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August 2011

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ameristralia

Hello Newyorkadam,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ameristralia for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Barney the barney barney (talk) 16:35, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More to the point, Ameristralia does not exist - the article is based on a joke Reddit page. That's why I have deleted it. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:39, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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List of HIV-positive people

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List of first black Major League Baseball players by team

(Copied from User talk:64.85.217.209, moved here since I have a dynamic IP.)

Hey, I don't really understand you reverting my edit on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_black_Major_League_Baseball_players_by_team .

Isn't it by players that joined, not by team they joined? Why can't you list two players from one team?

Newyorkadam (talk) 14:30, 18 September 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Hello, Newyorkadam! I have a dynamic IP so it changes every time I log off; I've move the discussion to your talk page so it won't be overlooked. The list isn't a chronological list of when black players joined each team; rather it is a list of when the first black player joined each team. Since Aaron joined the Braves several years after Jethroe, and Jethroe is already on the list as the Braves' franchise first black player, Aaron's entry on the list is out of place. Please respond here and I'll check back for a few days in case you have a follow up question. Rgrds. --64.85.214.46 (talk) 20:24, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Newyorkadam

Oh, thanks, I get it. Just wondering, why don't you just make an account and then what IP you're using doesn't matter? Newyorkadam (talk) 17:48, 3 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Google and Yosemite

In the Department of Irony, did you see that Google's commemorating Yosemite today? Acroterion (talk) 14:41, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, haha. That's why I originally posted it, I clicked on the Google doodle and it searched 'Yosemite National Park'. The News articles that popped up were talking about how it shut down. Newyorkadam (talk) 23:53, 1 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

That explains why the vandals (present company excepted, obviously) have been hitting the article and not other park articles. I ended up having to protect the article. I do think there might be something in a couple of days to add to the budget section of National Park Service, given the proposals that have been floated to fund the NPS separately (i.e, pay for the popular government programs) and the perennial coverage that the parks receive when the government shuts down as one of the most visible manifestations of these budget fights. Acroterion (talk) 03:09, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How do I report someone who's vandalizing articles? Here's someone who only vandalized the Yosemite National Park article, but seems to be a good contributor otherwise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/15.203.233.75 Newyorkadam (talk) 17:47, 3 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

You'd go to WP:AIV, which deals with vandalism, though in general admins will only act after three or four strikes and appropriate warnings. In this case the IP is registered to Hewlett Packard and is probably shared by many users, so I'd assume that the Yosemite edit is a one-off by someone who was fooling around. In any case, one incident is usually just reverted and ignored. A pattern of all bad edits, or rapid vandalism, would be addressed with a block if warnings fail. Acroterion (talk) 22:28, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks! So I went to the page you sent me to, and I found out how to report someone. I understand everything except for this:

"Anonymous Users (IP addresses):

IP address (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) brief reason for listing (keep it short)

Registered Users:

username (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) optional brief reason for listing (keep it short)

1: What do the "IPvandal" and "Vandal" parts mean? I understand the IP address and username part.

2: Why do you need to state a reason for reporting someone who isn't registered, but for someone who is registered you don't have to?

Thanks for all your help! =)

(Writing it isn't working just look at the source and you'll understand)Newyorkadam (talk) 01:50, 4 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

It's a good example of Wikipedia's user-unfriendly interface and cumbersome reporting methods. If you've got an IP who's causing problems you'd copy the IPvandal example below the line, replacing IPaddress with the IP and tagging a short reason. The vandal report would use the username instead, and it also requires a reasoning. I think the distinction is just a technical limitation, as in principle there should be no difference. However, my (and other admins') treatment of IPs is different from registered users, as IPs with a modest history of vandalism and a first offense would get blocked for maybe 31 hours (to prevent them from coming back at the same time the next day and picking up where they left off), and assuming that the IP address will turn over to someone else eventually. Registered users with a pattern of nothing but vandalism tend to be indefinitely blocked as vandalism-only accounts, whereas an IP would very rarely be indef-blocked. Repeat offenders get blocked for longer terms, usually increasing by factors of 2 or 3 for successive blocks, especially when they appear to be the same person. School IPs are routinely blocked for long terms, up to a year, if they are consistent sources of vandalism (you can see IP registration through the WHOIS button, though it's often inconclusive). Acroterion (talk) 03:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just reported someone, do Admins automatically check the page? Just wondering, how did you know so quickly I edited the Yosemite page? I'm currently using Lupin's anti-vandal tool.

AIV reports

Hello. Please note that it is not necessary to report editors to AIV for one recent bad edit, especially if they're IP addresses that have edited once in the last three years. Instead, try to warn them accordingly, and report the ones that continue vandalizing after receiving a full set of warnings. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, m.o.p 20:54, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How do I warn a user? Thanks in advance! Newyorkadam (talk) 21:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

There are multiple ways; the 'old-fashioned' way would be copying the relevant warning from here onto the user's talk page. For example, if someone just vandalized a page and it's their first edit, you'd use {{uw-vandalism1}}.

If you'd like to automate the process, you can use tools like Twinkle or Huggle that make parts of the process easier.

One thing to note about IP addresses; while some of them are static and are only used by one editor, an overwhelming majority of them are shared between users (for example, at a library, school, or business). If you encounter an IP address which just vandalized a page and see that it has previous warnings on its talk page, check the date on the warnings; generally, if they're more than a week old, and unless there's an identifiable pattern to the user's edits, it's safe to assume good faith and issue a new set of warnings that treat the editor like a new user. If they ignore those warnings and keep disrupting, you're safe to report them to AIV.

Hope that helps! Best, m.o.p 21:12, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks for the information! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 21:15, 20 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Anytime. Thank you for helping maintain Wikipedia! Cheers. m.o.p 21:45, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Responding to your request on my talkpage, what m.o.p. said. Most of the time a warning will stop the problem and will remind the vandals that we're watching them. It sometimes comes as a shock to people that it's not really so easy to mess with the 'pedia, and most people really aren't being malicious, at least not seriously. There are relatively few occasions where I'll block someone without any warning at all, they'd have to show themselves to be irredeemable through gross libel or be an obvious repeat offender. I saw the Yosemite edit because it was on my watchlist, as I've done a lot of work on National Park Service articles. Acroterion (talk) 19:22, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 23:44, 21 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Hi there

Hi there Could you please check my references for "Conyers Baronets" article - I had wished to put page 19 with the reference to "Bowes'" on it - but I have done it wrong and tha actual Page 23 - not 19- gets shown. This reference is the last one I did before your king fix up. I do hope this makes sense Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.149.168.121 (talk) 09:08, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Please see above - it is Reference number 5. I do hope this helps - can you fix up how it should be done please? cheers Milke

Hi there Mike! I changed the reference to page 19 as asked: the problem was that it said

"http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7a8KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23&dq=sir+ralph+conyers++eventual+heiress+jane+blakiston+burkes&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cp-ZUr2FKMHIkAWorIGQBQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sir%20ralph%20conyers%20%20eventual%20heiress%20jane%20blakiston%20burkes&f=false"

I changed it to

"http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7a8KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=sir+ralph+conyers++eventual+heiress+jane+blakiston+burkes&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cp-ZUr2FKMHIkAWorIGQBQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sir%20ralph%20conyers%20%20eventual%20heiress%20jane%20blakiston%20burkes&f=false"

Unrelated: In the future please press 'New section' at the top of my Talk page, as this makes a new section so I can organize what's on my talk page better. Also, in the future please sign your comments. This can be done through putting four tildes (~)'s at the end of your message. Thanks for the question!! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 09:22, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thankyou so much

Could you please do one more check to see if it is all OK with the conyers Baronets page. I will try to contact you correctly next time. Thanks again

Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.149.168.121 (talk) 09:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do a check! Just so you know, there's a live IRC help channel available if you ever have a quick question--you can access it here! Newyorkadam (talk) 09:33, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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No particular player in mind - User:Brambleberry of RiverClan and I are working on improving Cole Hamels to GA status. We could go for FA after that, if you want to join the team. Go Phightins! 23:28, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! What do you want me to do first? Unrelated, hear about Halladay? Newyorkadam (talk) 23:36, 9 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Minor Alteration to the article 'The Rats in the Walls'

Some months ago I was reading up on my H.P. Lovecraft. I checked out a few wiki articles on his works and became drawn to the short story 'The Rats in the Walls'. I enjoyed the tale immensely, partly because of how well it was written but also because of how quaint the language was, in comparison to present English. Granted some of it could no longer be considered politically correct, for example the name of the chief character's favourite cat: Nigger Man. Now obviously this is a fairly poor name for a cat, and in fact it was changed in later releases to 'Black Tom'. However I fail to understand the necessity of the removal of this name from the article in question. Granted near the end the fact that the cat was originally named 'Nigger Man' is mentioned, also the fact that it was later changed to 'Black Tom'. It reminds me of the Agatha Christie story, 'Ten Little Niggers'. The book underwent numerous revisions of its title, quite recently transitioning from 'Ten Little Soldiers' to the somewhat more curious 'And Then There Were None'.

My point is that when I originally visited this article the name of 'Nigger Man' was plain to see, if nothing else being a historical curiosity from a time when people were more ignorant than they are now. Noticing it absent (until near the end of the article) I corrected it, imagining that no-one would mind nor care. Within a short time however Newyorkadam removed my edit, stating that it was not constructive.

I put it to you now: Was it constructive? Possibly not. Was it closer to how the article had been when I last visited the page? Yes. Wikipedia is supposed to be a universally accessible encyclopedia, filled with facts and information about countless subjects. What is the point in retroactively removing the word 'nigger' from material in which it was not intended to cause offence, or, if it was intended to cause offence how much more important is it to retain the original language in order to better understand the ignorance of our forebears?

Ladies and gentlemen, I do not expect this poor argument of mine (if you can even call it that) to hold any sway with you, but in my madness I felt it necessary to make some remark after my edit was removed.

Peace be with you all,

Antonius Varus.

You're right, and I'm sorry for me reverting your edit. In the future, if you decide to change it back, please write "Black Tom (previously called 'Nigger Man')". I use anti-vandalism tools that automatically detect possible vandalism and at first glance, your edit appeared to be vandalism.

Thanks for telling me, and I hope you continue to contribute positively to Wikipedia! Newyorkadam (talk) 03:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Edit to Euphonium article

Newyorkadam, I did leave a description of my actions in the edit history. I apologize if you feel my edit was not a positive contribution to Wikipedia. However, there was some content on the euphonium page that was poorly placed, and I was simply moving it to a more appropriate position.

I apologize for the inconvenience.BassHero55 (talk) 00:30, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, very sorry about that! I use huggle to detect vandalism, and for some reason edit summaries aren't showing up. I'll delete the warning on your talk page. I generally move through possible vandalism very quickly; upon further investigation I wouldn't have made that revert. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, sorry! :) 00:33, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

I'm also reverting my revert on the article.

Thank you for reverting the change, Newyorkadam. I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, and having one of my first significant changes reverted was kind of scary, honestly. Have a good night, I guess. BassHero55 (talk) 00:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly new to Wikipedia too :) If you ever have a question don't be afraid to ask :D Newyorkadam (talk) 00:59, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

yooooo

	correction award
	hey, i saw that you edited my edit when i changed something to "vaginas" and you just won me $10, a friend of mine said that i could just change something to anything random and it would go unnoticed but i was like nah, people will see it, you can trust wikipedia with that stuff Mogar livingston (talk) 23:52, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, my first award! :D And it's about vaginas :o In the future please don't vandalize; consider contributing :D Leave me a message if you need any help! Newyorkadam (talk) 23:58, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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	Damn need a few of these after a frenetic year and Xmas. Hope yours is a good one....Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:45, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, have a great year Cas :) Newyorkadam (talk) 22:19, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Where are you theses day? I have been looking around for you.I hope all is well. Further I have created a new article here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Kota . Please guide me for the article.

With best regards Saxenanishank (talk) 05:34, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Saxenanishank, I'll check out that page when I get the time. Thanks for the heads up! Newyorkadam (talk) 19:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Thank you for the barnstar. I am happy to say that your barnstar was the first one I received in the several years editing and article creation on Wikipedia. It is much appreciated. ^{ruben jc}ZEORYMER (talk) 00:31, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's good to let people know and congratulate them when they do good work :) Newyorkadam (talk) 05:06, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Oops. Sorry about that oversight. I have altered the captions to flow with the content. ^{ruben jc}ZEORYMER (talk) 21:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) Newyorkadam (talk) 21:14, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

The error was mine. Appreciate the comments on my userpage, although I can not take the credit for the coding: the sectional design was based on an older Wikipedia user. ^{ruben jc}ZEORYMER (talk) 21:34, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure :) Newyorkadam (talk) 21:37, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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I received the notification User:Ladymellifluous was reviewed by Newyorkadam. What does it mean? Please explain, I'm rather new here. Ladymellifluous (talk) 01:25, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It pretty much means that I checked the page and said it was o.k., and that it isn't abusive in some way (e.g. being hateful or threatening people). It didn't change the page in any way. Newyorkadam (talk) 05:05, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Thank you, you too :) Newyorkadam (talk) 17:58, 1 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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I never meant for it to be submitted into the, "articles for creation". When researching on wiki, I realized I could move my own articles directly into the main space, and that is what I was trying to do. Clearly, I am a total newb at this. Sorry. Rachel Polant 03:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Rachel Polant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Polant (talk • contribs)

It's ok :) You don't even have to use articles for creation, but it's good to help you learn about Wikipedia and its policies. If you really feel it's ready you can technically move it out of Articles for Creation without breaking any rules. Also, at the end of your posts on talk pages, please add four tildes (~) like so: "~~~~". This will automatically sign your comments :D Newyorkadam (talk) 03:48, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I actually really like Wikipedia, but it feels a bit like Oz. Maybe that's why I enjoy it. How do I move it? Thanks again ;)

Rachel Polant 03:56, 10 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Polant (talk • contribs)

It's a fairly confusing process, so I'll do it, but I have to do some work for school now. If it's ok with you, I'll do it tomorrow. If it's urgent I can do it now though. Newyorkadam (talk) 04:32, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Tomorrow is fine. I appreciate your help. Thanks again :) I think I know how, but I'll get in trouble again ;) I think you hit move, then choose article, change name to, "Sandy Kronenberg" enter reason, and then save. I could be wrong. Rachel Polant 04:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

You're absolutely right, but I messed something up somewhere when I moved your article to the Articles for Creation page. I'll need to sort it out tomorrow :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:50, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

) Cool --Rachel Polant 04

55, 10 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Polant (talk • contribs)

Sorry for butting in, but I spotted what has happened and I'll do the move once the admins have cleared the additional pages created by Newyorkadam out of the way. Rankersbo (talk) 10:00, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Rankersbo, I'll try to get an admin to clear the pages tonight. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Nevermind, User:RHaworth fixed it up I think :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Dijon

No, your reversion to the previous versions does not at all appear constructive, because it returns several statements that are simply false, as well as destroying much time consuming work. Since there was an intervening correction (a period), I cannot simply revert your errors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.103.123 (talk) 16:17, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted this edit, which does not appear to be constructive. I'm not sure why you made that edit, but whatever. The tool I'm using to revert edits automatically reverted all of your other edits, and I'm sorry about that. Either way, I've fixed the problems and you're all good to go. Sorry for the confusion! -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I actually reverted that edit myself (so I guess we both reverted). I was unsuccessfully trying to fix a layout problem where the "Culture" title was overlapping with a photo. I now assume that apparently partly depends on the browser.

