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WAT HAPEN 2 DA CAPZ?! ARKIV 8 IT?—La Pianista 20:46, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL YES, PIANISTA, THE ARCHIVE MONSTER ATE THE CAPS. (: (: (: (: —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 21:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

...I NO LIKEZ DA ARKIV. DAT'S Y I MAKEZ HIM VOMIT RESENT DISCUSHONS. —La Pianista 21:22, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

O I C, BUT HOW DUZ UR ARKIV FEEL BOUT BEINGZ BULIMIC? (: —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 21:45, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I DUNNOZ. I NVR ASX HM. IT SUX, I GEZ...BT I NO KAR. I NO LIEKZ HIM, SEEZ? :d :d :d —La Pianista 22:01, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

THAT'S KINDA MEAN AND CRUEL, ISN'T IT? OH WAIT—YOU ARE MEAN AND CRUEL... :P) (: —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 22:13, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

(Edz dentz)Caps Day may be over, but not iSpeak! WAT? —La Pianista 18:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

U....R.....MN....+.....CRUL. :) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 18:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

...WAT....DUZ....DA...B.E.....TINK? —La Pianista 19:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Can u please remove the message bar..Its disturbing--E Renault Talk + 11:10, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

BE, FYI, see my talk page -- Tinu Cherian - 11:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey Edge! I think that the message bars are not allowed if they are exact visual copies of the normal message bar....I have no idea where it says that, but I remember seeing something about it somewhere.... I, personally, don't think that it is that big of a deal though. :) Cheers! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 16:52, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for stepping in Tinu, your point about lots of others using it, is indeed very much true. I copied from another user (whose name I forget), and have seen plenty others use it too. Whether it be cheeky links to signature pages or whatever. You say that it disrupts navigation, well I can hardly see what the problem is if all you have to do is click Back to resume normal browsing. Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 19:03, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, pal... Why don't you link the parenthesis so it's not exactly the same? ;D —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 19:05, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Erm, come again? I'm not familiar with the term 'parenthesis' =| Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 19:06, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Parenthesis = these things: ( ) :D —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 19:07, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually, there is already a slight difference. Notice how the second bracket is boldened in the real message alert, but not so on my fake. Is that not enough? :( Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 19:11, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Lol probably. :) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 19:13, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

I actually only noticed that when I was thinking of a way to change it per your request XD. Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 19:14, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL well, it works. :p Cheers! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 19:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

(←) Perhaps you could have some fun with it, though. Like this:

Or

This is, as Ed would say, "for kicks and giggles." :D :D :D —La Pianista 14:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Good Ideas--E Renault Talk + 06:26, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I have removed your false new message bar. This is because our guideline on simulated interface messages in userpages states that this is generally found to be disruptive, and cases of their use should be removed except when they are used in testing. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, however please do not re-add the bar. Mine was removed also. ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ 15:19, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I re-added it for the moment, as he can remove it himself, or change it to how he wants it. Cheers, —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 15:21, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

See WP:SMI, Edge. :) —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 15:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Mine was deleted also, not by me. It is not up to him to remove it. Unless he his changing it to the message above, it should be removed. ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ 18:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

My goodness. Let him at least get on to the internet before you go and remove it... He'll remove it, but he's perfectly capable of doing that on his own, and a couple of hours won't hurt anyone. Cheers, —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 18:15, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Ed. He's usually on the wiki later, at about 2200 UTC or around there, so wait a while. —La Pianista 19:12, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry that I have been unable to contact you guys, reasons are given below. For the time being, I have removed the fake message bar as it has just caused too much hassle for my liking. Thanks to those who defended it anyway, it really means a lot to me :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 15:18, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Blooded Edge! Thank you very much for your questions and support in my RfA, which passed yesterday. I hope not to let you and the others down and use the tools for the benefit of the project. Cheers, Ynhockey 21:00, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

No problems, I hope you use your new powers responsibly :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 14:55, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Are you still around, Blooded Edge? You haven't edited since 24th October, so I'm beginning to worry if you've suddenly decided to leave (I have seen enough good editors leaving this month). Or are you on a break? Chamal 12:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I second what you've got in parenthesis there Chamal. LAAFan was a very good and person... =/ —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 13:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

True... Not only LAAFan, I've seen two more editors (though not as notable as him) retiring from Knowledge (XXG) this month. If that's not enough, several experienced editors seem to be slowing down their contributions, almost semi-active :( Chamal 14:08, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

This beats them all: Just saw that Possum (RyanLupin) is also gone. Gaaaarhhhhh! What is happening??? Chamal 15:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Zomg.... -_- Watch, SandyGeorgia will be next... —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 15:12, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

First of all, I would like to apologise for my sudden vanishing. I was on a World War One battlefields tour through France and Belgium, visiting forts, memorials and the lot, so yeah.

