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WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.- Other contestants who qualified for the final round were
Nova Crystallis, 
Iazyges, 
SounderBruce, 
Kosack and 
Ceranthor.
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello The C of E. Based on the flow of the discussion and the concerns raised by other users, I regret to inform you that I have now marked the nomination for closure as unsuccessful. I wish you good luck in your future DYK nominations and hope your next ones will be more successful. Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990
On 8 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that every Australian has the right to a free portrait of the Queen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990), 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.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- I have to say that initially I thought this was a joke, i.e. before clicking the link at DYK; my first thought was that Queen (band) offered pictures of themselves to everyone :-) But this is good work, covering the major points of the subject without wasting time/space on news reporting as is present on so many articles. Nyttend (talk) 12:42, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
DYKs for upcoming dates?
Hi The C of E, I notice that we both have DYKs that could be used for upcoming dates. I know I'm concerned that no one will review the DYK for Betsabeé Romero in time, even though it could be suitable for the imminent Day of the Dead. Would you be willing to "trade" reviews? i.e. I could do a review of Purple poppy in a timely fashion, if you could do Betsabeé Romero. I promise that the article is in pretty good shape -- I ran it through Earwig myself after I finished writing it -- so although it is long, I don't think it will be a terribly arduous review. I will certainly understand if you are too busy. Hopefully yours, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:37, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi The C of E, I've reviewed Purple poppy. I have one minor suggestion with respect to the hook and image caption, but otherwise it all looks good. Thanks again, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 04:12, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
WikiCup 2018 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is 
Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:
- Courcelles (submissions)
- Kosack (submissions)
- Kees08 (submissions)
SounderBruce (submissions)- Cas Liber (submissions)
- Nova Crystallis (submissions)
- Iazyges (submissions)
- Ceranthor (submissions)
All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:
- Cas Liber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
- Courcelles (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
- Kosack (submissions) wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
Cartoon network freak (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.- Usernameunique (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
Zanhe (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
Aoba47 (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.
Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.
Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).
DYK for Purple poppy
On 11 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Purple poppy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the purple remembrance poppy was created to commemorate animals that served during wartime, but is not endorsed by The Royal British Legion which sells the official red remembrance poppy (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Purple poppy. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Purple poppy), 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.
Please return to this nomination soon, otherwise it may be marked for closure as stale. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018
Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. |
Hello The C of E,
- Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
- Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.
- If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.
- We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.
- With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.
Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)18:37, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Some suggestions for the article have been left on the DYK nomination page. Please respond to them so that this can move forward. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:29, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
ArbCom 2018 election voter message
Hello, The C of E. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Removing other users comments
Is not something you should do with out very good reason (and you should state what that reason is when doing it).Slatersteven (talk) 16:49, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Slatersteven: It was an accident, finger slipped on the old laptop. Hence why I corrected it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 17:21, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
DYK nomination for Jack Brooksbank
I have comleted a second review at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Brooksbank as per the sockpuppet issue. I noted a couple questions, when you have a moment to reply. Thank you. Flibirigit (talk) 01:57, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Jack Brooksbank
On 8 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jack Brooksbank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jack Brooksbank, husband of Princess Eugenie of York, was not given a peerage following his marriage, as there is no general precedent in Britain for a commoner to be given one on marrying a princess? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Brooksbank. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jack Brooksbank), 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.
NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018
Hello The C of E,
- Reviewer of the Year
This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.
- Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.
See also the list of top 100 reviewers.
- Less good news, and an appeal for some help
The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.
- Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019
At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3 December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.
- Training video
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Super League XXIV
On 15 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Super League XXIV, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2019, the Super League XXIV will be adopting the golden point rule during the regular season? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Super League XXIV. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Super League XXIV), 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.
Peace Dove Christmas
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
Merry Merry
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Happy Christmas! | |
| Hello The C of E, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD|Talk 21:23, 19 December 2018 (UTC) |
Lyrics
It may be my English but these lyrics sound like a dialogue of two, the singer and a boy, both in the first person. Can that please be fixed? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Green Groweth the Holly
On 25 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Green Groweth the Holly, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Christmas carol "Green Groweth the Holly" was composed and written by King Henry VIII? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Green Groweth the Holly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Green Groweth the Holly), 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.
DYK for Shepherd's Pipe Carol
On 25 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shepherd's Pipe Carol, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" was reportedly sung by choirs in the Baltic states as a sign of resistance to Soviet control? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shepherd's Pipe Carol. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Shepherd's Pipe Carol), 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.