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WikiCup error

Hi there- this is just a quick note to apologise for a small but important mistake in the last WikiCup newsletter; it is not 64 users who will progress to the next round, but 32. J Milburn (talk) 18:52, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of Palestinians allegedly assassinated by the Mossad

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DYK nomination of Valls Cabinet

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ping

Hello Iselilja. I see that you do not use the notifications feature. I left a question for you on the Arbcom decision talk thread here: Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 13:34, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

I've responded. SPECIFICO talk 15:43, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. All's well. My only hope at the Case, at this point, is that I am not banned from topics outside the Mises Institute related articles, because the larger Austrian and Economics topics are where my expertise and much of my contribution to WP has lain. Thanks again for your gracious response. SPECIFICO talk 17:51, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Peder Kolstad

Hello! Your submission of Peder Kolstad at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --Allen3  17:47, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

• Iselilja, it's been two weeks since this was posted here, and there hasn't been any action to address the issues, including a needed QPQ review. Please stop by as soon as possible; the nomination may be closed absent a response of some sort, which would be a shame. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:28, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

• I'll be marking this for closure after your next set of edits, if they don't include a post on the nomination page. I wanted to be sure to give you one more chance before I did so, however; I hope you do stop by. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:52, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014

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DYK nomination of Jens Hundseid

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I see that you've been around and made an edit after the above note was posted, but did not add a hook or a QPQ. Unfortunately, if you do not do so in a day or two, the nomination will be considered abandoned, and it will be rejected. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:09, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Feedback on a new beta feature called Hovercards

Hi Iselilja, We are collecting feedback for a new beta feature called 'Hovercards' - https://www.mediawiki.org/Beta_Features/Hovercards. Beta features can be turned on using the tab in the top right. It would be great if you could turn the feature on and give us your feedback. Thanks Vibhabamba (talk) 10:05, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Gun control arbitration proposed decision

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Please comment on Talk:Politics

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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar (submissions) and Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Jews_and_Communism_(2nd_nomination)

You are invited to join the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Jews_and_Communism_(2nd_nomination). Thanks. MarkBernstein (talk) 21:30, 9 May 2014 (UTC)Template:Z48

American politics arbitration evidence

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Please comment on Talk:Visa policies in the European Union

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Comment on the IOR editing process

Dear Iselilja, I just wanted you to give you a brief update that also the controversy section has been updated by me. The charges against Msgr. Scarano (fraud and mony laundering) so far were not mentioned in the entry at all. In order to give a comprehensive picture of the IOR, also these issues need to be named. Just for you to know that I am basically just interested in keeping the Wiki page up to date. Kind regards --CNC IOR (talk) 07:51, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

(Answered at Users' talk page. Iselilja (talk) 10:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC))

Polish Poms

Thanks for reverting my edit to Poles in the United Kingdom. I trust it is now working to your satisfaction. Nankai (talk) 10:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes, very fine. I saw it was just a thumb that was missing; I am not so used to editing infoboxes, so I didn't figure that out for myself. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 10:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Peder Kolstad

On 14 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peder Kolstad, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Peder Kolstad's cabinet supported a private Norwegian occupation of Eastern Greenland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peder Kolstad. 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.

DYK for Valls Cabinet

On 15 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Valls Cabinet, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Valls Cabinet is the first French cabinet with a foreign-born prime minister? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Valls Cabinet. 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.

The Bugle: Issue XCVIII, May 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at The Lost Boys of Anzac Op-ed: Peacemaker67 on Featured Articles involving Yugoslavia in World War II

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Please comment on Talk:Politics of the United States

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In relation to recent BLP/N thread in which you made a comment

If you have the time, please comment on and --Ubikwit_{見学/迷惑} 12:50, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	I award you this barnstar for doing what should be done as you did at the BP page. Beagel (talk) 12:46, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. I see you are doing much more. Best regards, Iselilja (talk) 15:26, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Fine editing

Do you realize that the "fine" editing you are referring to (which I reverted) consisted of (admittedly false) allegations of vandalism and disruptive editing against users adding accurate content? Please read the actually reversions Bink says were "HOUNDING" and explain why I was wrong to make them. Steeletrap (talk) 17:43, 24 May 2014 (UTC) If you want to ban me for calling him "Binkie," fine, but be forthright about your intention (and your indifference to the insults he made, such as questioning my competence). Steeletrap (talk) 17:46, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Update information on Istituto per le Opere di Religione

Hi, as suggested by you, I added update information on the talk page of the IOR (basically the last three entries on the talk page). Could you check it and - in case you consider it to be suitable - put it online on the actual page? I also pasted some external links for a better referencing. Many thanks! --CNC IOR (talk) 15:44, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. I did a bit now, and shall look into it more later when I have time. The issues are somewhat complicated for me who hasn't followed this story previously, so I cannot write everything straight away. Please feel free to comment again at the talk page in you have any issues with how the article is expanded/updated. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 16:16, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Crimean status referendum, 2014

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Books & Bytes, Issue 6

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Books & Bytes
Issue 6, April-May 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

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Thanks for clearing the nastiness from my Talk page. Much appreciated. — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 15:45, 9 June 2014 (UTC)