Secondly, I hate the timing of this, but I am placing myself on an indefinite wiki-break. I just have so much work to do at the moment, and so many things to deal with that Knowledge (XXG) has almost no time left for my participation in. Please note I am not doing this for attention or pity, but for my own good. There are thousands of other editors out there who can easily cover for me, though I will pop in and out over the coming 6 months or so. Thanks to everyone who has shown me so much support so far, people like Chamal, Pianista, Ed, Spittlespat, Tinu Cherian and Xenocidic have my ultimate respect. Sheesh, this sounds as if I'm saying adios for goot (which I'm not). Chances are I'll be back up to full steam when I get the exams done and dusted with :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 15:16, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

It's sad to hear that you are leaving, even temporarily. Knowledge (XXG) has 8,180,000+ registered users, but good ones are very few and you are among them. I really hope you will come back. Good luck with your exams :) BTW, you deserve the barnstar more than me.

		The Special Barnstar
		This is awarded to Blooded Edge, for being a great editor and friend. You were (and will be, I hope) active in many areas of Knowledge (XXG), and did well in all those areas. We joined Knowledge (XXG) around the same time, but the difference between our edits and how much we've learned in that time is obvious. You are the better man, without any doubt. Chamal 15:43, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

This is very touching Chamal, Knowledge (XXG) really is lucky to have users such as yourself aboard, the project really does have a future. No matter what you say, you deserved yours just as much man, thanks for your support :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 15:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Have fun with your exams and do well, pal.... Whenever you get back, we'll be waiting! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 16:54, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

And you know, shut up. :) "There are thousands of other editors out there who can easily cover for me". Oh, whatever. No person could replace you, Edge! See ya around pal, and drop me a line when you are in. Cheers! —Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 17:39, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you'd better not be "adios for goot." :D :D :D

See ya around pal - whenever! ;) —La Pianista 19:13, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Cheers! (and thanks for the award!)--Spittlespat 21:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks all of you :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 12:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

The Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 8 - October 2008 Archive before | Archive After To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of October 2008, the project has: 106 Featured articles 20 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 8 articles for Peer review 19 A-Class articles 247 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Crush (video game), Half-Life 2: Episode One, StarCraft: Ghost Promoted FT: StarCraft titles Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Aether (video game), Chris Metzen, Doom 3, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life 2: Survivor, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Mega Man 2, Silent Hill 3 Promoted GT: Key visual novels Demoted GA/GT: Final Fantasy (video game) News There were 284 new articles in October 2008 Inactive project cleanup Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. Miscellaneous Warcraft pages cleaned up: Two old redirects deleted and others tagged as historical. WikiProject Mortal Kombat and most of its subpages have been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Mortal Kombat task force page. WikiProject Pro Gaming has been moved to page under WP:VG. See new Pro gamin task force page. Feature: Partnered reviews For some time now, the Video games project and the Military history project have been cross listing their articles undergoing peer review in an effort to improve the quality of articles, as well as the copy editing skills of editors. The idea was first proposed by User:Krator as a way to better prepare articles for Featured article candidacy. After being approved by both projects, the idea was implemented under a trial period, and eventually approved as a standard practice. New, cross listed military history articles are announced on the Video games project talk page, and listed on the Video games Peer review page under a special section. Video game editors are encouraged to leave any type of comments that come to mind. 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The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 10 · October 2, 2008 – November 6, 2008
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Article of the month - 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, current Good Article Candidate The 2008 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LXIV ING Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on September 7, 2008, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium. It was the 13th race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 44 laps, was won by Felipe Massa for the Ferrari team, after the initial winner, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, was penalised for cutting a chicane and gaining an advantage over Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen. Hamilton started from pole position alongside title rival Massa. Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen started from third next to the 2007 winner Kimi Räikkönen. Following a spin by Hamilton on the second lap, Räikkönen led the race, until rain fell on lap 41 and Hamilton performed the penalised pass. Räikkönen crashed in the following lap as rain started raining heavily. Massa finished second on the road after Hamilton, followed by Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber. Hamilton received a drive-through penalty, which demoted him to third place and advanced Massa and Heidfeld to first and second positions. McLaren appealed the decision at the FIA International Court of Appeal. Their case, however, was judged inadmissible, with the Court ruling that drive-through penalties cannot be challenged. The penalty created a large amount of criticism from the global press, mainly from the United Kingdom and Italy, with several former drivers questioning the decision. Massa's retrospective win, with Hamilton demoted to third, narrowed the gap in the Championship from six points to just two. (More...)
Championship standings and Grand Prix results Drivers' World Champion - Lewis Hamilton Constructors' World Champion - Scuderia Ferrari Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 98 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 97 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 75 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 75 5th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 61 6th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 60 7th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 53 8th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 35 9th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 30 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 25 11th Mark Webber Red Bull 21 12th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault F1 19 13th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 17 14th Rubens Barrichello Honda F1 11 15th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 9 16th David Coulthard Red Bull 8 17th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 4 18th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 172 2nd McLaren 151 3rd BMW Sauber 135 4th Renault F1 80 5th Toyota F1 56 6th Toro Rosso 39 7th Red Bull 29 8th WilliamsF1 26 9th Honda F1 14 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri 0* Final standings. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. ^Note 1 : Super Aguri withdrew from the championship on the Wednesday before the Turkish Grand Prix.
Japanese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Fernando Alonso Renault 1:30:21.892 2nd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +5.283 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +6.400 4th Nelson Piquet, Jr. Renault +20.570 5th Jarno Trulli Toyota +23.767 6th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso +34.085* 7th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +39.207 8th Felipe Massa Ferrari +46.158 9th Mark Webber Red Bull +50.811 10th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +54.120 Japanese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:18.404 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.644 Row two Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:18.821 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:18.852 Row three Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:18.874 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:18.979 Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.026 Timo Glock Toyota 1:19.118 Row five Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:19.638 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:20.167 Fri Practice 1: Hamilton sets the early pace in Japan Fri Practice 2: Glock and Alonso overshadow title rivals Sat Practice: Kubica fastest on drying Fuji Speedway Qualifying: Hamilton beats Raikkonen to pole position at Fuji Race: Alonso makes it two wins in a row in Japan *Bourdais received a 25 second penalty for colliding with Massa at Turn 1 when exiting the pits.
Chinese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:31.57.403 2nd Felipe Massa Ferrari +14.925 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +16.445 4th Fernando Alonso Renault +18.370 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +28.923 6th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +33.219 7th Timo Glock Toyota +41.722 8th Nelsinho Piquet Renault +56.645 9th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +1:04.339 10th David Coulthard Red Bull +1:14.842 Chinese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:36.303 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.645 Row two Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.889 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.927 Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.930 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:37.083* Row four Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.201† Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:37.685 Row five Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.934 Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:38.885 FriP1: First blood to Hamilton in China FriP2: Hamilton stays ahead in Shanghai SatP: Heidfeld pips Hamilton for P1 Qualifying: Hamilton eases to pole position in Shanghai Hamilton dominates from race start to take win * Webber penalised ten places for an engine change. † Heidfeld demoted to ninth for obstructing David Coulthard.
Brazilian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34:11.435 2nd Fernando Alonso Renault +13.298 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +16.235 4th Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso +38.011 5th Lewis Hamilton McLaren +38.907 6th Timo Glock Toyota +44.368 7th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren +55.074 8th Jarno Trulli Toyota +1:08.433 9th Mark Webber Red Bull +1:19.666 10th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber +1 lap Brazilian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:12.368 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:12.737 Row two Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:12.825 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:12.830 Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:12.917 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.967 Row four Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1:13.082 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:13.297 Row five Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:14.105 Timo Glock Toyota 1:14.230 FriP1: Title rivals start as they mean to go on FriP2: Alonso tops inconclusive second session SatP: Alonso at the last Qualifying: Massa storms to vital pole, Hamilton qualifies fourth in Brazil Massa on pole, Trulli 2nd, Hamilton 4th Race: Massa victorious, Hamilton champion after nail-biting finish in Brazil Hamilton clinches historic championship

