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WikiProject Oklahoma and Tulsa

I just left a message on the "projects talk page." But I wanted——to ask you as well since you commented before. Have there been any comments about adding these projects to the list of projects supported by, WPUS? --Kumioko (talk) 00:27, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Not yet it seems the bot who was to notify everyone in the project of the discussion hasn't done it yet i'm going to give it a day before i notify everyone by myself.--Dcheagle 00:32, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Are you contacting the members from the membership page. I would be, glad to send the message out using AWB if that would be easier for you. --Kumioko (talk) 00:40, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Sure if you don't mind--Dcheagle 00:43, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
No problem at all what do you want it to say? If you could provide me with the message as well as the edit summery that would be great. --Kumioko (talk) 00:45, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
{{tmbox |image=※]| text = This has been sent to you requesting that you share your thoughts to an ongoing discussion that's taking place on the projects ※].}} as for the summery just use "Your input is requested at WikiProject Oklahoma"--Dcheagle 01:03, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. I will do that today unless the bot beats me too it. --Kumioko (talk) 12:57, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Ok.--Dcheagle 13:42, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
As you can see below the message has been sent to all the active participants of WP Oklahoma. You might want to go back to the bot and "cancel the message so it doesn't go out twice." --Kumioko (talk) 23:48, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Ok I will do that. Thanks again for sending the message out for me.--Dcheagle 00:24, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
No problem, glad to help. --Kumioko (talk) 00:51, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for WikiProject United States to Support WikiProject Oklahoma and Tulsa

--Kumioko (talk) 23:43, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

help in understanding message i received

i received a message stating i deleted something from Paul Bearer page on August 2, 2011.... i can not understand HOW that is possible since i have never even searched that Paul Bearer person??? "Welcome to XIV. It might not have been your intention. But your recent edit removed content from Paul Bearer. " how on earth is this possible????? and it cant be a shared ip. Because i have a laptop... i just have a shared router in the house, but NO one goes on my computer...help?


Deneelynne (talk) 06:27, 16 September 2011 (UTC)deneelynne

Hang on let me look in to it and get back to you.--Dcheagle 06:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

ok and now have no idea how to use this talk thing... its so confusing Deneelynne (talk) 06:35, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Deneelynne

how do i reply? is this the way??Deneelynne (talk) 06:35, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Deneelynne

Your doing ever thing right Ill leave some helpful links on your talk page. As for the warning, Im not really sure why you received the messages just ignore it your fine you've done nothing wrong. One more thing --~~~~ use this to sign your comments it helps form your signature.--Dcheagle 06:41, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

ok im doing my best to learn, its new to me. i usually just come to wikipedia to learn things, but never edit. so this new talk thing is foreign to me. i just find it funny that i got the message yet no one in my house that im aware of even visited that page. And theres 4 computers in my home currently. just odd that it would pop up. thanks for the info though. after this i prolly wont need talk anymore though.. i just needed to reach you to understand why i got it. thanks again--Deneelynne (talk) 06:45, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Deneelynne

Don't worry about I'm always willing to help, feel free to stop by and ask me questions if you have any. I hope you have a wonderful time here on wikipedia.--Dcheagle 06:49, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (September 2011)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 2 · No. 3 · August 26, 2011 – September 25, 2011
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Current contributors
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How to help WikiProject NASCAR

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The pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, August 2011.


Article developments
NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 8 1 9
FL 1 1
GA 3 7 50 24 1 85
B 24 41 41 83 189
C 40 72 149 748 8 1,017
Start 43 160 661 1,724 19 2,607
Stub 3 38 234 1,052 4 1,331
List 13 35 26 29 103
Category 1 410 411
Disambig 47 47
File 129 129
Project 24 24
Redirect 1 6 11 30 402 450
Template 2 394 396
Other 14 14
Assessed 114 337 1,189 3,692 1,420 61 6,813
Unassessed 5 374 379
Total 114 337 1,189 3,697 1,420 435 7,192
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,821 Ω = 4.93
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Article of the month – 2010 AAA 400, a good article

The 2010 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 26, 2010 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. The 400 lap race was the twenty-eighth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, of the Hendrick Motorsports team. Jeff Burton finished second, and Joey Logano, who started nineteenth, clinched third.

Pole position driver Jimmie Johnson maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as A. J. Allmendinger, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. Fourteen laps later Allmendinger became the leader of the race. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Clint Bowyer, and Tony Stewart were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Afterward, Johnson became the leader of the race, once Allmendinger pitted because of a loose wheel. Johnson maintained the first position to lead the most laps of 191, and to win his sixth race of the season.

There were four cautions and eighteen lead changes among ten different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Jimmie Johnson's sixth win in the 2010 season, and the fifty-third of his career. The result moved Johnson up to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Denny Hamlin and ten ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-five ahead of Toyota and eighty ahead of Ford, with eight races remaining in the season. A total of 88,000 people attended the race, while 3.966 million watched it on television.

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Banner replacement

Sorry it took so long to reply, got a lot going on in real life at the moment. When you say banner replacement are you referring to replacing the UOFOK banner with Oklahoma/OU task force? --Kumioko (talk) 18:14, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Yea I have no idea how to replace the banners. I know we need to update Oklahoma/OU and replace the UOFOK banner but i have no idea how to go about it.--Dcheagle 04:13, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Ok no problem, there are a couple ways. The 2 best ways are that we can do it with AWB or you can request a bot do it. If you have AWB I can give you some code that will do it or else if you want I can do it if you like. First though we need to implement the code from the sandbox to the live template. --Kumioko (talk) 00:03, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
I don't have AWB so I cant do it that way, you could do it or have a bot do it ether why is fine with me. I will implement the new code right now.--Dcheagle 00:11, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Ok I'll work on it. Just a heads up though it will take me a couple days. I still have limited time on the computer but that should be cleared up in the next couple days. --Kumioko (talk) 00:19, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
That's fine no rush I'm updating the temp right now.--Dcheagle 00:20, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Well, no problem, it usually takes a while to replace a banner. DodoBot can help to replace it just like Kumioko did when pulling some US-related child projects under WikiProject United States. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 03:56, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

The banners been updated now all that needs to be done is to replace the banner on like 600 pages give or take a few.--Dcheagle 04:11, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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Tulsa town hall

I have restored Tulsa town hall and moved it to User:Dcheagle/Tulsa town hall per your request.

