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2   Papal diplomatics (talk)           Cleanup
12   Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen (talk)         Expand
2,414   Ghana (talk) Expand
1,892   Uganda (talk) Expand
68   Four kingdoms of Daniel (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
207   Horse breeding (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
165   Papal conclave (talk) Unencyclopaedic
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8   Honour (feudal barony) (talk)           Merge
18   Roi fainéant (talk)           Merge
148   Rouen Cathedral (talk)     Wikify
27   Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem (talk)           Wikify
4   Robert Davenport (talk)           Wikify
2   John of Eversden (talk)           Orphan
2   Dual Peppy (talk)           Orphan
1   Frank "Buddy" Abadie (talk)           Orphan
6   John Fitzalan, 3rd Lord of Oswestry (talk)           Stub
2   Edward Wynn (talk)         Stub
2   Leonard White-Thomson (talk)         Stub
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Is my memory correct

and you've edited some of the articles edited by this user? Doug Weller (talk) 14:33, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Not that I recall - looks like that editor focuses on African history? I'm almost exclusively either horses, Americans connected with horses, or English medieval history ... Ealdgyth - Talk 14:37, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Yes, I realised I was wrong, then my computer crashed! Sorry to bother you. Doug Weller (talk) 15:40, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

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59   Chess problem (talk)   Cleanup
14   Oswiu (talk)   Expand
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46   Breed registry (talk)       Merge
24   Feudal land tenure in England (talk)           Merge
7   Retractor muscle of the penis (talk)           Wikify
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1   Canterbury election of 1205 (talk)           Orphan
50   Outline of the history of Western civilization (talk) Orphan
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Eager newbie

We have a new editor who seems enthusiastic and sincere in wanting to edit horse articles, but needing some help. She created Serafix for us, and while I did a little cleanup, it needs more... and you are good at doing up the pedigree charts, so... wanna pop over there and do up a pedigree?? Montanabw(talk) 03:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

I"m going to be very scarce on Wikipedia probably for the next year - between moving, and other issues, I'm just not able to do that much, and when I do find a bit of time, I've got projects I'd really rather work on, honestly. (We lost one of our dogs yesterday along with the usual crap going on so... it's not been a good week at all.) Ealdgyth - Talk 12:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Email me with the RL details, but so sorry about the pup. That is a total bummer! Montanabw(talk) 00:24, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Yes, commiserations. Johnbod (talk) 03:13, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
And commiserations from me. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:19, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
It's never nice to lose a pet - sympathies are with you. Hchc2009 (talk) 15:50, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
So sorry to hear that. I was even more useless than usual after the last time I lost a pet. Deepest sympathy. Nortonius (talk) 16:11, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
My sympathies as well - a loss like that can hit so hard. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:35, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far   Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was   Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

  1.   Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
  2.   Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
  3.   Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
  4.   Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
  5.   West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
  6.   Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
  7.   Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
  8.   Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 13, 2015

Hey, I remember this one ... it will be at TFA soon. This month I've started asking some of the FAC nommers to take a stab at reducing the lead section (the current text at that link) down to between 900 and 1300 characters (counting characters that readers see, not in the edit window). Don't sweat over it ... I just want to get a sense of which bits are the important bits. I'm happy to do the condensing if you prefer. (Sorry to hear about your dog.) - Dank (push to talk) 23:13, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I gave it a shot, see what you think. - Dank (push to talk) 13:12, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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39   Military history of the Crusader states (talk)     Add sources
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1,517   Castration (talk) Cleanup
300   Bookbinding (talk)   Cleanup
224   Characteristic function (probability theory) (talk)     Expand
23   Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (talk)     Expand
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59   Stealth (roller coaster) (talk)         Unencyclopaedic
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52   Military mascot (talk)   Unencyclopaedic
105   Central moment (talk)           Merge
83   Purebred (talk)     Merge
82   Core countries (talk)   Merge
328   Book of Common Prayer (talk)   Wikify
247   Lance (talk)     Wikify
2   Bobbio Missal (talk)           Wikify
4   ArhGAP11B and human encephalisation (talk)           Orphan
1   Antonio Giel (talk)           Orphan
1   Afzalabad, Zahedan (talk)           Orphan
6   John of Sittingbourne (talk)         Stub
2   Reginald Brian (talk)         Stub
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