--Diniz(talk) 16:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing my error in the infobox. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 13:30, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 13:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

yay--Spittlespat 23:55, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Not really, its just that I don't have as much homework at the mo. I havn't made enough edits to truly be 'back in business'. Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 10:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

The author may, at anytime, request deletion of the created article as long as he was the only author of substantial content. The only possible ways are tagging it with {{db-g7}} or blanking it. Alexius08 (talk) 12:22, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah OK, I didn't know that. Thanks for informing me :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 12:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Email me please. Tiddly-Tom 19:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

? I didn't leave any messages at your talk age or anything... Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 19:51, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

No you didn't. Speak to me some other way then ;) Tiddly-Tom 18:20, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done Check your email inbox :). Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 21:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

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Looks really familiar to me, just can't pinpoint it... ;) Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 02:35, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

<blush> Do you mind if I use your basic coding? When I first saw it, looked great. If you think it is just too similar though, just say so and I'll revert back to my previous version =|. Blooded Edge 20:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Nono, don't worry! I don't mind at all; most of my userpage features are nicked from a huge collection of other people's stuff. So yeah, keep on rollin'! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 20:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks :). Blooded Edge 21:07, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi. How many GCSE's are you taking? I did 10 and a half. My advice: Work hard now, get 10 A*'s later! Ollie Fury _Contribs 22:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, let me check my timetable. I guess I'll be taking 10, no half.

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Maths
• Geography
• Philosophy and Ethics
• French
• History
• Physics
• English (standard and literature)

I'm trying my best to work as hard as possible, but please don't put additional pressure XD. I don't have the greatest of attention spans, so it is somewhat an uphill struggle :(. Blooded Edge 22:56, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Good luck. You're doing exactly the same things as me except I did German as well. You'll do fine! Ollie Fury _Contribs 23:00, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Really? Small world eh? Thanks for your support :). Blooded Edge 23:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. That was my first cookie! I won't distract you any longer, thanks again! Ollie Fury _Contribs 23:26, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Don't break sweat over it. Anyway, its 11:30 pm now, may as well catch some shut-eye ;). Blooded Edge 23:29, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeah it's a relief to talk to a Brit for once since I don't have to worry about time zones. It's only 6:30pm where my adopter lives, so he goes on editing till about 05:00am UTC. Have a good evening (what's left of it!) Ollie Fury _Contribs 23:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

