If you have an opportunity, would you mind leaving some comments at my FLC nomination for the sixth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta? I've linked the nomination page if you're interested! WikiRedactor ( talk) 17:53, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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On 4 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Trouble (Natalia Kills song), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that electronic musician Peaches is featured on the remix of Natalia Kills' song " Trouble"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Trouble (Natalia Kills song). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
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Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden ( submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 ( submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri ( submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian ( submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer ( submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james ( submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga ( submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar ( submissions) and Red Phoenix ( submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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 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. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Prism. Thanks for taking the time to review this article. I believe I have addressed all the points you have raised. Cheers, Adabow ( talk) 00:38, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Would you care to review or comment/vote (support/oppose) at my FA nomination for the article New York Dolls (album)? Information on reviewing an FA nomination's criteria is available at WP:FACR. If not, feel free to ignore this message. Cheers! Dan56 ( talk) 01:39, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey Pedro, can you weight your opinion on this discussion? Thanks! — Tomíca (T2ME) 22:09, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in weighing in on this dicussion. — Status ( talk · contribs) 06:38, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Regarding this edit, Noam Friedlander's biography actually doesn't say anything about Katy Hudson singles..... at least not on the pages given in the citation. I completely understand where you're coming from, though. It does however confirm a March 6, 2001 release of the album. What sources (not counting KatyHudson.ca, as it is a fansite) talk about singles from the album? XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 15:52, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks so much for your GA review of " Black Widow (song)". My first and hopefully not my last GA!— Cool Marc 16:21, 2 June 2014 (UTC) |
Hey bud,
Just wanted to say thanks for referring Shane to WP:RSN. Take caution with him: he doesn't mean harm, but can come off as disruptive during reviews. Take a look at the review for Lady Gaga's Do What U Want for an example. As shown, when I was working with IndianBio to get it up to GA, his interjection was rather uncalled for. My guess is that he's doing this since IndianBio and I found many flaws in the Justin Bieber article (which reviewer initially overlooked) during its GAN and suggested that the reviewer fail the nomination. At the time, references were a disaster, prose needed lots of work, and article was unstable. Because if this, the Biebs failed miserably for GA. It didn't surprise me that Peter got pissed with Shane's interjection for Katy's nomination. Peter also was the reviewer for "Do What U Want".
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XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 21:14, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Love Is a Camera you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Love Is a Camera for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of XXSNUGGUMSXX -- XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 21:21, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
Could you please assess this (assuming that nobody else has by the time you've read it)? XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 17:01, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Could you perhaps leave some input here? Snuggums ( talk • contributions) 21:00, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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Per WP:SUBJECTIVE, critics views on genre are allowed to be included, and no one else seems to have a problem with that. I wasn't trying to edit war though. You boldly removed them, which I challenged. Critics are most often used for genres, after all. But okay, I'll add new jack swing as well. Kokoro20 ( talk) 15:49, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, at Talk:No Better/GA1 you wrote that you have promoted the article, but you haven't changed {{ GAN}} to {{ GA}} or listed it at WP:GA/MU. Adabow ( talk) 20:45, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, sorry for the late reply, I've been travelling recently so I've not been as active as I hoped. You've delivered a strong article which definitely has no major issues and which I believe is ready for FAC. My only possible reservation is that the sections are quite short, but I know this is because you are working with limited sources. One thing the reviewers of my 4 FAC encouraged me to do was to get the most out of the available sources as there is often a lot in them than you think. Although I am very aware of how difficult that is with this article, I would advise you to just go through the sources and see if the article is lacking anything, after which I should be able to assist a close prose review. Best, — JennKR | ☎ 00:00, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Could you please leave some comments here? Simon ( talk) 04:56, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
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So, if acharts.us for you english users is not reliable, what source is reliable if I want to put a reference on the 38th position of Paramore's Aint't It Fun on the Portuguese single chart? -- Zack Tartufo ( talk) 21:11, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
