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Hello. Help copy edit. Thanks you. Mdefsdh ( talk) 07:47, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).-- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is
Adam Cuerden (
submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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Congrats. Jill Valentine is now a Featured Article! It ended up being an amazingly easy process, once a certain user finally ceased their campaign of multi-page harassment and badgering in an obvious attempt at trying to frustrate me into abandoning the article, like a certain other user did to you during the last peer review. But enough about those trolls. Forever! ;) Hopefully this brings as much closure to you as it did to me... in that neither of us have any excuse to interact with those alleged people for the rest of our editing lives. =) Homeostasis07 ( talk/ contributions) 01:57, 18 November 2019 (UTC) |
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Thank you today for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, "about the biopic of Bruce Lee. Commercially successfully and critically acclaimed, Dragon was, however, somewhat dramatized, with the director openly saying he wanted the film to have "humor and spectacle" of one of Bruce Lee's actual films, where there was a "larger sense of fun and danger" and "reality is not exactly adhered to"."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:52, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
@ Damien Linnane:Hi, a reason for removing my entry is "source used for this is dead", but all sources all alive. Also wikipedia is not 100% "about the character's storyline". Abilities are barely mentioned, without any technical details, and information that Kerrigan appears as one of the six Blizzard characters in games' cinematic trailer is small but nice for people who like to explore more about her, beyond character storyline. Is there any other reason why is that entry removed? EchoBlu ( talk) 07:05, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for all of your help over these last few years. I took what I learned from you and used it to improve the articles I've been working on immensely. You've really been a great help. I hope you and all your loved ones stay safe through the horrible bushfire season you've been having down there. If I could magic some of the abundant rain we've been getting here lately down to your neighbourhood, you know I would. ;) Wishing you and everyone you know the best. Homeostasis07 ( talk/ contributions) 21:09, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
The article
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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi again Freikorp Damien. I was wondering if you could help me out.
My DYK has been successfully reviewed, but the reviewer personally didn't like my hook, so all it needs is a new reviewer to like my hook and pass it. Would you take a look?
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On 22 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pieces of April, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Peter Hedges was paid $10 to write the screenplay for Pieces of April, and another $10 to direct the film? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pieces of April. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Pieces of April), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi Freikorp! I hope you are doing well. I had no idea that you stopped using a pseudonym on Wikipedia -- Guerillero | Parlez Moi 16:03, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldan Nidle until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Paleo Neonate – 10:48, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello again. I hope you are doing well. Apologies for the random message, but I recently put up the " Drake Would Love Me" article up for a FAC. I just thought it would be a fun, little project to do, and I have always wanted to put a non-single song through the FAC process after reading the " Missing My Baby" article. Since you helped out with the GAN review, I was curious if you could help with the FAC.
I completely understand if you do not have the time or interest, but I thought that I should reach out to you due to your past help. I hope you are having a wonderful week so far. It has been pretty overcast and rainy in my neck of the woods, and I am probably the only oddball who feels very relaxed and inspired in that type of weather. As long as I do not have to drive in it lol. Aoba47 ( talk) 00:08, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter;
L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead,
Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews.
