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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

  • Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
  • Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
  • Featured List –   Bloom6132 (submissions) and   1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures –   SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
  • Featured Topic –   MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
  • Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
  • Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
  • In The News –   MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
  • Good Article Review –   Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup awards

 
Awarded to Bloom6132 for reaching the final "8" in the 2017 WikiCup Sturmvogel 66, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:21, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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Borg

Hi. It looks as though you might be coming close to edit warring on Bjorn Borg. Might i suggest that you take this to the appropriate place for a discussion. I notice that neither of you has edited that page since this broke out. A user's talk page isn't much help, as it often doesn't bring in the rest of the community. Happy days, LindsayHello 09:14, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

6 Existing GS Slams defeated in GS tournamnents

Hi Bloom the record was added because Borg defeated 6 GS champions in finals who were all still competing against him on the tour at the same time (and not retired) in Federer's case this is not correct he defeated 5 existing GS slam winners, before he beat Cilic some of the them had retired from the tour.--Navops47 (talk) 03:06, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

@Navops47 – No, that's not the reason why the record was originally added. The whole purpose of the record is to denote how a player has defeated their similar-calibre peers in GS finals (which is why neither Djokovic or Murray are listed, because they weren't GS champs at the time that Fed beat them in GS finals). Changing to the term "concurrent" is an artificial distinction, and penalises Federer for having a long career. It shouldn't matter when other players decide to retire. In fact, Roddick turned pro two years after Federer but retired in 2012, while Fed is still active. And Cilic turned pro in 2005, while Roddick was still playing. Who gets to decide where the cutoff points / parameters are going to be? —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:57, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
I originally added that record so I know exactly what it meant when it was included no one is penalizing Federer for defeating a total of 6 Grand Slam champions throughout his career however he did not defeat 6 GS champions playing simultaneously on the tour at the same time as him I have no problem you adding Federer's record but it is not precisely same as Borgs achievement and this was recently queried by other editors such as Gap9551 here: User_talk:Navops47#6_existing_Major_champions_defeated_in_finals.--Navops47 (talk) 05:10, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
@Navops47 – so you (and you alone) get to decide what the cutoff points and parameters for records are. Got it! —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:31, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
Both records stand (6) and the slight difference between both players achievements should be mentioned in the adjacent notes that's all thanks.--Navops47 (talk) 07:40, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

(Since I was mentioned here) I'm ok with having both records listed as a compromise, although it may give the whole "defeating GS champions in slam finals" a bit too much attention compared to more basic records. But only one appears in Federer's article. If one had to be chosen, I'd support the record that does not require those defeated opponents to continue to play long enough for them to be "concurrent". Gap9551 (talk) 16:09, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

  Wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2018!
A very Happy, Glorious, Prosperous Christmas and New Year! God bless!    — Adityavagarwal (talk) 17:01, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

  •   Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
  •   FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
  •   Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
  •   Ceranthor,   Numerounovedant,   Carbrera,   Farang Rak Tham and   Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

  •   Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
  •   Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
  •   Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
  •   SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
  •   Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
  •   Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
  •   Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 July newsletter

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  •   Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
  •   Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
  •   SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Proposed page move

Hi, I have requested a page move for List of Major League Baseball record holders. As you were involved with merging this page previously, I thought I would let you know in case you wish to comment: Talk:List of Major League Baseball record holders#Requested move 29 August 2018 Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 15:37, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

  •   Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
  •   Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
  •   Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
  • Other contestants who qualified for the final round were   Nova Crystallis,   Iazyges,   SounderBruce,   Kosack and   Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
 
Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is   Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:

  1.   Courcelles (submissions)
  2.   Kosack (submissions)
  3.   Kees08 (submissions)
  4.   SounderBruce (submissions)
  5.   Cas Liber (submissions)
  6.   Nova Crystallis (submissions)
  7.   Iazyges (submissions)
  8.   Ceranthor (submissions)


All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).

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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!

Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  •   L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
  •   Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
  •   MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
  •   Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
  •   Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
  •   Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

  •   Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
  •   Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
  •   Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
  •   Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by   Barkeep49 with six GAs,   Ceranthor,   Lee Vilenski, and   Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and   MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

June 12, 2019 edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver British Columbia

1000 Women in Religion: A Wikipedia edit-a-thon at "Atla Annual 2019" in Vancouver, British Columbia
 
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center

The 1000 Women in Religion Project is working to improve the coverage of women’s contributions to religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions worldwide. In support of this goal, the edit-a-thon at Atla's (formerly the American Theological Library Association) annual meeting will focus on improving articles about women in religion. We would love to have a few Vancouver area Wikipedians to help us get new editors oriented and editing!!