When you sent me your first message with the link to your edits, it showed ALL my corrections erased, and said I could not revert. I was a bit upset. Thanks for fixing that.

David from Dijon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.103.123 (talk) 16:44, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So it's all good now? Do you need help with anything else? Consider creating an account :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:48, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks for the offer of aid. I've actually joined a few times over the years, but I use so many computers & connections, it's nice to forget about passwords for once. I'm an old Internet hand, having been on the third connection of ARPANET at UC Santa Barbara long before WWW and wikis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.103.123 (talk) 17:04, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that's very cool! Once again, if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else! I'm also online a lot on the IRC channel #wikipedia-en-help ^connect if you ever want live help :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 17:23, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I've reverted the page to what I consider the correct revision. Could you please contact me if you have doubts or problems with this version, or edit only the errors you find, rather than erasing all my edits? I will likely continue working on the page, trying to transform it into a real encyclopedia entry, rather than the rather random haphazard collection of additions it has become, perhaps using the French wiki page and other sources as a guide, even though I am pretty much an expert on the subject. Thanks, David 82.224.103.123 (talk) 15:24, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I never meant to cause any harm to the article, I can assure you that. Misteaks happen. If you need any help on the article don't be afraid to ask :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 15:25, 21 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

No accusation intended! ;-) I miss my steaks all the time. Thanks 82.224.103.123 (talk) 15:33, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. I've been editing since 2005 but with long gaps of inactivity and only a couple of articles I personally created or wrote the bulk of, but I have wanted to do more...for years I've been planning to write an article on the History of pharmacy in the United States, which doesn't yet exist, and this week I have begun building it in earnest in my userspace: History of pharmacy in the United States. When I popped into the #wikipedia-en IRC to poke around for possible collaborators, User:Howicus mentioned you as someone who might be interested. So I thought I'd ask.... Keep wiki'ing on, NickDupree (talk) 02:51, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'm interested :) What should I do first? -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

It's an important topic, and the academic sources on pharmacy's development, and what it reveals about American history and the history of medicine, are extensive and rich. But I have barely incorporated two sources and I already might be getting too long-winded... see if there are obvious/glaring concise phrasings that I've overlooked, and maybe you have great sources you'd like to add? Every little bit helps. —NickDupree (talk) 03:50, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll look around :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks so much! —NickDupree (talk) 06:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, could you send me that NY college of pharmacy article again? its previous link doesn't work. That particular piece is especially useful for my article, as it is the earliest example I've seen so far of licensed pharmacists talking smack about the unlicensed (U.S.-wise). NickDupree (talk) 21:53, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@NickDupree: I don't remember which article it was, and I did a search on the website (BigChalk/ProQuest historical newspapers) for 'new york college of pharmacy' and there's hundreds of articles. On IRC your username is NickDupree right? I'll talk to you on there. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:30, 22 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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It definitely will be! It'll probably be ready for copyedit by tomorrow :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:05, 26 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Hamels

I have written season reviews for 2007 - 2010. Do you want to take 2011 - 13? Go Phightins! 21:58, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Go Phightins!: Sure! I'll do them soon, but it might not be today. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Sounds good, and no rush. Btw, for 2011, we need to be sure to cover the Phour Aces stuff with Oswalt, Halladay, Lee, and Hamels. two sources. Go Phightins! 22:04, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FYI - I also wrote up 2013, leaving only 2011-12 before I am comfortable with a GAN. Go Phightins! 20:19, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Go Phightins!: Thanks. I didn't forget about my parts-- I've been busy with the Tyop Contest. I'll probably get it done tonight. -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Tyop Contest Judging

Hi Newyork. We might need more judges for the tyop contest because with users using AWB and the like we might have up to a 1,000 edits to judge a day so we might need more than 2 high schools students to judge this. so maybe we should do more scouting for experienced users willing to judge.--Jeffrd10 (talk) 14:02, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeffrd10: I agree. I've been trying to find s'more judges to no avail. Any ideas? -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Try Putting a request for more Judges on the Project page mabey or do more asking around on Irc.--Jeffrd10 (talk) 14:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeffrd10: Yeah, I'll probably just keep asking at IRC. -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I would like to volunteer to be a judge. Please contact me at my talk page with more info on how to take part as a judge. Thanks! Carriearchdale (talk) 04:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Newyork!

I was testing judging an entry under John of Reading's section. It was supposed to be number 121, and I tried to put the aye tag, but I am not sure I did it correctly since the numbered theme seemed broken. Can you take a peak at it? Let me know. If I can learn to judge them completely correctly, I will be glad to do a bunch more. Please let me know! I hope you have a great New York type of day or state of mind... Isn't that a SONG? ...but I digress......

Let me know, please. Thanks, Carriearchdale (talk) 21:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Carriearchdale: Hi Carrie- the problem was that you put empty lines before the entry, which caused the numbering to restart. And yes... it is a song :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:36, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Tyop contest

Might be that you're planning to do so later, but because of your edit summary of "judging done for all listed", I figured I'd point out that while you've checked the edits, you haven't yet updated the scores. ;) AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:18, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: Yeah, I kinda stopped updating the scores for now. You can get a basic gist of how many points everyone has by looking at the number of diffs they have. I'll just update the current scores at the end of the contest, maybe halfway through. And by the way, I saw your request for AWB, presumably for the contest. I'm asking around on IRC (which I think you should join :) for someone to give you access. -Newyorkadam (talk) 21:22, 6 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

For general help in fixing typos, but yes, it would be useful for the contest as well, just not the sole reason for requesting it. I'll think about joining IRC.
If you want, I can run through the list of entries every other day and update the scores. So long as I don't have to do the updating of the lists and checking the edits, just counting points assuming 1 if no other info given, otherwise as listed behind them, would not be all that much work.
Current score would be Newyorkadam - 0; Jamesmcmahon0 - 189 (for the first 120 listed edits, the rest do not seem to have been checked yet); Chris857 - 18; TheOriginalSoni - 0; Casliber - (still) 28; Ramakoudsoud2000 - 0; The Triple M - 0; AddWittyNameHere - 50; Roberticus - you have it listed as 32, but assuming that both edits marked with a questionmark are invalid, the score would actually be 30; John of Reading - 207 (for the first 121 listed edits; rest not yet checked); GoingBatty - 83 (only first 65 edits are checked, so score is only for those).
Note: GoingBatty's 16th edit does not have any bonus points listed afterwards, despite having multiple corrections in it. Have not taken this into account in the score, nor have I checked other edits to see if any points were missed. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:53, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: If you want, feel free to update the current score. I counted 49 for you-- did you see the X'd off one? Just a note to clarify, if it says +2, that mean the one point from the check, then add one. So if I have '

+2', I have two points, not three. I'll check on Batty's 16th edit, thanks for telling me. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Yes, that's how I counted. Well, it's what it boils down to, anyway. Mathematically it's more along the lines of (number of edits checked one way or another) - (number of edits not accepted) + (bonus points as listed -1 each (because that first point already falls under the first category)) = points. And yes, I saw that. What happened is that I accidentally counted one of the bonus-points twice. Will update tomorrow, after I get a chance to re-check while not suffering from a severe headache. Less chance of stupid mistakes that way. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 23:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: Hope you feel better :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 00:38, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: I'm actually going to try and get a bot to do this. It shouldn't be too hard. Feel free to update the scores in the meantime though :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:40, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Will do so. Feeling a bit better than yesterday, not perfect but good enough. Currently fighting a couple of vandals, will update the scores sometime in the next few hours, though. Before midnight UTC, anyway. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:47, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Going to be a bit later what with fighting off, cleaning up after, and documenting IPs and accounts used in, a 4chan raid. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 00:25, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: Yeah, I was on huggle during that time, lots o' reverting :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:24, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Indeed. I was keeping an eye on the /v/ thread to keep an eye on their next target, tracking them down through their contributions to their next targets, keeping Mark Arsten informed of their next targets so he could protect the pages, searching the correct versions of pages in a few cases, helping with reverting here-and-there and when the raid was over, tracking down the throw-away accounts and IP-addresses used in the raid for documentation and so that he could hit them with a block. About 50 IP-addresses and a good dozen of articles. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: I didn't see the thread... link me? -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:36, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Was alerted to it by Mark Arsten. Can't link you, as 4chan is blacklisted. You'd have to check Mark Arsten's talkpage (here for the link). If you scroll down far enough, you'll even see a screenshot of my conversation with Mark Arsten. There was a short follow-up thread as well, though that one seems to have been deleted. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:44, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@AddWittyNameHere: Ok, thanks. Any thoughts on IRC? -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:49, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Not today, it's nearly 3am here, but yeah, I'll hop in sometime soon, see if I like it, perhaps hang around, perhaps not. Updating the scores will be tomorrow, thinking straight is a good idea when doing that. Being too exhausted to keep my eyes open and focused on the text I'm editing is not.AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Crabtree Edit

So these edits are "not neutral": Michael Alex Crabtree (born September 14, 1987) is a American football phenomenal wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). The 49ers were unable to defeat the Seahawks and the self-proclaimed "best cornerback" in the game.

but this is: Michael Alex Crabtree (born September 14, 1987) is an American football sorry wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). On the NFC Championhip, he was owned by Richard Sherman, the best cornerback in the game.

I admit I would get if you deleted the "phenomenal", but the rest is a million times more neutral than the bullshit that is currently up.

You're a sorry human being. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.193.9.149 (talk) 23:46, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Both edits are not ok to be on Wikipedia. All of the Wikipedia editors edit it on their own time, so please don't be rude. If you need help with editing, feel free to ask :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:48, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Thanks, looks good :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 21:24, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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I just wanted to tell (as it seems to be you who are the developer of Vada) that the summary gots a little wierd when reverting an IP-adress. How it looks after a Vada-edit:

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If I have misinterpreted that you are the developer, then maybe you could notify him/her for me. (t) Josve05a (c) 10:54, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there @Josve05a: A930913 is the developer, and I'm helping them test. Those reverts were the first tests since we moved the code from test.wiki to en.wiki and we're working to improve the functionality of Vada. Thanks for telling us though :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 18:59, 14 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Hi! I was going through the list of adpters and saw your profile. I'm looking for someone I can turn to with questions regarding WP policis, MOS, layout and copyedit issues, etc. — and maybe just to chat sometime. Would you mind taking a look at my request on my userpage? Finnusertop (talk) 18:15, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Finnusertop: Adopted! Check your userpage :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:37, 20 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Drawception's notability?

Someone requested in the video games request for an article of [drawception.com Drawception]. Would you consider this game notable? Thanks, Bananasoldier (talk) 00:57, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's strange; how did this post turn blue and stick to your signpost message? Bananasoldier (talk) 00:59, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh! It's a talkpage stalker paying this talkpage a visit! Actually, both your post and the signpost message stuck to the March GOCE copyedit drive message. Solved by pressing enter once at the right place. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:06, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Bananasoldier: I'd say so-- go ahead and see what happens :)

And thanks AWNH :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

No problem, Newyorkadam. =) You've probably noticed, but there was a question regarding the bonus prize of the Tyop contest on said contest's talkpage. Now I'll stop interrupting your conversation with Bananasoldier (nice username, by the way), and focus on more productive matters, like figuring out whether or not I'm sober and awake enough to edit Wikipedia articles without leaving huge run-on sentences and a mass of typo's behind. XD AddWittyNameHere (talk) 03:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

:) And I just responded, thanks :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks! Bananasoldier (talk) 03:41, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Random header 'cause I'm lazy

Which I responded to to point out how out-of-date my page is. Wait, I promised I wouldn't interrupt your conversation anymore, eh? Oh well, another header solves that issue. XD Also, you're welcome. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 03:32, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA nomination of Flappy Bird

Hello, where is the nomination for this?--Laun chba ller 23:07, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Launchballer: Uhm, what do you mean? It can be found here, I'm reviewing it now. -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

That's exactly what I meant.--Laun chba ller 00:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

Every great editor deserves a cookie to gnaw on! Bananasoldier (talk) 06:08, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

*Munch* Thanks :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Flappy Bird

I've corrected all your grammar and prose related queries to the article, and soon get round to some of the controversies on its violence (of which I was completely unaware!). It was a joy to be marked by you, such a pleasant and happy man. Have a nice day The Almightey Drill (talk) 10:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quick fixes, nice :D You missed one: "In Nguyen's quote from Twitter, he didn't italicize 'Flappy Bird', he put apostrophes around it. We don't want to misquote ;)" -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:34, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Done! It all counts! I'm impressed by how well this article has taken shape in under a month The Almightey Drill (talk) 17:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@The Almightey Drill: Cool! Once you get the murdering part done (

) I'll take another look. And it's probably the game is very popular, so tons of edits. -Newyorkadam (talk) 17:13, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I'm skeptical that it even happened - "flappy bird murder" yields only articles on Nguyen "killing" the game, and this article pointing to a hoax by a parody site. http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/21738/20140202/teen-boy-kills-brother-over-flappy-bird-video-game-chicago-murder.htm The Almightey Drill (talk) 17:40, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Articles regarding deaths thanks to Flappy Bird - as well as the murder of Jabari Wright, you missed the apparent murder of Nguyen himself - all come back to Huzlers.com, which is this (which appears on the footer of every page):

Huzlers.com is a combination of real shocking news and satire news to keep its visitors in a state of disbelief.

which is a two-time reliability loser as far as I'm concerned.--Laun chba ller 18:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you may be right. Should the article mention the hoax? -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I'm not too sure actually, I was hoping you or The Almightey Drill would have an opinion on that.

