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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2016)

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Math rock

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Previous selections: List of German painters • Brain damage


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Speedy deletion nomination of Jessica McKenna

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A tag has been placed on Jessica McKenna requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3490846/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.  Velella  Velella Talk   13:11, 6 October 2016 (UTC)Reply


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  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.39.37.7 (talk) 09:36, 7 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2016)

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A spelling bee at Jhenidah Cadet College in Bangladesh
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Spelling bee

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Editing News #3—2016

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Read this in another languageSubscription list for this multilingual newsletterSubscribe or unsubscribe on the English Wikipedia

 
Did you know?

Did you know that you can easily re-arrange columns and rows in the visual editor?

 

Select a cell in the column or row that you want to move. Click the arrow at the start of that row or column to open the dropdown menu (shown). Choose either "Move before" or "Move after" to move the column, or "Move above" or "Move below" to move the row.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has mainly worked on a new wikitext editor. They have also released some small features and the new map editing tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the list of work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, releasing the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving language support.

Recent changes

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  • You can now set text as small or big.[1]
  • Invisible templates have been shown as a puzzle icon. Now, the name of the invisible template is displayed next to the puzzle icon.[2] A similar feature will display the first part of hidden HTML comments.[3]
  • Categories are displayed at the bottom of each page. If you click on the categories, the dialog for editing categories will open.[4]
  • At many wikis, you can now add maps to pages. Go to the Insert menu and choose the "Maps" item. The Discovery department are adding more features to this area, like geoshapes. You can read more on MediaWiki.org.[5]
  • The "Save" button now says "Save page" when you create a page, and "Save changes" when you change an existing page.[6] In the future, the "Save page" button will say "Publish page". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.
  • Image galleries now use a visual mode for editing. You can see thumbnails of the images, add new files, remove unwanted images, rearrange the images by dragging and dropping, and add captions for each image. Use the "Options" tab to set the gallery's display mode, image sizes, and add a title for the gallery.[7]

Future changes

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The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining 10 "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next month. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including Thai, Burmese and Aramaic.

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. The 2017 wikitext editor will look like the visual editor and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices in October 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

Let's work together

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Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.

If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:18, 14 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Asia challenge

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The Asian
10,000 Challenge

Improve/create any article on anywhere in Asia whenever you feel like it and list it!...

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Earth-Two (film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Earth-Two (film). Since you had some involvement with the Earth-Two (film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 21:15, 16 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Blood Merchant listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Blood Merchant. Since you had some involvement with the Blood Merchant redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 21:22, 16 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2016)

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NASA researchers at Glenn Research Center conducting tests on aircraft engine noise in 1967
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The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Noise

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Previous selections: Spelling bee • Math rock


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DYK for The Life and Death of John Gotti

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On 22 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Life and Death of John Gotti, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Travolta will play New York mob boss John Gotti in an upcoming film? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Life and Death of John Gotti. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, The Life and Death of John Gotti), 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.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk)) 00:01, 22 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hate Mail (film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hate Mail (film). Since you had some involvement with the Hate Mail (film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 18:02, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

The Bricklayer (2014 film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect The Bricklayer (2014 film). Since you had some involvement with the The Bricklayer (2014 film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 18:51, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Scavengers (2014 film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Scavengers (2014 film). Since you had some involvement with the Scavengers (2014 film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 21:38, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes (2014 film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes (2014 film). Since you had some involvement with the The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes (2014 film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix (talk) 21:41, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2016)

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The attic at a factory
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Attic

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Previous selections: Noise • Spelling bee


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Invitation from Wikipedia Asian Month 2016

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Thanks for partipating Wikipedia Asian Month last year, and I hope you enjoy it. Last year, more than 7,000 articles contribute to Wikipedia in 43 languages in Wikipedia Asian Month, making us one of the largest event on Wikipedia. We will organize this event again in upcoming November, and would like to invite you join us again.

This year, we are lowering down the standards that you only need to create 4 (Four) articles to receive a postcard (new design), and articles only need to be more than 3,000 bytes and 300 words. We are also improving our postcard sending process, e.g. making the postcards right now, and collecting the address after the event ends without waiting other languges.

Wikipedians who create the most articles on each Wikipedia will be honored as "Wikipedia Asian Ambassadors". We will send you both digital copy, and a paper copy of the Ambassador certificate.

Thank you for considering! --AddisWang (talk)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Minister of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan)

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Minister of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. THEunique (talk) 01:25, 30 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2016)

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Street food vendors at a roadside market just outside of Hua Hin District, Thailand
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Street food

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Previous selections: Attic • Noise


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WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

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The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 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 three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
  • Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
  • Featured List –   Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
  • Featured Portal –   SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
  • Featured Topic –   Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
  • Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
  • Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
  • In The News –   Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and   Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
  • Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 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), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
 

Greetings, all!

We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time.

The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring.

Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2016)

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A sword dance performance
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Sword dance

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A barnstar for you!