I have also removed the AfD notice, added "noindex" so that it will not be indexed by search engines (it is a userspace draft, not an article), and I have also commented out the categories, as these are not used in user space.

Please note that I will expect to see the draft worked on, with reliable sources that are independent of the subject being used as references, and an indication that the town hall meets the criteria for inclusion.

Should this not occur in a reasonable amount of time, I will consider taking the page to Miscellany for deletion for discussion.

Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:37, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh, as a postscript - as mentioned at XIV:Articles for deletion/Tulsa Town Hall, having notable speakers at the hall does not make the hall notable. It needs to be notable in its own right. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:39, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Ok thanks--Dcheagle 18:04, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Press Conference

http://gofrogs.cstv.com/allaccess/?media=269500 The TCU press conference is airing right now. --SportsMaster (talk) 22:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 October 2011

Hello, Dcheagle. You have new messages at Phantomsteve's talk page.
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Userpage

Regarding your post on my userpage, I have actually said on my userpage that is is not my work. If you have any other questions, please reply on my usertalk. Thanks! 60.230.217.13 (talk) 08:14, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, not logged in! Levonscott User talk:Levonscott User:Levonscott 09:15, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

That mey be but I must still ask you to remove it or I will take this to an Admin.--Dcheagle 16:24, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
I have actually only put it there for reference so I can take bits out and credit them to you and use them on my talk page, I am in the making of a copyright page which gives you credit for this. Thankyou for your understanding. Levonscott User talk:Levonscott User:Levonscott 03:24, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
I see that I have to take this matter into my own hands. I have removed the information, I must strongly ask that you do not copy my personal information content again or I will take this and an admin and have you blocked.--Dcheagle 04:45, 18 October 2011 (UTC) (Edited at 04:53, 18 October 2011 (UTC))

The Signpost: 17 October 2011

I notice that you have not edited the above draft in almost 2 weeks.

Do you intend on continuing to work on it and add reliable independent sources to show its notability? If not, I will delete it again. Or take it to Miscellany for deletion.

Regards, PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:34, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Im still working on it Ive just been sick for the last few days so I'm not doing much work right now.--Dcheagle 00:37, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
No worries! Hope you're feeling better soon PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 06:30, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter (October 2011)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 2 · No. 4 · September 26, 2011 – October 25, 2011
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Casey Mears practicing for the 2007 Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Article developments
NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 4 5 12 2 23
B 31 57 53 11 152
C 20 37 37 13 107
Start 24 116 324 248 1 713
Stub 17 53 300 587 957
List 10 46 2 58
Category 1 2 4 11 121 139
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 9 9
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 41 70
NA 1 1
Assessed 100 299 787 879 276 1 2,342
Total 100 299 787 879 276 1 2,342
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Article of the month – Darlington Record Club

The Unocal-Darlington Record Club was a club in the NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series from 1959 to about 2001, based at Darlington Raceway. Membership was achieved based on setting qualifying records during time trials for the annual Southern 500 held on Labor Day weekend. During its heyday, it was considered one of the most prestigious and exclusive clubs in motorsports.The club was sponsored by longtime NASCAR sponsor Unocal/Union 76. Previously it was sponsored by Pure Oil. At some time after the 2001 season, the club was quietly retired. The club ended permanently when Unocal left the sport in 2003, and the Southern 500 was removed from the schedule after 2004.The original eight charter members were selected in 1959: Dick Joslin (Dodge), Marvin Panch (Ford), Joe Caspolich (Oldsmobile), Bob Burdick (Thuderbird), Speedy Thompson (Chevrolet), Richard Petty (Plymouth), Elmo Langley (Buick), and Fireball Roberts (Pontiac). Roberts was selected as the first president; Former Darlington Raceway president Bob Colvin contributed in creating the club. (More...)

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Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA Total
GA 3 5 13 2 23
B 31 57 53 11 152
C 20 37 38 14 109
Start 26 117 332 251 726
Stub 17 53 299 597 966
List 10 46 2 58
Category 1 2 4 11 122 140
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 9 9
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 41 70
NA 1 1
Assessed 101 300 796 893 277 2,367
Total 101 300 796 893 277 2,367

Picture of the Month


The Phoenix International Raceway on November 10, 2011.

Article Developments


Article of the month – 2010 Ford 400, a Good Article

The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kevin Harvick clinched third. Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap of the race. Edwards started in the second position on the grid, and became the leader of the race on the fourth lap. Shortly after a restart on lap 22, championship leader Denny Hamlin spun sideways, resulting with damage to his splitter. Martin Truex, Jr. took the lead on lap 73, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, having led it for 192 laps. A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. There were ten cautions in the race, as well as twenty-five lead changes among nine different drivers. Edwards' victory was his second win in the 2010 season, with the first coming the previous week at the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Johnson's team owner Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship. Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. (Read more...)

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Identifying vandalism

I am concerned that you do not understand what "vandalism" is. This is not vandalism. Vandalism is only an edit that intentionally harms the encyclopedia. The edit in question did no such thing - it reverted a copyvio out of an article, amongst other bold actions. You, in fact, violated the copyright of CBS Interactive by reinserting material from to our article. Please be more careful.