He--don't be biased against Americans now.... :) —Ed 17  23:40, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I've got nothing against Americans- it's just slightly difficult working out whether it's likely you'll be on or not. Like if I logged on at 10am here, I would then remember that it's 5am where you are- and that you would probably not be on a computer! Ollie Fury _Contribs 23:57, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I know, I was kidding. :) I normally get on at about 9am my time (2pm yours) Monday–Thursday if you have to catch me, but that is probably the earliest (unless, for some weird reason I am on at 3am one weekend) you'll find me on. Just an FYI! :) —Ed 17  00:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

How are you dude, my adoptee ? I guess you are doing well. -- Tinu Cherian - 09:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Not too badly, I don't have as much homework as I expected. Only major thing that is coming up in the near future is my school scholarship application in history tomorrow. 90 minutes test and an interview as well, so I've got my work cut-out XD. Blooded Edge 18:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, B.E.! How are ya? You've been missed. Sorry for the late message, I always assumed you were only preparing to retire permanently. This would have come sooner had I known you only semi-retired. :) —La Pianista 00:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Permenant retiremant? Not a chance! I'm touched that people do miss me, but it can't really be helped :(. Anywho, I'm fine at the moment, how have you been doing? Blooded Edge 21:49, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

As well as can be expected with Ed as a comrade...any reader of my talk page can tell you how hard it is to be hit on every six hours. (jk)

Marvelous. :) Just passed a major piano audition - and my family and I are prepping for Thanksgiving. I think we only celebrate it in the US and Canada, but I may be wrong. —La Pianista 00:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Lol. Anyway, about your auditions, what did you apply for? A concert? Band? Or something else? As for thanksgiving, I think American immigrants in other countries may celebrate it as well :). Blooded Edge 19:37, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Audition for a trophy. *embarrassed* It's actually a pretty ugly trophy, but you get to play at an honors recital with all the faculty and parents watching - which can either be a curse or blessing depending on how you look at it.

Ah. I think so - we have an Indian family friend in Toronto, and he still celebrates American holidays (though albeit with the occasional, habitual "eh?" every once in a while). Happy holidays, and even if they are not the same holidays as we celebrate, may they be equally blessed. :) —La Pianista 01:04, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I · Issue 11 · November 7, 2008 – December 2, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- MetzMaboo (talk · contribs) (November 27, 2008) New recipients -- MetzMaboo (talk · contribs) (November 27, 2008) Apterygial (talk · contribs) (November 28, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject news The Newsletter regrets that it has to inform readers of the death of WP:F1 member Pete Fenelon, who passed away in October (please see Knowledge (XXG):Deceased Wikipedians for more information). WikiProject Latest The Newsletter is looking for contributors. We are asking YOU to help this Newsletter become a better place Newsletter	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 3 3 9 FL 1 3 4 A 2 2 GA 3 5 3 6 17 B 18 31 35 55 10 149 C 3 13 10 21 1 48 Start 12 95 132 264 251 754 Stub 1 18 91 945 372 1427 List 4 7 9 2 22 Assessed 45 175 285 1293 634 2432 Unassessed 18 18 Total 45 175 285 1293 652 2450 Articles featured on the Main Page -- New Featured Articles -- Current Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Article Candidates -- Failed Featured Picture Candidates -- New Good Articles -- 2008 Belgian Grand Prix Current Good Article Candidates -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Completed Peer Reviews -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix New articles -- Deletions --
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Article of the month - 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, current Good Article candidate. The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXXVII Grande Prêmio Santander do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on November 2 2008, at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the 18th and final race of the 2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Felipe Massa after starting from pole position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Renault, and Kimi Räikkönen third in a Ferrari. Before the race, Drivers' Championship leader Lewis Hamilton had received heated criticism in the British press for his aggressive driving style at the Japanese Grand Prix three weeks previously. There, Hamilton's late braking at the first corner sent Räikkönen off the road and saw the McLaren driver relegated to the back of the field after a penalty. Massa started the race alongside Toyota driver Jarno Trulli. Massa's Ferrari team-mate Räikkönen began from third next to Hamilton. Rain fell minutes before the race, delaying the start, and as the track dried Massa established a lead of several seconds. More rain in the closing laps did not prevent Hamilton from finishing the race in fifth position, securing him the points needed to take the Championship. (More...)
2009 Teams and Races From 2009 Formula One season 2009 Teams Team Constructor Drivers Car Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 Heikki Kovalainen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Felipe Massa Ferrari F2009 Kimi Räikkönen BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1.09 Nick Heidfeld ING Renault F1 Team Renault Fernando Alonso Renault R29 Nelson Piquet, Jr. Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota Jarno Trulli Toyota TF109 Timo Glock Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso TBA Toro Rosso STR4 TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Honda Racing F1 Team Honda TBA Honda RA109 TBA Force India F1 Team Force India Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 Giancarlo Fisichella 2009 Grands Prix Grand Prix Circuit Last Winner Date ING Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Lewis Hamilton 29 March Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit Kimi Räikkönen 5 April Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit Lewis Hamilton 19 April Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit Felipe Massa 26 April Gran Premio de España Telefónica Circuit de Catalunya Kimi Räikkönen 10 May Grand Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Lewis Hamilton 24 May Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park Felipe Massa 7 June Santander British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Lewis Hamilton 21 June Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring Lewis Hamilton 12 July Magyar Nagydij Hungaroring Heikki Kovalainen 26 July Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe Valencia Street Circuit Felipe Massa 23 August ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Felipe Massa 30 August Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale Monza Sebastian Vettel 13 September SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit Fernando Alonso 27 September Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit Fernando Alonso 4 October Grande Prêmio do Brasil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Felipe Massa 18 October Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit Inaugural Race 1 November