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Thank you very much for processing Triple Crown nominations since April 2015! (yep, I checked – April 9, 2015 to be exact) It may feel mundane and thankless at times, but know that your efforts there do not go unnoticed. — Bloom6132 ( talk) 11:30, 21 April 2020 (UTC) |
On 26 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jamal Farhan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Jamal Farhan, who was banned for life by FIFA after punching a referee in the head, later expressed remorse and advised fans not to imitate him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jamal Farhan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Jamal Farhan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi! I'm searching for someone to contribute a review to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/MAUD Committee/archive1. Someone who is not one of the usual suspects. If you could have a look, that would be much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Damien, hope all is well! Sorry for dropping randomly. I was wondering if you have the luxury of time to provide your input at FAC for the Regine Velasquez article. I understand you have a wealth of experience with BLPs. Not too sure if you are still active/involved these days as you might be busy IRL, but would greatly appreciate any input if your time allows. Cheers! -- Pseud 14 ( talk) 16:40, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
In the film, he says that Lee's series was called Kung Fu, but the name of the project is The Warrior, which was also about a Chinese in the Wild West, in the articles Kung Fu and Warrior mention this fact, Warrior is based on that project. Hyju ( talk) 16:12, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
On 21 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that production of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was delayed by a monsoon and the director having a heart attack, then sped up following an extortion attempt by the Chinese mafia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally,
MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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| Hello, Damien Linnane. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC) |
Thanks so much, I appreciate it. Damien Linnane ( talk) 23:21, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
( ←) Hi again; just a note to tell you I found an uncited quotation "great movie moment" in the final paragraph. I assume this comes from the DVD commentary but I cannot check so I've marked it with {{ Citation needed}}. Good luck with your planned FA nomination; it's an interesting article. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
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You put the heat on me! But now the article and my thinking is so much better. I seriously think you're a class act. And you've made me think about ways I could be more open. The Little Platoon ( talk) 23:54, 16 July 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Damien Linnane. Perhaps you can help clarify the source of this image being discussed at WT:NFCC#WP:NFCC#4 question? All non-free images are required to be published per WP:NFCC#4, but it's not clear at least from the file's description that this one satisfies that particular non-free content use criterion. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 13:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
I have an RfC going on at Talk:Gwar#RfC_about_GwarBar_vs_GWARbar regarding using all caps in an article and would appreciate the input of some long-standing Wikipedia editors who may be familiar with the policy, or at least be able to interpret the existing policy with some clarity. Thanks for your time! NJZombie ( talk) 21:48, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Out of courtesy, thank you for your kind words on my talk page, and I'm back few months ago, translation for Resident Evil: Apocalypse was done a month ago, plan to do Dark Angel (American TV series), R. V. C. Bodley & Death of Ms Dhu within a month.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 08:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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hi @ Damien Linnane:,
I greatly enjoyed our interaction earlier this year. And I like the way you get things done.
Would you mind giving me some advice?
Now, no one owns any article, but there's one article I've worked on a bit, it's for a West Australian MP, /info/en/?search=Andrew_Hastie_(politician)
However, today, an editor deleted about 100,000 bytes of information from the article. There was no discussion on the talk page beforehand.
As I say, I like the way you handle the wiki process. What would you recommend to me?
The Little Platoon
Yep, that is good advice. I think generally shortening of articles is a good idea. Good for the ego this stuff isn't it! 2001:8004:C41:B7A7:597E:17A7:5277:461 ( talk) 06:14, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Question - what are two or three BLP articles you personally rate? 2001:8004:C41:B7A7:597E:17A7:5277:461 ( talk) 06:20, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.-- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)
Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list
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I often feel burnt by your feedback. But I know it's making the content all the more pure. The Little Platoon ( talk) 09:25, 30 September 2020 (UTC) |
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This is to let you know that Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 27 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 27, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 15:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is
Lee Vilenski (
submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by
Gog the Mild (
submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points.
The Rambling Man (
submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with
Epicgenius (
submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.
The other finalists were
Hog Farm (
submissions),
HaEr48 (
submissions),
Harrias (
submissions) and
Bloom6132 (
submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:
We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
Thank you once again for being part of this global event! -- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Damien,
I pasted info from another article a while back which you reverted. I totally missed the star above the poster. Of course, the info pasted is good since you retained part of Brandon Lee's reasoning from turning down the role. However, there are bits missing which I intend to return with new prose. Filmman3000 ( talk) 21:53, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
I have rewritten the final sentence in the Panthers' intro sentence after your revision. Does this better reflect the intended message? Fly.Social ( talk) 22:35, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Permission was previously granted online via public domain for this version. This photo was not taken/scanned by me Fly.Social ( talk) 21:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Prison education, introduced: "This article is about education within the prison system. I first nominated this article back in 2018, and have address the issues raised at that FAC, notably the lack of coverage in the History section towards Africa and South America. However, as I noted at the first FAC, gaps remain in that section, as the history of prison education in countries is rarely written about. For example, I could only find one book written about the history of prison education in Australia; in it the author explicitly said his motivation for writing it was that nobody else had ever tried to cover the subject. Coverage in developing nations in particular is often non-existent. What's in that section is a summary of all the sources myself and other editors could find."! --
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi Damien,
Happy new year! I am the guy who added info that you retained on the Bruce Lee biopic about the possible casting of his son.