Further, this edit is a direct copyvio from the same linked source, and still further, is an unlabled revert.

Please review WP:CP, WP:REVERT and WP:NOTVAND and confirm that you will abide by these policies going forward. Thanks. Hipocrite (talk) 13:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Last warning

This is your final warning - if you continue to copy text from other sources into XIV, you will be blocked. Your most recent "added again" was obvious plagurism ( vs ) - it uses the same sentence structure (sometimes reordered) and the paragraphs are identical in topic and scope. For more help in writing your own words, as opposed to stealing someone elses, please review WP:PLAG. Hipocrite (talk) 14:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Dcheagle - just to reinforce this, the text you have added is a clear copyright violation. Should you readd it without re-writing, I will block you myself. Worm · (talk) 14:07, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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Well, if Bleacher Report is not a reliable source, is WrestleHeat reliable? --JC My contributions 05:09, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Check WP:PW Style guide for a list of reliable sources, as I cant remember if it is or not.--Dcheagle 05:12, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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Kane's nationality

So you're saying that even if someone was born and raised in a certain country, it's not considered part of their nationality? Makes no sense to me.

Yes it does make since, I was born in Germany but I'm not a German-American. There is no source that can be found that stats that he is Spanish in anyway and till one is found it stays out of the article. Also when leaving message place it on the talk page not the user page also don't forget to sign your posts with--~~~~.

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (December 2011)

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Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA Total
GA 3 5 14 2 24
B 31 57 52 11 151
C 21 37 39 14 111
Start 25 117 337 252 731
Stub 17 53 298 598 966
List 10 46 2 58
Category 1 2 4 11 122 140
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 41 70
NA 1 1
Assessed 101 300 801 895 278 2,375
Total 101 300 801 895 278 2,375

Picture of the Month


A NASCAR Toyota Camry at the Toyota Automobile Museum.

Article Developments


Article of the month – 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500, a newly promoted Good Article

The 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 27, 2011 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the second race of the 2011 season and was won by Jeff Gordon for Hendrick Motorsports from Kyle Busch in second and Jimmie Johnson third. Carl Edwards led the first lap from pole position ahead of Kurt Busch who started second on the grid. The race was caution free until lap 29 (debris), and then 48 laps later a multiple crash occurred involving 13 drivers. Later there were several lead changes, and another four cautions. With nine laps remaining, Gordon took the lead from Kyle Busch to win his first race of the season, his first in more than 60 races. There were eight cautions and 29 lead changes among 12 different drivers during the race. Gordon's win moved him to sixth position in the drivers' championship, 15 points behind leader Kyle Busch and one ahead of Bobby Labonte in seventh. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet had 12 points, four ahead of Dodge. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, and 10.36 million watched it on television. (Read more...)

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Hey Bro I created a page I need to delete how do I delete stuff.--Rocketman2050 (talk) 01:53, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey just a reminder to look over the Norman, Oklahoma article. Okguy (talk) 16:52, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA Total
GA 3 5 14 2 24
B 31 57 52 11 151
C 21 37 39 15 112
Start 25 117 339 264 745
Stub 17 53 300 594 964
List 10 47 2 59
Category 1 2 4 11 122 140
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 43 72
NA 1 1
Assessed 101 300 806 904 280 2,391
Total 101 300 806 904 280 2,391

Picture of the Month


A flyover at Atlanta Motor Speedway before a NASCAR race

Article Developments


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Article of the month – Phoenix International Raceway - B-class article

Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 miles (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.

Phoenix International Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop on the West Coast, as well as the second and second-to-last track on the schedule. (Read more...)

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B 31 57 52 10 150
C 21 37 40 17 115
Start 25 117 341 270 2 755
Stub 17 54 303 598 972
List 10 47 2 59
Category 1 2 4 11 124 142
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 44 73
NA 1 1
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Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is the former Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Pollack earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He then received two master's degrees. He earned his first master's from The Graduate School of Political Management and his second in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Pollack later completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. His first job was a political consultant. He then served as Vice President of Winner & Associates. Prior to joining Harrah's Entertainment and serving as WSOP Commissioner, Pollack held prominent roles with NASCAR and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Pollack has been named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal of "40 Under 40" and twice to The Sporting News 100. He has also won two Emmy Awards. Pollack is married, and resides in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. His half-brother is Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League. (Read more...)

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Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 14 2 24
B 31 56 52 10 149
C 21 37 41 17 1 117
Start 25 117 342 283 3 770
Stub 17 54 308 603 982
List 10 47 2 59
Category 1 2 4 11 127 145
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
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Project 10 10
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 45 74
NA 1 1
Assessed 101 300 819 933 287 4 2,444
Unassessed 1 1
Total 101 300 819 933 287 5 2,445

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Ryan Newman's team performs a pit stop during the 2009 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway

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The 2010 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on February 21, 2010 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps, it was the second race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson for the Hendrick Motorsports team. Kevin Harvick finished second, and Jeff Burton, who started fourteenth, clinched third. Pole position driver Jamie McMurray maintained his lead into the first corner, but Juan Pablo Montoya, who had started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Afterward, Johnson became the leader, and would eventually lead to the race high of 101 laps. During the final pit stops, Johnson was on pit lane as the caution flag came out. Burton, who led the race during Johnson's pit stop, did not pass Johnson to put him a lap down. Therefore, Johnson retained the first position upon the completion of his pit stop. On the final lap, Harvick was gaining on Johnson, but Johnson maintained his position to win his first race of the season. There were six caution flags and twenty-eight lead changes among fourteen different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Johnson up twenty-three spots to tenth in the Drivers' Championship, 78 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and one ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eight points points ahead of Toyota and nine ahead of Ford, with thirty-four races remaining in the season. (Read more...)