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
8:00am-12:00pm
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2R9 Canada

Dzingle1 (talk) 22:47, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of link language wrapper templates (June 2019)

A discussion has started about wrapper templates of {{Link language}}. You may be interested in participating because you participated in a related previous discussion. E^pi*i batch (talk) 02:47, 10 June 2019 (UTC) (Retro is my main account.)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  •   Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
  •   Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
  •   SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
  •   Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Vancouver portal did you know

 

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WikiCup 2019 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
 
Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is   Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

  1.   Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
  2.   Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
  3.   Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
  4.   Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
  5.   SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
  6.   Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
  7.   Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
  8.   HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for List of Major League Baseball single-inning home run leaders

On 31 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Major League Baseball single-inning home run leaders, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bill Regan hit two of his eighteen career home runs in a single inning of a Major League Baseball game on June 16, 1928? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Major League Baseball single-inning home run leaders. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Major League Baseball single-inning home run leaders), 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) 00:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  •   Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  •   Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  •   Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  •   Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  •   CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included   L293D,   Kingsif,   Enwebb,   Lee Vilenski and   CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter;   L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead,   Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong

On 6 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that three Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong have been elevated to the College of Cardinals, even though the diocese is nominally only a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong), 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, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

MLB single-inning home run leaders FLC

Hi Bloom. The FLC still needs a dedicated source review to be completed. Provided I have the time, I'll do such a review tomorrow. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:38, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

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Triple Crown

 
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Your GA nomination of Lawrence Sabatini

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Your GA nomination of Lawrence Sabatini

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ITN recognition for Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  •   Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  •   Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  •   The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  •   Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  •   Lee Vilenski with 869 points,   Hog Farm with 801,   Kingsif with 719,   SounderBruce with 710,   Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and   MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lawrence Sabatini

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ITN recognition for Idir

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ITN recognition for Millie Small

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DYK nomination of Flag of Manitoba

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ITN recognition for Ji Chaozhu

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ITN recognition for Andre Harrell

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ITN recognition for Siegfried & Roy

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ITN recognition for Betty Wright

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DYK for Flag of Manitoba

On 12 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Manitoba, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the flag of Manitoba (shown) was adopted in 1965 to counteract the replacement of the Canadian Red Ensign with the Maple Leaf flag? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Manitoba. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Manitoba), 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.

Wug·a·po·des 21:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC) 12:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John Teerlinck

On 12 May 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Teerlinck, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:31, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Francis Chan (bishop)

On 14 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Francis Chan (bishop), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Malaysian sultan gave "The Singing Bishop" a marble statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a token of their friendship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Chan (bishop). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Francis Chan (bishop)), 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mike Storen

On 9 May 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mike Storen, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 11:39, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Lawrence Sabatini

On 15 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lawrence Sabatini, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American bishop Lawrence Sabatini travelled to Mexico to learn the language and culture because the Italian parishioners at his church in Chicago had been replaced by Hispanics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lawrence Sabatini. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lawrence Sabatini), 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.

—valereee (talk) 12:01, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Manitoba

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ITN recognition for S. David Freeman

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ITN recognition for Richard Gilder

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ITN recognition for Astrid Kirchherr

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Your GA nomination of Flag of Manitoba

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ITN recognition for Ernie Gonzalez

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Your GA nomination of Richard Gagnon

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ITN recognition for Monique Mercure

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ITN recognition for Ken Osmond

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ITN recognition for Leonard Levitt

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Your GA nomination of Richard Gagnon

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ITN recognition for Adolfo Nicolás

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Your GA nomination of Flag of Manitoba

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ITN recognition for Ashley Cooper (tennis)

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Your GA nomination of Richard Gagnon

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Great work on these. Please consider listing Richard Gagnon and Flag of Manitoba at WP:CAN10K. That 10,000 challenge is ongoing, so you can list any Canada-related articles you've improved since November 2016. I've been giving awards each year in November. – Reidgreg (talk) 14:21, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mory Kanté

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ITN recognition for June A. Willenz

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DYK for Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains

On 26 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that two separate contests were held to determine the words and the music of the national anthem of Guyana? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains), 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.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jimmy Cobb

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ITN recognition for Bucky Baxter

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ITN recognition for Anthony Bailey (author)

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ITN recognition for Sam Johnson

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Your GA nomination of Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

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ITN recognition for Biff Pocoroba

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A barnstar for you!

