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Administrators' newsletter – August 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

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Arbitration

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:23, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hubert William Lewis

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hubert William Lewis you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:40, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey Kosack, I have passed this one as a GA. Good work! From your comments, I got the impression you don't often edit in the military history space so I hope you keep up with it. It is always good to see editors branching out into new fields. I started off by improving some South Korean football pages of all things before drifting into military history. If you haven't already, check out the Milhist Wikiproject page and enter the Lewis article into the writing contest. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 08:37, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hubert William Lewis

The article Hubert William Lewis you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hubert William Lewis 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 Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:43, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Agnes Twiston Hughes

Hello! Your submission of Agnes Twiston Hughes 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! MIDI (talk) 11:32, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Fred Keenor

I did it because I know that as soon as I start to criticise your article a whole load of others will descend on the article to tell you what a bad person I am, and how you should ignore everything I say. But at least it might attract some useful reviews along the way. :-) Eric Corbett 19:47, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

@Eric Corbett: Ha, well the FAC has already garnered one more edit than it did the first time I nominated it so that's a start! Kosack (talk) 19:53, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I'm sure it can be got through FAC this time. Eric Corbett 20:01, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Alice Griffiths

On 7 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alice Griffiths, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Alice Griffiths represented Wales for the first time after playing as the only girl in an otherwise all-boys league? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Griffiths. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alice Griffiths), 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) 00:01, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Ipigott. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Alice Evans (footballer), and have marked it as unpatrolled. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

Ipigott (talk) 08:08, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

@Ipigott: What's the reason? I didn't curate it either, I created it so it was automatically done. Kosack (talk) 08:12, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi there, Kosack, sorry to cause you any concern. This was of course a mistake which I corrected five seconds later. I was working outside and did not see the green shading on the curation options. It's always difficult to see who gave approval. I see you have recently been adding quite a few biographies of Welsh women. It's good to have your contributions. You may be aware that WikiProject Women in Red is focusing on sports until the end of the month. Further coverage of Welch women footballers would be greatly appreciated. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:50, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Ah I see, OK no problem. Kosack (talk) 09:06, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Craig Bellamy

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Craig Bellamy you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Willbb234 -- Willbb234 (talk) 20:00, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Reverting my changes on assists on the Cristiano Ronaldo wikipedia page

Although I can agree with you that my source isn't reliable, why is there a long-standing consensus on assists not being present on footballer's pages? I feel like assists also provide vital information about a player's performance and adding it doesn't make the page too difficult to read. It's also the same with goals being present on goalkeeper's Wikipedia page when most goalkeepers never score a goal. Why isn't there a clean sheets tab?

I believe the main problem is that assists are both extremely difficult to reliably source and many sources have different definitions of what constitutes an assist. Kosack (talk) 08:46, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Sure but assist is an official stat kept by both the Premier League and La Liga, so I don't think there's much dispute over what constitutes an assist. It is much easier to note when a player makes an assist compared to something such as chances created. Dps United 08:54, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

As I said, that's one of the problems with adding assists. What is the Premier League's definition of an assist? There is a good example HERE where three sources have three different totals for more than one player in the same season. There's a relatively recent discussion HERE with links to several other previous discussions on the same topic. You are welcome to open a new discussion at WP:FOOTBALL if you wish to do so though. Kosack (talk) 09:08, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Okay I see what you mean, thanks for the quick reply Dps United (talk) 09:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Lukaku FA Cup honour

Hi, first of all sorry for my English but I’m not from UK. Could you tell me a realible web site about the player’s honours? Because Lukaku played 1 game with Chelsea during the 2011/12 FA Cup and so it’s an honour for him. I don’t understand why you don’t agree with me. Thank you and good night! Precisione1982 (talk) 19:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I believe cup honours are typically kept to players who featured in the final of the tournament or for whom we can provide a source that they received a medal for the competition. Kosack (talk) 19:11, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Craig Bellamy

The article Craig Bellamy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Craig Bellamy 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 Willbb234 -- Willbb234 (talk) 21:02, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

article for deletion

Hello, I recently put up an article for deletion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2019_August_14#Sega_jagatpur but in hindsight I probably should not have, and I tried to remove it but gone undone by cyberbot. can you help me out? --SacredDragonX (talk) 08:36, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi @SacredDragonX:, there is an instruction guide on withdrawing a nomination at WP:WDAFD. Kosack (talk) 08:39, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joe Bennett (footballer)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Joe Bennett (footballer) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 10:41, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Lauren Price

