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Do you like her? I am smitten. :P Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Miss Del "Slay" has slayed me like a stupid hoe. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 10:14, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

My only problem with her is that she needs to be more expressive and mobile in her videos. Is she true she has had plastic surgery many times? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

P>S Did you watch the video I posted yesterday? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:22, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes, she kinda looks like a scarecrow doll in her videos. No Jivesh, I could not see the video yesterday as I can't see them from office and I did not login from home. I will see it today for sure. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 10:27, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Order for a pacemaker before watching it. Avi, I am obsessed with "Born To Die". She sounds like the American Adele to me. :) Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:29, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Queen Lana did no such thing. :O — Status {^talk_contribs 11:47, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

She is amazing. I think her songs are the only ones I have loved after those on 4. I also like "Stupid Hoe" :P Jivesh1205 (Talk) 11:51, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

"Stupid Hoe" is utterly abyssmal and gutter-hole, compared to Minaj's glorious endeavors like "Super Bass" and "Your Love". — Legolas ^(talk2me) 14:03, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

"Your Love"? #DEAD# Jivesh1205 (Talk) 06:10, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

MADONNA, WHAT?! rexcyhujk IDEK what to say... — Status {^talk_contribs 11:25, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

"Gang Bang"? Really? Wasn't "Girls Gone Wild" enough? — Legolas ^(talk2me) 13:50, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

LMFAOOO!! — Status {^talk_contribs 18:39, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

OMG... not only is MDNA number one on every iTunes store in the world, Celebration is also top ten in every store. Now, that is a comeback! And the Super Bowl performance hasn't even happened yet! — Status {^talk_contribs 04:35, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Do you have access to Billboard.biz? Would you be able to tell me when Raining Men (song) charted at number 11 please? ([1]) Aaron • ^{You Da One} 18:05, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't think you saw this? Lol. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 12:55, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh lol.. ya I did miss this. Aaron, give me another day. I can't log in billboard.biz from my phone. I have to do tomorrow after I return home and login in my laptop. :( — Legolas ^(talk2me) 12:57, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Okay thanks. 17:06, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I reverted an edit by an IP address as I questioned the sources and they reverted me as a vandlist so I reverted theirs as vandalism and left them a warning on their talk page. I'm signing off for the day and wondered if you can keep an eye on the page if they do it again and possibly warn them again and if they persist on it well you know what usually happens then. lol! Hope you are doing okay. Swifty*^talk_contribs 18:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Avi. Do you think I can use this? As you know, reviews for BHG have been quite limited and I finally found this one; it says stripped down, back to basics music vid, reminiscent of Madonna's Cherish. So what do you think? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 08:18, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Is that website reliable? Jivoo, it would be better if you direct your queries to my FB. I'm active there more than here. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 12:41, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Okay Avi. And yes for the reliability. It think it should be. Excite is owned by IAC (company). Jivesh1205 (Talk) 12:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Was just fucking awesome!! Imagine seeing the queen from the front! LAP was orgasmic. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 12:41, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Hehe, where have you been Lego? You leave a lot of works to update her articles. Yes, the Super Bowl performance was epic. "Vogue" was a very good opening number :) Bluesatellite (talk) 12:56, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Wow, it must be an awesome moment, I just saw her on YouTube *poor me* MDNA covers are amazing, though I prefer the deluxe edition. I think there's a wrong strategy for this era, GMAYL should be at the top-ten with all these hypes :( But let's see, I hope it still peak higher. Bluesatellite (talk) 13:26, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

No way did you go to the Super Bowl. I have never been so jealous of anyone in my life. I'm glad you liked LAP, have to say that was the most incredible moment! I stayed up until 1am in the UK to watch it! Did you get any good pictures? -FeuDeJoie (talk) 21:45, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Nope. —WP:PENGUIN · ^{[ TALK ]} 03:09, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Getting annoyed with this "She's famous WTF this deserves to have an article! Even though it's only dates and has no name or anything else!" comments. (Over dramatic, but still -.-') — Status {^talk_contribs 03:45, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Also, yeah, I like the standard cover, but the deluxe is so much better! — Status {^talk_contribs 03:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

IKR? Why the hell she didn't announce the name? And that poster with the announcement wasn't that flattering either. But the single and album covers are orgasmic simply. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