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  The Original Barnstar
Thanks for creating the article Son of Zorn! Novey.n (talk) 07:24, 8 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

New deal for page patrollers

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Hi Captain Assassin!,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2016)

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A woman wearing a dress
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Dress

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DYK nomination of A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)

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  Hello! Your submission of A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film) 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! BlueMoonset (talk) 05:54, 19 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:Pak Business Express logo.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Pak Business Express logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:47, 19 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2016)

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A cleaning sponge
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Sponge (material)

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Hello, Captain Assassin!. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Split Decision (2013 film) listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Split Decision (2013 film). Since you had some involvement with the Split Decision (2013 film) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. BDD (talk) 20:21, 22 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of The Revenant (2015 film)

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The article The Revenant (2015 film) you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:The Revenant (2015 film) 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 MatthewHoobin -- MatthewHoobin (talk) 14:41, 23 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Template categories

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Hi, just thought I'd let you know as you seem to be unaware of the guideline, but per WP:CAT#T, navigation templates should not be in content categories. For example, {{Angelina Jolie}} should not be placed in Category:Films directed by Angelina Jolie. --Rob Sinden (talk) 09:49, 24 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

DYK for A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)

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On 26 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that with A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a live-action film with a budget over $100 million? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)), 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, 26 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2016)

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Homework

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Previous selections: Sponge (material) • Dress


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WikiProject Punjab

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Dear WikiProject Punjab Members,

The Wikipedia WikiProject Punjab interface has been upgraded to a more convenient structure. Feel free to use the new WikiProject to contribute towards the improvement of Punjab-related topics.

An Invite to join WikiProject Punjab

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  You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Punjab

Thank you for your contributions to articles related to Punjab. I'd like to invite you to become a part of the many Punjabi related WikiProjects. The goal of WikiProject Punjab is to improve the quality and quantity of information about the region on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the WikiProject main page for more information.

Peeta Singh (talk) 09:14, 30 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:The Maze Runner poster.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:The Maze Runner poster.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:46, 1 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2016)

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Three Martinis
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Three-martini lunch

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4th Annual GA Cup - Round 1

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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
 

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

November 28, 2016 was supposed to mark the end of the first round. However, we needed 16 competitors to move on, and currently only 10 have completed articles. Thus, the judges have come together to let the participants decide what we shall do. Please complete this quick survey to let us know whether you would like a holiday break.

There will be two options for what we will do next in terms of Round 2 depending on the results of this poll.

  • If the survey indicates that the competitors want a break, we will have a 2nd round after the break ends with just the 10 competitors who have reviewed articles, starting in January (with a specific date TBA).
  • If the survey does not indicate that participants want a break, we will extend Round 1 until the end of December.

We apologize for sending out this newsletter late. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase!

To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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Proposed deletion of Anubis (film)

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Hello, Captain Assassin!. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Anubis (film), for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:

  1. edit the page
  2. remove the text that looks like this: {{proposed deletion/dated...}}
  3. save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Onel5969 TT me 23:58, 5 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Anubis (film) for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Anubis (film) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anubis (film) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Onel5969 TT me 04:08, 6 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Could you please return to reviewing this? Kailash29792 (talk) 05:16, 6 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
 

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful!

Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating!

September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words).

October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page.

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Hello, Captain Assassin! My name is Irene. Can you move this film's accolade table into the new page below?

Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Jackie and Zootopia. And maybe The Jungle Book?

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Hello IreneTandry, I've created a few including List of accolades received by Hacksaw Ridge, List of accolades received by La La Land (film), List of accolades received by Zootopia, and List of accolades received by Moonlight (2016 film), while the others have some issues, either their articles are short or their accolades are not enough to have their own article. I'll create their's too when these meet criteria. Thanks. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 11:08, 14 December 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Captain Assassin!: Is it possible, Hell or High Water and Manchester by the Sea should be moved to the new page, because they have many awards too? Thanks. IreneTandry (talk) 16:26, 14 December 2016 (UTC)Reply
Hello IreneTandry,   Done. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 07:48, 15 December 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Captain Assassin!: Is it possible, Arrival should be moved to the new page? Because they have many awards too? Thanks. IreneTandry (talk) 16:26, 14 December 2016 (UTC)Reply
@IreneTandry: Done with List of accolades received by Loving (2016 film) and List of accolades received by Arrival (film). And you don't need to "ping" someone when you are talking to them at their own talk pages, just ping someone when you are mentioning or trying to notify them at some other users' talk pages. Thanks. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 11:00, 17 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Is it possible, Fences should be moved to the new page, because they have many awards too? Thanks. IreneTandry (talk) 06:07, 20 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

@IreneTandry:   Done. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 08:55, 20 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

The user named "Disneyisatale" wants to merge List of accolades received by Moana (2016 film) and I didn't mention Moana (2016 film) from my previous messages. IreneTandry (talk) 02:02, 11 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

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The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is in fact the writer Virginia Woolf.
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Helena Bergström

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  Hello! Your submission of Molly's Game 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! North America1000 20:46, 20 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello! Your submission of The Wall (2017 film) 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! North America1000 02:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

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The movie opens tomorrow in the US. It's not getting good reviews from the critics. I wouldn't expect critics to like it, but it is discouraging. Bgwhite (talk) 03:02, 21 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Bgwhite: Yep, I also had great expectations with the film, but it is disappointing everyone from critics. But I think it would run good in cinemas. --Captain Assassin! «TCG» 07:20, 21 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Merry Christmas to all!

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  We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2017!
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Your draft article, Draft:The Shack (film)

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World plate tectonics (click on map for more details)
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Your draft article, Draft:44 (film)

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