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And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. 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 equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything 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 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. 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, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:51, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
yohohn ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Time: Mar 01, 2017 20:31:06
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23:23, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
You blocked this user a few hours ago for going on a blanking rampage; they've since reverted your and my attempts to keep the shared IP template on their talk. I can't go to AIV because, since they're already blocked, the bot will automatically wipe my report. (For that matter, I can't find a policy or guideline on whether or not IP users can remove these notices.) City Of Silver 18:31, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
I do not know how to reply to your answer here, but my answer is yes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.120.213.134 ( talk) 17:51, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Can you help me to remove my ip for. This list? It;$ protected. 83.31.59.25 ( talk) 22:15, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
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22:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
I think 2A00:1028:83BE:4392:E1F3:E4A8:FC01:A324 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) need his talk page access privileges reconsidered. Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 01:06, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, K6ka.
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In your edit here, you said, "The information at WP:USURP is outdated and is not up to date with current global rename policies." If that's the case, it should be amended. What information is incorrect? WJBscribe (talk) 11:14, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
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14:46, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Almost immediately after your protection expired, the same banned IP-hopping user returned to disrupt this article. Could you please re-semi? Sro23 ( talk) 23:51, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.
So, on to the second round. 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 equally.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything 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 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. 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, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:51, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
yohohn ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Time: Mar 01, 2017 20:31:06
Message: How do you feel about offering them the 'second chance'?
Notes:
-- UTRSBot ( talk) 20:31, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, K6ka.
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23:23, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
You blocked this user a few hours ago for going on a blanking rampage; they've since reverted your and my attempts to keep the shared IP template on their talk. I can't go to AIV because, since they're already blocked, the bot will automatically wipe my report. (For that matter, I can't find a policy or guideline on whether or not IP users can remove these notices.) City Of Silver 18:31, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
I do not know how to reply to your answer here, but my answer is yes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.120.213.134 ( talk) 17:51, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Can you help me to remove my ip for. This list? It;$ protected. 83.31.59.25 ( talk) 22:15, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Plastic explosive • Grey market Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:19, 13 March 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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<references />
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15:25, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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bird of prey.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Tandoori chicken • Plastic explosive Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 20 March 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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<math>
<hiero>
<score>
<syntax>
<source>
<ref>
shortcuts are now working on Flow visual editing mode. Type a shortcut in the visual editing mode will open the control panel for the chosen option.
[15]
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, footnotes will be automatically included at the end of the message, unless if they are displayed elsewhere in the message by the appropriate template.Future changes
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17:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
Save page
button now says Publish page
or Publish changes
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[18]Page information
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22:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
I think 2A00:1028:83BE:4392:E1F3:E4A8:FC01:A324 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) need his talk page access privileges reconsidered. Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 01:06, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, K6ka.
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In your edit here, you said, "The information at WP:USURP is outdated and is not up to date with current global rename policies." If that's the case, it should be amended. What information is incorrect? WJBscribe (talk) 11:14, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
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14:46, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Almost immediately after your protection expired, the same banned IP-hopping user returned to disrupt this article. Could you please re-semi? Sro23 ( talk) 23:51, 28 March 2017 (UTC)