After my initial gripes, I am now giving Madge's song all my luvin'. —Andrew_stalk 05:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Lucky for your guys, I'm still not sold on it. :( — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:50, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Same here Legolas. Wouldn't consider this a comeback. —WP:PENGUIN · ^{[ TALK ]} 10:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I like the poster, it's different. But I'd rather the poster be in the same vein as the covers, yeah. I really hope there IS a title. Fansites have been saying that it won't have one. I really like the song, but I would never consider it her best. THIS is a comeback. The song may not be comeback worthy, but everything else is spot on! — Status {^talk_contribs 12:01, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Agree with Status on the poster and the name thing. But then again, its too early to gauge it as a comeback or not. Remember, the eighth day rolling effect will be terrible and the song is already a flop-territory in Aus, Nz and UK, three strong markets. This has a high chance of being a commercial comeback, but a critical low-point. I hope I made my point clear. If there are more gems like "Masterpiece" I will be happy. But then again, "Gang Bang"? — Legolas ^(talk2me) 12:11, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

The singly might grow on me, (e.g. I don't mind Nicki Minaj as much on it as I initially did) but I still don't get M.I.A. Is she trying to be all provocative again? Hasn't she done enough of that (Ugh, "Born Free" music video)? And I feel Madonna could have sung a bit stronger on the verses, which have a really catchy tune. Her singing is a bit faint here. —WP:PENGUIN · ^{[ TALK ]} 22:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Seeing as how "Gang Bang" is produced by Orbit, I see it being a metaphor, and not about the obvious. I guess the tour is officially untitled, so I think a common name would be best to use in this situation. I've been trying to keep the article clean, even though it may be deleted (but most likely merged). "Girls Gone Wild" as second single, hmm... I was hoping for "Turn Up the Radio", or a ballad. — Status {^talk_contribs 04:57, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

why did you delete my lines?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Virinchi523 (talk • contribs) 07:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia requires third party sources for verifying its content and as you can see from what you added here, they were either unsourced, or referencing Wikipedia itself which is not allowable. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 08:01, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

- (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 10:15, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Can you review this and give it a rating? Thanks! Swifty*^talk_contribs 14:31, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I feel like you are the only one I can have an intelligent conversation about this with...In regards to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball Tour page, I was thinking the name of the page should be moved. Currently it's labeled "The Born This Wall Ball Tour". However, I think i should just be "Born This Wall Ball Tour". Usually "the" is not part of a tour's official name and I don't see anything besides a poster (which doesn't even say tour on it) that says "the" is part of the name. Was curious as too what you thought. --Shadow (talk) 19:27, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I party agree. "The" is clearly a part of the title, but "tour" is not. Look at the poster. ;) It's most telling. — Status {^talk_contribs 04:59, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Move it. I do agree. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 14:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

She's gone ='( Ryōga Hibiki (talk • contribs) 03:57, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Don't think you saw this lol. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 13:40, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I closed the GAN at Talk:Madonna: Like an Icon/GA1 without listing the article because of the serious problem with the supposed Christina Jansen article in People magazine. That notional cite has been in the article since your first edit. It appears that you fabricated this source, a very serious violation of WP:V. You listed the cite in the following manner:

• Jansen, Christina (2008-01-05). "Meeting the Woman behind She-Bop". People. 581 (50). Time Inc.: 21–22. ISSN 0093-7673.

The problem with that is manifold:

• Christina Jansen is a photographer who took a photo of Lucy O'Brien. Jansen is not a writer.
• A search of People magazine's online archives shows that there was never an article bearing the title, "Meeting the Woman behind She-Bop".
• Further searches confirm that Jansen never authored an article at People.
• The quotes and facts that you ascribe to Jansen are instead found in the online interview page at madonnatribe.com: "Like an Icon: MadonnaTribe meets Lucy O'Brien". (Online here, archived here from November 2007.) This fansite article is not signed and thus it is a weak source.