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I'm not sure how else I could prove their platinum certification for "Ain't It Fun", RIAA's paramore certification database is outdated with the most recent certification having been awarded in 2011. The official band twitters have tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/paramore/status/479294931874623489 // https://twitter.com/yelyahwilliams/status/480549073909739520 AND here they are receiving the plaques: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bquz0RGCIAEhv_l.jpg... Thanks for making sure the page isn't filled with false information but sometimes news/new information goes unnoticed and may not present itself in an 'official' form. Ramres1 ( talk) 18:57, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, hoping the following is a reliable source. ABC News recently did a piece in where they stated 'Ain't It Fun' has become platinum and even have footage from a celebration the band had in regards to that. In addition, the plaques from RIAA are also featured wherein the 'Ain't It Fun' single art in displayed which looks the same as the single art that has been posted before on the page but time and time again, removed. This is all within the first two minutes of the video. Again, I appreciate you cleaning up the page, thanks for your work! Here's the link to the news piece: http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/aint-fun-paramore-24275380 Ramres1 ( talk) 05:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your review of MTV Unplugged (Thirty Seconds to Mars EP). If you are interested, I've also nominated Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars (album) for the good article status :) -- Earthh ( talk) 22:56, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Prism, why did you revert this edit? XXSNUGGUMSXX's edit looks correct to me, given that a disambiguation page is not helpful in a navigational template. Since rollback was used to revert the edit I am assuming that it was an accident. Acalamari 10:24, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi!Yes it has been a long time. I was very busy for the entire May and June due to my IGCSE board exams. I'm free now and vacationing like crazy. I have made a comment at the Idolator discussion. Also, whenever you have time, could you please comment on Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Sale el Sol/archive1. I have nominated Sale el Sol for good topic. Hopefully it clears. Thanks! -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 16:35, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
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Good news! WikiProject Pop music got enough support to be created! Feel free to add your username to the members list. Cheers! Erick ( talk) 18:29, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
If you have a moment, would you mind leaving your thoughts over at this discussion? Thanks, WikiRedactor ( talk) 20:28, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
On 28 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ain't It Fun (Paramore song), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American band Paramore's " Ain't It Fun" became their first song to reach the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ain't It Fun (Paramore song). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:34, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
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The article Perfectionist (album) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Perfectionist (album) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of WikiRedactor -- WikiRedactor ( talk) 16:22, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Yes, I would gladly do that. Just tell me which article. My love is love ( talk) 18:53, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Eh? That's odd.. I sent the mail using Special:EmailUser. Did you check the mailbox of the id you use on Wikipedia? Ryoga ( talk) 11:43, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
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No worries! :) Miyagawa ( talk) 15:07, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
Great. That's even better as the article uses a lot from the album review published on Idolator. My love is love ( talk) 14:39, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 ( submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber ( submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard ( submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 12george1 ( submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Figureskatingfan ( submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Cloudz679 ( submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard ( submissions).
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The article Mirrors (Natalia Kills song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mirrors (Natalia Kills song) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of 11JORN -- 11JORN ( talk) 22:41, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey Prism, it's been a while! Hope you're doing great! I'm here to ask you a favor - I believe I'm ready to nominate the article Ashley Tisdale for FA again. But before I do that, I'd really appreciate if you could a time and take a look at the article. I've requested for a peer review already so maybe you could put your inputs in there. I've been working on this article for years and years, and my main goal on Wikipedia is to get it promoted to FA! Thanks in advance and let me know if you ever need any help with an article :) decodet. ( talk) 12:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar | ||
I award this to you simply because of your GAs, which I recently noticed is " Ain't It Fun (Paramore song)". Keep up the great work! Simon ( talk) 09:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC) |
Hi Prism. A few days back, I had proposed that Body Language Live be merged into Money Can't Buy. Unfortunately, it is a rather obscure article and its talk page is rarely visited. I think it will never reach consensus at this rate. To add to that, I cannot wait for 30 days to make a bold merge since I've got the new article ready in my sandbox. I'm not aiming to canvas at all, but I hope you can review the proposal and give your opinion. Thanks! -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 15:35, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
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Namaste! There is a rather grand discussion about About.com going on at WP:ALBUM (see here). You might be interested -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 20:14, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, if you are interested, would you please leave some comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Love Club EP/archive1? Feel free to ignore this. Best, Simon ( talk) 08:01, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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— ₳aron 12:20, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, do you want to work on " Wide Awake (Katy Perry song)"? It's the only article left on the Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection topic that is not a GA. Simon ( talk) 14:35, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hello! I recently nominated Beyoncé for good article status and I was wondering whether you had any time to look over the article for consistency (spelling, grammar, sources, etc.)? If you can, it would be greatly appreciated! Best, — JennKR | ☎ 17:01, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey! Whenever you have time, consider commenting on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Shakira discography/archive1. Thank you! -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 15:48, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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As you may know, I write for the Signpost, basically Wikipedia's newsletter. I'd like to do a feature on the semifinalists, would you be willing to provide, say, 250 to 500 words saying: (1.) Why did you join the Wikicup? (2.) What you you hope to get out of it? and (3.) Which of your contributions to the Wikicup are your favourites?
