" (song), on which he has been working for several years, through to featured article status on its tenth try. Figureskatingfan continued towards her goal of a broad featured/good topic on Maya Angelou, with two featured and four good articles. ThaddeusB contributed significantly to over 20 articles which appeared on the main page's "in the news" section. Adam Cuerden continued to restore a large number of historical images, resulting in over a dozen FP credits this round alone. The WikiCup is not just about top-importance featured articles, and the work of all of these users is worthy of commendation.

Finally, the usual notices: 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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) 05:38, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Bacon thanks

Thanks for your kind words about my recent successful GA, FA, TFA contributions to Everything Tastes Better with Bacon.

I really appreciate it.

It's nice to know that my quality improvement projects on this website are appreciated and acknowledged.

Thanks again,

— Cirt (talk) 00:57, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shemanski Fountain

Thank you so much for your time and assistance. I will review your edits as soon as possible. Again, much appreciated! --Another Believer (Talk) 05:13, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No worries; I'd say good luck with your nomination but it's already a GA, so good luck with the article anyway. :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 17:12, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ashurbanipal (sculpture)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ashurbanipal (sculpture) 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 Moswento -- Moswento (talk) 16:15, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great Gatsby

I will see what can I do the next week. Would you want it to be a nomination between the two of us, as you created the article and helped me while editing it? My love is love (talk) 16:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I know that you didn't post the message to seek credit for promoting the article; I was actually asking you because I think your contributions to the article were really good. The lead of the article, the commercial reception and the promotion sections should be expanded and I will see if I can find more reviews. My love is love (talk) 16:34, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks

There are no more Roy Lichtenstein works that I want to take to WP:FA (having done the three most important). There are probably a few more worth taking to GA. Still hoping that Whaam! gets WP:OTD on the 50th anniversary since it didn't get WP:TFA. We'll see. His bio is worth taking to FA, but I really only have a high interest in a 5 year period of his career. I would be willing to help toward FA, but should not take the lead on that one. I may take Okay Hot-Shot, Okay! to WP:MHR soon. I'll let you know if I do.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:05, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, now I just opened Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:15, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again. Still looking for reviewers at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:18, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you are a sports fan, I could use reviewers at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team/archive1‎. After that, I may revisit Michelle Obama, which seems to have been refined quite well. Not sure if I am going to nominate it at FAC or not, because I have not looked closely at prior FACs. I haven't done a FLC in a while, but hope to bring List of awards and nominations received by Hill Street Blues to that level. My GAC pipeline is currently Cliff Alexander and Zak Irvin (I already have about 10 things at GAC).--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:02, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Albers Brothers Milling Company

Thank you for pointing that out. I'm not surprised at all - I started those drafts in my sandbox several years ago, then moved away from writing articles toward taking pictures. I was just recenly thinking of coming back to those sandbox items. BTW, for what it's worth, the Albers Brothers Milling Company article will likely need some disambiguation, possibly in the title, because there is also an "Albers Brothers Mill" on the NRHP in Tacoma. — Ipoellet (talk) 22:00, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thanks for creating this additional article. --Another Believer (Talk) 14:52, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Request filled

Thank you for your time and assistance. I made one edit to one of your changes (reverting an edit to a quotation). Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. --Another Believer (Talk)

WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Canada Sasata (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and New South Wales Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! 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) 23:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The Scarecrow (2013 film)

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of University of Oregon Buildings

Hello, Your list of Reed College buildings seems like a good idea for other colleges. The Campus of the University of Oregon page, for example, contains a section on buildings. It is not an attractive part of the page, however. Could a tabular list of UO buildings replace the current list or do you think it should be a stand-alone list similar to what you created for Reed College buildings? Visitor7 (talk) 02:35, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Old Campus buildings are loaded into a practice table in my sandbox. The university colors don't really match up, but I gave them a shot. It should be done in a week or two. Visitor7 (talk) 19:58, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia Edit-athon!

WIKI LOVES LIBRARIES 2013!
You're invited to attend the upcoming "Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon. The event will be held from 1–4pm on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library, located on the second floor of the Museum's Mark Building (formerly the Masonic Temple). The edit-athon will focus on the local arts community (but you can work on other topics as well!). It will also kick off the Oregon Arts Project, an on-wiki initiative to improve coverage of the arts in Oregon. Details and signup here!

--Another Believer (Talk) 15:50, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for hosting the "WIKI LOVES LIBRARIES 2013!" event, Jason. And thanks for inviting us all to participate. Hope to see you at a PortlandWiki meetup soon. I'll make sure we tweet out the next meeting time/location, and ensure that we send out an email announcement as well. - davydog (talk · contribs), 02:37, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: September 2013



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John Jacob Astor Hotel

You might be interested in this expansion: John Jacob Astor Hotel. However, my main reason for posting this message is to ask the following: Did you take any detail photos of this building when you photographed it in 2011? Your photo in the infobox shows the building very well overall, but now that I've expanded this into a real article, one or two detail shots would be welcome. But I'm guessing you didn't take any, since you probably already would have uploaded them if you had. By the way, I had no idea of this building's historic role in the development of cable TV until only about 26 hours ago, when I stumbled across that tidbit while wrapping up (or so I thought) my research on this article. I then had to do a bit more research! It's so nice being able to access both The Oregonian and The Daily Astorian (back to 2002 only) from the comfort of my own computer, for free, courtesy of my Multnomah County Library card. I've tried to publicize that resource here, but I still suspect that very few WikiProject Oregon contributors are aware of it. (Of course, those who live outside the Portland–Vancouver metropolitan area can't obtain a Mult Co Library card.) It could be that most people just don't want to spend time doing that kind of research. SJ Morg (talk) 10:55, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. – I hope you'll resist the temptation to "templatize" the citations for which I didn't use templates, or least the 1972 and 1951 articles, because I don't know of any way to include – presented in a very clear way – the contextual info. I included in those two. I believe that info. is helpful and worth giving, especially for sources not available online (except to library cardholders). For reasons I've given previously, I have no interest in developing this into a GA. SJ Morg (talk) 11:07, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Hart Lake (Oregon)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hart Lake (Oregon) 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 ColonelHenry -- ColonelHenry (talk) 01:03, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Body Parts (American Horror Story) listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Body Parts (American Horror Story). Since you had some involvement with the Body Parts (American Horror Story) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:43, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Manicure (song) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Manicure (song) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manicure (song) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Plmnji (talk) 00:45, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of The Quest (sculpture)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Quest (sculpture) 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 ColonelHenry -- ColonelHenry (talk) 16:34, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bitar Mansion / Harry Green House

Per your request, I've added the NRHP infobox with a reference to the Bitar Mansion article. — Ipoellet (talk) 23:20, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, either the NPS or SHPO or both can be expected to post the full NRHP nomination form on the web within a week or so. — Ipoellet (talk) 23:21, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your assistance. --Another Believer (Talk) 02:42, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Do What U Want for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Do What U Want is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Do What U Want until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. STATic message me! 16:41, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Hart Lake (Oregon)

The article Hart Lake (Oregon) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hart Lake (Oregon) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ColonelHenry -- ColonelHenry (talk) 15:32, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RE: The Quest

I didn't receive the notification for a reason. The image has to be uploaded with two licenses. One for the picture itself (which was released for free) and one with a copyright notice, similarly to File:125th Anniversary of Confederation Medal.jpg or File:Michael Jordan Statue.jpg. For the second image File:Standard Insurance Center, Portland (2013).jpg, there is no copyright violation as de minimis applies. © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 22:25, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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