--Laun chba ller 19:47, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, due to the infinity of hoaxes possible in the Twitter age, only those which duped mainstream media into believing it - such as the recent apparent criminalization of Islam in Angola - meet Wikipedia notability. The Almightey Drill (talk) 19:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@The Almightey Drill: @Launchballer: So it shan't be mentioned! Congrats on the pass :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:31, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks for restoring the wiki/Muthanna_Province page's content

It turns out someone from the same IP as mine replaced it's content with a racist statement: "محافظة شيعية نجسة" which means "A Shi'ite filthy province". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.238.72.209 (talk) 08:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy it got restored :) Consider creating an account :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

JSTOR

Hi, I wonder if you would be able to locate a JSTOR article for me please? Details: The "Innocent and Touching Custom" of Maidens' Garlands: A Field Report (Rosie Morris) Folklore Vol. 114, No. 3 (Dec., 2003), pp. 355-387. Published by: Folklore Enterprises, Ltd. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30035124 I would be mighty grateful if you were able to email me a copy. Thanks. Blackberry Sorbet (talk • contribs) 15:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please disregard - I finally managed to recover my JSTOR log in! Hope I didn't put you out of your way. Blackberry Sorbet (talk • contribs) 16:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Blackberry Sorbet: You didn't, happy you found it!

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Hello!

Promised to give you an update on the typos for the bonus prize of the tyop contest. I've been busy gathering the info (and verifying the info in edit summary is correction for those edits) I need for my list of edits-per-typo for the Tyop Contest off-wiki so I can upload them in one go to my userpage. Unfortunately, it's going a little bit slower than expected and I will need a few more hours before I'll be done. Should at the very latest be done at March 1st, 11:59PM UTC (=approx. 24h from now), hopefully sooner. In the mean time, this is the info I have so far: Hubner -> Hübner is the most-corrected typo by me. Assuming AWB correctly counted the number of corrections each edit, the total amount of corrections for Hubner -> Hübner should be 7426. As it seems highly unlikely that AWB will be off by more than 5% in either direction, I'd say it's safe to say that the total must be somewhere in the range of 7050 to 7800. Will have the exact amount for you soon, however. (But manually checking edits with 100-320 corrections to see if the count isn't one or two off is... not much fun and not something I can do with focus for more than an hour-and-a-half straight) AddWittyNameHere (talk) 00:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No rush! I just didn't want the contest to have to wait for you to finish your stats, but that clearly isn't happening :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Nah, and it helps me here that it'll be a while still before the judging will be done, eh? In any case, good luck working away that backlog. If just checking my own edits is a shitload of work, I don't even want to imagine how busy you two must be. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 14:27, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There a reason you put a welcome-template on my talkpage? XD Not exactly new, y'know.

AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Someone mentioned that you've never been welcomed before, and everyone deserves to be welcomed =D -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:40, 2 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

'cept I have been XD (Well, sort of, anyway. Does asking at the teahouse if someone could dump a welcome template on my talkpage 'cause I needed some of those links count?), in July '13. It was cluttering up my talkpage, however, so has since then been removed. Same for the shitload of talkback-templates, Signposts (though for some reason, I decided to keep those, just off-page), etc. The gesture is appreciated, however. :)AddWittyNameHere (talk) 02:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Joe Purdy

Hey. I am a huge JP an and I appreciate your efforts but that douche site has a lot of spammy citations on wikipedia.

Here is an article from ASCAP. ASCAP licenses songs for use in other media. Definitely a reliable source and might have some more information for you to site elsewhere:

http://www.ascap.com/playback/2005/fall/radar/purdy.aspx DouglasCalvert (talk) 02:27, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@DouglasCalvert: Ok

I'll add that source, it seems good :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:41, 2 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Lost

Sure, I haven't seen Lost or edited its articles in a long time, contributing to a long hiatus in editing its articles, but I sure have an interest in building more GAs out of the episodes. Restoring this could be a priority, but I don't know if building Featured Lists (or even GAs, it's been common to recent TV season articles) would be too hard for you. igordebraga ≠ 02:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Igordebraga: Ok, if you wanna help, I'm currently going through and re-watching Lost while editing and fixing up the article that I'm currently watching. But if there's any specific article that you wanna work on, I'm up for it :) I might do that topic in the future, but not right now. -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:29, 4 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I'm going much ahead than your rewatch, editing The Cost of Living (Lost) as it even fits another user's project. Anyway, if you can take a look at that, specially as it's almost good enough for a GA nom, you'll be welcome. igordebraga ≠ 22:30, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Igordebraga: I'd be glad to help! I don't think I'll edit the plot summary section, but I'll do some work on the other sections :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:50, 4 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Please, don't rush with FA nominations even if they give more points in the WikiCup. I had a much more comprehensive Lost article in my last attempt (that still failed). Trying to get Good status from more articles is worth a shot, though. igordebraga ≠ 22:11, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Igordebraga: I wasn't trying to get WikiCup points, but maybe I did rush it. I'm having some trouble finding sources for Tabula Rasa (Lost), but I'd like to get it to GA before I move on. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I found a great ref... but for the pilot and the main show article, if you can read and add tidbits to the articles. igordebraga ≠ 03:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Igordebraga: Thanks :D Will add it later. I'm trying to get the main Lost articles to GA too :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 11:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Igordebraga: I've begun work on White Rabbit (Lost). -Newyorkadam (talk) 00:50, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Here's some healthy salad for all your hard work on the Bacon page!

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Thanks Meatsgains :D I'm going for FA! -15:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Newyorkbrad

No relation to longstanding Arbitration Committee member Newyorkbrad? Surprised no one else brought this up on your userpage. TeleComNasSprVen (talk • contribs) 03:46, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No relation known to me! Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:48, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It comes up on IRC every other day :P -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:10, 5 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkbrad: Wait brad how'd you find this post? You weren't pinged. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:11, 5 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Your userpage is on my watchlist, and when I saw "Newyorkbrad" as a section header it caught my eye.

Now if you ask me the obvious next question, which is how your userpage got on my watchlist to begin with, the answer to that one is "I don't remember"; I have something like 7500 pages on there by now. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:07, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Typos

Please update Template:Userbox tyop contest. The Wikipedia:Tyop Contest should for the general contest, whereas the specific contests held over the years should be assigned separate pages. For Example, Asia Cup is general, whereas 2014 Asia Cup is specific. Secondly Wikipedia:Tyop Contest also needs updates. It still says that: The 1st annual Tyop Contest is planned to be run from February 1st to March 1st., is it still running? Please also give a time frame for the announcement of results. Regards. 182.187.43.52 (talk) 14:52, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not, thanks for pointing this out. I've been swamped with work and am still in the process of judging the entries along with the other judge. The contest will hopefully be running again next February to March :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Mistake

Dear Newyorkadam, I deleted the stuff on gas gangrene on accident, sorry :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogyeey (talk • contribs) 16:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay :) Just please be moar careful in the future. -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:26, 7 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Hello!

Hi! 117.197.85.166 (talk) 19:15, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have a suggestion. Would you like to hear? I have tried many forms of vandalism on this site. While many get detected by the automatic filter, the nowiking does not. So, why don't you add blocking large parts of page under nowiki tag in the edit filter? 117.197.85.166 (talk) 19:21, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Please stop with the unconstructive edits, you're hindering progress on us helping the world :) And how about you just not be a dick and stop vandalising the encyclopedia, consider becoming a Good Faith editor? Few know that I started out with unconstructive edits, and look at how I've turned around! -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:24, 8 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Apologies for vandalism

Apologies for the vandalism on the Damian Burr article, somebody else was using my account. I'll change password.

Benjji22212 (talk) 17:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Benjji22212: Just please try to make sure it doesn't happen again

-Newyorkadam (talk) 19:23, 12 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

WikiProject Baseball newsletter

As you've indicated an interest in working on the WikiProject Baseball newsletter, is there a specific task you'd like to work on for the first issue? If you could indicate the area you're planning to work on at the newsletter desk, that would be great! isaacl (talk) 05:39, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done! -Newyorkadam (talk) 11:12, 14 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks! I've moved it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter desk/Showcase queue. Feel free to bank more material there for future issues. isaacl (talk) 12:26, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for noticing the snow shovel article I made. I am very passionate about snow shovels and I am pleased to have found an appreciative audience. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:27, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Bluerasberry: I knew your name sounded familiar, nice name! I actually live in Philly, but I can likely make it to New York. I'll see what I can do, thanks for the invite :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:31, 14 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

P.S. I'm surprised the snow shovel article didn't already exist :P

I can probably go! Not registering yet incase something else comes up, but maybe I'll see you there :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:38, 14 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Untitled post #2

Hello, I appreciate your effort and dedication to fairness, however, I do find error with your opinion on my posts. The page was VASTLY outdated (2011) and was greatly slanted in the opposite direction. Nothing that I posted was factually inaccurate and I would implore you to research it if you do not believe me. If anything, I was making the page more neutral because anything that I removed, edited, or added was to fix an outdated and previously biased page. The previous iteration of said page was far more biased then how I left it. A prime example being the fact that everything I posted was constructive (the previous page had a lot of deconstructive opinion and outdated at that).

Thank you for your time and I hope you reconsider your opinion on the matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebasketballman (talk • contribs) 05:53, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! The reason I reverted your edit is because you included statements such as 'the state's best organized college athletic program'. According to who? What if I think they're the worst team in the world? If you were to say, "According to ESPN, they are the state's best organized college athletic program" (assuming ESPN said this), that would be ok. I suggest you take a look at this Wikipedia discussion on bias. Another thing I suggest you take a look at is referencing. Statements such as 'UofL is consistently the most profitable college sports franchise in the nation and the program has been deemed to have the most equitable fanbase of any school in the country, according to studies' need references. What studies said this? You'll need to reference them, so I highly advise viewing this discussion on why referencing is important and how to do it. If you have any more questions, feel free to write back here :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 06:04, 16 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Hello there,

Once again I appreciate your helpfulness in this matter. However, I feel that the biggest issue here, if anything, is adding sources (which I need to do some research on due to the fact that I don't have the technical side down). But as far as accuracy of information, I still feel that it is very much factual. The portion where I said it was the best organized college sports program in the state was backed up by the entirely factual pieces that I added about The university having the most profitable sports franchise in the nation (which is supported by numbers an figures researched by the NCAA themselves) and the fact that nobody can argue that the university is doing better performance wise at the moment than any other team in the state (being the only school in the state to be in a BCS bowl, college world series, and consistently be in the final four in the last half decade). Perhaps I could have worded it slightly different, but I feel like everything I posted is well supported. Thank you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebasketballman (talk • contribs) 13:43, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it was a very recent article that stated that UofL has the most equitable fanbase in the country. It was pretty prominent and received without question since I think it was ESPN that researched it. Once again, biggest issue is sourcing that I need to figure out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebasketballman (talk • contribs) 14:01, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Two things: First of all, you need to reference the the figures by the NCAA, or else the reader doesn't even know they exist. Second of all, the reason you can't say 'best organized' is because everyone has a different idea of what is the 'BEST' organized. You'd need to say, "The Cardinals are considered the best organized team by the NCAA and ESPN.(put references here)" I hope this helps! -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:38, 16 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Well, since we have determined that the issue here is not bias or lack of accurate facts and simply a lack of referencing could you please assist me in getting to my edit so that I can add necessary sources and fix it up all neat and proper? I do not know how to get to it since you took it down. Thanks.

Here. Everything you've deleted is on the left; everything you've added is on the right. I know that referencing can be very confusing, so please don't hesitate to ask for help

-Newyorkadam (talk) 20:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Okay! Thanks a ton man. I am about to post a revised edit. I hope with the sources it is more up to standards. I think that I have posting with sources mostly figured out. Thanks!

I've made some minor changes, mostly syntax-type things (such as references go directly after punctuation, without a space). But nice improvements :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:57, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks! :) I feel I've grown as an editor. Lol. Adding sources isnt really as hard as it looks. Just wasnt used to computer code.

Cool :D Hope you continue to contribute :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:41, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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I'll add it back in, thanks :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:02, 29 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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BBC ONE

Hey,

Since you have edited the BBC One page recently, Can you add your views and opinions about, a single user recent complaints about the page, which includes spiting the page. I will be grateful for any feedback on the issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:BBC_On --Crazyseiko (talk) 13:00, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Crazyseiko: Hi, the only edit I made on that page was fixing a typo. I don't have a lot of experience with BBC One, and I don't feel comfortable making a decision on this. Thanks for asking me anyway :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Hi thanks for your reply, Is it possible you could even come over to the page to help talk about the overall content, IE not what is postage but to see if the issues highlight are actually valid, if you know what I mean? I'm having real trouble with a user who clearly does not have a clue and is bring in his own personnel views onto a page " I think, I cant etc. I'll had to explain upmteen things just to get some better details but any help and points of view would be extremely grateful. --Crazyseiko (talk) 10:52, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Crazyseiko: I'll check it out in a bit, but just so you know, in a way you're canvassing, try to avoid doing so in the future. -13:25, 30 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Threes!

Howdy! Have you seen Threes! lately? I can't believe it grew into a good article. I'm fascinated, as I saw the page when it was "born." Bananasoldier (talk) 05:47, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Bananasoldier: Yeah, it's been on my watchlist, I've been following its improvement and GA nomination, it's looking good :-) -Newyorkadam (talk) 17:13, 30 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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I need a good Mentor

Greetings, I need a good mentor for advice concerning uploading of photos, linking to secondary sources in print that are not readily available on the Internet at present (and in doing so, avoiding copyright policy issues) and COI (I already got whacked for this because I changed my residence and removed a dead link on the stub page about me Frank Niro. See also talk:Frank Niro. I promise not to take up very much of your time. Appreciatively, Frank Niro (talk) 20:21, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Frank, I'd be happy to help you with any questions you might have

Which would you like help with first: uploading a photo, linking to print secondary sources, or avoiding copyright issues? Thanks, Newyorkadam (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Wow, thanks for the quick response! Please add me to your list of current adoptees. We can start with photos (there's no urgency on any of this) I requested a current photo from Susan Polgar to replace the old one on her page and she sent it to me. It is in jpg format, but I'm not sure how to get it onto Wikipedia. If you could point me to the appropriate instructions, I would appreciate it. To see what I am up to in a global sense, please see User:Frank Niro under CJA project notes and status. Thanks again,Frank Niro (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to upload an image, go to the upload wizard on Wikimedia Commons, the website that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia-site's images. -Newyorkadam (talk) 21:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thank you. I uploaded my first photo to Paul Truong. I have Susan Polgar and Lev Alburt (and others too) to do now, but I need to gain an understanding of rules for using photos that aren't my own for which I have the subject's permission. I appreciate your help very much. Heading to NY now. I'll try again in a few days. Frank Niro (talk) 05:34, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, good luck! -Newyorkadam (talk) 11:24, 2 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

WikiCup mistake

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Dear Newyorkadam,

I seek your adoption because I am very confused about all of Wikipedia. I love language and therefore copy-editing, which I have done for five years, and Wikipedia seems like my Internet forever-home. :)

Duxwing (talk) 15:05, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Duxwing: Sure, I'd love to adopt you

I too love copyediting.