On 15 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lauren Price, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lauren Price was the first Welsh woman to win a Commonwealth Games boxing medal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lauren Price. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lauren Price), 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) 00:01, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lee Peltier

The article Lee Peltier you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Lee Peltier for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 08:20, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1922–23 Cardiff City F.C. season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1922–23 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 08:42, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Alice Evans (footballer)

On 15 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alice Evans (footballer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alice Evans was the first British female professional futsal player? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Evans (footballer). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alice Evans (footballer)), 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, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joe Bennett (footballer)

The article Joe Bennett (footballer) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Joe Bennett (footballer) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:21, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Transport United

squad of transport united fc is outdated please remove — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.143.87.231 (talk) 01:54, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

You can submit an edit request on the article talk page, providing a reliable source for another user to edit the page, cheers. Kosack (talk) 05:57, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joe Bennett (footballer)

The article Joe Bennett (footballer) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Joe Bennett (footballer) 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 07:22, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Peyton Vincze

On 18 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peyton Vincze, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Welsh international footballer Peyton Vincze discovered she was eligible to represent the nation only when a Welsh football club visited her town in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peyton Vincze. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Peyton Vincze), 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) 00:02, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Hubert William Lewis

On 19 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hubert William Lewis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hubert William Lewis was awarded the Victoria Cross after capturing three enemy soldiers and carrying an officer to safety despite being wounded twice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hubert William Lewis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hubert William Lewis), 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, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

FA

Hi Kosack,

You recently did a review of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2019 Tour Championship/archive1. I think I covered all of the points. Could you take a look and support/oppose or add more comments? Thanks for your help with this one! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:42, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Rachel Rowe

On 22 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rachel Rowe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Rachel Rowe made her international debut for Wales while still working as a guard in the prison service? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rachel Rowe. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rachel Rowe), 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, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 1922–23 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Your GA nomination of 1922–23 Cardiff City F.C. season

The article 1922–23 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1922–23 Cardiff City F.C. season 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 Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 13:42, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Jordon Garrick

Hello! Your submission of Jordon Garrick 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! Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 14:56, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Agnes Twiston Hughes

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— Maile (talk) 12:01, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Brian Murphy (association footballer)

Hi there Kosack,

With my (+120) edit to the page, I always thought that we have two separate rows to indicate different spells with the same club. The Cardiff section shows he was released then resigned for injury cover so that's when I was thinking these are separate. Iggy (Swan) 13:17, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Iggy the Swan:, I believe that it's the norm for players whose contracts run down but are then resigned in quick succession to have it classed as a single spell (as long as there were no other teams in between of course). There was a brief discussion here about it and I'm sure there was a larger one before that but for the life of me I can't find it. Fábio Aurélio and Boaz Myhill are some obvious examples I can think of to demonstrate this as well. Kosack (talk) 13:48, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Saying that, I've just come across a more recent discussion which suggests that competitive matches being played in between favours separate spells although the new closing date for the transfer window muddies the water perhaps. Oddly, Cardiff's press release reads like a continuation of his original contract. Kosack (talk) 14:18, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

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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)

DYK nomination of Carrie Jones (footballer)

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Peter Vincenti

Thought I give you a heads up that Peter Vincenti is showing up as failed though you just passed it. Maybe cause of the previous failed GA? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:02, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Cheers, think I've sorted it now. Kosack (talk) 20:21, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Hope so too, else it'd look off in the backlog drive (if you chose to list this one). Keep up clearing out the backlog! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:41, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Agh scratch the first part of the last comment - as you started the review on August 31st. Nevertheless, good luck with the WikiCup then :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:44, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Josh Yorwerth

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Josh Yorwerth you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:21, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Kyle Dubas

Hello! Thank you very much for reviewing this article. I made most of the changes, and then I just had a couple of quick questions before finishing everything up. Canada Hky (talk) 18:13, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

I think I have everything now - please let me know if there is anything else. Canada Hky (talk) 00:07, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I'll do another read through later today hopefully, although I don't anticipate any further issues. Kosack (talk) 05:42, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Josh Yorwerth

The article Josh Yorwerth you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Josh Yorwerth for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Leon Barnett

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Leon Barnett you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 09:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 09:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Josh Yorwerth

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Your GA nomination of Leon Barnett

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DYK nomination of Jordon Garrick

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).