– Cs-wolves(talk) 13:04, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

The Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Volume I, No. 9 - November 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of November 2008, the project has: 109 Featured articles 24 Featured Lists 13 Featured Topics 1 articles in Featured Article Review 5 articles for Peer review 21 A-Class articles 258 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 2 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good articles, lists, and topics Promoted FA/FL: Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game, Ico, List of One Piece video games, List of songs in Guitar Hero World Tour, List of StarCraft media, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Myst V: End of Ages Promoted FT: None Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted GA: Characters of Myst, Combine (Half-Life), Crash: Mind over Mutant, F-Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Halo 3 marketing, Ico, Iori Yagami, Jim Raynor, LittleBigPlanet, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Myst (series), Sam & Max Hit the Road, Silent Hill Homecoming, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Call of Duty 2, Fate/stay night, Make Love, Not Warcraft News There were 275 new articles in November 2008 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Test Drive has been deleted WikiProject Sega has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new Sega task force page. A Sega task force has become a Video game task force: Sonic task force. WikiProject Sims has been moved to a page under WP:VG. See the new The Sims task force page. Feature: Article Importance Article importance is an assessment of a topic's importance in understanding a specific higher level topic. Assessments are maintained by WikiProjects and reflect the project's view of what is essential to understanding their scope. In the VG Project's case, all importance scales are in terms of understanding video games. A video game article's importance is listed and set in the {{WikiProject Video games}} template on its talk page. An assessment of importance can be done by the Assessment Department by submitting a request. Recent discussions at the VG Project's talk page have called for revisions to the practice of assigning article importance. The discussion began in mid-November with the goal of clarifying what level of importance should be assigned to certain type of articles. It eventually expanded to creating a standardized table of importance to serve as a guide for current and future editors. The discussion has focused on and shifted to several topics including flaws of previous practices, new ways to view assessment, other project practices to emulate, and specific articles which are exceptions to proposed guidelines. A brief pole and discussion determined most editors felt that the bulk of some topics—specifically individual video game, series, and character articles—were not essential to understanding video games, making them ineligible for top importance. The discussion then shifted to tweaking the wording and layout of the table. The current proposed table is being discussed on the project's talk page, and the issue of whether some topics—specifically character articles—should be allowed to be rated importance has also been brought up. As always, member are encouraged to voice their opinions and engage in discussion to determine consensus so the new assessment scale can be implemented. See past newsletter feature for more information about the Assessment Department. 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He's gone, sadly. Chubbennaitor 17:41, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Who exactly is LB22? I don't ever remember coming into contact with any other editor of that name. Blooded Edge 16:22, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Yu were the last person to talk to him In November oh, and Merry Christmas. Chubbennaitor 16:56, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Still doesn't ring any bells, but any editor gone is one sore missed. Happy Christmas to you to ^_^. Blooded Edge 16:59, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi there old friend! :) Hope you're doing well with your studies. Chamal 11:15, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Chamal is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate the Winter or Summer Solstice, Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah or even the Saturnalia this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec08}} to your friends' talk pages.

Same here - but I won't template you. How are things? —La Pianista 17:39, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Everything is going great, how have you been doing Pianista? Blooded Edge 17:40, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

The same. Well, besides the fact that I've started a blog here, recently. Feel free to have a look, poke around, whatever you choose. :)

And in real life, not much. Just preparing for the holiday season and vacation. —La Pianista 17:45, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Nice, where are you planning to go? Blooded Edge 17:47, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

We don't know yet. :D That's the fun of it - last time, we spun a needle and it pointed in the direction of Laredo. Bad luck in the summertime. It was pushing 110 °F (43 °C).