  The Special Barnstar
RIP Biff. Thanks for getting him up on ITN and the continued improvemements. I otherwise don't know when I would have run across his name again. —Bagumba (talk) 03:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Aw, thanks so much Bagumba! I greatly appreciate it! —Bloom6132 (talk) 03:17, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

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ITN recognition for Peter Alexander (artist)

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DYK nomination of Biff Pocoroba

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ITN recognition for Bobby Morrow

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ITN recognition for Elsa Dorfman

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DYK nomination of Biff Pocoroba

  Hello! Your submission of Biff Pocoroba at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Therapyisgood (talk) 21:03, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Michel Gauthier

On 2 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Michel Gauthier, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 03:16, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

The article Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto 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 Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 20:21, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Héctor Suárez

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ITN recognition for Bruce Jay Friedman

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ITN recognition for George V. Murry

On 7 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article George V. Murry, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. qedk (t c) 11:20, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

  Hello! Your submission of Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:26, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Kurt Thomas (gymnast)

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ITN recognition for Hubert Gagnon

On 11 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hubert Gagnon, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 00:40, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Bruce Lewandowski

Prior to yesterday, I've created the pages for the past 60+ American bishops and fought the good fight to keep Auxiliaries from being deleted, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luis Miguel Romero Fernández. Look it up, Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States. The template I use has the consecrators and co-consecrators, List of Catholic bishops in the United States. I keep it all standardized for the 400+ bishops.... Roberto221 (talk) 16:53, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Roberto221: MOS:STYLEVAR states that "[E]nforcing optional style in a bot-like fashion without prior consensus, is never acceptable." Why should there be a difference in formatting between American and non-American bishops? I don't think there is any established consensus of maintaining such a distinction. Out of curiosity, are any of those 60+ articles created at good article or featured article status? —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:36, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Bloom6132, it is not a style, it is content. But I do not see a need to add co-consecrators to {{Infobox Christian leader}}. Infoboxes are for concise, brief facts. One is enough. Elizium23 (talk) 22:09, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Differentiate between the two. Don't know what that means. As per the consecrators, that how it was even before I started creating/maintaining the pages.

Roberto221 (talk) 21:56, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Roberto221: Your opening post here seemed to suggest that articles on American bishops follow a different format to articles on non-American bishops. I interpreted that as a reply to my edit summary here giving examples of non-American bishops. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Claudell Washington

On 12 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Claudell Washington, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:56, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Rosita Fornés

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DYK for Biff Pocoroba

On 12 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Biff Pocoroba, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Biff Pocoroba endeared himself with Atlanta Braves fans despite the team's poor performance, partly because they liked "the sound of his name"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Biff Pocoroba. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Biff Pocoroba), 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.

—valereee (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for William S. Sessions

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ITN recognition for Ricky Valance

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ITN recognition for Noel Kelly (rugby league)

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ITN recognition for Mike McCormick (pitcher)

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DYK for Richard Gagnon

On 17 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Gagnon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a former school band teacher became the Archbishop of Winnipeg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Gagnon. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Gagnon), 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.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jean Kennedy Smith

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ITN recognition for Kirk R. Smith

On 19 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kirk R. Smith, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:19, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

On 20 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the election of Giacomo dalla Torre as the grand master of the Order of Malta in 2018 marked the first time that female members participated in the vote for a new leader? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto), 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.

—valereee (talk) 00:02, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Consensus

I acknowledge that you have an impressive list of Featured and Good articles, and your content creation ability is undisputed. But you seem to have a real problem with the regulars at WP:CATHOLIC. We have long-established consensus about the way things look, especially bishop WP:BLPs. I would beg you not to edit-war over this stuff but try to first understand why our consensus is already established against your wishes, and if you feel it necessary that something should change, to go through proper channels (WP:DR such as RFCs) in a centralized location, rather than arguing it fruitlessly over and over on isolated talk pages only watched by a handful of us. Elizium23 (talk) 22:48, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

@Elizium23: thank you for your input. I acknowledge and accept your concerns and will heed your advice about going through proper channels. I just find it problematic that, when I asked for diffs or to be shown a page (project-specific MOS or talk page agreement) where this "long-established consensus" was established, that Roberto221 was unable to (or declined to) provide any. We both know that consensus through editing is the weakest among the three methods of achieving consensus. And that the content-promotion processes (e.g. FLC, GAN, etc.) naturally involve discussion. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:01, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Edit warring at Michel Mulloy and Bruce Lewandowski

Hello Bloom6132. You've been warned for edit warring per a complaint at the noticeboard. If you revert again at either Michel Mulloy or Bruce Lewandowski you are risking a block, unless you have received a prior consensus in your favor on a talk page. It is possible that you and the other party are having a disagreement about the style of bishop articles, which will require negotiation. See the report for how this might be resolved. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 03:34, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Héctor Suárez

On 22 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Héctor Suárez, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Héctor Suárez was the first comedian from Latin America to be "roasted" by fellow celebrities? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Héctor Suárez. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Héctor Suárez), 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.