Not quite sure how I'll order them - I'll probably make the ed17 decide, as, you know, Conflict of Interest: I am a semifinalist. I'd imagine point order or alphabetical or the like.
Can you please reply at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-07-30/Wikicup#Prism? Thanks! Adam Cuerden ( talk) 00:24, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
— ₳aron 22:11, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Can you improve citation, reliable like Time Out Hong Kong, and anything else? 183.171.164.41 ( talk) 01:30, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
LOL. I had no idea you were a Destiny's Child fan. I'm doing the same thing the whole summer. I started editing the articles about Destiny Fulfilled and can't stop listenning to the songs. It is actually the first album I'm listenning to by DC. I've been only a Beyonce fan by now. And your name actually made me listen to Prism. I swear. And I love that album. My love is love ( talk) 20:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
— Bloom6132 ( talk) 22:07, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you again, but would you like to comment on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Shakira discography/archive1. The review process has kinda slowed down. And you're good at reviewing, so I know your comments will benefit the article. -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 08:52, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. Would you like to comment on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs recorded by Thirty Seconds to Mars/archive2? Your help would be very much appreciated.-- Earthh ( talk) 12:05, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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You said you'd be taking her album to FAC..... what happened? Did life just get in the way, perhaps?? Snuggums ( talk / edits) 17:09, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear Pedro! After a lot of hard work, I just nominated the article Ashley Tisdale for FA. I'd really appreciate if you take some time to review the article. Thanks in advance! decodet. ( talk) 21:00, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:
We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 ( submissions), ThaddeusB ( submissions), WikiRedactor ( submissions), Figureskatingfan ( submissions), Yellow Evan ( submissions), Prism ( submissions) and Cloudz679 ( submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.
There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.
There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 ( submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list ( historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber ( submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.
Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Katy Perry was successful, she shall be TFA for her 30th birthday! Snuggums ( talk / edits) 05:50, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 ( submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber ( submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.
A full list of our prize-winners follows:
Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I would be very happy to see your input on the FAC, thanks in advance. :) — Tomíca (T2ME) 16:49, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.
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Not sure if you still plan on returning this month. Either way, once you read this, know that you've been missed. Wish you all the best. Cheers, Snuggums ( talk / edits) 18:16, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Would you care to make a comment in the above nomination? Thanks in advance. :) — Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 09:17, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.
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Can you re-cite for musical style and can you check Pandora site which is not internationally. 183.171.182.214 ( talk) 14:07, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I want to inform you about this peer review. I would appreciate a review, thank you. MaRAno FAN 14:42, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp ( submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 ( submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.
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The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber ( submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.
Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan ( talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa ( talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email) 16:51, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey bro. It's been a while since we spoke. Since you haven't been very active in recent months, I added your name to the linked page above. Please remember to remove your name from the list if you ever come back. Not sure if school and such have still been keeping you tied up, but I do hope you become more active again. Regards, Snuggums ( talk / edits) 06:08, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.
In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber ( submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus ( submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.
The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.
Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!
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WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.
This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 ( submissions) ( FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber ( submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.
Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver ( submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.
A full list of our award winners are:
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Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.
After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine ( User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason ( User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew ( User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.
We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
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If you have an opportunity, would you mind leaving some comments at my FLC nomination for the sixth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta? I've linked the nomination page if you're interested! WikiRedactor ( talk) 17:53, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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The article You're Not the One you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:You're Not the One for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of WikiRedactor -- WikiRedactor ( talk) 17:41, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
On 4 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Trouble (Natalia Kills song), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that electronic musician Peaches is featured on the remix of Natalia Kills' song " Trouble"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Trouble (Natalia Kills song). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
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Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden ( submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 ( submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri ( submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian ( submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer ( submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james ( submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga ( submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar ( submissions) and Red Phoenix ( submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.