We'll try planning for once, but that never happens. Ever seen/heard the show The Amazing Race? Our trips are kinda like that. :) —La Pianista 17:51, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

To the U.P.! :D Eight inches of snow are coming tonight here (in my town, at least; I'm sure that Houghton is getting something like eight feet...) Wouldn't you Texans like that? :P Allanon 03:35, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

"Houghton"? Despicable. —La Pianista 05:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Never mind...I'm an idiot... —La Pianista 05:11, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Houghton, Michigan. What did you think I meant? :) Allanon 05:28, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Houston, Texas. Have mercy... —La Pianista 05:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

LOL! Eight feet in Houston? That'll be the day. :P Allanon 05:42, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

(e/c) And...wait, you're asking me to come up to you, with my parents in tow? Uh-huh. Wait 'til they discover why I sneak out of the hotel up there every night... —La Pianista 05:43, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Zomg, my talk page has been hijacked??!! Blooded Edge 22:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, pretty much. :P —Ed 17 06:14, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Nothing to worry about. Hostage Talkpage rescue units have now been deployed. Chamal 06:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Not only that, but I've also got it bound and gagged with a shotgun pointed at its head. I demand a ransom of all your edit counts, plus automatic admin and 'crat rights on every wiki besides Latin, which I don't understand. Deal? —La Pianista 06:32, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I herd u liek mudkipz? Blooded Edge 15:16, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

They are coming! File:Rainbow Six Vegas Rappelling.jpg Run Pianista, run!!!! And don't leave the mudkipz behind. And don't forget my cookie too. Chamal 15:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

*blink, blink* B-but...I herd u liek pianistaz? —La Pianista 21:44, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter wishes you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009. Year I · Issue 12 · December 3, 2008 – December 31, 2008
The Current Improvement Drive is Juan Manuel Fangio.
New users New members -- Ejconrad (talk · contribs) (December 9, 2008) New recipients -- Aec is away (talk · contribs) (December 27, 2008) New editors -- WikiProject news WikiProject Latest The Newsletter is looking for contributors. We are asking YOU to help this Newsletter become a better place Newsletter	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 3 3 9 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 6 3 6 18 B 18 29 36 55 10 148 C 3 14 13 21 1 52 Start 12 98 135 271 239 755 Stub 1 20 88 952 369 1430 List 4 7 8 2 21 Assessed 45 180 289 1307 619 2440 Unassessed 18 18 Total 45 180 289 1307 637 2458 Articles featured on the Main Page -- New Featured Articles -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Current Featured Article Candidates -- 2008 Japanese Grand Prix Failed Featured Article Candidates -- Featured Article Reviews -- Damon Hill Failed Featured Picture Candidates -- New Good Articles -- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Current Good Article Candidates -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix Failed Good Article Candidates -- Good Article Reassessments -- Mauricio Gugelmin Completed Peer Reviews -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix 2008 Japanese Grand Prix Ongoing Peer Reviews -- New articles -- History of Formula One regulations Lola T93/30 Lola T95/30 Deletions --
Editors' Comment We need a few users to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors -- Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 -- Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Erich Zakowski, Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Giorgio Stirano, Steve Tarrant, Dave Ryan, Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One) Expand: Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green more more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, convert results table for Gordini Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe more For more work, see this generated list Keep in touch and up-to-date with the changes at the project talk page. Please leave any queries at the Newsletter Desk. Useful Links -- About us Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Formula One Knowledge (XXG) talk:WikiProject Formula One 2008 Formula One season
Images Below is the selected F1 Picture (found here) which is chosen monthly. The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. New images 1990 1991 2008
Article of the month - Damon Hill, kept at Featured Article status after review. Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a retired British racing driver from England. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship; as the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title. His father died in a plane crash when Hill was 15, leaving the family in reduced circumstances and Hill came to professional motorsports at the relatively late age of 23 by racing motorcycles. After some minor success, he moved on to single-seater racing cars, and progressed steadily up the ranks to the International Formula 3000 championship by 1989, where although often competitive he never won a race. Hill became a test driver for the Formula One title-winning Williams team in 1992. He was unexpectedly promoted to the Williams race team the following year after 1992 champion Nigel Mansell's departure and took the first of his 22 victories at the 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix. During the mid 1990s, Hill was Michael Schumacher's main rival for the Formula One Driver's Championship. The two clashed on and off the track; their collision at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix gave Schumacher his first title by a single point. Hill won the 1996 World Drivers' Championship, but was dropped by Williams for the following season. He went on to drive for the less competitive Arrows and Jordan teams, and in 1998 gave Jordan its first win. Hill retired from racing after the 1999 season. He has since launched several businesses as well as making appearances playing the guitar with celebrity bands. In 2006, he became president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, succeeding Jackie Stewart. (More...)
2009 Teams and Races From 2009 Formula One season 2009 Teams Team Constructor Drivers Car Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 Heikki Kovalainen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Felipe Massa Ferrari F2009 Kimi Räikkönen BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1.09 Nick Heidfeld ING Renault F1 Team Renault Fernando Alonso Renault R29 Nelson Piquet, Jr. Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota Jarno Trulli Toyota TF109 Timo Glock Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso TBA Toro Rosso STR4 TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Honda Racing F1 Team* Honda* Jenson Button Honda RA109* TBA Force India F1 Team Force India Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 Giancarlo Fisichella *Honda Motors Ltd. have pulled out but are hoping for potential buyers 2009 Grands Prix Grand Prix Circuit Last Winner Date ING Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Lewis Hamilton March 29 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit Kimi Räikkönen April 5 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit Lewis Hamilton April 19 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit Felipe Massa April 26 Gran Premio de España Telefónica Circuit de Catalunya Kimi Räikkönen May 10 Grand Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Lewis Hamilton May 24 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park Felipe Massa June 7 Santander British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Lewis Hamilton June 21 Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring Lewis Hamilton July 12 Magyar Nagydij Hungaroring Heikki Kovalainen July 26 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe Valencia Street Circuit Felipe Massa August 23 ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Felipe Massa August 30 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale Monza Sebastian Vettel September 13 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit Fernando Alonso September 27 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit Fernando Alonso October 4 Grande Prêmio do Brasil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Felipe Massa October 18 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit Inaugural Race November 1