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GA 3 5 14 2 24
B 31 56 52 10 149
C 21 37 42 18 1 119
Start 25 117 349 290 4 785
Stub 17 54 308 601 980
List 10 50 2 1 63
Category 1 2 4 10 127 144
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
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Project 10 10
Redirect 2 87 89
Template 2 15 8 4 45 74
NA 1 1
Assessed 101 300 830 938 288 6 2,463
Unassessed 1 1
Total 101 300 830 938 288 7 2,464

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The 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 1, 2010 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the tenth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kyle Busch for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Jeff Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started seventh, clinched third.

Pole position driver Kyle Busch maintained the lead after the start of the race. Kyle Busch would eventually lead to the race high of 226 laps. Afterward, Gordon became the leader during the final laps. He remained the leader until Kyle Busch passed him with four laps remaining. Kyle Busch crossed the finish line first to clinch his first win of the season, and his third at Richmond International Raceway.

There were six caution flags and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kyle Busch up two spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 109 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and ten ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eighteen points points ahead of Toyota and thirty ahead of Ford, with twenty-six races remaining in the season. (Read more...)

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Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 14 2 24
B 31 58 53 10 152
C 21 38 43 20 122
Start 25 115 354 295 1 790
Stub 17 54 312 610 993
List 11 50 2 63
Category 1 2 4 10 127 144
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 86 88
Template 2 15 8 4 47 76
NA 1 1
Assessed 101 302 841 954 289 1 2,488
Unassessed 1 1
Total 101 302 841 954 289 2 2,489

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Tim Richmond driving the No. 25 Folgers Coffee Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Hendrick Motorsports in 1980.

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The 2010 Showtime Southern 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race that was held on May 8, 2010 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. It was the eleventh race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The event began at 7:30 p.m. EDT. It was televised live in the United States on Fox and its U.S. radio coverage was broadcast on Motor Racing Network starting at 6 p.m. EDT. The race, contested over 367 laps, was won by Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing after starting seven positions behind polesitter Jamie McMurray. McMurray finished second in a Chevrolet, and Kurt Busch finished third in a Dodge. The race had a total of 11 cautions and 22 lead changes among 11 different drivers. (Read more...)

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Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 15 2 25
B 31 57 53 11 152
C 21 38 50 22 131
Start 26 116 365 311 2 820
Stub 17 53 305 609 984
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 127 144
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 89 91
Template 2 15 8 4 51 80
NA 1 1
Assessed 102 302 857 972 296 2 2,531
Unassessed 1 1
Total 102 302 857 972 296 3 2,532

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NASCAR driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. at the 2012 Sargento 200 Nationwide Series race at Road America. He won his first NASCAR race at the track after winning the pole position.

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The 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 14, 2010 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the thirty-fifth, and the ninth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Carl Edwards, for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Ryan Newman finished second, and Joey Logano clinched third. Pole position driver Edwards maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Newman, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. On the seventh lap, Kurt Busch became the leader of the race. Hamlin, the points leader before the race, led the most laps with a total of 190. On lap 298, Hamlin pitted and became a lap behind. He didn't return to the first ten positions afterward. Edwards maintained the lead to win the race. There were five cautions and 14 lead changes among six different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Edwards' first win in the 2010 season, and the 18th of his career. The result kept Edwards in fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 264 points behind Denny Hamlin and 47 ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 42 ponits ahead of Toyota and 88 ahead of Ford, with one race remaining in the season. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, while 4.201 million watched it on television. (Read more...)

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So, big news this week - on Tuesday, we ramped up to 5 percent of articles :). There's been a lot more feedback (pardon the pun) as I'm sure you've noticed, and to try and help we've scheduled a large number of office hours sessions, including one this evening at 22:00 UTC in the #wikimedia-office channel, and another at 01:00 UTC for the aussies amongst us :). I hope to see some of you there - if any of you can't make it but have any questions, I'm always happy to help.

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GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 57 52 11 150
C 22 38 51 23 134
Start 26 116 371 317 4 834
Stub 17 53 304 611 2 987
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 127 144
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 91 93
Template 2 15 8 4 56 85
NA 1 1
Assessed 102 302 863 981 303 6 2,557
Unassessed 1 1
Total 102 302 863 981 303 7 2,558

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The Plymouth Superbird stock car that Ramo Stott raced in mainly USAC Stock Car between 1970 and 1972. He also used the car in some NASCAR Winston Cup and ARCA events.

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The 1998 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on October 17, 1998 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Originally scheduled to be held on the Fourth of July, the race was postponed until the fall due to widespread wildfires in central Florida; it was the first superspeedway race to be held at night. Contested over 160 laps, it was the thirtieth race of the 1998 season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took his eleventh win of the season, while Bobby Labonte finished second and Mike Skinner finished third. Gordon retained his point lead on the way to his third Winston Cup championship title. (Read more...)

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Hey all. Some quick but important updates on what we've been up to and what's coming up next :).

The curation toolbar, our Wikimedia-supported twinkle replacement. We're going to be deploying it, along with a pile of bugfixes, to wikipedia on 9 August. After a few days to check it doesn't make anything explode or die, we'll be sticking up a big notice and sending out an additional newsletter inviting people to test it out and give us feedback :). This will be followed by two office hours sessions - one on Tuesday the 14th of August at 19:00 UTC for all us Europeans, and one on Wednesday the 15th at 23:00 UTC for the East Coasters out there :). As always, these will be held in #wikimedia-office; drop me a note if you want to know how to easily get on IRC, or if you aren't able to attend but would like the logs.

I hope to see a lot of you there; it's going to be a big day for everyone involved, I think :). I'll have more notes after the deployment! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 20:14, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

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A couple of new things.

First, you'll note that all the project titles have now changed to the Page Curation prefix, rather than having the New Pages Feed prefix. This is because the overarching project name has changed to Page Curation; the feed is still known as New Pages Feed, and the Curation Toolbar is still the Curation Toolbar. Hopefully this will be the last namechange ;p.