192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. 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 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. J Milburn ( talk • email), The ed17 ( talk • email) and Miyagawa ( talk • email) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi Prism. Thanks for taking the time to review this article. I believe I have addressed all the points you have raised. Cheers, Adabow ( talk) 00:38, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Would you care to review or comment/vote (support/oppose) at my FA nomination for the article New York Dolls (album)? Information on reviewing an FA nomination's criteria is available at WP:FACR. If not, feel free to ignore this message. Cheers! Dan56 ( talk) 01:39, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey Pedro, can you weight your opinion on this discussion? Thanks! — Tomíca (T2ME) 22:09, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in weighing in on this dicussion. — Status ( talk · contribs) 06:38, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
Regarding this edit, Noam Friedlander's biography actually doesn't say anything about Katy Hudson singles..... at least not on the pages given in the citation. I completely understand where you're coming from, though. It does however confirm a March 6, 2001 release of the album. What sources (not counting KatyHudson.ca, as it is a fansite) talk about singles from the album? XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 15:52, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks so much for your GA review of " Black Widow (song)". My first and hopefully not my last GA!— Cool Marc 16:21, 2 June 2014 (UTC) |
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Just wanted to say thanks for referring Shane to WP:RSN. Take caution with him: he doesn't mean harm, but can come off as disruptive during reviews. Take a look at the review for Lady Gaga's Do What U Want for an example. As shown, when I was working with IndianBio to get it up to GA, his interjection was rather uncalled for. My guess is that he's doing this since IndianBio and I found many flaws in the Justin Bieber article (which reviewer initially overlooked) during its GAN and suggested that the reviewer fail the nomination. At the time, references were a disaster, prose needed lots of work, and article was unstable. Because if this, the Biebs failed miserably for GA. It didn't surprise me that Peter got pissed with Shane's interjection for Katy's nomination. Peter also was the reviewer for "Do What U Want".
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The article Love Is a Camera you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Love Is a Camera for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of XXSNUGGUMSXX -- XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 21:21, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
Could you please assess this (assuming that nobody else has by the time you've read it)? XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 17:01, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Could you perhaps leave some input here? Snuggums ( talk • contributions) 21:00, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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Per WP:SUBJECTIVE, critics views on genre are allowed to be included, and no one else seems to have a problem with that. I wasn't trying to edit war though. You boldly removed them, which I challenged. Critics are most often used for genres, after all. But okay, I'll add new jack swing as well. Kokoro20 ( talk) 15:49, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, at Talk:No Better/GA1 you wrote that you have promoted the article, but you haven't changed {{ GAN}} to {{ GA}} or listed it at WP:GA/MU. Adabow ( talk) 20:45, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, sorry for the late reply, I've been travelling recently so I've not been as active as I hoped. You've delivered a strong article which definitely has no major issues and which I believe is ready for FAC. My only possible reservation is that the sections are quite short, but I know this is because you are working with limited sources. One thing the reviewers of my 4 FAC encouraged me to do was to get the most out of the available sources as there is often a lot in them than you think. Although I am very aware of how difficult that is with this article, I would advise you to just go through the sources and see if the article is lacking anything, after which I should be able to assist a close prose review. Best, — JennKR | ☎ 00:00, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Could you please leave some comments here? Simon ( talk) 04:56, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Young Blood (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song) 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 Legobot, on behalf of XXSNUGGUMSXX -- XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 19:21, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Young Blood (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Young Blood (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of XXSNUGGUMSXX -- XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 07:41, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Young Blood (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Young Blood (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of XXSNUGGUMSXX -- XXSNUGGUMSXX ( talk) 14:41, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
So, if acharts.us for you english users is not reliable, what source is reliable if I want to put a reference on the 38th position of Paramore's Aint't It Fun on the Portuguese single chart? -- Zack Tartufo ( talk) 21:11, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
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I'm not sure how else I could prove their platinum certification for "Ain't It Fun", RIAA's paramore certification database is outdated with the most recent certification having been awarded in 2011. The official band twitters have tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/paramore/status/479294931874623489 // https://twitter.com/yelyahwilliams/status/480549073909739520 AND here they are receiving the plaques: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bquz0RGCIAEhv_l.jpg... Thanks for making sure the page isn't filled with false information but sometimes news/new information goes unnoticed and may not present itself in an 'official' form. Ramres1 ( talk) 18:57, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, hoping the following is a reliable source. ABC News recently did a piece in where they stated 'Ain't It Fun' has become platinum and even have footage from a celebration the band had in regards to that. In addition, the plaques from RIAA are also featured wherein the 'Ain't It Fun' single art in displayed which looks the same as the single art that has been posted before on the page but time and time again, removed. This is all within the first two minutes of the video. Again, I appreciate you cleaning up the page, thanks for your work! Here's the link to the news piece: http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/aint-fun-paramore-24275380 Ramres1 ( talk) 05:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your review of MTV Unplugged (Thirty Seconds to Mars EP). If you are interested, I've also nominated Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars (album) for the good article status :) -- Earthh ( talk) 22:56, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi Prism, why did you revert this edit? XXSNUGGUMSXX's edit looks