– Cs-wolves(talk) 04:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Galib is wishing you a Happy New Year. This card promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day much better. Best Wishes and Happy Editing!

Just Stopping by. Yours Truly, M.H. 15:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC) .

 Done Replied at your page. Blooded Edge 22:14, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I do believe you got into my top ten. For that you will recieve a barnstar when I got the time after the mountains of Homework that I will have. Warm regards LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 21:34, 4 January 2009 (UTC) Ps you are a F1 fan. You shall live forever! :D

Haha, thanks lol. Good luck with all your homework. =D Blooded Edge 22:12, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter Volume I, No. 10 - December 2008 Archive before | Archive after To receive future editions of this newsletter, click here to sign up on the distribution list. Project At a Glance As of December 2008, the project has: 112 Featured articles 25 Featured Lists 14 Featured Topics 2 articles in Featured Article Review 11 articles for Peer review 20 A-Class articles 264 Good Articles 2 Good Topics 1 articles in Good Article Review Changes to Featured and Good content Promoted FA/FL: Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, List of Kirby media, Marble Madness, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Promoted FT: Half-Life 2 titles Demoted FA/FL/FT: None Promoted AA: None Promoted GA: Guitar Hero World Tour, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros., Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith Promoted GT: None Demoted GA/GT: Final Fantasy II, Resident Evil, Super Mario Land News There were 182 new articles in December 2008 Inactive project cleanup: Proposal to consolidate inactive projects and taskforces. Project page can be found here. WikiProject Sports video games has been deleted. WikiProject The Legend of Zelda series has been merged into the VG project's Nintendo task force. Importance scale has been added to Assessment page. A search bar has been added to the archive box on the VG project talk page. Searching the discussion archives is now much easier. Feature: Video game notability Video game related articles fall under niche categories on Knowledge (XXG): "Culture and the arts" and "Everyday life". Because of this, they are often required to demonstrate notability more than other topics. Knowledge (XXG) defines notability as "worthy of notice", and considers it distinct from fame, importance, and popularity. Though it is acknowledge to be related to fame and the like, it is important understand that being famous, important, or popular does not mean a video game article should be on Knowledge (XXG). Being notable means that a topic has "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Knowledge (XXG)'s policy also stipulates that this only presumes to "satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." This means that though an article may meet the criteria on paper, it is up to the community to decide if a topic truly is notable and/or violates other policies such as WP:NOT. In short, just because a video game, character, or related topic exists, does not mean it should also exist as a Knowledge (XXG) article. Dealing with non-notable topics Articles that do not meet the criteria are either deleted or merged into a relevant topic. WP:Articles for deletion (AfD) handles the deletion of non-notable articles, among other types, and has an established process to begin discussions about reasons for deletion. If an article is a subarticle of a larger topic, merging it into the larger topic article is a more desirable action. 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• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 22:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, just dropping you a line about my reverting your edit to Asafa Powell citing Speedylook.com as a source. Speedylook.com is a really bad source, as all of its articles are pure machine translations of the French wikipedia. This means that it's subject to the inaccuracies of a wiki less maintained than this one, as well as additional errors from translation etc. Just wanted to let you know, so that you know I'm not just being a dicke! Best wishes, – Toon 00:17, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah OK, no problem old boy. Blooded Edge 19:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I couldn't help but notice that you were talking to Chubbenaitor about Xmas time about me. Well, I am LB22!! LOL! Just thought I should say... P.S - Good luck with gcses! I'm just glad says have gone! :) LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 16:46, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Ohi there, I do have a small sense of recognition when reciting your username, but my memory fails me. Did we meet over a guestbook signing or something? Enlighten me. <.< >.> Blooded Edge 19:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

You were the tenth person to sign my guestbook!! I was meant to give you a Barnstar for that, but since I can only access this on my iPod, I can't (very well...).

) see you! LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 20:22, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

ps in the last message I said 'says'! I meant SATS!! Warm regards lb22

XD No problems, stay well yourself. Blooded Edge 20:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Um... hi... are you back for good now?--Spittlespat 03:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

On and off, I'll only really be back to full-strength over the summer hols. So, how are you? Blooded Edge 11:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

I am curious why information on the death of the two Powell brothers is deemed to be irrelevant to Asafa Powell, especially when it is noted that both events occurred in the week of the Jamaica National trials, and of further note is that Asafa received the news of the death of one brother when actually on his way to the Stadium.