Would you rather:

a. Go through a formal question-and-answer layout guide where you do different activities and I validate that you did them correctly

or

b. Just ask me questions whenever you have them?

Also, I'm very active on different IRC channels including #wikipedia-en-help ^connect, where you can ask experienced Wikipedia users for help :) Even if I'm not online, you can ask someone else :D

Thanks! Newyorkadam (talk) 01:27, 14 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

hugs, whining and gurgling* I'm adopted! The two approaches seem non-mutually-exclusive: want to do them both? What is your IRC handle? Duxwing (talk) 02:02, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! Head over to User:Newyorkadam/Adoption school and you'll see what to do. My IRC handle is Newyorkadam, same as Wikipedia :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:40, 14 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Merge bacon and back bacon

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2005-2011 still need done. I am bored with the article, but if you can crank out a few of those seasons, I can get to work on the profile, and we can have it at GAN by June 1. Go Phightins! 23:40, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Typo Contest

Hello! I think that the "Tyop Contest" should be moved to "Typo Contest" because for example the name of the team is "Typo Team" and not "Tyop Team"! Can this be moved or should it be requested at requested moves? Also I see that there has been very little progress in the update of the scorecard of the contest. Why Jeffrd10 is not helping you in the judgement? Rather he is concentrating on Anti-Vandalism work. I don't think that if we continue with the same pace, the process will be completed before February next year. Fai zan 13:34, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Faizan: It's called the Tyop Contest because it's ironic. I've seen a mostly positive reaction to the current name. Also, I'm very sorry about the slow judging, I've been busy these past few weeks. I'm going to go on a judging surge and will definitely try to contact Jeffrd10 to help me out.

Thanks :) Newyorkadam (talk) 14:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Just an observation that your signature always embeds your name 2 times, one in the beginning and the other at the last! Is it deliberate? Also may be your talk page needs archiving? Jeffrd10 ought to be active at judging himself. Well hope for the best, but I am sure that the judging will not be a one man's game. Fai zan 16:01, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Faizan: I have two 'Newyorkadam's because I do "~~~~Newyorkadam". I used to do this as a newbie and it's a sort of tradition I've kept :) And I'm planning on archiving soon, thanks :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:28, 20 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Hey, um... would you be interested in starting up Not the Wikipedia Weekly again? That was rather fun, and it does serve a useful purpose. Probably would need to roll it into the Signpost, but... Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:17, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden: Sorry, I don't know what that is, so I don't know how I'd start it up again :) But it sounds interesting, how can I help? -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:29, 20 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

You remmeber, that Wikipedia podcast Durova used to run? It could be fun to get five or six editors together for a monthly recording. Might deal with creation of different types of content int he first few episodes. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:14, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Resource request

I know this might be a silly question, and it would be an f***ing load of work as well. But I would very much appreciate any sources of a more or less "overview" nature, particularly like articles in reference sources, relating to the subject of Soka Gakkai. The existing, rather minimal, content on the subject has been rather contentious for some time, and it would be extremely useful if we could get a clearer idea of what existing reference and overview academic sources say about the topic to get a better idea of what to put where. John Carter (talk) 19:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@John Carter: Will look at this tomorrow. Thanks -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:59, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@John Carter: What's your email so I can send you these sources? Thanks. -Newyorkadam (talk) 11:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

warlord-john@hotmail.com will work, and thank you very much for your efforts.John Carter (talk) 14:44, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@John Carter: Emailed you. -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:36, 31 May 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Photo

I agree that it makes sense to add a photo of Andrew from the WikiConference USA, your photo, unfortunately, is not well-lit or focused.

A cropped version of File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group H) 09.JPG, File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group H) 11.JPG might be better. This one File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group H) 14.JPG might be the best, although it could use some cropping. What do you think?--S Philbrick (Talk) 16:50, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Sphilbrick: I think #3 is the best, it gives the best view of his face and he's smiling. I added my photo because it was the only one I knew of that existed at the time. -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:29, 6 June 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Thanks. I replaced the photo; I slightly modified the caption, because I don't recall which session this was, he spoke more than once.--S Philbrick (Talk) 13:59, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 11 June 2014

News and notes: PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia

Traffic report: The week the wired went weird

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler

Special report: Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees

Featured content: Politics, ships, art, and cyclones

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The Signpost: 18 June 2014

News and notes: With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use

Featured content: Worming our way to featured picture

Special report: Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey

Traffic report: You can't dethrone Thrones

WikiProject report: Visiting the city

GLAM Day Out at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

Hi Newyorkadam. I just want to invite you to Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/A GLAM Day Out hosted by the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. Myself and User:Dominic will be speaking about GLAM-Wiki collaboration and they'll be Wikipedia events going on all day. Hope you can join! OR drohowa (talk) 19:34, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GLAM Day Out at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

Hi Newyorkadam. I just want to invite you to Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/A GLAM Day Out hosted by the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. Myself and User:Dominic will be speaking about GLAM-Wiki collaboration and they'll be Wikipedia events going on all day. Hope you can join! OR drohowa (talk) 19:34, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Inside Corner : June 27, 2014

What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter:

Project news: Latest "Good Articles"
Around the horn: 2014 draft, Kershaw no-hitter, Lincecum repeats no-hitter
Showcase: Charles "Gabby" Hartnett
Featured image: Zack Greinke

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The Signpost: 25 June 2014

News and notes: US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan

Traffic report: Fake war, or real sport?

Exclusive: "We need to be true to who we are": Foundation's new executive director speaks to the Signpost

Discussion report: Media Viewer, old HTML tags

Featured content: Showing our Wörth

WikiProject report: The world where dreams come true

Recent research: Power users and diversity in WikiProjects

WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

The round saw this year's first featured portal, with Sven Manguard (submissions) taking Portal:Literature to featured status. The round also saw the first good topic points, thanks to 12george1 (submissions) and the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This means that all content types have been claimed this year. Other contributions of note this round include a featured topic on Maya Angelou's autobiographies from Figureskatingfan (submissions), a good article on the noted Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický from Cloudz679 (submissions) and a now-featured video game screenshot, freely released due to the efforts of Sven Manguard (submissions).

The judges would like to remind participants to update submission pages promptly. This means that content can be checked, and allows those following the competition (including those participating) to keep track of scores effectively. This round has seen discussion about various aspects of the WikiCup's rules and procedures. Those interested in the competition can be assured that formal discussions about how next year's competition will work will be opened shortly, and all are welcome to voice their views then. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 18:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2014
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The Signpost: 02 July 2014

In the media: Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms

Traffic report: The Cup runneth over... and over.

News and notes: Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award

Featured content: Ship-shape

WikiProject report: Indigenous Peoples of North America

Technology report: In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)

The Signpost: 09 July 2014

Special report: Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?

Wikicup: Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more

Wikimedia in education: Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis

Featured content: Three cheers for featured pictures!

News and notes: Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative

Traffic report: World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week

The Signpost: 16 July 2014

Special report: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile

Traffic report: World Cup dominates for another week

Wikimedia in education: Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic

Featured content: The Island with the Golden Gun

News and notes: Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles

July edition of The Inside Corner

Just a reminder that July edition of the Wikiproject Baseball newsletter will be going out soon. If you're planning to contribute something, please drop a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter desk/Archive 1#July 2014 edition, or just go ahead and edit the draft newsletter or one of its queues. Thanks for your help! isaacl (talk) 21:11, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 23 July 2014

Wikimedia in education: Education program gaining momentum in Israel

Traffic report: The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it

News and notes: Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier

Forum: Did you know?—good idea, needs reform

Featured content: Why, they're plum identical!

The Inside Corner : July 27, 2014

What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter:

Project news: Latest featured content
Around the horn: 2014 MLB All-Star game
Showcase: Four strikeouts in one inning
Featured image: Calvin Coolidge and Walter Johnson
Opinion: Survey

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New huggle 3.1 is going to be released soon

Hi Newyorkadam, we are to release a new major version of huggle, but we did receive almost no feedback from our beta testing team, which you are a part of (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members). It would be of a great help if you could download it (if you have windows, all you need to do is getting http://tools.wmflabs.org/huggle/files/huggle3.1.0beta.exe and putting it to a folder where you have installed huggle) and test it. You can always get a help with making it @ #huggle ^connect!

Major changes:

Multisite support - you can now log in to unlimited number of wikis in 1 huggle session and get a huge queue of all edits made to these wikis. This is good for smaller projects which gets overlooked often.
Ranged diffs - you can select multiple revisions and get a huge diff that display all changes done to them.
Fixes of most of bug reports we had so far

In case you found a bug, please report it to bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?product=Huggle&list_id=147663 thank you! Petrb (talk) 10:19, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 July 2014

Book review: Knowledge or unreality?

Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate

News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?

Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World

Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit

Featured content: Skeletons and Skeltons

The Signpost: 06 August 2014

Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview

Traffic report: Ebola

Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them

Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico

News and notes: "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results

The Signpost: 13 August 2014

Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia

Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective

Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars

News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia

Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia

In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes

Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week

The Signpost: 20 August 2014

Interview: Improving the visibility of digital archival assets using Wikipedia

Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

WikiProject report: Bats and gloves

Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia

Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan

The Signpost: 27 August 2014

In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news

News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster

Traffic report: Viral

Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!

WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Inside Corner : September 1, 2014

What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter:

Project news: Reaching 300 Good Articles, baseball resource library
Around the horn: Deadline deal, new commissioner, freak injury, 30/30 in the PCL, Little League World Series, almost perfect
Showcase: Prince Oana, Jr.
Featured image: Christy Mathewson

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The Signpost: 03 September 2014

Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended

Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more

Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial

Traffic report: Holding Pattern

WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)

Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiGoals

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FYI

Your userpage is out of date. :) Best regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 19:55, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 September 2014

Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready

Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue

WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics

WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland

News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third

Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

Featured content: Which is not like the others?

The Inside Corner : September 28, 2014

What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter:

Project news: Navboxes, team/season articles
Around the horn: Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award
Showcase: Baseball
Featured image: Derek Jeter

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014

Featured content: Oil paintings galore

In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii

Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland

WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time

Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2014

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 3 — 3rd Quarter, 2014
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Project At a Glance
As of Q3 2014, the project has:

Content

Project Navigation

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- Project category – talk
- Portal – talk
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- Assessment – talk
- Cleanup – talk
- Peer review – talk
- Reference library – talk
- Newsletter – talk
- Video game images – talk

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The Signpost: 01 October 2014

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism

News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah

Featured content: Brothers at War

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The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

Traffic report: Panic and denial

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

WikiProject Baseball newsletter

Hello—I was wondering if you were planning on resuming your contributions to The Inside Corner, be it in writing up blurbs for featured images, or in any other capacity? Thanks. isaacl (talk) 04:49, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I unfortunately haven't been very active on Wikipedia recently. I'd be interesting if helping with The Inside Corner, however. Anything specific you'd like for me to do? Thanks, -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:59, 16 October 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

As I mentioned, you could continue with writing up blurbs for featured images. Or you could try your hand at writing blurbs for featured articles. Feel free to bank multiple entries in the holding queue, which helps avoid a crunch time just before a planned newsletter release date. If you haven't already, please put Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Outreach/Newsletter desk on your watchlist, and take a look at its talk page, where you'll see some suggestions for material that could be included in the newsletter. Any of the sections in the newsletter could use help, be it some interesting news tidbits, or updating the list of featured content from this month. If you have any ideas that you'd like to kick around, feel free to discuss them. Of course, if you'd rather spend your Wikipedia editing time working on actual article content, I fully understand and encourage this. Happy editing! isaacl (talk) 01:16, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Isaacl: Alright, thanks! I'll definitely look into writing some blurbs :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 15:13, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

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The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral

Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend

Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories

The Inside Corner : November 3, 2014

What's in the latest edition of WikiProject Baseball's newsletter:

Project news: images, stadium names, bullpen catchers, good articles
Around the horn: World Series, Tampa Bay management departures, Oscar Taveres, Japan Series
Showcase: Commissioner's Trophy

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WikiCup award

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 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. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

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The Signpost: 12 November 2014

In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle

Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

WikiProject report: Talking hospitals

Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews

Hello Newyorkadam. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using {{db-g12|url=URL of source}}. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with {{subst:copyvio|url=URL of source}}.

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).[reply]

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@Bananasoldier: Thanks, Happy New Year to you too! Looking to get back into Wikipedia again :) Getting Bacon to GA!! Newyorkadam (talk) 02:11, 2 January 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Oops... @SuperHamster:

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Some strawberries to welcome you back to Wikipedia! By the way, you might want to look into setting up automatic archiving for your talk page (sorry I don't know where to link you to). Bananasoldier (talk) 07:47, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bananasoldier: Thanks! Yeah, I need to do that soon. -Newyorkadam (talk) 18:52, 5 January 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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what the fvck do thou think that FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA is ADMIN SANCTIOPEDIA, FREEDOM is SLAVERY, WAR is PEACE, BLACK is WHITE??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.219.54.250 (talk) 12:41, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:43, 14 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mikhaily Teh-White (February 19)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sam Sailor was:

This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
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Hello! Newyorkadam, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! -- Sam ^Sing! 12:13, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this showing up as Newyorkadam's submission? It looks from the history like it was drafted by someone else altogether. (I ask only because the Newyorkxxxx Cabal has to stick together.) Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:18, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Newyorkbrad: I'm not sure. I edited it most recently by closing a reference tag that was causing an error, and it seems as though the page auto-resubmitted the article to AfC for some reason. I certainly didn't mean to submit it to AfC, nor do I recall pressing the button to submit it. It appears that it was resubmitted in the same edit that I fixed the ref tag. -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:02, 19 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Please read WP:UP#CMT. It's some interesting stuff. I found the sentence that says "Policy does not prohibit users, whether registered or unregistered users, from removing comments from their own talk pages." Almost poetic if you ask me. You could almost set it to song. --Jayron 32 01:36, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jayron32: Alright, I just assumed that users were not allowed to remove warnings from their talk pages, as this might be seen as trying to hide they fact that they have been warned in the past. I don't understand why this comment is so condescending for my making a simple mistake. -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:56, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Nonsensical awards!