I recently nominated Brandon Lee for a good article. Wondering if you could peak at it, I honestly think I said everything that could be said. Filmman3000 ( talk) 23:58, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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On 21 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Change the Subject, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the documentary Change the Subject is about lobbying efforts to replace the term "illegal aliens" with "undocumented immigrants" in the Library of Congress Subject Headings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Change the Subject. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Change the Subject), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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Hello. Just want to let you know I've started a discussion on the talk page of an article you nominated and expanded to FA, Tank Girl (film). In my opinion, it is need of review. Click here to join the discussion. Thanks :) HumanxAnthro ( talk) 14:31, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. -- B-bot ( talk) 02:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hi. Please archive my latest entry ( John Fautenberry) to list of people executed by lethal injection. Also can you archive the source for Marco Allen Chapman in the same list, I added it a few days ago. Thanks. Inexpiable ( talk) 19:56, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Josh Phillips (murderer) you nominated for
GA-status according to the
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The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
On 10 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Josh Phillips (murderer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Josh Phillips, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his eight-year-old friend when he was fourteen, is eligible for resentencing in 2023? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Josh Phillips (murderer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Josh Phillips (murderer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of the ceaseless and tireless work you do to keep the Triple Crown running. It is appreciated. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:21, 25 July 2021 (UTC) |
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The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants,
The Rambling Man and
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being
Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are
Gog the Mild,
Lee Vilenski,
BennyOnTheLoose,
Amakuru and
Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles.
Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on
Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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For your valued work in the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive, which, in a single month, helped to reduce the backlog by nearly 50%. -- Usernameunique ( talk) 04:52, 19 September 2021 (UTC) |
Hey pal. What was up with this edit of yours?: [7] How come you deleted that entry? He died via lethal injection, and I move Dennis up the list above DeYoung per the alphabetical order? Inexpiable ( talk) 10:58, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!
Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.
The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:
Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.-- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)
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Do you hate America? I know you were acting in good faith, but removing this wonderfully written and patriotic addition is completely unacceptable. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to grill hot dogs. Panini! 🥪 12:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your additional edits to "abortion doping". It was interesting for me to fact-check the original article and find additional information about it (in particular I tried really hard to track down relevant stuff the Finnish doctor), but all late-night sessions must eventually come to an end. :-) If I have time in future, I'll address some of your specific concerns. -- leuce ( talk) 08:00, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
The film was premiered on television before getting a limited release in theaters. TV films aren't categorized under directorial debut films, unless you want to revoke Loverboy as Kevin Bacon's film directing debut, which was released in theaters. QuasyBoy (talk) 23:58, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
This was a pretty bold move my friend, changing the word "offender" to "person" for all of those pages. I do agree with you though that these pages should be titled as "people", I have thought about taking them to article renaming discussions for years. What put me off is all the work that would be required. A lot of pages still link to the word "offender" in the title. Also, in the tables themselves it has the wording "Age of offender" so should this perhaps be renamed to "Age of person"? It's a big job and I'm happy to help with it, but ideally we should try and change all the pages that still have links to the offender redirect pages. Inexpiable ( talk) 12:15, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