Surely such information on his siblings is relevant to the man himself?

Toyracerx (talk) 16:28, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Of course they are significant events in Asafa's life, but there is reason to my madness. The yearly sub-headings are there to summarise Asafa's performances on the TRACK during that time period. If his performance in a race was significantly hindered due to the news of family death(s), then by all means add the evidence and a few quotes. If I remember rightly, your version of the article at the time did not say that Asafa was under-performing as a result of the deaths. In that sense, it really doesn't fit in the context of that sub-section. However, feel free to start a new section labelled 'Personal life', and document the passing away of his brothers in that, along with other informational snippets about Asafa's life off the track. I hope you see what I mean. Blooded Edge 17:09, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year II · Issue 1 · January 1, 2009 – February 2, 2009
New users New members -- Fsarmony (talk · contribs) (January 4, 2009) Chaosdruid (talk · contribs) (January 27, 2009) Ziggyziggyziggy (talk · contribs) (January 27, 2009) Alistairjh (talk · contribs) (January 29, 2009) New recipients -- Sporti (talk · contribs) (January 19, 2009) Schumi555 (talk · contribs) (January 27, 2009) "New" editors -- LB22 (talk · contribs) (January 22, 2009) - Glad to be back!! WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which has helped promote 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix to FA status. Check out Chubbennaitor, Cdhaptomos and another of Apterygial's big ideas to revive the F1 Portal. WikiProject Latest The Newsletter is looking for contributors. We are asking YOU to help this Newsletter become a better place Newsletter	Article developments Formula One articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 3 4 4 11 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 5 4 6 18 B 17 28 34 55 10 144 C 4 15 14 21 1 55 Start 12 98 135 275 240 760 Stub 1 20 93 989 366 1469 List 4 7 9 2 22 Assessed 45 180 296 1348 617 2486 Total 45 180 296 1348 617 2486 New Featured Articles -- 2008 Japanese Grand Prix New Featured Lists -- List of Formula One Grand Prix winners New Good Articles -- 2008 Italian Grand Prix Good Article Reassessments -- Gilles Villeneuve Lewis Hamilton Mario Andretti Mark Webber Michael Schumacher New articles -- Ferrari F60 McLaren MP4-24 List of motorsport terminology Toyota TF109 Renault R29 Williams FW31 BMW Sauber F1.09
Editors' Comment We need a few users to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors -- Diniz (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) Cdhaptomos (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) LB22 (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 -- Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Erich Zakowski, Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Giorgio Stirano, Steve Tarrant, Dave Ryan, Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One) Expand: Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Future of Formula One, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list Keep in touch and up-to-date with the changes at the project talk page. Please leave any queries at the Newsletter Desk. Useful Links -- About us Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Formula One Knowledge (XXG) talk:WikiProject Formula One 2009 Formula One season
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Article of the month - List of Formula One Grand Prix winners, new Featured List Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The most famous Grand Prix is the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most Grand Prix victories, having won 91 times. Alain Prost, is second with 51 wins, and Ayrton Senna is third, with 41 wins. Michael Schumacher holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first Grand Prix in 1992 at the Belgian Grand Prix, and his last in 2006 at the Chinese Grand Prix, a gap that spans 14 years, 1 month and 1 day. The youngest winner of a Grand Prix is Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 years, 73 days old when he won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the 1951 French Grand Prix. (More...)
2009 Teams and Races From 2009 Formula One season 2009 Teams Team Constructor Drivers Car Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 Heikki Kovalainen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Felipe Massa Ferrari F60 Kimi Räikkönen BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1.09 Nick Heidfeld ING Renault F1 Team Renault Fernando Alonso Renault R29 Nelson Piquet, Jr. Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota Jarno Trulli Toyota TF109 Timo Glock Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso STR4 TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Mark Webber Red Bull RB5 Sebastian Vettel AT&T Williams F1 Team Williams Nico Rosberg Williams FW31 Kazuki Nakajima Honda Racing F1 Team* Honda* Jenson Button Honda RA109* TBA Force India F1 Team Force India Adrian Sutil Force India VJM02 Giancarlo Fisichella *Honda Motors Ltd. have pulled out but are hoping for potential buyers 2009 Grands Prix Grand Prix Circuit Last Winner Date ING Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Lewis Hamilton 29 March Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit Kimi Räikkönen 5 April Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit Lewis Hamilton 19 April Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit Felipe Massa 26 April Gran Premio de España Telefónica Circuit de Catalunya Kimi Räikkönen 10 May Grand Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Lewis Hamilton 24 May Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park Felipe Massa 7 June Santander British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Lewis Hamilton 21 June Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring Lewis Hamilton 12 July Magyar Nagydij Hungaroring Heikki Kovalainen 26 July Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe Valencia Street Circuit Felipe Massa 23 August ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Felipe Massa 30 August Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale Monza Sebastian Vettel 13 September SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit Fernando Alonso 27 September Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit Fernando Alonso 4 October Grande Prêmio do Brasil Autódromo José Carlos Pace Felipe Massa 18 October Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit Inaugural Race 1 November