The Signpost: 28 March 2011 edit

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter edit

 

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is   Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H.   Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:13, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Talk:Hurricane Winifred (1992)/GA2 edit

Hello Yellow Evan, I have reviewed Hurricane Winifred (1992) for GA (for the second time). I am placing the article "on hold", since there are many revisions needed to make it reach GA status. Regards,--12george1 (talk) 03:09, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 4 April 2011 edit

DYK for 1965 Pacific hurricane season edit

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Your Editor Review edit

Hello, this is just to let you know that your editor review has been completed, several editors have provided their feedback on your editor review page. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia!   Happy editing and regards, Hasteur (talk) 02:31, 12 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Sorry it took so long Hasteur (talk) 02:31, 12 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 11 April 2011 edit

EditorReviewArchiver: Automatic processing of your editor review edit

This is an automated message. Your editor review is scheduled to be closed on 19 April 2011 because it will have been open for more than 30 days and inactive for more than 7 days. You can keep it open longer by posting a comment to the review page requesting more input. Adding <!--noautoarchive--> to the review page will prevent further automated actions. AnomieBOT 04:17, 16 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Talk:Hurricane Lester (1992)/GA2 edit

Hello Yellow Even, I just reviewed Hurricane Lester (1992) for GA. There are some minor issues with the article, so I put it "on hold". The comments I left can be read here. Regards,--12george1 (talk) 03:49, 18 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 18 April 2011 edit

The Signpost: 25 April 2011 edit

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter edit

Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round.   Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to   Hurricanehink (submissions) and   Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to   Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:35, 29 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 2 May 2011 edit

Princeton Basketball GAC edit

I have responded to your concerns.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:14, 5 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 9 May 2011 edit

Talk:Hurricane Norma (1981)/GA1 edit

Hello YE, I just reviewed Hurricane Norma (1981) for GA. The article is not yet ready to be passed, but you may read my review of it here. Regards,--12george1 (talk) 03:35, 10 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

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The Signpost: 23 May 2011 edit


Your GA nomination of Hurricane Fausto (2002) edit

The article Hurricane Fausto (2002) 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Hurricane Fausto (2002) for things which need to be addressed. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 08:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

After reviewing your edits, the article is still not to GA standards. I've extended the hold period for another three days—please make the necessary edits within that time frame to finish the review. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 07:32, 7 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 30 May 2011 edit

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter edit

 

We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round.   Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by   Racepacket (submissions),   Hurricanehink (submissions) and   Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:40, 31 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 6 June 2011 edit

Hurrican Whatever it is edit

You're not the editor I reverted. I suggest you visit their talk page in the future before asking me about reverts that don't involve you. It can be enlightening.--Torchwoodtwo (talk) 17:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 13 June 2011 edit

1965 Pacific hurricane season edit

Hello, I noticed that you have created the 1965 Pacific hurricane season article. However, as far as I can tell, some portions of it are the same as my sandbox at User:Iune/65. Next time, if you use part of user space articles, could you ask before using them? I'm alright with them being in the article but I would have preferred if you asked first.

Thanks, — Ines(talk) 15:47, 20 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 20 June 2011 edit

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Adolph (2001) edit

The article Hurricane Adolph (2001) 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 needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Hurricane Adolph (2001) for things which need to be addressed. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 09:44, 22 June 2011 (UTC)Reply