It's all done. Would you be able to speedy delete nominate these two pages you created by accident? Thanks: List of offenders people in the United States in 2011 and List of people in the United States in 2011. Clearing up everything. Inexpiable ( talk) 15:20, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello. Help copy edit. Thanks you. Mdefsdh ( talk) 07:47, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).-- Jamie Tubers ( talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is
Adam Cuerden (
submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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Congrats. Jill Valentine is now a Featured Article! It ended up being an amazingly easy process, once a certain user finally ceased their campaign of multi-page harassment and badgering in an obvious attempt at trying to frustrate me into abandoning the article, like a certain other user did to you during the last peer review. But enough about those trolls. Forever! ;) Hopefully this brings as much closure to you as it did to me... in that neither of us have any excuse to interact with those alleged people for the rest of our editing lives. =) Homeostasis07 ( talk/ contributions) 01:57, 18 November 2019 (UTC) |
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Thank you today for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, "about the biopic of Bruce Lee. Commercially successfully and critically acclaimed, Dragon was, however, somewhat dramatized, with the director openly saying he wanted the film to have "humor and spectacle" of one of Bruce Lee's actual films, where there was a "larger sense of fun and danger" and "reality is not exactly adhered to"."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:52, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
@ Damien Linnane:Hi, a reason for removing my entry is "source used for this is dead", but all sources all alive. Also wikipedia is not 100% "about the character's storyline". Abilities are barely mentioned, without any technical details, and information that Kerrigan appears as one of the six Blizzard characters in games' cinematic trailer is small but nice for people who like to explore more about her, beyond character storyline. Is there any other reason why is that entry removed? EchoBlu ( talk) 07:05, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for all of your help over these last few years. I took what I learned from you and used it to improve the articles I've been working on immensely. You've really been a great help. I hope you and all your loved ones stay safe through the horrible bushfire season you've been having down there. If I could magic some of the abundant rain we've been getting here lately down to your neighbourhood, you know I would. ;) Wishing you and everyone you know the best. Homeostasis07 ( talk/ contributions) 21:09, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
The article
Bobby Bostic you nominated as a
good article has passed
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The article
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Hello! Your submission of
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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi again Freikorp Damien. I was wondering if you could help me out.
My DYK has been successfully reviewed, but the reviewer personally didn't like my hook, so all it needs is a new reviewer to like my hook and pass it. Would you take a look?
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On 22 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pieces of April, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Peter Hedges was paid $10 to write the screenplay for Pieces of April, and another $10 to direct the film? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pieces of April. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Pieces of April), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi Freikorp! I hope you are doing well. I had no idea that you stopped using a pseudonym on Wikipedia -- Guerillero | Parlez Moi 16:03, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldan Nidle until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Paleo Neonate – 10:48, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello again. I hope you are doing well. Apologies for the random message, but I recently put up the " Drake Would Love Me" article up for a FAC. I just thought it would be a fun, little project to do, and I have always wanted to put a non-single song through the FAC process after reading the " Missing My Baby" article. Since you helped out with the GAN review, I was curious if you could help with the FAC.
I completely understand if you do not have the time or interest, but I thought that I should reach out to you due to your past help. I hope you are having a wonderful week so far. It has been pretty overcast and rainy in my neck of the woods, and I am probably the only oddball who feels very relaxed and inspired in that type of weather. As long as I do not have to drive in it lol. Aoba47 ( talk) 00:08, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter;
L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead,
Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews.