	Mistaken (twice!) for a sysop
	Congrats on being mistaken for an admin (twice!) on IRC! I guess it's nonsensical awards season, so here's a mop for you! Cheers, --L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 05:33, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is my first time! Well I guess it was also my second time ;) Thanks :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 05:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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AFC submission template

If you want to submit at AFC on behalf of another user, make sure to use {{subst:submit|user=username to submit as}}. In this diff of Draft:Caitlin Loeffler you used {{subst:submit}} resulting in the decline message being delivered to you. But "Pooping in the ocean, drawing fart bubbles coming out of a turtles butt on a middle school mural, Dookie Dookie Milkshake and driving a shart." should have told you right away that it was an attack page. It should never have been submitted. -- Sam ^Sing! 03:57, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam: I actually never meant to post the AfC in the first place. I'm clearing the backlog at Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting. For whatever reason when I click 'edit' on a page sometimes to fix it and save the page, it auto-submits the draft under my name, although I don't add {{subst:submit}}. I'm not sure why this is. I don't even pay attention to what the name of the article is; I just go through the category and fix the reference errors. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:14, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

pinged wrong Sam. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 22:12, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. @Sam Sailor:. -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:37, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Hi Adam. Interesting. Forgive me if I made it sound like I implied you were doing it deliberately. OK, so what is going on? The Caitlin Loeffler draft has been deleted, but we have a similar case in Draft:Cody Lachey. Do you fix the incorrect ref tags by script? -- Sam ^Sing! 10:57, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam Sailor: No worries. I go to [[Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting|the category page]] and open ~10 pages at a time, then click the 'Edit source' links at the top like I'd do for any other article. I first find the error then fix them manually, and press Save page. I don't do anything different from editing other articles. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

OK, try to do it on Draft:Testing - ignore this - will G7 later, please, I might have a clue (he said over-optimistically). -- Sam ^Sing! 12:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam Sailor: Done. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:24, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Alright, it happened. My only explanation is that when I edit the page it auto-places {{subst:submit}} in there for some reason. Do you think the same? -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:25, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Hmm, dunno yet, I'm still trying to understand what happens. I'll try to decline it now, but if I understand the template correctly, you will get the declined message here. -- Sam ^Sing! 12:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe try making another page and I can see whether or not {{subst:submit}} shows up when I edit it. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:30, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Would you do it again? This time there is only one submission in the test draft. -- Sam ^Sing! 12:32, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, {{subst:submit}} showed up. I'm not sure if this is intended or not, or why it wouldn't happen to people who make the AfCs when they edit a page to add moar information to it. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:33, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Well, now we know, that having pressed submit twice, has nothing to do with it. Also happens when we have pressed only once (our second test here). Look at Diff of Draft:Cody Lachey. He had submitted on 5 November. Yet no bot had been around. And then you fixed the ref tag yesterday. So why wasn't the draft visited by a bot? Do you know which bot it is? Could it have anything to do with the {{subst:submit}} being below the incorrect tag? -- Sam ^Sing! 12:40, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure, it might be one of those things. Do you want me to try creating my own test AfC with a broken ref and you fix it? That way we can tell if it's just me (like maybe a preference I have enabled). -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:44, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Yes, let's try that. But have a look at history of Draft:Testing - ignore this - will G7 later: I reverted back, fixed the tag, and submitted, and voila a nice yellow box. I'm going to have a look at the dates of drafts in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting. -- Sam ^Sing! 12:51, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam Sailor: Draft:Testing_-_ignore_this_-_will_G7_later_2. I think I did it correctly. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:59, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Try submitting it, then I'll close the ref tag. -- Sam ^Sing! 13:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam Sailor: Done. -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:23, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Haven't touched it yet, but I notice the same thing: still the grey {{AFC submission|t}} box on top and a {{subst:submit}} further down and below the open tag. Will fix now. -- Sam ^Sing! 13:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What do you propose we do from here? -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:34, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

(edit conflict) Thanks for testing, let's keep both test pages up for now. I feel like doing some other tasks. If you know exactly where to turn to with this bug/situation, go ahead. Otherwise I'll return to it in a few hours. Thanks, -- Sam ^Sing! 13:35, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what's going on, but I'll ask some users on IRC what they think later. -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:50, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Can you please have a look over at Draft:Alex Gilbert. I have added serval sources. Let me know what you think, otherwise I will develop this article more!

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Re: Resuming work on Operation Lost

Hi there! Last month you left a nice note on my talkpage and I don't think I ever responded. So here's a belated thank you! I'm happy to hear about Operation Lost starting back up again. Your notice reminded me that there are still many Lost articles to go. I've started expanded "Raised by Another" and "...In Translation" and plan to eventually nominate them for GA status. If you come across any information on them, let me know! Also, let me know if you need help on any articles (it looks like you were able to find production info on "White Rabbit"). Thanks! Ruby 2010/2013 03:00, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruby2010: Hey! I'm currently working on Confidence Man, and I plan on going in chronological order. Yeah, I managed to find some production info on White Rabbit

I actually just came across a great resource– an interview with Damon Lindelof for many episodes in Season 1, but unfortunately it looks like there aren't interviews for Raised by Another and ...In Translation. Thanks! -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:09, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Aha, wait! The interview for Solitary has some juicy production info on Raised by Another: " September 22, premiere week of 2004, at that moment in time, we were writing or breaking the stories for both "Raised by Another" and "Solitary." So we had gotten slightly behind, and we had to divide into two rooms, and David Fury was working on "Solitary," and the rest of the room was working on "Raised by Another." Carlton [Cuse], who had just started the week before, and I were sort of bouncing between the two universes. What happened was that when the network got the outlines for "Raised by Another," they started freaking out because the show had just premiered. Instead of saying, "We've got a hit on our hands, you guys do whatever you want to do," it was, "We've got a hit on our hands, don't do anything to fuck it up." They got really nervous."" And, "the other thing that "Raised by Another" presented was that Ethan had infiltrated our encampment. It's like, "Oh, is this show now going to be that there is all these other people on the Island, and every week they are going to be coming and having stories without folk?" We're like, "Rest assured, the story is still focused on these guys, but we need to introduce this threat because it is going to catalyze a different form of storytelling that's more intense and more in the now versus 'Hey, it's time to build the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse.'" It was a struggle for us to just do "Let's go find water" as a story. There does need to be a fundamental sense of tension and stakes behind it. And that's going to be represented by the fact that there are forces on this island that really don't want our castaways to get off it." -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:29, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Good find! I will see what I can add from it. Ruby 2010/2013 00:27, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruby2010: So it appears that ABC has redirected all of the old ABC Medianet viewership info to the Disney ABC Press homepage. Fortunately t looks like most of the abcmedianet links are archived on web.archive.org, and I've just added archive urls & dates to a few episodes. This change must have happened in the past week or two; the links were live when I was checking them two weeks ago. Just letting you know. -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:52, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Adoption

I am interested in being adopted, and I found your page on the adopt-a-user list. Would you be interested in helping me learn how to navigate/use Wikipedia? I would be very grateful if you could, but there would be no harsh feelings if you are too busy. Thanks! (BluJay (talk) 12:17, 24 March 2015 (UTC))[reply]

@BluJay: Hey BluJay, I'd be happy to adopt you! Would you rather go through a formal question-and-answer layout guide where you do different activities and I validate that you did them correctly or would you just want to ask me questions whenever you have them? -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:09, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

I think I would prefer the traditional way, so I don't miss anything. My school schedule right now is pretty crazy, but I will be able to get on here for long enough to tell you if we can't do lessons that day. Will that be okay? By the way, I think you should consider cleaning out your talk page. It takes me five minutes to scroll down to the bottom, and that's a little bit of an inconvenience.BluJay (talk) 01:24, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BluJay: Yes, I should clean out my talk page... I'll get to it soon :P Sorry for any inconvenience. The course isn't done on a "day by day" basis per se, it's more-so just do a little bit when you want to. When you're ready, you should go to User:Newyorkadam/Adoption school, which will explain what to do. Please let me know if you have any questions. -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Okay, Thanks!BluJay (talk) 12:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, call me stupid, but I cannot get that User:Newyorkadam:Adoption school thing to work on my page. Is there a way for you to get that for me by editing the page? It's User:BluJay/Adoption school. Sorry. (BluJay (talk) 02:19, 26 March 2015 (UTC))[reply]

@BluJay: Your problem is that first, you did {{subst:User:Newyorkadam/adoption school}}. Then, you did {{subst:User:Newyorkadam/adoptionschool}}. Finally, you did {{subst:User:Newyorkadam/Adoption school{} The page is titled "User:Newyorkadam/Adoption school" (caps-sensitive). The first time the A in Adoption school wasn't capitlized, the second time it wasn't capitalized and you didn't have a space, and the third time you had the first closing bracket facing the wrong way ("{" instead of "}"). It should be, {{subst:User:Newyorkadam/Adoption school}}! I know it can be confusing, but you'll get the hang of it :P -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:21, 26 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: I'm so sorry I didn't see that sooner! I either wasn't notified, or that was one of the times that I had more than one notification and didn't get around to that and it got marked as already viewed. So sorry! I will try to get this done ASAP. BluJay (talk) 02:23, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Thank you! I don't know how in the world I missed that! And to think that I was hung up by one reversed sign! BluJay (talk) 02:26, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Do I click/tap on the first related pages link? BluJay (talk) 12:14, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BluJay: No, go through the sections in order (first read "Five Pillars", then "Markup", and so on). Related pages are things you can do after you're done the course. -Newyorkadam (talk) 18:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Okay, thanks! (again)

@Newyorkadam: I'm sorry, I keep asking you for help, but where do I find the aforementioned sections? BluJay (talk) 23:10, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BluJay: See this screenshot. And don't worry about asking for help, that's what I'm here for

-Newyorkadam (talk) 00:20, 1 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Hate to break it to you, but my kindle can't get to those outside links, I will check it out if I can get on the computer tomorrow. Thank you so much, I know you're really trying to help me out, and I really appreciate it. BluJay (talk) 01:19, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Newyorkadam: I got an alert that I was on the Usernames for Administrative attention page! Am I in trouble? What did I do? Am I going to be blocked? I just started on Wikipedia, and other than my first edits which were reverted, I haven't really ventured into the wikiweb since! Only talk pageant to help like! You have a lot of edits, and are respected here right? Can you look through my history and show them somehow that I didn't do anything, I really don't want to be blocked, I like Wikipedia! BluJay (talk) 01:29, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BluJay: You don't need to worry— the username in question is User:Bleujay, and someone said their username is too similar to yours; not the other way around. -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:32, 1 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Thank goodness, I saw the heading that labeled that section, and got really worried, thank you. Sorry I overreacted. Why did they're let that other user make the account in the first place if it was too similar to mine? What if I said I didn't mind, could they keep their name, I'd hate for them to have to change it. BluJay (talk) 01:58, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BluJay: There's no one that "lets" someone pick a username— anyone can technically take any username that isn't already used, it's just they might be changed afterward if any problem arise. And sure, you can join the discussion and offer your 2¢. -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:15, 1 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Thanks! I just remember when I was first trying to pick a name it kept telling me it was too similar to this or that. BluJay (talk) 12:23, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Sorry, or haven't gotten around to getting on the computer yet, and in the meantime, I have no clue what to do. I've found a whole list of things I CAN'T do though! 😁 I can't...

Add lyrics to song pages
Reference things because I can't get to sites other than Wikipedia on my kindle
Edit my userpage
Edit my userpage table
Make my own userboxes
Make userpages for other people or I will be falsely accused of sockpuppeting
Ask about why my edits were reverted without making the other person mad
Add pictures
Access/go to outside links

If you ask me, that's WAY too many can'ts I would really love to find something I'm good at here. BluJay (talk) 22:43, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Newyorkadam: I'm sorry I have not been on Wikipedia for a while, school has been pretty busy for me, and I haven't been able to find time for this. I was wondering if there's a way to block someone from editing your talk page. Ooppss already used (talk · contribs) keeps posting nonsense and often annoying comments on my page even though I have repeatedly told her not to. She also seems to be bothering Pythonessofdelphi (talk · contribs). What can I do? BluJay (talk) 00:43, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Newyorkadam. I work with the Learning and Evaluation team at WMF. I would like to talk to you about your experiences planning and running on-wiki writing/editing contests. Specifically, I am interested in learning more about your experiences working on the tyop contest. My goal is to learn more about the strategies that program leaders are using to plan and conduct successful writing and editing contests. We will create a toolkit to share this knowledge with program leaders across the movement. Please send me an email at kharoldwikimedia.org if you are interested in setting up a time to speak, or if you have any questions or concerns. I hope to hear from you soon! KHarold (WMF) (talk) 01:03, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Emailed! -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:03, 9 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

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Emily's Entourage, Ping*

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Responded. -Newyorkadam (talk) 21:28, 7 May 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize

WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology

Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases

Your GA nomination of Confidence Man (Lost)

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TAFI week 22, 2015 update

Please note that Personality is also an article for improvement for week 22, 2015. Thank you.

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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Lost Confidence Man Sayid Tortures Sawyer.png

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GOCE June 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2015 News

May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Coordinator elections: Nominations are open through June 15 for GOCE coordinators, with voting from June 16–30. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out

Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition

Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia

Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings

Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier

Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013

In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim

Traffic report: A rather ordinary week

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

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Your GA nomination of Confidence Man (Lost)

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief

Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity

In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel

Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am

Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only

Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

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Please comment on Talk:Zeitgeist (film series)

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch

Arbitration report: An election has consequences

In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe

Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time

Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed; proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts

Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief

Featured content: Great Dane hits 150

Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin

WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back

Your GA nomination of Solitary (Lost)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Solitary (Lost) 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 J Milburn -- J Milburn (talk) 14:20, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I see that "Solitary" is finally being reviewed! Would you like me to help with addressing Josh's comments, or did you plan on tackling them? Thanks! Ruby 2010/2013 01:16, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruby2010: I was planning on fixing it up tomorrow, but if you want to do it feel free! -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:56, 26 June 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Cool, just wanted to check! I was planning on helping this weekend if you needed it, so I'll see where the review's at once you've had a crack at it (since it sounds like you plan on jumping in sooner). Ruby 2010/2013 02:00, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bitcoin GAR

Bitcoin, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.Bosstopher (talk) 20:15, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

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Your thoughts?

Timeline of Philadelphia has a discussion about selection and inclusion criteria. Two editors are discussing it, but we have divergent views. More opinions would be helpful. - SummerPhD^v2.0 13:19, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative

Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia

Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia

Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done

Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles

Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments

In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing

Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia

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GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - June 2015

Welcome to the GA Cup! The competition is about to begin! Before you all start reviewing nominations and reassessments we want to make sure you understand the following:

This is a friendly competition so we don't want any cheating/breaking of the rules. However, if you do believe someone is going against the rules, notify the judges. All the rules are listed here.
If you are a new editor or new to reviewing Good article nominations, it is imperative that you read the 4 essays/guides listed under FAQ #4. If you do not understand something, ask a judge for clarification ASAP!
The competition is not entirely about who can review the most nominations. Per the "Scoring" page, there is different criteria in which you can earn more points. Theoretically, you could review 10 nominations and have 80 points but another user could have reviewed 5 nominations and have 100 points. Yes, we want you to review as many nominations as you can as this will greatly increase the number of points you earn, but you must also keep in mind that every single review will be looked over by a judge. If we find that you are "rubber-stamping" (in other words, the review is not complete but you still passed/failed the article) you may be disqualified without warning. The same applies with reassessments. If you just say that the article should be delisted or kept with no explanation, points will not be awarded.
Remember, to submit Good article reviews and reassessments on your submissions page (Some of you have not created your submissions page yet. Only reviews/reassessments submitted on your submissions page can earn points. If you participated in the 2014-2015 GA Cup, you still need to re-create your submissions page.). Detailed instructions on how to submit reviews and reassessments can be found under the "Submissions" page. Ask a judge if you need clarification.