Administrator changes

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DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

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Technical news

• Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
• The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

• A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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Your GA nomination of Leon Barnett

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Your GA nomination of Walter Bartley Wilson

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DYK for List of Austria international footballers

On 9 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Austria international footballers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andi Herzog is the most capped footballer in Austrian history and the only player to win more than 100 caps? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Austria international footballers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Austria international footballers), 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) 01:36, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Walter Bartley Wilson

The article Walter Bartley Wilson you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Walter Bartley Wilson for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 09:01, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Jordon Garrick

On 9 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jordon Garrick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Jordon Garrick nearly gave up the game as a teenager to pursue a career in rugby league before being persuaded to change his mind by his mother and his coach? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jordon Garrick. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jordon Garrick), 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, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Walter Bartley Wilson

The article Walter Bartley Wilson you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Walter Bartley Wilson 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:21, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season

The article 1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:41, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Fred Keenor scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Fred Keenor article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 19, 2019, the anniversary of his death. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 19, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted on or after October 1, 2018, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors up to the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:33, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I had a look at your Cardiff City article. Is there a particular date associated with this article or could it be run as a TFA on any future date? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:06, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

@Jimfbleak: Hi Jim, there's no date for that article that I'm aware of. Kosack (talk) 08:13, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I'll probably run it in January, the next month I'm scheduling, if it hasn't been listed before by one of the other TFA coordinators. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:50, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season

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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

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This month's refresher course

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FA review?

Hey. I noticed your current FAC nomination, and was wondering if you'd be interested in trading reviews? I'd love to get as much feedback as possible this time around for my nomination, and would be more than prepared to review yours in return. I understand if you don't have the time though. Kind regards, Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 00:06, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try to take a look at your nomination in the next couple of days. Kosack (talk) 05:28, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. It was very much appreciated. I don't understand why no-one else has been commenting at your article so far, because it's easily the best-written thing currently nominated at FA. All I could do at this point is suggest you keep doing what we did: trade reviews. Find articles you like here and ask their nominator to trade reviews on their talk page. Unfortunately, FAC is currently obsessed with pop culture and military articles. Unless your nomination fits into those two categories, it's unlikely to succeed without a little help (if you catch my drift). I hope things go well for you, and let me know it doesn't. I'd be more than happy to support your next nomination. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 00:30, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season

The article 1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 12:41, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sean Morrison (footballer)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sean Morrison (footballer) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 21:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Carrie Jones (footballer)

On 13 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carrie Jones (footballer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Carrie Jones made her international debut for Wales despite being too young to play for her club side? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carrie Jones (footballer). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Carrie Jones (footballer)), 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) 00:02, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sean Morrison (footballer)

The article Sean Morrison (footballer) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Sean Morrison (footballer) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:41, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season

The article 1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 15:01, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tom Farquharson

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tom Farquharson you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:40, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sean Morrison (footballer)

The article Sean Morrison (footballer) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sean Morrison (footballer) 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 10:21, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Ninian Park

You’re responding quicker than I can complete the review! KJP1 (talk) 15:19, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

@KJP1: Haha apologies, you caught me at a good time. I'll hold off until later today. Kosack (talk) 15:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Seeking FA review comments for 2019 World Snooker Championship

Hello and thank you for reviewing the 2019 Tour Championship article for FA. Would you be interested in doing the same for the 2019 World Snooker Championship? You might not have noticed that Lee put it on the project page last week. As I did a lot of work on the article before it was nominated, I can't take part in the review and I'm therefore a co-nominator for this one. Any comments/criticisms/suggestions/queries would be most welcome, if you have time to take a look. Thank you! Rodney Baggins (talk) 09:52, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Megan Wynne

On 17 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Megan Wynne, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Megan Wynne played for Tottenham Hotspur while also working full-time in the club's human resources department? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Megan Wynne. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Megan Wynne), 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, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Walter Bartley Wilson

Hello! Your submission of Walter Bartley Wilson 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! Yoninah (talk) 21:48, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Josh Yorwerth

On 18 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Josh Yorwerth, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Josh Yorwerth received what is believed to be the longest doping-related ban in English football history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Josh Yorwerth. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Josh Yorwerth), 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) 00:01, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tom Farquharson

The article Tom Farquharson you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tom Farquharson for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:40, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:Gareth Bale GA review.

