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Please don't edit brackets, or parentheses, "just for consistency" on the author names on latin species names, they have meaning and are important. Simuliid talk 06:30, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Ok. Didn’t know. QuicoleJR ( talk) 15:10, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
You know, you're not WRONG that the message went against WP rules, but honestly, I'd just leave old comments alone, haha. Like I said, not a big deal, just some sage wisdom. - Cukie Gherkin ( talk) 07:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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Hey, real quick just wanted to know what was wrong with the dab page I created for Ferdinand II of Spain? I'm sure I did something stupid as I often do, but I can't quite figure it out. Thanks, Estar8806 ( talk) 21:16, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I noticed that you added a stub template to Baker Hot Springs, however the article was already assessed as a Start class. I went ahead and added more content and citations, but please make sure to check the article talk pages before adding a template, which has been removed. You can also of course improve/expand stubs and start articles to help build the encyclopedia. Happy editing! Netherzone ( talk) 14:43, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.; The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic
; Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
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In light of the additional sourcing and expansion, do you still believe the article should be deleted? Cbl62 ( talk) 17:21, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Question: Why withdraw the AfD? I think you were literally right on the money - despite being a well-written article in theory, it has nothing in the vein of WP:SIGCOV. It is a Good Article, but a non-notable one. I would have easily voted merge. Kung Fu Man was incorrect in their assertion that you should have taken it to GAR and BD2142 was also incorrect that "notability has already been vetted". Not so shockingly, the article became a GA in 2009 when standards were massively lower. Its GAR at Talk:Astaroth (Soulcalibur)/GA1 hardly involved any vetting besides a simple once-over, and Kung Fu Man was the original user who brought it to GA, also rather unsurprisingly. I suggest undoing the withdrawal. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 20:53, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I wonder why you tagged most of the articles notability template except Soma Cruz. That alone is worst than Astaroth (which was recently merged now). GlatorNator ( ᴛ) 11:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
To answer your question, you can cite dialogue from the game for the sake of explaining plot or other elements. Those references don't contribute to notability but let the reader understand more context of a statement within the article's main body, and shouldn't be used in the reception section except in very rare cases.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 19:39, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
Just a thought, but the info you added to San Rafael, California might be a better fit at San Rafael City Schools. Joyous! Noise! 18:43, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
I'm wary of the optics of restoring my own CSD tag, but policy does explicitly say that G criteria apply to drafts. Giraffer ( talk· contribs) 22:06, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
Giving a head's up, but after burning the midnight oil I redid a reception section from complete scratch and cited appropriate sources. It should pass SIGCOV and WP:N, but given it was your nomination last time felt it suitable to let you know and make sure you're okay with the restoration.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 09:08, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
Why did you tag that for notability? The reception section's the one part of the article that's fine and establishes her notability quite well.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 13:55, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
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@ Hadal: I am not a vandalism-only account. I was trying to be good. What did I do wrong? QuicoleJR ( talk) 21:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
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I've finished it up. Have a look over, if ye would? I'll probably set up the next featured content soon. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 22:03, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello QuicoleJR, I've noticed you're making a lot of comments around noticeboards lately. I would recommend focusing less on getting as many comments in as many different sections as possible, and more just focus on one or two sections and taking the time to understand the issue before leaving a comment. Having a lot of comments from un-involved parties restating the obvious, or otherwise offering commentary that isn't entirely accurate or helpful, can make discussions difficult to follow and increase stress for participants. Additionally, Admin noticeboards aren't really the best place for new editors; having more experience with editing will give you some further insight into the best reponses and the context behind certain disputes. Thank you, Moneytrees🏝️ (Talk) 21:47, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi my friend, I hope you are fine. My point was that it looks odd (IMHO) to add the metacritic rating like that in the lead. Of course I saw it below, where it's correctly placed. Anyway, your call. I won't mind. Best wishes, BoyTheKingCanDance ( talk) 15:30, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Quicole - I would like to ask a favour. Can you sense check my rewrite on Bandini Automobili. I think it has enough to use as the basis to delete the Bandini s.p. 1000 article and a couple of other similar ones - Bandini GT and Bandini Saloncino. I checked out the origin to these and found all of them look suspiciously like they are directly connected to the Bandini family or museum. They are also direct translations of similarly unreferenced articles on the Italian Wiki. I plan to tidy up the Ilario Bandini article next. NealeWellington ( talk) 11:22, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
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It's generally best to not add extremely broad categories like ones about male/female video game characters to redirects, as this can lead to redirects bloating a category and giving a wrong sense of scope.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 17:08, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
Hey QuicoleJR,
If you are planning on editing on rural Washington, such as towns or cities, I would recommend that communities in Eastern WA, especially the NE and SE corners could use a good amount of help - not to presume what you want to do - but I'd be happy to see some fresh editors in WA state regardless of where your interests take you.