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Thank you very much for processing Triple Crown nominations since April 2015! (yep, I checked – April 9, 2015 to be exact) It may feel mundane and thankless at times, but know that your efforts there do not go unnoticed. — Bloom6132 ( talk) 11:30, 21 April 2020 (UTC) |
On 26 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jamal Farhan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Jamal Farhan, who was banned for life by FIFA after punching a referee in the head, later expressed remorse and advised fans not to imitate him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jamal Farhan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Jamal Farhan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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The article
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story you nominated as a
good article has passed
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Hi! I'm searching for someone to contribute a review to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/MAUD Committee/archive1. Someone who is not one of the usual suspects. If you could have a look, that would be much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Damien, hope all is well! Sorry for dropping randomly. I was wondering if you have the luxury of time to provide your input at FAC for the Regine Velasquez article. I understand you have a wealth of experience with BLPs. Not too sure if you are still active/involved these days as you might be busy IRL, but would greatly appreciate any input if your time allows. Cheers! -- Pseud 14 ( talk) 16:40, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
In the film, he says that Lee's series was called Kung Fu, but the name of the project is The Warrior, which was also about a Chinese in the Wild West, in the articles Kung Fu and Warrior mention this fact, Warrior is based on that project. Hyju ( talk) 16:12, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
On 21 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that production of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was delayed by a monsoon and the director having a heart attack, then sped up following an extortion attempt by the Chinese mafia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally,
MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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| Hello, Damien Linnane. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC) |
Thanks so much, I appreciate it. Damien Linnane ( talk) 23:21, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
( ←) Hi again; just a note to tell you I found an uncited quotation "great movie moment" in the final paragraph. I assume this comes from the DVD commentary but I cannot check so I've marked it with {{ Citation needed}}. Good luck with your planned FA nomination; it's an interesting article. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
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You put the heat on me! But now the article and my thinking is so much better. I seriously think you're a class act. And you've made me think about ways I could be more open. The Little Platoon ( talk) 23:54, 16 July 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Damien Linnane. Perhaps you can help clarify the source of this image being discussed at WT:NFCC#WP:NFCC#4 question? All non-free images are required to be published per WP:NFCC#4, but it's not clear at least from the file's description that this one satisfies that particular non-free content use criterion. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 13:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
I have an RfC going on at Talk:Gwar#RfC_about_GwarBar_vs_GWARbar regarding using all caps in an article and would appreciate the input of some long-standing Wikipedia editors who may be familiar with the policy, or at least be able to interpret the existing policy with some clarity. Thanks for your time! NJZombie ( talk) 21:48, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Vanamonde ( talk), Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Out of courtesy, thank you for your kind words on my talk page, and I'm back few months ago, translation for Resident Evil: Apocalypse was done a month ago, plan to do Dark Angel (American TV series), R. V. C. Bodley & Death of Ms Dhu within a month.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 08:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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hi @ Damien Linnane:,
I greatly enjoyed our interaction earlier this year. And I like the way you get things done.
Would you mind giving me some advice?
Now, no one owns any article, but there's one article I've worked on a bit, it's for a West Australian MP, /info/en/?search=Andrew_Hastie_(politician)
However, today, an editor deleted about 100,000 bytes of information from the article. There was no discussion on the talk page beforehand.
As I say, I like the way you handle the wiki process. What would you recommend to me?
The Little Platoon
Yep, that is good advice. I think generally shortening of articles is a good idea. Good for the ego this stuff isn't it! 2001:8004:C41:B7A7:597E:17A7:5277:461 ( talk) 06:14, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Question - what are two or three BLP articles you personally rate? 2001:8004:C41:B7A7:597E:17A7:5277:461 ( talk) 06:20, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Greetings!
The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.
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I often feel burnt by your feedback. But I know it's making the content all the more pure. The Little Platoon ( talk) 09:25, 30 September 2020 (UTC) |
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This is to let you know that Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 27 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 27, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 15:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is
Lee Vilenski (
submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by
Gog the Mild (
submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points.
The Rambling Man (
submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with
Epicgenius (
submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.
The other finalists were
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Harrias (
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Bloom6132 (
submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.
It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.
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We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!