Wasn't sure, is the GA review on the talk page, is that now closed? I added a comment near a month ago, I just released it was a year old already when I thought the review was for this year. Don't know if I should add to it, should it be archived? Govvy (talk) 14:17, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

It is closed but I don't think there's anything set in stone about editing it. It basically serves as a marker for future nominations to show why it failed previously. Kosack (talk) 14:47, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tom Farquharson

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DYK for Sean Morrison (footballer)

On 27 September 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sean Morrison (footballer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Sean Morrison was described as being "45 minutes from death" before undergoing emergency surgery? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sean Morrison (footballer). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sean Morrison (footballer)), 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, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		This is for your valuable efforts for countering Vandalism and protecting Wikipedia from it's threats. I appreciate your effort. You are a defender of Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 11:02, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Cristiano Ronaldo + Zahin346

At it again I've noticed.

What I think of the following:-
1) Every goal scored by any striker like the Portuguese player would result in at least 1 million bytes to articles whose subject scores plenty.
2) I do not see a 53rd career hat-trick in the source given and I can't think of any notability with this.
3) In Euro 2020, the opening "two matches against Ukraine and Serbia" sentence, this does not directly relate to the player before the injury is mentioned.
4) Not every goal would be notable. With that Serbia 2–4 Portugal result, the third Portuguese goal did not change the result and they were in the lead for all of the second half. Also that was too early for qualification to the finals.

I've seen that you've chatted with this user already and taken it to WP:Football as well. Those points are my views on the problems that the user has done. Iggy (Swan) 10:47, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I was unaware the user had previous form and I agree on those points. The user appears to have a very narrow viewpoint when it comes to Ronaldo unfortunately. Hopefully they can take some advice onboard. Kosack (talk) 10:53, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wales national football team home stadium

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DYK for Bartley Wilson

On 2 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bartley Wilson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cardiff City F.C. founder Bartley Wilson's headstone was discovered in bushes near his grave, which had lain unmarked for more than 40 years? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bartley Wilson), 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, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Administrator changes

Barkeep49

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CheckUser changes

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• Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

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DYK for Tom Farquharson

On 3 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tom Farquharson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that footballer Tom Farquharson was believed to carry a gun in his kitbag? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Farquharson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tom Farquharson), 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) 00:03, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

History of AUFC 2003-2005

I'll try and expand the History of Adelaide United FC (2003–2005) article.

--FastCube (talk) 11:46, 4 October 2019 (UTC)FastCube

I'll give a go soon. If not, I can confirm that the article should be deleted or I could rename the article and make a history from 2003 to 2010. I'll try and include transfers and matches information and see if if looks better.

Hugo Lloris

It’s true that lloris suffered a injury and sources have confirmed... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.44.116 (talk) 12:27, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wales national football team home stadium

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2019 NRL Grand Final

Hello, could you possibly have a look at Leanice420 please.

They are persistently vandalising pages, such as the one I have linked here.

I have given them a warning in their talk page, regarding this also.

Thank you

L1amw90 (talk) 15:54, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi @L1amw90:, I've protected the final page for a couple of days to allow it to die down. Leanice has so far not continued with their vandalism since your warning message was placed. I'll keep an eye out for them in future and feel free to message me if you notice anything I don't. Kosack (talk) 16:03, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

• Ok, thank you, I'll keep an eye out. L1amw90 (talk) 16:04, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wales national football team home stadium

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The Meerkat Barnster

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	For keeping a good watchout for vandalism to football articles as an administrator (and spotting the occasional error from me which does not happen very often). Simples. Iggy (Swan) (What I've been doing to maintain Wikipedia) 14:22, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aneurin Bevan

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Aneurin Bevan you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 11:00, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Good Article Backlog Drive Barnstar

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		Thanks for your participation in the September 2019 GA Backlog drive. Your 10 reviews made a difference, as did your willingness to review particularly old nominations. The work of editors like you helped bring down the unreviewed backlog by over 35%. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:47, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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TFA

Thank you today for Fred Keenor, a "Welsh International with more than 30 caps, he spent his entire club career with Cardiff City and was captain of the 1927 FA Cup final winning side, the only team from outside England to lift the trophy."! - Sorry I missed the FAC. I have a peer review open for Clara Schumann, hint hint ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:26, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Cardiff City F.C. scheduled for TFA

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There's no Bevan barnstar, so this will have to do...

		The Original Barnstar
		Well done on all your work so far. Amitchell125 - Talk 17:06, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

@Amitchell125: That's very kind. I wanted to try and get a major Welsh article to GA outside my usual football work so what better pick than number one on the 100 Welsh Heroes! Admittedly I'm learning on the job with this one though, so thanks for your ongoing thorough and patient review! Kosack (talk) 19:46, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Aneurin Bevan

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Your GA nomination of Aneurin Bevan

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Bury

Why are people changing the bury fc edits. Bury fc does not exist anymore and does not play at any ground so how can anyone say the still play at a stadium or even exist Tomeggy (talk) 18:40, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

HI Tomeggy, on the contrary, Bury FC still exists, it has merely been expelled from the EFL. It is simply a team without a league right now, an odd situation no doubt, but the EFL does not have the power or ability to liquidate a football club. Bury can still rejoin a league, most likely at the end of the season and still owns whatever assets are registered to the club, including Gigg Lane. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 20:00, 1 November 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
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• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
• Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Kosack,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

There are now 816 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.