It upsets me greatly that you would choose to bolster a weak source by fabricating a seemingly substantial source. I have begun to look through your other contributions to see if this harmful practice has been repeated. Binksternet (talk) 17:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I have serious questions about a notional Paul Zollo article that you used recently as a reference in two Madonna song articles, as part of GA expansion efforts. Please respond at Talk:Oh_Father#Unverifiable_source and at Talk:Keep_It_Together_(Madonna_song)#Problem_with_source. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 19:01, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

There is a thread discussing your questionable sources at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Legolas2186_possibly_falsifying_references. Please feel free to respond there. Binksternet (talk) 19:15, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Legolas, hopefully you can make time to answer these concerns soon. It will be much easier to handle any concerns if we have your help looking up sources and making any necessary corrections. --Laser brain (talk) 21:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Administrators Noticeboard specifically in this thread Fifelfoo (talk) 21:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello, here a cover for Cherish in a mash-up with Cherish (The Association song). I ask to you because they do not edit very well in this wiki.--Flores,Alberto (talk) 05:00, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

This guys trying to get me blocked. and hes hounding me on my talk page. Cause he don't want to listen. Swifty*^talk_contribs 14:39, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I have just removed a reference that you used at Vijender Singh. You cannot use an interview that happened before his wedding as verification that he got married. All sorts of things can happen in the time between an interview and an event, although hopefully nothing untoward did so on this occasion. People die, people fall out with each other, dates are changed etc. Although I have left it for now, I think that your original edit adding that info + source is also far too close a paraphrase of the interview, ie: it is a possible violation of copyright.

I am surprised that the article has GA status because chunks of it look very messy to me. I may return and give it a clean up when I have some time. - Sitush (talk) 14:12, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Legolas, wondered where you've been. Anyhow found this link from Billboard about Madge's "Girls Gone Wild" and thought it might be useful - http://www.billboard.com/news/how-madonna-s-second-mdna-single-girls-gone-1006241352.story#/news/how-madonna-s-second-mdna-single-girls-gone-1006241352.story -FeuDeJoie (talk) 22:39, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Legooo! Do you think that Lady Gaga will release anymore singles off of BTW after MTN flopped? Or should I give up hope for single treatments of HML and Hair?--(CA)Giacobbe (talk) 03:17, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure whether perhaps you have some real life issues going on, whether the timing of your last edits coincides with a feeling of despair regarding the death of Whitney or ... well, whatever. What I do think is that if the reason for your absence relates to certain threads about sourcing etc then there is a phrase, common at least in the UK but I think originally by Lyndon B. Johnson: excuse the language but, "It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in." You have done a lot of good work and while there do appear to be a few issues, well, that sort of stuff happens to all of us. It would be great to see you involved again. - Sitush (talk) 02:26, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

You are invited to help with text and sources at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Madonna (entertainer)/archive1. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 17:36, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Here's the workpage for those who are looking to help with text and source problems:

• User talk:Legolas2186/Fixing citation problems

Thanks to all who have contributed so far! Binksternet (talk) 19:04, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:24, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Why the hell didn't she release "Girl Gone Wild" as the lead single? What is this mess? THIS is what I wanted from her. Now, just cancel the rest of the release of "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and call it a buzz single already! — Status {^talk_contribs 02:39, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was Grapple X (submissions), again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was Tigerboy1966 (submissions), thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were Ruby2010 (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), Miyagawa (submissions) and Casliber (submissions). February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from Ruby2010 (submissions). At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, 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. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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) 00:01, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

		Queen of Pop Award — You are the ultimate editor Queen
		For all your hard work and dedication to WP:MADONNA. Your extraordinary contribution will always be remembered and appreciated. —Bluesatellite (talk) 02:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't know whether you come back again here after this all. I really miss your GA expansions in Madonna's articles . Thank you very much for your three-year dedication to WP:MADONNA, the project will have a long time to find a such excellent editor like you. I wish success and hapiness in your real life. Bluesatellite (talk) 02:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I have nominated Madonna albums discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:44, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 12:40, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

This is a note to let the main editors of Madonna (entertainer) know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 27, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 27, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Madonna (born 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions which have also served as a lightning rod for religious controversy. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. (more...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I recently created a Katy Perry Wiki Project, and i need as much help as possible lol, I know you're apart of the Lady Gaga and Madonna Wikiprojects, and I need someone who can help with userboxes, expansion, etc. If you can help in anyway please do thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teman13 (talk • contribs) 23:37, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! Grapple X (submissions), of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's Cwmhiraeth (submissions), thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's Casliber (submissions), who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to Matthewedwards (submissions), whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to 12george1 (submissions), who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Wikipedia:Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from Miyagawa (submissions) show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, 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. As ever, 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) 23:21, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello. I noticed you take a large role in the Madonna Wiki project. I'd be interested in collaborating if you don't mind. I'm very interested in her and would love to help out. --DanceNLove (talk) 01:59, 16 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) 23:15, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Legolas2186, i wanna know if you can help me whit a thing? Can you say me all the peak positions from the song "Fix a Heart"?. this is the link. (I'm not speak a good english xD). Please and Thanks.--Paparazzzi (talk) 19:06, 27 May 2012 (UTC) (I'm not speak a good english xD).