Also, rather than creating a long list on what to remember, make sure you have read the "Scoring", "Submissions", and "FAQ" pages.

Now some of you are probably wondering how on earth the rounds will work.

The rounds will work in a similar fashion as the previous competition, with the exception of the first round. Round 1 will have everyone compete in one big pool. Depending on the final number of participants after sign-ups close, a to-be-determined number of participants will move on (highest scorers will move on) to Round 2. We guarantee that the top 15 will move on (this number may change), so make sure you aim for those top positions! Moving on to Round 2, participants will be split into pools. The pools will be determined by a computer program that places participants by random. More details regarding Round 2 will be sent out at the end of Round 1.

It is important to note that the GA Cup will run on UTC time, so make sure you know what time that is for where you live! On that note, the GA Cup will start on July 1 at 0:00:01 UTC; Round 1 will end on July 29 at 23:59:59 UTC; Round 2 will commence on August 1 at 0:00:01 UTC. All reviews must be started after or on the start time of the round. If you qualify for Round 2 but do not complete a review before the end of Round 1, the review can be carried over to Round 2; however that review will not count for Round 1. Prior to the start of the the second round, participants who qualify to move on will be notified.

Finally, if you know anyone else that might be interesting in participating, let them know! Sign-ups close on July 15 so there is still plenty of time to join in on the action!

If you have any further questions, contact one of the judges or leave a message here.

After sign-ups close, check the Pools page as we will post the exact number of participants that will move on to the next round. Because this number will be determined past the halfway mark of Round 1, we encourage you to aim to be in the top 15 as the top 15 at the end of the round are guaranteed to move on.

Cheers from 3family6, Dom497, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar and MrWooHoo.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF

In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology

WikiProject report: Able to make a stand

Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.

Traffic report: We're Baaaaack

Technology report: Technical updates and improvements

Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2015)

Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam. Pictured is the Masjid al-Haram during Hajj, 2007.

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief

In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved

Traffic report: The Empire lobs back

Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2015)

Kayaking in whitewater rapids

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Nomination of Emily's Entourage for deletion

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

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

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. DGG ( talk ) 04:21, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Solitary (Lost)

The article Solitary (Lost) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Solitary (Lost) 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 J Milburn -- J Milburn (talk) 15:41, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 July 2015

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it

Traffic report: Belles of the ball

WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?

In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report

News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania

Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Please comment on Talk:Venues of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games

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Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes

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This week's articles for improvement (week 30, 2015)

Dessert is a typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. Pictured is a chocolate-strawberry crumble ball.

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

From the editor: Change the world

News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries

In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free

Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'

WikiProject report: Some more politics

Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters

Gallery: "One small step..."

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Lost White Rabbit Locke Saves Jack.png

Thank you for uploading File:Lost White Rabbit Locke Saves Jack.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

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This week's articles for improvement (week 31, 2015)

An example of an igloo

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TAFI's List of articles

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The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate

Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian

Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted

In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?

Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues

Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2015)

A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers

Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google

News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief

WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers

In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten

Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...

Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga

Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program

TAFI List of articles purge, part II

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2015)

Berries for sale at a farmers' market

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Berry

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The Signpost: 12 August 2015

News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA

In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj

Forum: Community voices on paid editing

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015, part 2, a community event

Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom

Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz

GOCE August 2015 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter

July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here!

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2015)

Three plates of soufflés

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Soufflé

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football

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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus

In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women"

Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias!

Travelogue: Seeing is believing

Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2015)

Blenheim Palace, a famous English historic house

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Historic house

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The Signpost: 26 August 2015

In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors

In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia

Op-ed: Wikimania—can volunteers organize conferences?

News and notes: Re-imagining grants

Featured content: Out to stud, please call later

Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration

Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2015)

A Old Colony Mennonite family observing the practice of plain dress

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Plain dress

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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:

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.
Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)[reply]

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia

News and notes: Flow placed on ice

Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments

Featured content: Brawny

In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage

Traffic report: You didn't miss much

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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Two high divers in mid-air

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The Signpost: 09 September 2015

Gallery: Being Welsh

Featured content: Killed by flying debris

Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity

News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article

Traffic report: Mass media production traffic

Technology report: Tech news in brief

In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2015)

Transection of a human head

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The Signpost: 16 September 2015

Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access

News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia?

In the media: Is there life on Mars?

Featured content: Why did the emu cross the road?

Traffic report: Another week

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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"Boy on white horse" by Theodor Kittelsen

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The Signpost: 23 September 2015

In the media: PETA makes "monkey selfie" a three-way copyright battle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Op-ed: Can we please stop bashing Wikipedia?

Featured content: Inside Duke Humfrey's Library

WikiProject report: Dancing to the beat of a... wikiproject?

Traffic report: ¡Viva la Revolución! Kinda.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2015)

Personal finance – an example image of personal budget planning software

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The Signpost: 30 September 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania

In the media: Irish legislative editing; coffee quarrel; more sports vandalism

Op-ed: Wikipedia needs more administrators

Recent research: Wiktionary special; newbies, conflict and tolerance; Is Wikipedia's search function inferior?

Tech news: Tech news in brief

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An example of musical composition – Scherzo in A flat (Borodin) Play

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The Signpost: 07 October 2015

Op-ed: Walled gardens of corruption

Traffic report: Reality is for losers

Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

Gallery: Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Pakistan

Arbitration report: Warning: Contains GMOs

Technology report: Tech news in brief

In the media: Jailed Saudi blogger wins award; PR editing and Wiki-embarassment; Pakistan's third-richest person?

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Costumed performers from the 2006 Bristol Renaissance Faire

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2015

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The Signpost: 14 October 2015

Op-ed: WikiConference USA 2015: built on good faith

WikiConference report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States

Editorial: Why the news media needs a Wikipedian in residence

News and notes: 2015–2016 Q1 fundraising update sparks mailing list debate

Traffic report: Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death

Featured content: A fistful of dollars

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: Third Wikimedia Spain conference takes place in Madrid

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Ice hockey is an example of a team sport. Pictured is an 1893 ice hockey match at Victoria Rink, Montreal.

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The Signpost: 21 October 2015

Editorial: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching

News and notes: Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched

In the media: "Wikipedia's hostility to women"

Special report: One year of GamerGate, or how I learned to stop worrying and love bare rule-level consensus

Featured content: A more balanced week

Op-ed: Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications

Arbitration report: Four ArbCom cases ongoing

Traffic report: Hiding under the covers of the Internet

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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Models promoting Zombieland at San Diego Comic-con. A zombie comedy is a horror comedy subgenre that involves zombies.

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October 2015 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter

September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar!

The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there!

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The Signpost: 28 October 2015

From the editor: The Signpost's reorganization plan—we need your help

News and notes: English Wikipedia reaches five million articles

In the media: The world's Wikipedia gaps; Google and Wikipedia accused of tying Ben Carson to NAMBLA

Op-ed: It’s time to stop the bullying

Arbitration report: A second attempt at Arbitration enforcement

Traffic report: Canada, the most popular nation on Earth

Recent research: Student attitudes towards Wikipedia; Jesus, Napoleon and Obama top "Wikipedia social network"; featured article editing patterns in 12 languages

Featured content: Birds, turtles, and other things

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community letter: Five million articles

A barnstar for you!

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		Although you did not make the top 16 of Round 1, you did participate and you still deserve a barnstar. Thank you so much for being a part of the 2nd Annual GA Cup and we hope to see you next year! MrWooHoo (talk) 23:30, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2015)

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Allegra Versace

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The Signpost: 04 November 2015

Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone

In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?

Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad

Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket

Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony

Technology report: Tech news in brief

WikiCup 2015: The results

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
Cas Liber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
West Virginian (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
Calvin999 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
Rationalobserver (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
Harrias (submissions) wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
Rodw (submissions) wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 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.

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2015)

Marie Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.

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The Signpost: 11 November 2015

Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed

Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee

Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review

Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling

In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys

Traffic report: Doodles of popularity

Gallery: Paris

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A continuum of goods and services

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Bot automation at Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement

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The Signpost: 18 November 2015

Special report: ArbCom election—candidates’ opinions analysed

In the media: Icelandic milestone; apolitical editing

Discussion report: BASC disbanded; other developments in the discussion world

Arbitration report: Ban Appeals Subcommittee goes up in smoke; 21 candidates running

Featured content: Fantasia on a Theme by Jimbo Wales

Traffic report: Darkness and light

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Coffee production in Cuba – Robusta coffee beans at a coffee plantation in Viñales valley in Cuba

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Coffee production in Cuba

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The Signpost: 25 November 2015

Op-ed: Wikidata: the new Rosetta Stone

News and notes: Fundraising update; FDC recommendations

In the media: Erasmus Prize awarded to Wikipedia; trouble on the Russian Wikipedia

Recent research: Do Wikipedia citations mirror scholarly impact?; co-star networks in silent films

Featured content: Caves and stuff

Traffic report: J'en ai ras le bol

Arbitration report: Third Palestine-Israel case closes; Voting begins

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art

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The First Geneva Convention (1864) is one of the earliest formulations of international law.

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International law

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The Signpost: 02 December 2015

Op-ed: Whither Wikidata?

News and notes: Online harassment consultation; High voter turnout at ArbCom elections

In the media: Is Wikidata as transparent as it seems?; Wikimedia Fund-raising drive launches

Traffic report: Jonesing for episodes

Featured content: This Week's Featured Content

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2015)

Princess Leia with characteristic hairstyle cosplayed.

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Wright

This [2] is interesting, but WP isn't the news ... Acroterion (talk) 04:57, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Acroterion: I agree, WP:NOTNEWS, but I don't see any rush to remove the article. I think it's better to wait a week and see what comes out of it. I don't have much experience in AFD (hence why I didn't vote and rather commented) so I won't say you're making the wrong decision, but I think for now it should stay. -Newyorkadam (talk) 05:08, 9 December 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Agreed. I think we'll know what needs to be done within a couple of days. Acroterion (talk) 11:55, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 09 December 2015

News and notes: ArbCom election results announced

Op-ed: Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view

In the media: Political editing in the context of the US presidential primaries

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 winners

Traffic report: So do you laugh, or does it cry?

Featured content: Sports, ships, arts... and some other things

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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The word scandal is used a few times in several bibles like Douay–Rheims Bible.

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The Signpost: 16 December 2015

In focus: Drone photography: New possibilities and new challenges

In the media: Wales in China; #Edit2015

Arbitration report: GMO case decided

Featured content: An unusually slow week

WikiProject report: Women in Red—using teamwork and partnerships to elevate online and offline collaborations

Traffic report: A feast of Spam

Gallery: WikiConference USA 2015: images, slide decks, and videos

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2015)

Hors d'oeuvre, also known as an appetizer or starter, is a food item served before the main courses of a meal.

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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Kissinger Man of the Year.jpg

Henry Kissinger was a Person of the Year when he was chosen as Time Person of the Year in 1972 along with with Richard Nixon.

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Duxwing's Mentorship

Newyorkadam,

I really want to edit again, but you haven't answered my last e-mail, and I worry you lack time. If you do, then I might need another mentor, when I would really rather just continue under you.

Sincerely, Duxwing (talk) 22:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Duxwing: The one from August? Sorry, I missed it. I've responded. -Newyorkadam (talk) 18:26, 29 December 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

The Signpost: 30 December 2015

News and notes: WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee

Arbitration report: Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended

Featured content: The post-Christmas edition

Traffic report: The Force we expected

Year in review: The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015

In the media: Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception"

Gallery: It's that time of year again

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King Mswati III, the monarch of Swaziland, one of the Monarchies in Africa.

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Monarchies in Africa

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I want to help with "Project Lost"!

Hello! I'd like to volunteer with helping "Project Lost" achieve its goals. My skills include improving sentence structure, copy-editing, correcting typos, reorganizing articles (basically, clean-up work in general). I, however, will be unable to add citations (for reasons which I do NOT wish to divulge).

If you decide that I lack the skills required to help with the project, please let me know. I promise that I will NOT start exploding ;).

Good day!

PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 05:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@PigeonOfTheNight: I'd love any help! Do you have a specific article you want to get started on? -Newyorkadam (talk) 15:40, 4 January 2016 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: Not particularly. Do you have any suggestions? Which article are you currently working on ? – PigeonOfTheNight (talk)

@PigeonOfTheNight: I've been working on Operation Lost as you noted. The current article I'm doing is Whatever the Case May Be although I haven't done much work on it recently. Feel free to jump in! -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:52, 11 January 2016 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@PigeonOfTheNight: Oops, I think I messed up the ping template. Just making sure you a notification. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2016 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

@Newyorkadam: (salutes) Roger that, Commander! Am entering field of battle!

- PigeonOfTheNight (talk) 19:02, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page;
Coordinator election results;
Membership news;
Changes around the Guild's pages;
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Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided

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Depictions of various deities on the entrance tower of Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of rain; Mariamman.

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In the media: War and peace; WMF board changes; Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedias

Community view: Battle for the soul of the WMF

Editorial: We need a culture of verification

In focus: The Crisis at New Montgomery Street

Op-ed: Transparency

Traffic report: Pattern recognition: Third annual Traffic Report

Special report: Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016

News and notes: Community objections to new Board trustee

Blog: Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia

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New England clam chowder

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News and notes: Vote of no confidence; WMF trustee speaks out

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An izakaya drinking establishment in Gotanda, Tokyo

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The slaughtered swine (1652) by Barent Fabricius, a depiction of a killed animal

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Delivery trucks in San Salvador, El Salvador

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Op-ed: So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?

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An iceberg, which is relatively cold.

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Special report: Search and destroy: the Knowledge Engine and the undoing of Lila Tretikov

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Several of the commonly known molecules.

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

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Eugene Delacroix - Liberty Leading the People

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The Signpost: 02 March 2016

News and notes: Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition

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The Signpost: 09 March 2016

News and notes: Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted

In the media: Wikipedian is break-out star of International Women's Day; dinosaur art; Wikipedia's new iOS app and its fight for market share

Op-ed: A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future

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Technology report: Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks

WikiCup report: First round of the WikiCup finishes

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A typical Swedish school lunch.