Coordinator

Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.

This month's refresher course

Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.

Tools

• It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
• It is now also possible for accredited reviewers to put any article back into the New Pages Feed for re-review. The link is under 'Tools' in the side bar.

Reviewer Feedback

Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.

Second set of eyes

• Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
• Do be sure to have our talk page on your watchlist. There are often items that require reviewers' special attention, such as to watch out for pages by known socks or disruptive editors, technical issues and new developments, and of course to provide advice for other reviewers.

Arbitration Committee

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Community Wish list

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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WikiCup Award

Awarded to Kosack for being one of the eight finallists in the 2019 WikiCup and coming fourth.

Congratulations! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

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TFA

Thank you today for Cardiff City F.C., "a Welsh association football club playing in the English Football League"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Wales national football team home stadium

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A barnstar for you!

		The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
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DYK for Aneurin Bevan

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Cyclone Taylor FAC

Hey, I wanted to see if you'd be interested in reviewing the Cyclone Taylor article at FAC. I ask only because you had done the GA review, and as it's been at FAC for a while without much commentary, am concerned it may get archived. Anything would be appreciated. Kaiser matias (talk) 18:03, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

I'll try and take a look over the next day or so. Kosack (talk) 20:45, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Much appreciated, thanks. Kaiser matias (talk) 21:48, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Three Quarter Million Award for Cardiff City F.C.

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DYK nomination of Neil McLaughlin

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Freddie Welsh

Hi Kosack,

Unfortunately I'm pretty much retired as a major editor to Wikipedia, and only drop in now and again to clean up vandalism. I'm glad you appreciate the Freddie Welsh article, though I wish it has a wider source of material to back up the claims. There is a little bit of original research in there, pieced by finding inaccuracies in the older material, such as the 'Bon Voyage' photo, which, although labelled in the local Pontypridd museum is obviously wrong if you look at other photos and check his fight dates. Good luck with the application, though several of the books I used were library loan outs and I can't recheck claims. A great article to try to get to GA status.

Hats off my friend. FruitMonkey (talk) 23:55, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

HI FruitMonkey, sorry to hear you're not as active anymore. Judging by your user page, you have a great catalogue of work. Freddie Welsh's article certainly deserves a GA status, I should be able to cover most of the info with online sources if necessary. Hopefully there won't be too much to worry about, on a run through I didn't spot any major issues. It's a good read. Kosack (talk) 06:42, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
1	Rosguill (talk)	47,395	Patrol Page Curation
2	Onel5969 (talk)	41,883	Patrol Page Curation
3	JTtheOG (talk)	11,493	Patrol Page Curation
4	Arthistorian1977 (talk)	5,562	Patrol Page Curation
5	DannyS712 (talk)	4,866	Patrol Page Curation
6	CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)	3,995	Patrol Page Curation
7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	3,812	Patrol Page Curation
8	Boleyn (talk)	3,655	Patrol Page Curation
9	Ymblanter (talk)	3,553	Patrol Page Curation
10	Cwmhiraeth (talk)	3,522	Patrol Page Curation

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

Redirect autopatrol

A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.

Source Guide Discussion

Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.

This month's refresher course

While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.

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Merry Christmas

Many thanks, and same to you! GiantSnowman 10:04, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas Kosack
	Hi Kosack, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia this year    – Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 10:17, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:51, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

Hello Kosack, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020. Happy editing, MWright96 (talk) 10:17, 24 December 2019 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Happy Holidays

"May tonight's light keep us all gently soothed"

Thanks again for all of your help this year. It was very much appreciated. Wishing you and all your loved ones a happy and healthy holiday season. And remember to take the time to do what you want to do in 2020. Over the course of human history, only a relatively minuscule amount of people will ever be able to say they lived through the year, so make it a good one! ;) Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 21:16, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 December 2019

• From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again

• News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages

• Special report: Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?

• In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?

• Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki

• Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee

• Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December

• Technology report: User scripts and more

• Gallery: Holiday wishes

• Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary

• From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

• Op-Ed: Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap

• WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report

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