On the subject of the Curation Toolbar (nice segue, Oliver!) - it's now deployed on XIV. Just open up any article in the New Pages Feed and it should appear on the right.

It's still a beta version - bugs are expected - and we've got a lot more work to do. But if you see something going wrong, or a feature missing, drop me a note or post on the project talkpage and I'll be happy to help :). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:08, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

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Since the news that FCW changed their name to NXT, the NXT and FCW pages haven't yet fully updated with the changes, like the FCW titles being deactivated for the NXT Championship. The FCW page has the updated roster and staff, yet only have one note about the name change. Can you help me with this?--Mikeymike2001 (talk) 04:19, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

What is it that you need help with?--Dcheagle | GO TEAM USA 04:22, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
I need help changing the FCW article to reflect the name change to NXT Wrestling, and fix the WWE NXT page to reflect it's change from TV show to developmental territory for WWE. I asked Vj, and he said change WWE NXT to cancelled program when it still airs overseas and to change FCW to NXT Wrestling with the note of all FCW titles deactivated when the NXT Championship was created.--Mikeymike2001 (talk) 04:28, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
If you have sources that state the changes, I will take a look at cracking some of this out in the morning as its getting let here in Oklahoma and I have a lot of other things I need to complete tonight.--Dcheagle | GO TEAM USA 04:38, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Here's some sources:Source 1Source 2--Mikeymike2001 (talk) 04:43, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Ok I will work on this in the morning--Dcheagle | GO TEAM USA 04:46, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

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Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 57 52 11 150
C 22 39 51 23 135
Start 26 115 372 319 5 837
Stub 17 53 304 610 3 987
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 129 146
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 10 10
Redirect 2 95 97
Template 2 15 8 4 57 86
NA 1 1
Assessed 102 302 864 982 310 8 2,568
Unassessed 1 1
Total 102 302 864 982 310 9 2,569

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin racing during the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.

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Article of the month – 2010 Carfax 400, a Good Article

The 2010 Carfax 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 15, 2010 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-third race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kevin Harvick for the Richard Childress Racing team. Denny Hamlin finished second, and Carl Edwards, who started twenty-fourth, clinched third.

Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead into the first corner to begin the race, but Jimmie Johnson, who started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Afterward, Greg Biffle became the leader, and would eventually lead to the race high of 66 laps. Tony Stewart led after the final pit stops, ahead of Hamlin and Harvick. Harvick helped Hamlin to become the leader, but with twelve laps left, Harvick gained on Hamlin and claimed the first position with eleven lap remaining. Harvick maintained his position to claim his first Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway.

There were five cautions and nineteen lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race, Harvick's third win of the season. The result maintained the first position in the Drivers' Championship and clinched him a position in the Chase. He remained 293 points ahead of second place driver Jeff Gordon and 353 ahead of Denny Hamlin. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty points ahead of Toyota and sixty-one ahead of Ford, with thirteen races remaining in the season. A total of 105,000 people attended the race, while 4.917 million watched it on television. (Read more...)

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EdwardsBot (talk) 01:45, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

My ignorance

What can I say, except, thanks for the correction. I think I've made it clear I'm not all that knowledgeable on this subject; my interest is in good writing, but sometimes factual ignorance is going to pop up. I'm sure you'll be able to find more examples of my ignorance; I will be glad for your corrections. 76.106.149.108 (talk) 04:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Its ok it happens to the best of us at times, farther more the reason I reverted most of your edit to begin with had more to do with this (whatever that means—with no links nor antecedent text, it's simply confusing) then anything else. After looking into your other edits I had planed to re-add them, you however jumped the gun before I could put them back with slight tweaks which I was working on at the time. I hope that you plan to improve other things with the page and others.--Dcheagle | 04:37, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, once I saw that line (which I had not intended to keep in the article), I figured that might have been what got you predisposed to dismiss my work. I can see that you've spent a hell of a lot of time on that article, so I know it means a lot to you. Hope most of my work this evening meets with your approval, but if not, I'm always open to discussion. Heading to bed; enjoy your editing. 76.106.149.108 (talk) 04:41, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Westerns

Hi, seems XIV:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Westerns articles by quality statistics is finally working, the WP 1.0 bot looks close to being fixed, I think. Have managed to tag almost 1000 articles for the Westerns project, most are just Stub/Start quality, but despite plugging the project to numerous other WikiProject pages, particularly American ones, and sending a few invites to editors who created a lot of the film articles I tagged, there does not appear to a great deal of interest, yet. I'm thinking this is because the setup may not be complete, wondered if you had any thoughts as to what else should or needs be done with the WP:WESTERNS project pages to help motivate editors to join? Is a little disconcerting that reception of this project has not been as popular as I predicted... Thanks, Ma®©usBritish 19:23, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

I'll take a look, as for project members joining sometimes it just takes time.--Dcheagle | 20:25, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Well, hopefully not too long.. would hate for it to be declared an "inactive" project after all this effort. Ma®©usBritish 22:30, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
That wont happen as long as you and I are active in the project which we are.--Dcheagle | 22:31, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Takes more than 2 people if we're ever going to offer A-Class Assessments though.. I know a lot of WikiProjects don't have ACRs, but I do think they offer an incentive for people wanting to write or develop quality articles.. and there are a lot of really piss-poor Stubs that I have tagged, some are literally 8 or 9 words, like: "Title is a 1952 Western film starring John Wayne." Hardly a thrilling read... Ma®©usBritish 23:01, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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Page Curation update

Hey all :). We've just deployed another set of features for Page Curation. They include flyouts from the icons in Special:NewPagesFeed, showing who reviewed an article and when, a listing of this in the "info" flyout, and a general re-jigging of the info flyout - we've also fixed the weird bug with page_titles_having_underscores_instead_of_spaces in messages sent to talkpages, and introduced CSD logging! As always, these features will need some work - but any feedback would be most welcome. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:20, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

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Sorry!

