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You have created one or more sub-categories in this scheme which I have nominated for deletion here. This nomination is only on the grounds that there is no corresponding article. If an editor can create a suitable article then there is no reason why the category(ies) should be deleted. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 12:07, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/It’s Too Bad

Thanks for OKing the Template:Did you know nominations/It’s Too Bad nomination. I added a photo since it may draw more viewers to the hook. If you don't think the photo OK, feel free to remove it and revert the hook back to the hook you approved. I'm fine with whatever you decide to do. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 01:18, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander W. Monroe

On 30 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander W. Monroe, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates Alexander W. Monroe successfully protected a 27-mile (43 km)-long wagon train of General Robert E. Lee's forces retreating from the Battle of Gettysburg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander W. Monroe. 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.

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Template:Did you know nominations/John Collins Covell

I added a comment at Template:Did you know nominations/John Collins Covell. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 22:38, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Not sure if you noticed, but your Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop request is just below mine. : ) -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 22:51, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

I appoved the hook, so you're all set on the John Collins Covell DYK. Good job on the article. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

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Problem solved... I meant to link the article to Churchman (journal). Thanks for the catch! -- Caponer (talk) 14:25, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy

On 6 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that West Virginia State Senator Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy also served three terms as mayor of Romney, West Virginia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy. 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.

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Do you have time to review Template:Did you know nominations/Heart and Soul (1961 song)? Thanks! -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:33, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

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WV list of counties

Hey Caponer, I have nominated List_of_counties_in_West_Virginia for Featured List status. Of all people who like WV, myself included, your thoughts or support or observations would be greatly appreciatedCoal town guy (talk) 03:51, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

GOOD NEWS! I found a great ref for the system you referred to. Its brief and its a blurb, but its a great example of counties functioning. I was also, advised to drop my headings for the paragraphs....a standard is a standard. Let me know if you want some more fleshing out. AND I look forwarsd to this county list being a FL. We need it WV only has one FLCoal town guy (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Here is the FL talk page for the WV County List [1] . ANY support or comments will be welcomedCoal town guy (talk) 04:02, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for John Collins Covell

On 14 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Collins Covell, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John Collins Covell (pictured) served as principal of both the Virginia and West Virginia schools for the deaf and blind? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Collins Covell. 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) 13:22, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Congrats, I learned some things I did not know thereCoal town guy (talk) 14:40, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

A not often discussed WV school topic

Caponer, have you ever heard the expression, in WV, that if one was not doing well in school, they would go to Pruntytown?....Let me know. I believe you would find the topic of great interestCoal town guy (talk) 02:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Need to ask a favor, according to the FLC folks, can you put the bolded word Support to start your comment????? Many thanks. OH, I also believe I have a Pruntytown postmark...I will lookCoal town guy (talk) 02:44, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Appalachia

You're invited to be a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Appalachia, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to Appalachia and the Appalachian Mountains. To accept this invitation, click here!

Hi. Seeing your involvement with topics related to West Virginia (the only state wholly within Appalachia), I invite you to get involved with WikiProject Appalachia. This WikiProject is engaged with building content about this fascinating region and connections between Appalachian topics, as well as sometimes tackling the perennial myths that creep into articles. Please consider joining in, or at least watchlisting the project pages. --Orlady (talk) 19:09, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm glad for your participation. This isn't an exceptionally active project, but when a question or problem arises, it helps to have knowledgable people paying attention. --Orlady (talk) 04:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser

On 15 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser, which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser. 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) 22:20, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser

On 17 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser was a Democratic weekly newspaper published in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia) prior to the American Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser. 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.

Gatoclass 15:36, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	BECAUSE you took the time from your other WV odds and ends, The WV county list is a FL!!! Many thanks you were correct 100% concerning the extra data for Education Reform Coal town guy (talk) 21:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Wow Coal town guy,

Thank you so incredibly much for this tremendous honor! After writing and editing countless West Virginia-related articles and categories since 2005, I'd never received a barnstar award, so it means a great deal to me and is greatly appreciated for your acknowledgment! Thank you again for all your contributions to Wikipedia and for making West Virginia and its heritage, culture, and communities accessible to the world! Congratulations again on your featured list, sir! --Caponer (talk) 01:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Something very cool, and rather WV

Hey- Take a look here. Remember when I said that in May something really cool would happen? Funny thing about coal scrip, WV has the largest diversity of its issuers (LOTS OF COAL TOWNS). Anyway, in May, via alot of very cool people, I get to run a scrip machine. An actual, from the day, machine that issued scrip. I believe it is one of 2 actual functioning original machines. I would love to expand the article link I provided and eventually, make it GA. HOWEVER, I would need a WV history person who might find this interesting, what say you?Coal town guy (talk) 14:39, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Coal town guy, thank you for sharing the interesting topic of coal scrip with me, especially since I've never heard of it before! My absences from Wikipedia will be increasing slightly in the weeks to come as I take on more projects and prepare for a move in the real world, but I will continue to have as much presence here as possible and hope to coordinate on this article when the pace slows down. I'll do some digging in the meantime. Take care, sir! --Caponer (talk) 01:20, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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) J Milburn (talk) 01:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Bell Gilkeson

On 3 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Bell Gilkeson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Henry Bell Gilkeson (pictured) served as a House Delegate, State Senator, and school principal in West Virginia, as well as his county's schools superintendent and bar association dean? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Bell Gilkeson. 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.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Some simple help needed on the new papabili list

If you have the time and the possibility the new List of papabili in the 2013 papal conclave WP article could need some help. You could start by taking a look at the talk page. Thanks Pgarret (talk) 08:30, 5 March 2013 (UTC))

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Article Feedback deployment

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DYK for Howard Hille Johnson

On 17 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Howard Hille Johnson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Howard Hille Johnson's campaign for a state school for the blind in West Virginia led to the establishment of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind on March 3, 1870? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Howard Hille Johnson. 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Alexander White (Virginia)

On 9 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander White (Virginia), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that according to Thomas Jefferson, U.S. House Representative Alexander White reluctantly supported the Funding Act of 1790 bill "with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander White (Virginia). 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) 06:32, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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AFT5 re-enabled

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DYK nomination of Eugenia Washington

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DYK for Eugenia Washington

On 21 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eugenia Washington, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a great-grandniece of George Washington, Eugenia Washington, founded two lineage societies including the Daughters of the American Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eugenia Washington. 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 09:57, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!

World Digital Library Wikipedia Partnership - We need you!

Hi West Virginian! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 20:33, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Caponer! So happy to see that you've decided to join the project. I was hoping you would. I've got a huge to-do list that I've created over the course of the past few months, and it'll continue to grow as we add new content to the WDL website weekly. You can dive in to whatever strikes your fancy here. The areas that need the most help are Middle East and East Asia right now. Anything I can do to help you out, let me know! SarahStierch (talk) 15:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

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Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

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DYK for Robert White (Virginia physician)

On 1 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert White (Virginia physician), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 18th-century Virginia pioneer and physician Robert White previously served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy and was the father of U.S. House Representative Alexander White? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert White (Virginia physician). 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.

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Have time on Saturday?

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