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== Somerset coalfield ==

Thanks for your review comments. I've fixed the deadlinks reused some references & added some new ones. Hopefully your queries have been addressed but if there is anything else you think is needed please add them to the review page & I'll do my best to address them.&mdash; [[User:Rodw|Rod]] <sup>[[User talk:Rodw|talk]]</sup> 19:48, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
:Thanks.&mdash; [[User:Rodw|Rod]] <sup>[[User talk:Rodw|talk]]</sup> 21:43, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
== A barnstar for you! ==

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|Thanks for your work to make [[Zennor Head]] a Good Article. -- [[User:Khazar2|Khazar2]] ([[User talk:Khazar2|talk]]) 20:51, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you very much, and I appreciate the work you have done to review it.--<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 20:52, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
== Fossil Creek ==

I nominated [[Fossil Creek]], also expanded by [[User:Finetooth]], for Good article status. If you are interested in reviewing other geography articles, feel free! --[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy;">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#cc6600;">Talk</span>]])</sub> 20:13, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
:Oh ok good I'll see what I can do.--<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 20:15, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
::Thank you again for taking the time and trouble to review. Your suggestions were most helpful. [[User:Finetooth|Finetooth]] ([[User talk:Finetooth|talk]]) 21:09, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
:::If you would ever like me to do a peer review of any of your other work, just let me know. [[User:Finetooth|Finetooth]] ([[User talk:Finetooth|talk]]) 17:20, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
::::Hmm ok thank you very much. Would you be ok with reviewing [[Paris]] when I think I have got it up to GA standard? Feel free to decline if you think it is too much, it is much longer than Fossil Creek. --<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 17:25, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
::::::Oh, wow! You aren't kidding. You must be a brave and adventurous editor. The article is huge, and improving it to GA is apt to be difficult. In 2008, I helped {{u|Lazulilasher}} get [[Musée du Louvre]] to GA quality. The Louvre article appears to have had hundreds (possibly thousands) of edits since then. (I no longer watch it.) I would be glad to help with advice about the Paris article when the time comes. Just let me know. [[User:Finetooth|Finetooth]] ([[User talk:Finetooth|talk]]) 18:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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== Re:[[Zennor Head]] ==

Yeah; work, nomination and promotion all need to be this year. I appreciate that it can be slow to get going in the first round. [[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] ([[User talk:J Milburn|talk]]) 15:49, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
:As an aside, this is actually a really interesting topic; I'll keep my eyes open for more of yours at GAC. [[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] ([[User talk:J Milburn|talk]]) 11:16, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

== Talkback ==

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== Paris article ==

Thanks for your contribution on the Paris article, it required some cleaning... Cordially, [[User:En-bateau|En-bateau]] ([[User talk:En-bateau|talk]]) 20:16, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
:Ah, ok thank you I should have spotted that when I went through all the references for dead links.--<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 22:08, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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== WikiProject Christianity Newsletter - January 2013 ==

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'''Membership report'''<br>
The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 354 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, [[User:Alliereborn|Alliereborn]], [[User:Iselilja|Iselilja]], [[User:Peterkp|Peterkp]], and [[User:Sosthenes12|Sosthenes12]]. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the [[WT:X|Christianity noticeboard]] or with me or other individual editors to request it. 


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''Ichthus'' is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach|Outreach]] department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments.   
 
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'''Church of the month'''<br>
<center>[[File:Catedral de Alejandro Nevsky, Tallin, Estonia, 2012-08-11, DD 46.JPG|200px]]<br>
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'''Contest of the month'''<br>
No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard#Future contests]], and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.

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'''Featured content and GA report'''<br>
Since the last report, the image in the "Church of the Month" section of this newsletter was promoted to Featured Image status. 

''[[Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40]]'' by [[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] and others, [[Teuruarii IV]] by [[User:Lemurbaby|Lemurbaby]], [[User:KAVEBEAR|KAVEBEAR]] and others, and ''[[Peace on Earth (Casting Crowns album)]]'' by [[User:Toa Nidhiki05|Toa Nidhiki05]] and others, were all promoted to GA status. 