Wug·a·po·des 22:54, 20 June 2020 (UTC) 12:02, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Adrian Devine

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ITN recognition for Johnny Mandel

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ITN recognition for Rudolfo Anaya

On 2 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rudolfo Anaya, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 05:49, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  •   Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  •   The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  •   Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally,   MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Hugh Downs

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ITN recognition for Tyson Brummett

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ITN recognition for Earl Cameron

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ITN recognition for Cleveland Eaton

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ITN recognition for Bettina Gilois

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ITN recognition for Charlie Daniels

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DYK for List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat

On 9 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge (pictured) are the only teammates to homer in their first major league at bats in the same game, and to accomplish this in back-to-back at bats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for March On, Bahamaland

On 10 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article March On, Bahamaland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "God Save the Queen" was twice played by mistake at the 1982 Commonwealth Games instead of "March On, Bahamaland" (featured), before officials realized they did not have a recording of the latter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/March On, Bahamaland. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, March On, Bahamaland), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Maurício Camuto

On 12 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maurício Camuto, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Maurício Camuto, the incoming bishop of Caxito in Angola, was the director of a commercial radio station that exposed human rights abuses in the country? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maurício Camuto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Maurício Camuto), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Frank Bolling

On 12 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Frank Bolling, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 06:26, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mike Ryan (catcher)

On 11 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mike Ryan (catcher), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 06:27, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Lara van Ruijven

On 11 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Lara van Ruijven, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 06:28, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Zindzi Mandela

On 13 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Zindzi Mandela, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Just to note, this has been pulled for the time being due to worries about the balance and neutrality, particularly the controversies section.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:54, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Bruce Jay Friedman

On 15 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bruce Jay Friedman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bruce Jay Friedman described his first marriage as having "crumbled like an old graham cracker"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce Jay Friedman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bruce Jay Friedman), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty

  Hello! Your submission of Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:04, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Oscar Hugh Lipscomb

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DYK for Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

On 17 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that diamonds were featured on the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (pictured) because the previous breadfruit leaf was hard to recognise from afar? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Kieran O'Connor

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ITN recognition for Tony Taylor (baseball)

On 17 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tony Taylor (baseball), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:27, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Bruce Lewandowski

On 19 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bruce Lewandowski, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bruce Lewandowski, the incoming auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, worked with the activist group BUILD to create a parish identity card for undocumented immigrants? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bruce Lewandowski. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bruce Lewandowski), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jack McIlhargey

On 21 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jack McIlhargey, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:17, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Hal Bernson

On 23 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hal Bernson, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 03:56, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK help for baseball

I noticed you like to work on baseball articles. Would you be willing to adopt Template:Did you know nominations/Nippon Professional Baseball playoffs? I am concerned the nominator is away for an extended time. Flibirigit (talk) 04:27, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Flibirigit: I'll see what I can do. Sorry, but I'm not really familiar with baseball outside of North America. —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:37, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Stanley Robinson (basketball)

On 23 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Stanley Robinson (basketball), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:40, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Rene Carpenter

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ITN recognition for Eddie Shack

On 27 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Eddie Shack, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 07:07, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Edmund Ansin

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ITN recognition for Perence Shiri

On 30 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Perence Shiri, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 05:30, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mike Gillespie (baseball)

On 30 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mike Gillespie (baseball), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 06:26, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John McNamara (baseball)

On 30 July 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John McNamara (baseball), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:53, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec

On 1 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that eight Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec have been elevated to the College of Cardinals, including incumbent Gérald Lacroix (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec), 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.

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Eusebio Leal

On 2 August 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Eusebio Leal, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:14, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of Grenada

On 3 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Grenada, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the nutmeg on the flag of Grenada (pictured) alludes to one of the country's key exports, which gave rise to its nickname, the "Isle of Spice"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Grenada. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Grenada), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John Hume

On 3 August 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Hume, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —valereee (talk) 13:14, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Wilford Brimley

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ITN recognition for Ralph Barbieri

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ITN recognition for Reni Santoni

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