correct to me, given that a disambiguation page is not helpful in a navigational template. Since rollback was used to revert the edit I am assuming that it was an accident. Acalamari 10:24, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Runaway Daydreamer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Runaway Daydreamer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of WikiRedactor -- WikiRedactor ( talk) 22:22, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi!Yes it has been a long time. I was very busy for the entire May and June due to my IGCSE board exams. I'm free now and vacationing like crazy. I have made a comment at the Idolator discussion. Also, whenever you have time, could you please comment on Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Sale el Sol/archive1. I have nominated Sale el Sol for good topic. Hopefully it clears. Thanks! -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 16:35, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Ain't It Fun (Paramore song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ain't It Fun (Paramore song) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HĐ -- HĐ ( talk) 18:22, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
Good news! WikiProject Pop music got enough support to be created! Feel free to add your username to the members list. Cheers! Erick ( talk) 18:29, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
If you have a moment, would you mind leaving your thoughts over at this discussion? Thanks, WikiRedactor ( talk) 20:28, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
On 28 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ain't It Fun (Paramore song), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American band Paramore's " Ain't It Fun" became their first song to reach the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ain't It Fun (Paramore song). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:34, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Perfectionist (album) 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 Legobot, on behalf of WikiRedactor -- WikiRedactor ( talk) 15:01, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Perfectionist (album) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Perfectionist (album) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of WikiRedactor -- WikiRedactor ( talk) 16:22, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Yes, I would gladly do that. Just tell me which article. My love is love ( talk) 18:53, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
Eh? That's odd.. I sent the mail using Special:EmailUser. Did you check the mailbox of the id you use on Wikipedia? Ryoga ( talk) 11:43, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mirrors (Natalia Kills song) 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 Legobot, on behalf of 11JORN -- 11JORN ( talk) 04:21, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
No worries! :) Miyagawa ( talk) 15:07, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
Great. That's even better as the article uses a lot from the album review published on Idolator. My love is love ( talk) 14:39, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 ( submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber ( submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.
The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard ( submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 12george1 ( submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Figureskatingfan ( submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Cloudz679 ( submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard ( submissions).
The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. 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 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. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
The article Mirrors (Natalia Kills song) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mirrors (Natalia Kills song) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of 11JORN -- 11JORN ( talk) 22:41, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey Prism, it's been a while! Hope you're doing great! I'm here to ask you a favor - I believe I'm ready to nominate the article Ashley Tisdale for FA again. But before I do that, I'd really appreciate if you could a time and take a look at the article. I've requested for a peer review already so maybe you could put your inputs in there. I've been working on this article for years and years, and my main goal on Wikipedia is to get it promoted to FA! Thanks in advance and let me know if you ever need any help with an article :) decodet. ( talk) 12:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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I award this to you simply because of your GAs, which I recently noticed is " Ain't It Fun (Paramore song)". Keep up the great work! Simon ( talk) 09:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC) |
Hi Prism. A few days back, I had proposed that Body Language Live be merged into Money Can't Buy. Unfortunately, it is a rather obscure article and its talk page is rarely visited. I think it will never reach consensus at this rate. To add to that, I cannot wait for 30 days to make a bold merge since I've got the new article ready in my sandbox. I'm not aiming to canvas at all, but I hope you can review the proposal and give your opinion. Thanks! -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 15:35, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
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Namaste! There is a rather grand discussion about About.com going on at WP:ALBUM (see here). You might be interested -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 20:14, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, if you are interested, would you please leave some comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Love Club EP/archive1? Feel free to ignore this. Best, Simon ( talk) 08:01, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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The article Today the Sun's on Us you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Today the Sun's on Us for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HĐ -- HĐ ( talk) 04:41, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
— ₳aron 12:20, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, do you want to work on " Wide Awake (Katy Perry song)"? It's the only article left on the Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection topic that is not a GA. Simon ( talk) 14:35, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hello! I recently nominated Beyoncé for good article status and I was wondering whether you had any time to look over the article for consistency (spelling, grammar, sources, etc.)? If you can, it would be greatly appreciated! Best, — JennKR | ☎ 17:01, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey! Whenever you have time, consider commenting on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Shakira discography/archive1. Thank you! -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 15:48, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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As you may know, I write for the Signpost, basically Wikipedia's newsletter. I'd like to do a feature on the semifinalists, would you be willing to provide, say, 250 to 500 words saying: (1.) Why did you join the Wikicup? (2.) What you you hope to get out of it? and (3.) Which of your contributions to the Wikicup are your favourites?