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News and notes: Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia

In the media: Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing

Op-ed: Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges

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Traffic report: Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States

Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov

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Critic by Lajos Tihanyi. Oil on canvas, c.1916.

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The Signpost: 23 March 2016

Interview: Exclusive: interview with interim ED Katherine Maher

News and notes: Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks

In the media: Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil

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Editorial: "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

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The Gates of Hell sculpture by Auguste Rodin, an example depicting the concept of the gates of hell

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In the media: Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality

WikiProject report: Why should the Devil have all the good music? An interview with WikiProject Christian music

Traffic report: Donald v Daredevil

Featured content: A slow, slow week

Technology report: Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet!

Recent research: "Employing Wikipedia for good not evil" in education; using eyetracking to find out how readers read articles

Wikipedia Weekly: Podcast #121: How April Fools went down

Blog: Growing hashtags: Expanding outreach on Wikipedia

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A pecan pie

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2016

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Various foods in a delicatessen in Rome, Italy

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News and notes: Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board

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Debt is the amount of money that is owed or due.

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Special report: Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot

Traffic report: Two for the price of one

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Steak à la carte

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News and notes: Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky

In the media: Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps

Traffic report: Purple

Featured content: The best ... from the past two weeks

Arbitration report: Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request

Recent research: The eight roles of Wikipedians; do edit histories expose social relations among editors?

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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter

Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by Cas Liber (submissions) and one by Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by Hurricanehink (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while The C of E (submissions) and MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

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Gustaf Skarsgård

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Gustaf Skarsgård

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Ozone-oxygen cycle in the ozone layer.

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News and notes: Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF

Op-ed: Swiss chapter in turmoil

In the media: Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in The Washington Post

Featured content: Two weeks for the prize of one

Traffic report: Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs

Arbitration report: "Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"

Wikicup: That's it for WikiCup Round 2!

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A small whirlpool in a pond

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The picture. It's me. It sucks. I'm sad. Crucial1199 (talk) 23:18, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Crucial1199: If you have another image of yourself that you own the rights to or have permission to upload you can upload it yourself. Also, just curious, why did you choose to ask me? I've never worked on that article. -Newyorkadam (talk) 15:55, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

He asked you because it's universally known that anyone with a Newyorkxxxx username is an important Wikipedian, and he thought of you before me. Anyway, where've ya been ... the Newyorkcabal needs all the people we can get. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:01, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, of course. Nice seeing you fellow Newyorkxxxx! -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:33, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News

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May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News

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June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part.

Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC).

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News

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July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever.

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Adarsha School Narayanganj in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Albrecht Dürer, famous German painter of the German Renaissance.

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Help! You were right about COI on Gastauer page

You were right that there were COI issues with Michael Gastauer's page. After several articles came out raising doubts about his claims about current and past businesses, a number of accounts jumped in to wipe them all out. Triggered a sockpuppet investigation, but his page still says he's a billionaire who sold a company for $480m, and all the doubts about those claims have been removed. Turns out he's trying to raise 200 million euros right now based on these claims, any chance you can help?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fin3999 (talk • contribs) 11:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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A spelling bee at Jhenidah Cadet College in Bangladesh

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WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
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In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
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WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

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

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

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A sword dance performance

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A woman wearing a dress

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A cleaning sponge

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Homework may include mathematical exercises

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Three Martinis

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News

Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

First place – $200
Second & Third place – $50 each
Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2016)

Helena Bergström in 2014

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World plate tectonics (click on map for more details)

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Some of the Aeolian Islands

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Professional audio – pictured is a portable setup of various live audio production and recording equipment

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Some of the human organs

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2016

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 9, No. 3 — 3rd Quarter, 2016
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Ghanaian nationalists celebrating the 50th anniversary of national independence in 2007

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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2017)

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A high school in Malaysia

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The Sun and planets of the Solar System (distances not to scale) are examples of astronomical objects.

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Växjö surrounded by lakes, as seen from an airplane

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter!

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December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part.

January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words).

February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive.

Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated!

Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone."

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2017)

Parallel goods traders queuing outside Sheung Shui Station in Hong Kong

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In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia

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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2017)

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Tandoori chicken

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Tandoori chicken

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The long-legged buzzard is an example of a bird of prey.

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The Czech philosopher Radovan Richta (1924–1983) originated the theory of technological evolution.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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The Remorse of Orestes, where he is surrounded by the Erinyes, who were identified as chthonic beings, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862

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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

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Karl Pearson (27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was a statistician who has been credited for establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics.

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Beverage vending machines in Japan

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Footage can be processed in a video editing room.

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News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)

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A deadpan emoji.

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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. 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 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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Ultraviolet photography is one of the many visual technologies. This image of the rings of Saturn is an example of the application of ultraviolet photography in astronomy.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2017

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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Feature: Shiny Wikipedians - A Featured Content Leaderboard
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Chickens at a market in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

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The Signpost: 15 July 2017

News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes

Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more

In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce

Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers

Op-ed: Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017

Gallery: A mix of patterns

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Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday

Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts

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The room of the editor-in-chief for the Seattle Daily Times in 1900

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Illustration of Dijkstra's algorithm search, a search algorithm for finding path from a start node (lower left, red) to a goal node (upper right, green) in a robot motion planning problem.

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The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. Pictured is an image denoting global participation in the Genocide Convention in 2008.

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The Signpost: 5 August 2017

News and notes: Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!

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Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list

Blog: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders

Special report: Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic

Featured content: Everywhere in the lead

Technology report: Introducing TechCom

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Films based upon the theme of blackmail have been made, such as the 1929 film Blackmail.

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An automobile engine is an example of an intermediate good, and is used in the production of the final good, the assembled automobile.

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East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent emigration westward.

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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter

Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

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One 24-ounce energy drink has 330 calories, more than a fast-food cheeseburger, and the equivalent of 18 single-serving packets of sugar.

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The Signpost: 6 September 2017

From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?

News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments

Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies

Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts

Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future

Recent research: Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia

In the media: Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?

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A small pond hockey field

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A spelling error on a road sign

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George Lazenby at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2014

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The Signpost: 25 September 2017

News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL

In the media: Monkey settlement; Wikipedia used to give AI context clues

Humour: Chickenz

Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe

Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications

Gallery: Chicken mania

Special report: Two steps forward, one step backward: The Sustainability Initiative

Traffic report: Fights and frights

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Ivan Tsarevich, a hero of Russian folklore

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2017

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
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Wikipedia is sometimes criticized for being used as a source of circular reporting.

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Choreographed dancing at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015

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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

First Place - Adityavagarwal (submissions)
Second Place - Vanamonde (submissions)
Third Place - Cas Liber (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
Featured List – Bloom6132 (submissions) and 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
Featured Pictures – SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
Featured Topic – MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
In The News – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
Good Article Review – Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

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"Pay no more than Ceiling Prices", WWII U.S. poster

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An optical illusion. Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as Square B. (See Checker shadow illusion.)

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Gervase Markham's recipe for banbury cake in The English Huswife, 1615

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Agriculture in Saudi Arabia: Agricultural fields in the Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia. Taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News

Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen.

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Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year.

March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.)

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words).

May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words).

June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words).

2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated!

July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words).

August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words).

September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words).

October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words).

November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words).

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A nutrient is a component in foods that an organism uses to survive and grow.

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Economic recovery – a "Project funded by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" project sign.

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There are about 260 known living species of monkeys. Pictured is a common squirrel monkey.

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Culture of Asia – an East Asian cultural region representation

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News

Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days.

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Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated!

End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress.

January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words).

February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words).

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2018)

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WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2018)

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Environment of the United States

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2018)

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Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?

News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.

Arbitration report: Ironing out issues in infoboxes; not sure yet about New Jersey; and an administrator who probably wasn't uncivil to a sockpuppet.

In the media: The media on Wikipedia's workings: the good and not-so-good

Traffic report: Real sports, real women and an imaginary country: what's on top for Wikipedia readers

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The Signpost: 26 April 2018

From the editors: The Signpost's presses roll again

Signpost: Future directions for The Signpost

News and notes: Photo of Kim Jong-un. Stephen Hawking death tops hits on many Wikipedias.

In the media: The rise of Wikipedia as a disinformation mop

In focus: Admin reports board under criticism

Special report: ACTRIAL results adopted by landslide

Opinion: Guideline for Organization Notability revised

Op-ed: World War II Myth-making and Wikipedia

Community view: It's time we look past Women in Red to counter systemic bias

Discussion report: The future of portals

Arbitration report: No new cases, and one motion on administrative misconduct

WikiProject report: WikiProject Military History

Blog: Why the world reads Wikipedia

Humour: Our Favorite Places to Whine About Stuff

Traffic report: A quiet place to wrestle with the articles of March

Technology report: Coming soon: Books-to-PDF, interactive maps, rollback confirmation

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Gallery: A look at some famous and not as well-known border tripoints

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WikiCup 2018 May newsletter

The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

Op-ed: Has the wind gone out of the AdminShip's sails?

Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

WikiProject report: WikiProject Portals

Discussion report: User rights, infoboxes, and more discussion on portals

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Arbitration report: Managing difficult topics

News and notes: Lots of Wikimedia

In the media: Wikipedia in Turkish politics; COI politics in Wikipedia; most cited work

Traffic report: We love our superheroes

Technology report: A trove of contributor and developer goodies

Blog: Why I write about women on Wikipedia

Recent research: Why people don't contribute to Wikipedia; using Wikipedia to teach statistics, technical writing, and controversial issues

Humour: Play with your food

Gallery: Wine not?

From the archives: The Signpost scoops The Signpost

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June 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News

Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days.

Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed.

March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words).

April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words).

May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words).

Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June.

June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June.

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Nomination of Charles I. Ecker for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2018)

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018

From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking

Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?

Op-ed: What do admins do?

Opinion: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes

News and notes: Money, milestones, and Wikimania

In the media: Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress

Discussion report: Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page

Featured content: New promotions

Arbitration report: WWII, UK politics, and a user deCrat'ed

Traffic report: Endgame

Technology report: Improvements piled on more improvements

Gallery: Wiki Loves Africa

Blog: Wikipedia should be open for editors in Turkey

Recent research: How censorship can backfire and conversations can go awry

Humour: Television plot lines

Wikipedia essays: This month's pick by The Signpost editors

From the archives: Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2018)

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WikiCup 2018 July newsletter

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2018)

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July 2018

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

From the editor: If only if

Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise

Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality

News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR

In the media: Blackouts in Europe; Wikipedia and capitalists; WMF Jet Set

Discussion report: Wikipedias take action against EU copyright proposal, plus new user right proposals

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content in images and prose

Arbitration report: Status quo processes retained in two disputes

Traffic report: Soccer, football, call it what you like – that and summer movies leave room for little else

Technology report: New bots, new prefs

Gallery: Independence days, national holidays, and football – all in July

Blog: Motivation of two editors

Recent research: Different Wikipedias use different images; editing contests more successful than edit-a-thons

Humour: It's all the same

Essay: Wikipedia does not need you

From the archives: The pending changes fiasco: how an attempt to answer one question turned into a quagmire

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August GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part.

Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here.

The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now!

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2018)

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Seven years of editing

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia

Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin

News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend

In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles

Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy

Featured content: Featured content selected by the community

Special report: Wikimania 2018

Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits

Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work

Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat

Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies

Humour: Signpost editor censors herself

Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment

From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words

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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)[reply]

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Jahangir

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2018)

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

From the editor: Is this the new normal?

News and notes: European copyright law moves forward

In the media: Knowledge under fire

Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom

Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low

Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile

Gallery: A pat on the back

Blog: After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains

Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely

Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

News and notes: WMF gets a million bucks

In the media: Bans, celebs, and bias

Discussion report: Mediation Committee and proposed deletion reform

Traffic report: Unsurprisingly, sport leads the field – or the ring

Technology report: Bots galore!

Special report: NPP needs you

Special report 2: Now Wikidata is six

In focus: Alexa

Gallery: Out of this world!

Recent research: Wikimedia Commons worth $28.9 billion

Humour: Talk page humour

Opinion: Strickland incident

From the archives: The Gardner Interview

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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:

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).

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

From the editor: Time for a truce

Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia

Special report: The Christmas wishlist

Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF

News and notes: Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit

Reflections: Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

In the media: Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars

Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

Arbitration report: A long break ends

Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight

Gallery: Intersections

Recent research: Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits.

For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits.

Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits.

For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles.

The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now!

Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself!

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The Signpost: 24 December 2018

From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?

Op-ed: Wikipedia not trumped by Trump appointee

Special report: The Signpost got 380,000+ views in 2018, sounds reasonable enough, right?

News and notes: Some wishes do come true

In the media: Political hijinks

Discussion report: A new record low for RfA

WikiProject report: Articlegenesis

Arbitration report: Year ends with one active case

Traffic report: Queen dethroned by U.S. presidents

Gallery: Sun and Moon, water and stone

Blog: News from the WMF

Humour: I believe in Bigfoot

Essay: Requests for medication

From the archives: Compromised admin accounts – again

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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!

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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019

Op-Ed: Random Rewards Rejected

In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives

In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized

Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity

Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope

Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes: Avengers, Black Panther

Technology report: When broken is easily fixed

Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering

News from the WMF: News from WMF

Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?

Essay: How

Humour: Village pump

From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

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GOCE 2018 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2018 Annual Report

Our 2018 Annual Report is now ready for review.

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Overview of Backlog-reduction progress;
Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
Membership news and results of elections;
Annual leaderboard;
Plans for 2019.

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019

From the editors: Help wanted (still)

News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election

Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

Traffic report: Binge-watching

Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

Gallery: Signed with pride

Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers

Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love

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WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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March GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles.

March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here!

Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

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The Signpost: 31 March 2019

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editors: Getting serious about humor
News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
In the media: Women's history month
Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding
Featured content: Out of this world
Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM
Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations
Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles
News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive
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WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2019. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below.

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 16 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: Our June blitz will soon be upon us; it will begin at 00:01 on 16 June (UTC) and will close at 23:59 on 22 June (UTC). The themes are "nature and the environment" and all requests.

March Drive: Thanks to everyone for their work in March's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from 182 of the articles tagged in our original target months October and November 2018, and the month finished with 64 target articles remaining from November and 811 in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 22 requests for copyedit in March; the month ended with 34 requests pending. Of the 32 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the April Blitz; the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes were Sports and Entertainment. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 04:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 267 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 605 articles.