Also this past month, the DYKs on the main page included [[St James' Church, Cardington]] by [[User:Peter I. Vardy|Peter I. Vardy]], [[Bishop's Palace, Kraków]] by [[User:Poeticbent|Poeticbent]], [[Kippinge Church]] by [[User:Ipigott|Ipigott]] and [[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]], [[Trinitatis Church]], also by [[User:Ipigott|Ipigott]] and [[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]], [[Steindamm Church]] by [[User:Olessi|Olessi]], [[ St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton]] by [[User:Peter I. Vardy|Peter I. Vardy]], [[Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora]], by [[User:Peter I. Vardy|Peter I. Vardy]], [[Sonrise Church]], by [[User:Aboutmovies|Aboutmovies]], [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York)]], by [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]], [[All Saints Church, Claverley]], by [[User:Peter I. Vardy|Peter I. Vardy]], and [[Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes]], by  [[User:Poeticbent|Poeticbent]]. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

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'''Spotlight'''<br>
[[File:Christ icon.jpg|left|100px]] 
The Spotlight this month turns to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Syriac Christianity work group|the Syriac Christianity work group]]. The scope of this project includes the various traditions of [[Syriac Christianity]], including the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], [[Ancient Church of the East]], [[Church of the East]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church]], [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]], [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], [[Syriac Catholic Church]], [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]], and [[Saint Thomas Christians]]. One of these groups, the Assyrian Church of the East, is considered by scholars to have probably been, for several hundred years, the largest Christian grouping in the planet, with its numerous members in [[Central Asia]] and [[Eastern Asia]]. Numerous texts, traditions, and practices unique to these groups exist, including the [[Jesus Sutras]] and the belief of the Assyrian Church of the East that the bread they use in the preparation of their Eucharist uses the same basic yeast as that used in the bread of the [[Last Supper]] itself. Sadly, given the linguistic barriers to much of the content relative to these groups, and the comparative lack of notoriety they have in the Western world, much of this content does receive less attenion, and thus less development, than much other content. There is a large amount of extremely valuable historical material here still waiting to be adequately developed by editors with an interest in the topic, and I personally very much hope that we can draw more attention to these topics, and the content related to them. 

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== WikiCup 2013 January newsletter ==

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Signups are now ''closed''; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Sturmvogel_66}} currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader ({{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Grapple X}}) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|12george1}} was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a [[Talk:Arkansas/GA1|detailed good article review]]. Some other firsts:
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|12george1}} was also the first to score for an article, with the good article [[Hurricane Gordon (2000)]]. Again, this is a repeat of last year!
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Buggie111}} was the first to score for a did you know, with [[Marquis Flowers]].
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Spencer}} was the first to score for an in the news, with [[2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede]].
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Status}} was the first to score for a featured list, with [[list of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists|list of ''Billboard'' Social 50 number-one artists]].
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Adam Cuerden}} was the first to score for a featured picture, with [[:File:Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg]].

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*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Ed!}} was the first to score bonus points, with [[Portland-class cruiser|''Portland''-class cruiser]], a good article.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|Hawkeye7}} has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on [[Enrico Fermi]], now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
*{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant4|HueSatLum}} claimed bonus points for [[René Vautier]] and [[Nicolas de Fer]], articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of ''other'' Wikipedias.

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== Regarding request ==

Hi Gilderien. I'm not too hot on checkuser yet, it's not been my priority to learn about it though I no doubt will over the next few months. Best you ask another checkuser instead. [[User:Worm That Turned|<span style='text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;'>'''''Worm'''''</span>]]<sup>TT</sup>([[User Talk:Worm That Turned|<span style="color:#060;">talk</span>]]) 08:44, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

== Talkback ==

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== GA ==

Hello! 
:I have taken on the review of your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mont_Aiguille/GA1 GA nomination] for [[Mont Aiguille]]. I have made some suggestions on the review page as to how I think the article might be improved. [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 14:22, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
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