I'm trying to talk with WWEJobber on why having two Vinces and Triple Hs on the List of WWE personnel is wrong. He wants two of them on the page because he thinks having two articles on Vince would count as a double entry and with Triple H's increasing work backstage deserves a double entry because of his in-ring activities. Plus he attacked me and User:Vjmlhds on our talkpages.--Mikeymike2001 (talk) 00:38, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Then take it to the talk page don't just keep reverting one another. If it continues I will have the page locked and all three of you blocked for edit warring and 3RR vio's.--Dcheagle | 00:42, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
We are talking about it on the talkpage.--Mikeymike2001 (talk) 00:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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Page Curation newsletter

Hey Dcheagle. This will be, if not our final newsletter, one of the final ones :). After months of churning away at this project, our final version (apart from a few tweaks and bugfixes) is now live. Changes between this and the last release include deletion tag logging, a centralised log, and fixes to things like edit summaries.

Hopefully you like what we've done with the place; suggestions for future work on it, complaints and bugs to the usual address :). We'll be holding a couple of office hours sessions, which I hope you'll all attend. Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:25, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #2)

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This edition The Olive Branch is focusing on a 2nd dispute resolution RfC. Two significant proposals have been made. Below we describe the background and recent progress and detail those proposals. Please review them and follow the link at the bottom to comment at the RfC. We need your input!

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Background

Until late 2003, Jimmy Wales was the arbiter in all major disputes. After the Mediation Committee and the Arbitration Committee were founded, Wales delegated his roles of dispute resolution to these bodies. In addition to these committees, the community has developed a number of informal processes of dispute resolution. At its peak, over 17 dispute resolution venues existed. Disputes were submitted in each venue in a different way.

Due to the complexity of XIV dispute resolution, members of the community were surveyed in April 2012 about their experiences with dispute resolution. In general, the community believes that dispute resolution is too hard to use and is divided among too many venues. Many respondents also reported their experience with dispute resolution had suffered due to a shortage of volunteers and backlogging, which may be due to the disparate nature of the process.

An evaluation of dispute resolution forums was made in May this year, in which data on response and resolution time, as well as success rates, was collated. This data is here.

Progress so far
Stage one of the dispute resolution noticeboard request form. Here, participants fill out a request through a form, instead of through wikitext, making it easier for them to use, but also imposing word restrictions so volunteers can review the dispute in a timely manner.

Leading off from the survey in April and the evaluation in May, several changes to dispute resolution noticeboard (DRN) were proposed. Rather than using a wikitext template to bring disputes to DRN, editors used a new javascript form. This form was simpler to use, but also standardised the format of submissions and applied a word limit so that DRN volunteers could more easily review disputes. A template to summarise, and a robot to maintain the noticeboard, were also created.

As a result of these changes, volunteers responded to disputes in a third of the time, and resolved them 60% faster when compared to May. Successful resolution of disputes increased by 17%. Submissions were 25% shorter by word count.(see Dispute Resolution Noticeboard Statistics - August compared to May)

Outside of DRN other simplification has taken place. The Mediation Cabal was closed in August, and Wikiquette assistance was closed in September. Nevertheless, around fifteen different forums still exist for the resolution of XIV disputes.

Proposed changes

Given the success of the past efforts at DR reform, the current RFC proposes we implement:

1) A submission gadget for every DR venue tailored to the unique needs of that forum.

2) A universal dispute resolution wizard, accessible from XIV:Dispute resolution.

  • This wizard would ask a series of structured questions about the nature of the dispute.
  • It would then determine to which dispute resolution venue a dispute should be sent.
  • If the user agrees with the wizard's selection, s/he would then be asked a series of questions about the details of the dispute (for example, the usernames of the involved editors).
  • The wizard would then submit a request for dispute resolution to the selected venue, in that venue's required format (using the logic of each venue's specialized form, as in proposal #1). The wizard would not suggest a venue which the user has already identified in answer to a question like "What other steps of dispute resolution have you tried?".
  • Similar to the way the DRN request form operates, this would be enabled for all users. A user could still file a request for dispute resolution manually if they so desired.
  • Coding such a wizard would be complex, but the DRN gadget would be used as an outline.
  • Once the universal request form is ready (coded by those who helped create the DRN request form) the community will be asked to try out and give feedback on the wizard. The wizard's logic in deciding the scope and requirements of each venue would be open to change by the community at any time.

3) Additionally, we're seeking any ideas on how we can attract and retain more dispute resolution volunteers.

Please share your thoughts at the RfC.

--The Olive Branch 18:40, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Commons

I've left you a message on your talkpage at commons re. user Donotedit.TMCk (talk) 20:21, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I will take a look.--Dcheagle | 20:25, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm less familiar with Commons and think someone with expertise should take it from here on in case this user keeps uploading copy-vios.TMCk (talk) 20:30, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
  • You missed a file/image at Commons. I left you a message over there so maybe I can take care of it (unless I missed something myself). And thanks for having taking care of it so far.TMCk (talk) 23:34, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for contributing to the discussion of displaying the rankings of future opponents on the team's schedule. It seems that a certain user with the IP address 72.50.148.28 does not want to participate in the discussion and insists on continuously removing the rankings, thus creating an edit war. Do you have moderation capability, or know of how to contact a moderator/administrator to rectify this situation? If the user isn't willing to work within the parameters of the discussion, then I don't see any other alternative. Thanks again! Swcrowe 22:38, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (September 2012)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 3 · No. 3 –August 26, 2012 – September 25, 2012
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WikiProject News


  • New members:
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How to Help WikiProject NASCAR


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Portal Help


Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.

Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 57 52 11 150
C 22 39 53 24 1 139
Start 26 115 390 356 7 894
Stub 17 56 300 597 5 975
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 154 171
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 11 11
Redirect 2 98 100
Template 2 15 8 4 60 89
NA 1 1
Assessed 102 305 880 1,007 342 13 2,649
Total 102 305 880 1,007 342 13 2,649

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A 1956 Chrysler 300-B stock car on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan (United States).

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Article of the month – 2010 Sylvania 300

The 2010 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 19, 2010, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The 300 lap race was the twenty-seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Clint Bowyer, of the Richard Childress Racing team, won the race, with Denny Hamlin finishing second, and Jamie McMurray third.

Pole position driver Brad Keselowski maintained his lead in the first lap, but in the second lap Tony Stewart pulled ahead. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Hamlin was the only one to recover and finish in the top five. With two laps remaining, Tony Stewart was leading the race when he ran out of fuel, giving the lead to Bowyer, who also led the most laps in the race with 176. There were eight cautions and twenty-three lead changes among eight different drivers during the race.

The race was Clint Bowyer's first win in the 2010 season, and the third of his career. The result advanced Bowyer to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Hamlin and ten ahead of Kevin Harvick, but because of a penalty three days after the race, he fell to twelfth in the standings. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two points ahead of Toyota and seventy-four ahead of Ford, with nine races remaining in the season. A total of 95,000 people attended the race, while 3.68 million watched it on television. (Read more...)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

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Page Curation newsletter - closing up!

Hey all :).

We're (very shortly) closing down this development cycle for Page Curation. It's genuinely been a pleasure to talk with you all and build software that is so close to my own heart, and also so effective. The current backlog is 9 days, and I've never seen it that low before.

However! Closing up shop does not mean not making any improvements. First-off, this is your last chance to give us a poke about unresolved bugs or report new ones on the talkpage. If something's going wrong, we want to know about it :). Second, we'll hopefully be taking another pass over the software next year. If you've got ideas for features Page Curation doesn't currently have, stick them here.

Again, it's been an honour. Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:24, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (October 2012)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 3 · No. 4 –September 26, 2012 –October 25, 2012
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Project discussion • Project resources • Project Standards (discussion) • Project Category Structure (discussion) • Project Participants (discussion) • Project Assessment (discussion) • Recent Changes • Popular Articles

WikiProject News


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How to Help WikiProject NASCAR


  • Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed!
  • Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs.
  • Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season.
  • Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks:

Portal Help


Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.

Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 56 52 11 149
C 22 40 53 24 1 140
Start 26 117 399 367 7 916
Stub 17 55 297 596 5 970
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 154 171
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 11 11
Redirect 2 98 100
Template 2 15 8 4 60 89
NA 1 1
Assessed 102 306 886 1,017 342 13 2,666
Total 102 306 886 1,017 342 13 2,666

Picture of the Month


Chevrolet Monte Carlo with NASCAR design; photographed in Laval, Quebec, Canada at Les chauds vendredis.

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Article of the month – Tim Richmond - a Good Article

Tim Richmond (June 7, 1955 – August 13, 1989) was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series). Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time, which has since become an industry trend. He won the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award and had 13 victories during eight NASCAR seasons.

Richmond achieved his top NASCAR season in 1986 when he finished third in points. He won seven races that season, more than any other driver on the tour. When he missed the season-opening Daytona 500 in February 1987, media reported that he had pneumonia. The infection most likely resulted from his compromised immune system, which was weakened by AIDS. The disease drastically shortened his life. Despite the state of his health, Richmond competed in eight races in 1987, winning two events and one pole position before his final race in August of that year. He attempted a comeback in 1988 before NASCAR banned him for testing positive for a banned substance; after NASCAR insisted on access to his entire medical record before reinstating him, Richmond withdrew from racing. NASCAR later stated their original test was inaccurate.

Richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a freewheeling lifestyle, earning him the nickname "Hollywood". In describing Richmond's influence in racing, Charlotte Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler said: "We've never had a race driver like Tim in stock car racing. He was almost a James Dean-like character." When Richmond was cast for a bit part in the 1983 movie Stroker Ace, "He fell right in with the group working on the film," said director Hal Needham. Cole Trickle, the main character in the movie Days of Thunder, played by Tom Cruise, was loosely based on Richmond and his interaction with Harry Hyde and Rick Hendrick. (Read more...)

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This is not a newsletter

This is just a tribute.

Anyway. You're getting this note because you've participated in discussion and/or asked for updates to either the Article Feedback Tool or Page Curation. This isn't about either of those things, I'm afraid ;p. We've recently started working on yet another project: Echo, a notifications system to augment the watchlist. There's not much information at the moment, because we're still working out the scope and the concepts, but if you're interested in further updates you can sign up here.

In addition, we'll be holding an office hours session at 21:00 UTC on Wednesday, 14 November in #wikimedia-office - hope to see you all there :). I appreciate it's an annoying time for non-Europeans: if you're interested in chatting about the project but can't make it, give me a shout and I can set up another session if there's enough interest in one particular timezone or a skype call if there isn't. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 10:53, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

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AFT5 newsletter

Hey all :). A couple of quick updates (one small, one large)

First, we're continuing to work on some ways to increase the quality of feedback and make it easier to eliminate and deal with non-useful feedback: hopefully I'll have more news for you on this soon :).

Second, we're looking at ways to increase the actual number of users patrolling and take off some of the workload from you lot. Part of this is increasing the prominence of the feedback page, which we're going to try to do with a link at the top of each article to the relevant page. This should be deployed on Tuesday (touch wood!) and we'll be closely monitoring what happens. Let me know if you have any questions or issues :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:36, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (November 2012)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 3 · No. 5 –October 26, 2012 –November 25, 2012
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WikiProject News


  • New members:
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How to Help WikiProject NASCAR


  • Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed!
  • Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs.
  • Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season.
  • Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks:

Portal Help


Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.

Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 56 52 11 149
C 22 40 53 24 1 140
Start 26 119 402 383 7 937
Stub 17 56 300 600 8 981
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 155 172
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 11 11
Redirect 2 100 102
Template 2 15 8 4 60 89
NA 1 1
Assessed 102 309 892 1,037 345 16 2,701
Total 102 309 892 1,037 345 16 2,701

Picture of the Month


View of Gatorade Victory Lane from a skybox at Daytona International Speedway.

Article Developments


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Article of the month – 2010 Ford 400, a Good Article

The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Carl Edwards for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Kevin Harvick clinched third.

Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap of the race. Edwards started in the second position on the grid, and became the leader of the race on the fourth lap. Shortly after a restart on lap 22, championship leader Denny Hamlin spun sideways, resulting with damage to his splitter. Martin Truex, Jr. took the lead on lap 73, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, having led it for 192 laps.

A total of 67,000 people attended the race, while 5.605 million watched it on television. There were ten cautions in the race, as well as twenty-five lead changes among nine different drivers. Edwards' victory was his second win in the 2010 season, with the first coming the previous week at the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Johnson's team owner Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship. Chevrolet won the Manufacturer Championship with 261 points, 44 points ahead of Toyota. (Read more...)

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AFT5 office hours

Hey all :). Just a quick note to say we'll be holding office hours in #wikimedia-office at 21:30 UTC this Thursday (the 29th) to show everyone the additional tools we're thinking of working on. All attendence and feedback is appreciated :). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:08, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (December 2012)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 3 · No. 6 –November 26, 2012 –December 25, 2012
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WikiProject News


  • New members:
    • None

How to Help WikiProject NASCAR


  • Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed!
  • Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs.
  • Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season.
  • Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Portal Help


Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.

Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 55 52 11 148
C 22 40 53 24 1 140
Start 27 120 408 401 7 963
Stub 17 56 302 606 8 989
List 12 54 2 68
Category 1 2 4 10 156 173
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 11 11
Redirect 2 101 103
Template 2 15 8 4 61 90
NA 1 1
Assessed 103 309 900 1,061 348 16 2,737
Total 103 309 900 1,061 348 16 2,737

Picture of the Month


Dick Trickle is smoking a cigarette shortly before a race at Pocono Raceway in 1998.

Article Developments


Article of the month – Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross. The track features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0 km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The track was built in 1958 by NASCAR founder William France Sr. to host racing that was being held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998, and today it is the third largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004, and the track repaved in 1978 and 2010. (Read more...)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

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  • If you're not already aware, a Request for Comment on the future of the Article Feedback Tool on the English-language XIV is open; any and all comments, regardless of opinion and perspective, are welcome.
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WP:NASCAR Newsletter (January 2013)

The WikiProject NASCAR Newsletter
Volume 3 · No. 7 –December 26, 2012 –January 25, 2013
Previous month's issue - Next month's issue

WikiProject News


  • New members:

How to Help WikiProject NASCAR


  • Please keep up with the discussions at our main talk page. Your input is needed!
  • Expand the articles in Category:NASCAR stubs.
  • Help expand and update everything relating to the 2012 season.
  • Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks:

Portal Help


Portal:NASCAR is a place where we can exhibit our best articles and most interesting free images. Any article which is FA, GA, High or Top importance can be added for display as a Selected article or as a Selected biography, free images can be added to be displayed as Selected pictures. All of these are chosen randomly for display on each page view to avoid both bias and having to manually update the page monthly. If you've created or seen an article or image that you feel would be a good addition to the portal, follow the instructions on the pages linked above. Please nominate articles or images on the talk pages.

Article Statistics


NASCAR articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 3 5 16 2 26
B 30 55 52 11 148
C 23 40 53 25 1 142
Start 26 121 414 407 7 975
Stub 17 57 298 606 8 986
List 12 53 2 67
Category 1 2 4 10 155 172
Disambig 4 1 1 14 20
Portal 1 4 5
Project 11 11
Redirect 2 101 103
Template 2 15 8 4 62 91
NA 1 1
Assessed 103 311 901 1,068 348 16 2,747
Total 103 311 901 1,068 348 16 2,747

Picture of the Month


Chase Elliott in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Rockingham Speedway, November 3, 2012.

Article Developments


Article of the month – Harley J. Earl Trophy, a Good Article

The Harley J. Earl Trophy is the trophy presented to the winner of the premier, and season-opening, event of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Daytona 500. It is named after influential automobile designer Harley Earl, who served as the second commissioner of NASCAR. Earl has been known as the so-called "father of the Corvette" and designer of the Firebird I prototype that adorns the trophy. The trophy is kept on display at the Daytona International Speedway, while a small replica is given to each Daytona 500 winner. (Read more...)

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Hello, and thanks for tagging this article for notability. You may want to read WP:Notability (schools) and WP:NOTABILITY, and add your reasons for the tag on the Talk pg. You also might want to take it to the Notability Noticeboard or AfD to get it resolved. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 10:11, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

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Oklahoma football

I'm new to XIV and not sure how everything works, but I decided to start with something I love; Oklahoma football. While looking at the season articles, I noticed that the schedule was using rankings from the Coaches' Poll, while nearly every other CFB team page is using the AP Poll, so I decided to change that by switching all of OU's articles to the AP Poll. I happened to notice that the 2013 Oklahoma football page had already been created and I looked through its history and found that you are the one who makes the schedule section, and you're putting it in the Coaches' Poll. I've already changed it, and I'd like to ask you to always start it out in the AP Poll.--Kobra98 (talk) 00:25, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

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