May Drive: During the May Backlog Elimination Drive, Guild copy-editors removed copyedit tags from 191 of the 192 articles tagged in our original target months of November and December 2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and a record low of 598 articles in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24 requests for copyedit during the May drive, and the month ended with 35 requests pending. Of the 26 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia

News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising

In the media: The disinformation age

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

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WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2019

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Volume 11, No. 1 — 2nd Quarter, 2019
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News and notes: Wikimedia grants less accessible for travel, equipment, meetups, and India

In the media: Politics starts getting rough

Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban

Arbitration report: A month of reintegration

Gallery: Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann

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

Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?

News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way

Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect

Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract

Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things

In focus: The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German

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News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings

In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff

In the media: Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism

Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users

Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes

Op-Ed: We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored

Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia

Community view: Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong

News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year

Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research

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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).

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September 2019 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019.

June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585.

Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 2 — 3nd Quarter, 2019
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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:

Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 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.
Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

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From the editor: Put on your birthday best

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Gallery: Winter and holidays

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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself!

September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles.

October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests.

November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog.

Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now!

Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles.

Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates.

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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

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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!

Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q4 2019

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 11, No. 3 — 4th Quarter, 2019
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The Signpost: 27 January 2020

From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium

News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia

Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta

In the media: Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?

Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners

News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations

Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015

In focus: Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!

Recent research: How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?

From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015

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

WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report

Humour: Predicting the 6,000,000th article

Obituary: Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton

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WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review.

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Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!);
Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
Automated archiving of requests;
Membership news and results of elections;
Annual leaderboard;
Plans for 2020.

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WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D, Kingsif, Enwebb, Lee Vilenski and CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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The Signpost: 1 March 2020

From the editor: The ball is in your court

News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide

Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews

In the media: Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation

Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?

Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed

By the numbers: How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?

Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman

In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019

Recent research: Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone

From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?

Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark

Gallery: Feel the love

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

Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator

Opinion: Wikipedia is another country

Humour: The Wilhelm scream

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GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here.

March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now!

Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone!

Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2020)

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The Signpost: 29 March 2020

From the editors: The bad and the good

News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked

WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report

Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters

In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story

Discussion report: Rethinking draft space

Arbitration report: Unfinished business

In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"

Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19

Recent research: Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia

From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world

Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia

News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time

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

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q1 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 12, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2020
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Anna Lindh

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The Signpost: 26 April 2020

News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?

In the media: Coronavirus, again and again

Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit

Featured content: Featured content returns

Arbitration report: Two difficult cases

Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night

Gallery: Roy is doing fine and sending more photos

Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias

Essay: Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing

By the numbers: Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic

Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together

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

Interview: Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon

In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia

WikiProject report: The Guild of Copy Editors

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Hog Farm with 801, Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Abu Nuwas

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The Signpost: 31 May 2020

From the editor: Meltdown May?

News and notes: 2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting

In the media: CBS on COVID-19, Sanger on bias, false noses, and five prolific editors

Discussion report: WMF's Universal Code of Conduct

Special report: The sum of human knowledge? Not in one Wikipedia language edition

Featured content: Weathering the storm

Arbitration report: Board member likely to receive editing restriction

Traffic report: Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam

Op-Ed: Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?

Gallery: Wildlife photos by the book

News from the WMF: WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement

Recent research: Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020

Community view: Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime

On video: COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming

WikiProject report: Revitalizing good articles

On the bright side: 500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia

Obituaries: Dmitrismirnov, Kattenkruid, Muidlatif, Ronhjones, Tsirel

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2020)

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Invention

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC.

Current events

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests.

Drive and blitz reports

March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020.

Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page.

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Anna Holmlund

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Missing

Hi ...where have you been? We can't afford to lose members of the Newyorkname user group!

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William Mariner (writer)

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The Signpost: 28 June 2020

News and notes: Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine

Community view: Community open letter on renaming

Gallery: After the killing of George Floyd

In the media: Part collaboration and part combat

Discussion report: Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals

Featured content: Sports are returning, with a rainbow

Arbitration report: Anti-harassment RfC and a checkuser revocation

Traffic report: The pandemic, alleged murder, a massacre, and other deaths

News from the WMF: We stand for racial justice

Recent research: Wikipedia and COVID-19; automated Wikipedia-based fact-checking

Interview: What is wrong with rebranding to "Wikipedia Foundation"?

Humour: Cherchez une femme

Opinion: Trying to find COI or paid editors? Just read the news

On the bright side: For what are you grateful this month?

In focus: Edit Loud, Edit Proud: LGBTIQ+ Wikimedians and Global Information Activism

WikiProject report: WikiProject Black Lives Matter

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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2020)

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Fine art

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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q2 2020

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 12, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2020
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Omakase

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The Signpost: 2 August 2020

Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?

COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money

News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin

In the media: Dog days gone bad

Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy

Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom

Traffic report: Now for something completely different

Gallery: Photos of threatened species from iNaturalist

News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users

Recent research: Receiving thanks increases retention, but not the time contributed to Wikipedia

Essay: Not compatible with a collaborative project

Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil

In focus: WikiLoop DoubleCheck, reviewing edits made easy

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New World crops

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Act (drama)

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The Signpost: 30 August 2020

News and notes: The high road and the low road

In the media: Storytelling large and small

Featured content: Going for the goal

Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way

Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax

Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics

News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online

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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

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Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.

Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q3 2020

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News and notes: Ban on IPs on ptwiki, paid editing for Tatarstan, IP masking

In the media: Murder, politics, religion, health and books

Book review: Review of Wikipedia @ 20

Op-Ed: Anti-vandalism with masked IPs: the steps forward

Discussion report: Proposal to change board composition, In The News dumps Trump story

Featured content: The "Green Terror" is neither green nor sufficiently terrifying. Worst Hallowe'en ever.

Traffic report: Jump back, what's that sound?

Interview: Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner

News from the WMF: Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year

Recent research: OpenSym 2020: Deletions and gender, masses vs. elites, edit filters

In focus: The many (reported) deaths of Wikipedia

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Op-Ed: Re-righting Wikipedia

Opinion: How billionaires re-write Wikipedia

In the media: Relying on Wikipedia: voters, scientists, and a Canadian border guard

Featured content: Frontonia sp. is thankful for delicious cyanobacteria

Traffic report: 007 with Borat, the Queen, and an election

News from Wiki Education: An assignment that changed a life: Kasey Baker

GLAM plus: West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large

Wikicup report: Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup

Recent research: Wikipedia's Shoah coverage succeeds where libraries fail

Essay: Writing about women

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.

Current and upcoming events

Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now.

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive.

October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz.

November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests.

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Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above).

Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February.

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News and notes: Year-end legal surprises cause concern, but Public Domain Day is imminent

In the media: Concealment, data journalism, a non-pig farmer, and some Bluetick Hounds

Arbitration report: 2020 election results

Opinion: How to make your factory's safety and labor issues disappear

Featured content: Very nearly ringing in the New Year with "Blank Space" – but we got there in time.

Traffic report: 2020 wraps up

News from the WMF: What Wikipedia saw during election week in the U.S., and what we’re doing next

Recent research: Predicting the next move in Wikipedia discussions

Essay: Subjective importance

Op-Ed: An unforgettable year we might wish to forget

Gallery: Angels in the architecture

Humour: 'Twas the Night Before Wikimas

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020

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News and notes: 1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021

Special report: Wiki reporting on the United States insurrection

In focus: From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades

Opinion: Wikipedia's war against scientific disinformation

In the media: The world's press says "Happy Birthday!" with a few twists

Technology report: The people who built Wikipedia, technically

Videos and podcasts: Celebrating 20 years

News from the WMF: Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world

Recent research: Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers

Humour: Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia

Featured content: New Year, same Featured Content report!

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2020

Obituary: Flyer22 Frozen

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February 2021

Please explain your contributions using a descriptive edit summary. Changing information on Wikipedia (such as numbers and dates) without explanation, as you did at 2016 United States presidential election in Washington (state), may be confused with vandalism. Your "update" of the vote totals does not match the source cited in the results table ― Tartan357 ^Talk 22:49, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tartan357: Sorry for not adding a more direct source; I didn't realize the linked source didn't directly show the number of write-ins. This page links to a file containing write-in votes by county. That link seems to be down, but it is available on the Wayback Machine. This shows that the number of write-in votes was 107,805. Newyorkadam (talk) 06:43, 16 February 2021 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

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Disinformation report: A "billionaire battle" on Wikipedia: Sex, lies, and video

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In the media: Corporate influence at OSM, Fox watching the hen house

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From the archives: Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes

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Arbitration report: Open letter to the Board of Trustees

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In the media: Fernando, governance, and rugby

Opinion: The (Universal) Code of Conduct

Op-Ed: A Little Fun Goes A Long Way

Changing the world: The reach of protest images on Wikipedia

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GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box.

Current events

Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here.

June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June.

Drive and blitz reports

January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results)

February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results)

March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results)

April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results)

May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results)

Other news

Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg.

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News and notes: Elections, Wikimania, masking and more

In the media: Boris and Joe, reliability, love, and money

Disinformation report: Croatian Wikipedia: capture and release

Recent research: Feminist critique of Wikipedia's epistemology, Black Americans vastly underrepresented among editors, Wiki Workshop report

Traffic report: So no one told you life was gonna be this way

News from the WMF: Searching for Wikipedia

Humour: Wikipedia's best articles on the world's strangest things

WikiProject report: WikiProject on open proxies interview

Forum: Is WMF fundraising abusive?

Discussion report: Reliability of WikiLeaks discussed

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Special report: Hardball in Hong Kong

In the media: Larry is at it again

Board of Trustees candidates: See the candidates

Recent research: Gender bias and statistical fallacies, disinformation and mutual intelligibility

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Would you please archive your talk page?

First, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Second, I hope you don't mind that I edited your talk page to eliminate Lint errors. I eliminated all lint errors except obsolete <font> tags, which are Obsolete HTML tags. As a result of my work, I believe that there are at most de minimis changes to the page appearance. For more on the topic of removing lint from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Linter.

Third, if you edit your talk page and "Show preview", a box at the top displays saying

Warning: This page contains too many expensive parser function calls.

It should have less than 500 calls, there are now 1,810 calls.

This is a sign that your talk page is ripe for archiveing, perhaps into one-year slices or archives of 100,000 bytes or so. This page is now 1,256,762 bytes, which is huge for any Wikipedia page, and approaching the absolute limit of 2,097,152 bytes. This page is more than twice the size of the longest article page on Wikipedia, COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, 528,448 bytes.

Experimentally, it looks like an archive of just 2020 would be about 125,000 bytes, so one-year slices would probably work pretty well.

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Happy First Edit Day!

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Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year

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Recent research: IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage

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Discussion report: Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators

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Community view: Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.

Current and upcoming events

September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today!

Drive and Blitz reports

June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis.

New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive).

Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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The Signpost: 31 October 2021

From the editor: Different stories, same place

News and notes: The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded

In the media: China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?

Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life

Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process

Recent research: Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention

Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia

Traffic report: James Bond and the Giant Squid Game

Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more

Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp

Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality

WikiProject report: Redirection

Humour: A very Wiki crossword

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In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.

Current and upcoming events

Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now!

Drive and Blitz reports

September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

Other news

It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community.

Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above).

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The Signpost: 28 December 2021

From the editor: Here is the news

News and notes: Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements

Serendipity: Born three months before her brother?

In the media: The past is not even past

Recent research: STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph

Arbitration report: A new crew for '22

By the numbers: Four billion words and a few numbers

Deletion report: We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"

Gallery: Wikicommons presents: 2021

Traffic report: Spider-Man, football and the departed

Crossword: Another Wiki crossword for one and all

Humour: Buying Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 30 January 2022

Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment

News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election

Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"

Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?

Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion

WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured

Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021

Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph

Obituary: Twofingered Typist

Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial

Essay: The prime directive

Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?

In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing

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Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years

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The Signpost: 27 February 2022

From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief

News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia

Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia

In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons

Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results

WikiProject report: 10 years of tea

Featured content: Featured Content returns

Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February

Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks

Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate

By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles?

Gallery: The vintage exhibit

Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix

News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team

Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles

Humour: Notability of mailboxes

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The Signpost: 27 March 2022

From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

News and notes: Of safety and anonymity

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps

Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks

In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff

Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures

Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond

Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now

Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon

Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors

Traffic report: War, what is it good for?

Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine

Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..."

From the archives: Burn, baby burn

Essay: Yes, the sky is blue

Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja

On the bright side: The bright side of news

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GOCE April 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021.

Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators.

January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details)

February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details)

March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details)

April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now!

Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu

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The Signpost: 24 April 2022

News and notes: Double trouble

In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia

Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)

Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March

In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia

Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners

Interview: On a war and a map

Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers

Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion

Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images

News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?

Essay: The problem with elegant variation

Humour: Really huge message boxes

From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization

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June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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The Signpost: 29 May 2022

From the team: A changing of the guard

News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections

Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections

Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency

In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more

Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles

Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more

WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited

Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis

Featured content: Featured content of April

Interview: Wikipedia's pride

Serendipity: Those thieving image farms

Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed

Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia

Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows

News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced

News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal?

Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing

Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day

From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia

Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article

Humour: A new crossword

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June GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles.

Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed.

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The Signpost: 26 June 2022

News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down

Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?

Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled

Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it

Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose

Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy?

Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed

Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals

Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving

Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter

Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel

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Happy Birthday!

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The Signpost: 1 August 2022

From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something

News and notes: Information considered harmful

In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap

Op-Ed: The "recession" affair

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)

Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Community view: Youth culture and notability

Opinion: Criminals among us

Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement

Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country

Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us

Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July

Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists

Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot

In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool

On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories

Essay: How to research an image

Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed

Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia

Gallery: A backstage pass

From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened

Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road?

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Eleventh anniversary on Wikipedia!

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

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I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.

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The Signpost: 31 August 2022

News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere

Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up?

In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth

Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees

News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me

In focus: Thinking inside the box

Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations...

Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now

Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth

Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta.

Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links

Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come

Essay: Delete the junk!

Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year)

Humour: CommonsComix No. 1

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago

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The Signpost: 30 September 2022

News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"

In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers

In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements

Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution

Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News

Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship

Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus?

Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos

Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future

Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs

Featured content: Farm-fresh content

Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2

CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse

From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo.

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The Signpost: 31 October 2022

From the team: A new goose on the roost

News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet

News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment

In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias

Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove

Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?

Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship

Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com

Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we?

Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal

From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"

In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"

Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future

Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed

Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

Book review: Writing the Revolution

Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality

Essay: The Six Million FP Man

Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff

Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"

Featured content: A great month for featured articles

Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler

Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia

Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

CommonsComix: Joker's trick

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"

In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"

Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future

Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed

Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

Book review: Writing the Revolution

Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality

Essay: The Six Million FP Man

Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff

Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory"

Featured content: A great month for featured articles

Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler

Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia

Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports

From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago

CommonsComix: Joker's trick

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The Signpost: 28 November 2022

News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"

In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet"

Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC

Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future

Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed

Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality

Book review: Writing the Revolution

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Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here.

Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can.

Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter