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On 18 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Yunnan nuthatch, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the population of the Yunnan nuthatch is predicted to decrease by between 43.6% and 47.7% by 2040–2069? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yunnan nuthatch. 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) 16:35, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

On 20 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Luxembourg at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that brothers Andy and Fränk Schleck were meant to compete for Luxembourg at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but were unable to after Andy suffered an injury and Fränk failed a drug test? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Luxembourg at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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.

Harrias ^talk 15:34, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Just call me Mike Rowe, then. :-)

Thanks for the star, and happy editing! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao ^{Che dicono a Signa?} _{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:36, 14 January 2015‎ (UTC)

On 5 February 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hôtel d'Alluye, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Hôtel d'Alluye hosted Scarface's brother in 1588? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hôtel d'Alluye. 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.

Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi! While categorizing and tagging Copelatus pages, I noticed that all the 470 species of Copelatus were created by you (except for a new addition). I think you will be interested in WikiProject Beetles. Please join WikiProject Beetles today! Gug01 ( talk) 18:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Actually, I just realized that only some of those pages were created by you. But still. Gug01 ( talk) 16:30, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

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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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• Rodw ( submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 ( submissions) ( FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

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Hello, Thine Antique Pen. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Ainulindalë at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Good luck with GA and all the best, Mini apolis 20:59, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

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Hello, Thine Antique Pen. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Hôtel d'Alluye at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Mini apolis 15:05, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi! I notice you userspaced a page whcih had been started about Adrienne Thomas, so you may be interested I've put another page up. Dsp13 ( talk) 20:39, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ Dsp13: thank you for letting me know! I did start an article about Adrienne back in 2012, but then was not sure it would last in the negative atmosphere on Wikipedia at the time, so I moved it back to my userspace. It's great that you have got her into the mainspace for good! Thank you for your hard work. Thine Antique Pen ( talk) 22:54, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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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.

• Coemgenus ( submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
• Cwmhiraeth ( submissions) took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
• LeftAire ( submissions) worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

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) 16:48, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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I frequently listen to a website called Listen to Wikipedia, it plays notes, with pitch and intensity based on the size of the edits in the recent changes feed. You should hear it when your recent category fixes were going live. It was very beautiful. Imagine a quick wind running through wind chimes and the chimes suddenly becoming still. I thought I share it with you. -- Adam in MO Talk 19:57, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, that is amazing! Thine Antique Pen ( talk) 20:03, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, both for your congratulations and your support. I shall do my utmost to be worthy of both. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao ^{Che dicono a Signa?} _{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:32, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for creating all of those new beetle articles. Do you use a script to parse information from Carabidae of the World in doing so? North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:32, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

No, I do not use a script. I create my articles manually to avoid my creations falling under the bot policy, but do use a template which I can easily input data into to allow me to create articles quickly and with a reduced risk of human error (human errors such as only inputting the date of description once instead of three times (taxobox, article body and category)). Thine Antique Pen ( talk) 10:38, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I remember a quite while back communicating with a user who used a bot to create articles, but I don't remember who it was. Nice use of the template, and these stubs can always be expanded by various users over the years. I'm a fan of the life sciences, so I value Wikipedia covering all living organisms. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:50, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

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