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Hi Damien,
I pasted info from another article a while back which you reverted. I totally missed the star above the poster. Of course, the info pasted is good since you retained part of Brandon Lee's reasoning from turning down the role. However, there are bits missing which I intend to return with new prose. Filmman3000 ( talk) 21:53, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
I have rewritten the final sentence in the Panthers' intro sentence after your revision. Does this better reflect the intended message? Fly.Social ( talk) 22:35, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Permission was previously granted online via public domain for this version. This photo was not taken/scanned by me Fly.Social ( talk) 21:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Prison education, introduced: "This article is about education within the prison system. I first nominated this article back in 2018, and have address the issues raised at that FAC, notably the lack of coverage in the History section towards Africa and South America. However, as I noted at the first FAC, gaps remain in that section, as the history of prison education in countries is rarely written about. For example, I could only find one book written about the history of prison education in Australia; in it the author explicitly said his motivation for writing it was that nobody else had ever tried to cover the subject. Coverage in developing nations in particular is often non-existent. What's in that section is a summary of all the sources myself and other editors could find."! --
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi Damien,
Happy new year! I am the guy who added info that you retained on the Bruce Lee biopic about the possible casting of his son.
I recently nominated Brandon Lee for a good article. Wondering if you could peak at it, I honestly think I said everything that could be said. Filmman3000 ( talk) 23:58, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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On 21 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Change the Subject, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the documentary Change the Subject is about lobbying efforts to replace the term "illegal aliens" with "undocumented immigrants" in the Library of Congress Subject Headings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Change the Subject. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Change the Subject), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk). MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 20:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hello. Just want to let you know I've started a discussion on the talk page of an article you nominated and expanded to FA, Tank Girl (film). In my opinion, it is need of review. Click here to join the discussion. Thanks :) HumanxAnthro ( talk) 14:31, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. -- B-bot ( talk) 02:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hi. Please archive my latest entry ( John Fautenberry) to list of people executed by lethal injection. Also can you archive the source for Marco Allen Chapman in the same list, I added it a few days ago. Thanks. Inexpiable ( talk) 19:56, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Josh Phillips (murderer) you nominated for
GA-status according to the
criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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The article
Josh Phillips (murderer) you nominated as a
good article has passed
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Talk:Josh Phillips (murderer) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can
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The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth ( talk) MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
On 10 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Josh Phillips (murderer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Josh Phillips, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his eight-year-old friend when he was fourteen, is eligible for resentencing in 2023? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Josh Phillips (murderer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Josh Phillips (murderer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of the ceaseless and tireless work you do to keep the Triple Crown running. It is appreciated. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:21, 25 July 2021 (UTC) |
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The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants,
The Rambling Man and
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being
Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are
Gog the Mild,
Lee Vilenski,
BennyOnTheLoose,
Amakuru and
Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles.
Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on
Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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Hey pal. What was up with this edit of yours?: [7] How come you deleted that entry? He died via lethal injection, and I move Dennis up the list above DeYoung per the alphabetical order? Inexpiable ( talk) 10:58, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
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Do you hate America? I know you were acting in good faith, but removing this wonderfully written and patriotic addition is completely unacceptable. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to grill hot dogs. Panini! 🥪 12:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your additional edits to "abortion doping". It was interesting for me to fact-check the original article and find additional information about it (in particular I tried really hard to track down relevant stuff the Finnish doctor), but all late-night sessions must eventually come to an end. :-) If I have time in future, I'll address some of your specific concerns. -- leuce ( talk) 08:00, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
The film was premiered on television before getting a limited release in theaters. TV films aren't categorized under directorial debut films, unless you want to revoke Loverboy as Kevin Bacon's film directing debut, which was released in theaters. QuasyBoy (talk) 23:58, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
This was a pretty bold move my friend, changing the word "offender" to "person" for all of those pages. I do agree with you though that these pages should be titled as "people", I have thought about taking them to article renaming discussions for years. What put me off is all the work that would be required. A lot of pages still link to the word "offender" in the title. Also, in the tables themselves it has the wording "Age of offender" so should this perhaps be renamed to "Age of person"? It's a big job and I'm happy to help with it, but ideally we should try and change all the pages that still have links to the offender redirect pages. Inexpiable ( talk) 12:15, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
It's all done. Would you be able to speedy delete nominate these two pages you created by accident? Thanks: List of offenders people in the United States in 2011 and List of people in the United States in 2011. Clearing up everything. Inexpiable ( talk) 15:20, 31 October 2021 (UTC)