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) 23:36, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

I have nominated 4 Minutes (Madonna song) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 21:51, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Can I help with the articles Please? --DancepopISbacj3 (talk) 08:04, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Hello there Legolas, I come to you for advice as you helped me with a problem a few months ago. The articles in question are Sing and Sing. There is a User Z33K who is acting as if the article is his own and removing references. Hope you can help. Best, Yids2010 (talk) 19:53, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey is you there? Listen i need you to help me with an expand Im doing on the girlie show article. Plz i would really appreciate it--Lil'Monster Heart (talk) 06:36, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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Hello Lego,

After much soul searching I returned to wikipedia to find there's been a mass exodus! What's happend to all our friends? I hope you're well? — Lil_℧niquℇ №1 ^[talk] 16:39, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

FYI. Amalthea 17:04, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

@Lil-unique1: He has stopped editing Unique :( I doubt he'd return to Wikipedia. Ryoga Godai (talk) 15:12, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

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Hello. Could you share your opinion about changing the main photo of the Lady Gaga article in the talk age? I think the current one is outdsted, but we need consensus. --Sricsi (talk) 11:13, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

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Hello there Legolas! I just wrote Riding a Dead Horse a nominated it for GA and I wa wondering if you could review the article... I thought of you because you reviewed my Be Someone Else article in a very simple way and suggested my very easly how to fix the mistakes that were in it :) Would you help me again please? Thanks! User:Salgado96 November 10, 2012. 16:47.

Legolas last edited on 12 February. Given the extent of concerns regarding Legolas's plagiarism, close paraphrasing and copyright violations, as well as the general manner in which they rushed articles through the GA process, I rather suspect that they've walked away from this project rather than deal with the criticism and the all-too-necessary clean up. - Sitush (talk) 19:06, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello there. Since you give comments on music-related articles that are listed at WP:PR, I was wondering if you could give some helpful comments to Wikipedia:Peer review/Cher/archive1? Thanks, Lordelliott (talk) 04:32, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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	AB Award!
	In appreciation of your contributions to Wikipedia, I hereby present you with the AB Award. By expanding and promoting one of these stubs, which I like to think of as seeds, you have improved this wonderful collaborative project. Thank you, and keep up the great work! Another Believer (Talk) 19:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

	Merry Christmas
	May your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill, May the year ahead be full of contentment and joy, May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow, Merry Christmas To U & Ur Family. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 07:17, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

	Happy new year!
	May 2013 bring lots of happiness and perhaps a change for the better here on Wikipedia. If you're reading this, know that you are missed. —WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 03:05, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

You have been mentioned in a thread on ANI, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#False references and BLP misquotes: block user as hoaxer?. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 16:40, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

This account has been indefinitely blocked upon review of outstanding claims of fabrication of sources and quotes. Damaging the integrity of Wikipedia is not acceptable behavior.

If the account wishes to return to editing it may request unblock, but cooperation with the investigation of source accuracy would be a prerequisite. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 01:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Note that the work page for helping to clean citation problems is here: User talk:Legolas2186/Fixing citation problems. The original reliable sources noticeboard discussion is archived here. Binksternet (talk) 02:37, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:Madonna (entertainer) films, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:19, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

You're almost famous, the subject of "How Vandals Are Destroying Wikipedia from the Inside"...

http://www.dailydot.com/society/wikipedia-hoax-vandalism-legolas2186/

Thanks for sullying the good name of The Project in your self-absorbed quest for Barnstars and Good Article awards. If it is found you have fabricated sources, I would support a lifetime ban. Carrite (talk) 04:01, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Carrite, when grave dancing, you should perhaps think about the damage you're causing to the encyclopedia's reputation. Legolas has been blocked, be the bigger person and leave it at that. — MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 05:51, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

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