Oh, and thanks for the cookie. Good thing my blood sugar numbers are good. See you around! Shortiefourten ( talk) 17:14, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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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Hi! Was wondering can you help expand the Mario Teaches Typing 2 article? via the existing sources. Timur9008 ( talk) 09:54, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
I was going to consider redirecting it to the parent article,a s I feel the reception is just far too weak on its own. But I noticed you'd been working on it a little last month too. Do you feel it meets notability, or would be better redirected for now?-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 16:29, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
It seems like you are a Kirby fan or something, but have you got some sources for Meta Knight for its notability. If not, then it might be send off to AfD soon by editors. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 23:52, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
Meta Knight has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 14:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
The article in question, as well as Laura Bow, were reverted by an IP who was also the sockpuppet of a banned user who keeps coming back through various IPs/socks. While I get your good intentions there, the policy is citing "if editors cannot agree" and pretty sure there's no other party involved in this particular mess. Per WP:BLAR, a revert does not mean "it must automatically go through AfD now to proceed".-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 15:39, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
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@ QuicoleJR: I understand you are interested in California History. Please check out the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carmel Valley Historical Society and add your 2 cents to keep the article. I think the article has merit and should not be deleted. Thanks! Greg Henderson ( talk) 21:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi! Why did you put a notability tag on Top Rank Tennis? Timur9008 ( talk) 14:25, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi QuicoleJR, concerning the Pokémon hatnote, could you point me to the discussion where consensus was established? I'd be happy to try and change the consensus.
I find "This article only covers the basics of Pokémon species. For detailed in-universe information, please refer to dedicated wikis on the subject."unnecessary and ridiculous. I haven't seen any hatnote like that on any articles that discuss other franchises or intellectual property. We don't randomly point to other wikis, Fandom pages or fansites for other information. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 19:30, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
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Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
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The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
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Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
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Hello, QuicoleJR, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially your edits to Derek Bunch. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Please don't edit brackets, or parentheses, "just for consistency" on the author names on latin species names, they have meaning and are important. Simuliid talk 06:30, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Ok. Didn’t know. QuicoleJR ( talk) 15:10, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
You know, you're not WRONG that the message went against WP rules, but honestly, I'd just leave old comments alone, haha. Like I said, not a big deal, just some sage wisdom. - Cukie Gherkin ( talk) 07:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included
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Thebiguglyalien,
Sammi Brie,
Trainsandotherthings,
Lee Vilenski,
Juxlos,
Unexpectedlydian,
SounderBruce,
Kosack,
BennyOnTheLoose and
PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date 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 Needed.
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Hey, real quick just wanted to know what was wrong with the dab page I created for Ferdinand II of Spain? I'm sure I did something stupid as I often do, but I can't quite figure it out. Thanks, Estar8806 ( talk) 21:16, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I noticed that you added a stub template to Baker Hot Springs, however the article was already assessed as a Start class. I went ahead and added more content and citations, but please make sure to check the article talk pages before adding a template, which has been removed. You can also of course improve/expand stubs and start articles to help build the encyclopedia. Happy editing! Netherzone ( talk) 14:43, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.; The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic
; Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
;A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
; Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
.
In light of the additional sourcing and expansion, do you still believe the article should be deleted? Cbl62 ( talk) 17:21, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Question: Why withdraw the AfD? I think you were literally right on the money - despite being a well-written article in theory, it has nothing in the vein of WP:SIGCOV. It is a Good Article, but a non-notable one. I would have easily voted merge. Kung Fu Man was incorrect in their assertion that you should have taken it to GAR and BD2142 was also incorrect that "notability has already been vetted". Not so shockingly, the article became a GA in 2009 when standards were massively lower. Its GAR at Talk:Astaroth (Soulcalibur)/GA1 hardly involved any vetting besides a simple once-over, and Kung Fu Man was the original user who brought it to GA, also rather unsurprisingly. I suggest undoing the withdrawal. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 20:53, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I wonder why you tagged most of the articles notability template except Soma Cruz. That alone is worst than Astaroth (which was recently merged now). GlatorNator ( ᴛ) 11:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
To answer your question, you can cite dialogue from the game for the sake of explaining plot or other elements. Those references don't contribute to notability but let the reader understand more context of a statement within the article's main body, and shouldn't be used in the reception section except in very rare cases.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 19:39, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
Just a thought, but the info you added to San Rafael, California might be a better fit at San Rafael City Schools. Joyous! Noise! 18:43, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
I'm wary of the optics of restoring my own CSD tag, but policy does explicitly say that G criteria apply to drafts. Giraffer ( talk· contribs) 22:06, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
Giving a head's up, but after burning the midnight oil I redid a reception section from complete scratch and cited appropriate sources. It should pass SIGCOV and WP:N, but given it was your nomination last time felt it suitable to let you know and make sure you're okay with the restoration.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 09:08, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
Why did you tag that for notability? The reception section's the one part of the article that's fine and establishes her notability quite well.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 13:55, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Please stop your
disruptive editing.