Not quite sure how I'll order them - I'll probably make the ed17 decide, as, you know, Conflict of Interest: I am a semifinalist. I'd imagine point order or alphabetical or the like.
Can you please reply at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-07-30/Wikicup#Prism? Thanks! Adam Cuerden ( talk) 00:24, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
— ₳aron 22:11, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Can you improve citation, reliable like Time Out Hong Kong, and anything else? 183.171.164.41 ( talk) 01:30, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
LOL. I had no idea you were a Destiny's Child fan. I'm doing the same thing the whole summer. I started editing the articles about Destiny Fulfilled and can't stop listenning to the songs. It is actually the first album I'm listenning to by DC. I've been only a Beyonce fan by now. And your name actually made me listen to Prism. I swear. And I love that album. My love is love ( talk) 20:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
— Bloom6132 ( talk) 22:07, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you again, but would you like to comment on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Shakira discography/archive1. The review process has kinda slowed down. And you're good at reviewing, so I know your comments will benefit the article. -- WonderBoy1998 ( talk) 08:52, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello there. Would you like to comment on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs recorded by Thirty Seconds to Mars/archive2? Your help would be very much appreciated.-- Earthh ( talk) 12:05, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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You said you'd be taking her album to FAC..... what happened? Did life just get in the way, perhaps?? Snuggums ( talk / edits) 17:09, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear Pedro! After a lot of hard work, I just nominated the article Ashley Tisdale for FA. I'd really appreciate if you take some time to review the article. Thanks in advance! decodet. ( talk) 21:00, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:
We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 ( submissions), ThaddeusB ( submissions), WikiRedactor ( submissions), Figureskatingfan ( submissions), Yellow Evan ( submissions), Prism ( submissions) and Cloudz679 ( submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.
There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.
There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 ( submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list ( historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber ( submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.
Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Katy Perry was successful, she shall be TFA for her 30th birthday! Snuggums ( talk / edits) 05:50, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Prism:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable
Halloween!
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The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 ( submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber ( submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.
A full list of our prize-winners follows:
Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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. J Milburn ( talk · contribs) The ed17 ( talk · contribs) and Miyagawa ( talk · contribs) 22:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I would be very happy to see your input on the FAC, thanks in advance. :) — Tomíca (T2ME) 16:49, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.
If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn ( talk), The ed17 ( talk), Miyagawa ( talk), Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) and Figureskatingfan ( talk) 18:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Not sure if you still plan on returning this month. Either way, once you read this, know that you've been missed. Wish you all the best. Cheers, Snuggums ( talk / edits) 18:16, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Would you care to make a comment in the above nomination? Thanks in advance. :) — Indian:BIO [ ChitChat ] 09:17, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.
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Can you re-cite for musical style and can you check Pandora site which is not internationally. 183.171.182.214 ( talk) 14:07, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I want to inform you about this peer review. I would appreciate a review, thank you. MaRAno FAN 14:42, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp ( submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 ( submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.
In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:
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Hello there. Would you like to comment on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/City of Angels (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)/archive4? Your help would be very much appreciated.-- Earthh ( talk) 10:17, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber ( submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.
Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan ( talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa ( talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email) 16:51, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey bro. It's been a while since we spoke. Since you haven't been very active in recent months, I added your name to the linked page above. Please remember to remove your name from the list if you ever come back. Not sure if school and such have still been keeping you tied up, but I do hope you become more active again. Regards, Snuggums ( talk / edits) 06:08, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.
In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber ( submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus ( submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.
The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.
Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!
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WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.
This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 ( submissions) ( FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber ( submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.
Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver ( submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.
A full list of our award winners are:
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13:45, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.
After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine ( User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason ( User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew ( User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.
We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), Figureskatingfan ( talk), and Godot13 ( talk).-- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)