If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Can you please stop snooping around my talk page and other articles I've edited? Thank you. BrickMaster02 ( talk) 21:02, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Hadal: I am not a vandalism-only account. I was trying to be good. What did I do wrong? QuicoleJR ( talk) 21:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:
Other notable performances were put in by
Sammi Brie,
Thebiguglyalien,
MyCatIsAChonk,
PCN02WPS, and
AirshipJungleman29.
So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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I've finished it up. Have a look over, if ye would? I'll probably set up the next featured content soon. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 22:03, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
Hello QuicoleJR, I've noticed you're making a lot of comments around noticeboards lately. I would recommend focusing less on getting as many comments in as many different sections as possible, and more just focus on one or two sections and taking the time to understand the issue before leaving a comment. Having a lot of comments from un-involved parties restating the obvious, or otherwise offering commentary that isn't entirely accurate or helpful, can make discussions difficult to follow and increase stress for participants. Additionally, Admin noticeboards aren't really the best place for new editors; having more experience with editing will give you some further insight into the best reponses and the context behind certain disputes. Thank you, Moneytrees🏝️ (Talk) 21:47, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi my friend, I hope you are fine. My point was that it looks odd (IMHO) to add the metacritic rating like that in the lead. Of course I saw it below, where it's correctly placed. Anyway, your call. I won't mind. Best wishes, BoyTheKingCanDance ( talk) 15:30, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Quicole - I would like to ask a favour. Can you sense check my rewrite on Bandini Automobili. I think it has enough to use as the basis to delete the Bandini s.p. 1000 article and a couple of other similar ones - Bandini GT and Bandini Saloncino. I checked out the origin to these and found all of them look suspiciously like they are directly connected to the Bandini family or museum. They are also direct translations of similarly unreferenced articles on the Italian Wiki. I plan to tidy up the Ilario Bandini article next. NealeWellington ( talk) 11:22, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
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It's generally best to not add extremely broad categories like ones about male/female video game characters to redirects, as this can lead to redirects bloating a category and giving a wrong sense of scope.-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 17:08, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
Hey QuicoleJR,
If you are planning on editing on rural Washington, such as towns or cities, I would recommend that communities in Eastern WA, especially the NE and SE corners could use a good amount of help - not to presume what you want to do - but I'd be happy to see some fresh editors in WA state regardless of where your interests take you.
Oh, and thanks for the cookie. Good thing my blood sugar numbers are good. See you around! Shortiefourten ( talk) 17:14, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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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Hi! Was wondering can you help expand the Mario Teaches Typing 2 article? via the existing sources. Timur9008 ( talk) 09:54, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
I was going to consider redirecting it to the parent article,a s I feel the reception is just far too weak on its own. But I noticed you'd been working on it a little last month too. Do you feel it meets notability, or would be better redirected for now?-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 16:29, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
It seems like you are a Kirby fan or something, but have you got some sources for Meta Knight for its notability. If not, then it might be send off to AfD soon by editors. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 23:52, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
Meta Knight has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 14:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
The article in question, as well as Laura Bow, were reverted by an IP who was also the sockpuppet of a banned user who keeps coming back through various IPs/socks. While I get your good intentions there, the policy is citing "if editors cannot agree" and pretty sure there's no other party involved in this particular mess. Per WP:BLAR, a revert does not mean "it must automatically go through AfD now to proceed".-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 15:39, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you around! Thanks, Hey man im josh ( talk) 19:14, 10 August 2023 (UTC) |
@ QuicoleJR: I understand you are interested in California History. Please check out the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carmel Valley Historical Society and add your 2 cents to keep the article. I think the article has merit and should not be deleted. Thanks! Greg Henderson ( talk) 21:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi! Why did you put a notability tag on Top Rank Tennis? Timur9008 ( talk) 14:25, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi QuicoleJR, concerning the Pokémon hatnote, could you point me to the discussion where consensus was established? I'd be happy to try and change the consensus.
I find "This article only covers the basics of Pokémon species. For detailed in-universe information, please refer to dedicated wikis on the subject."unnecessary and ridiculous. I haven't seen any hatnote like that on any articles that discuss other franchises or intellectual property. We don't randomly point to other wikis, Fandom pages or fansites for other information. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 19:30, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.
I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), and Cwmhiraeth ( talk)
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The V5 discussion was closed before I could reply, unfortunatley. See https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jetsons_the for start. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:36, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
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The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (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) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs · email), and Frostly ( talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
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Welcome, welcome, welcome QuicoleJR! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
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The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer
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John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to
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submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five
A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two
Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on
completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his
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Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her), via:
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I dub thee the "master detective" with The Master Detective Barnstar. Through your deep persistence, expert puzzle-solving and clue-finding, and a disregard for what Wikipedia is about, you have discovered all five guestbooks. Panini! • 🥪 19:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC) |
Did you enjoy AFD like me? Sebbers10 Your bisexual friend! 01:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello QuicoleJR,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
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We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.
Our current top scorers are as follows:
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron ( talk), via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)