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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:

{{flagicon|Norfolk Island}} Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics

{{flagicon|South Carolina}} Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work

{{Flagicon|Cascadia}} 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

{{Flagicon|United States}} 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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38th edition of The Hurricane Herald

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

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Thank you alaso for having added names to that list. You are remembered! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:09, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

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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Twelve years of editing

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WikiCup 2019 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our '''Champion''' this year is {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Adam Cuerden}}, who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Adam Cuerden}} with 964 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Lee Vilenski}} with 899 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Casliber}} with 817 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Kosack}} with 691 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|SounderBruce}} with 388 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Enwebb}} with 146 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Usernameunique}} with 145 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|HaEr48}} with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Casliber}} wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Lee Vilenski}} wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Yashthepunisher}} wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Adam Cuerden}} wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|MPJ-DK}} wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Lee Vilenski}} wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Muboshgu}} wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant10|Ed!}} wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

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, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion ↗ on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to '''sign up to participate ↗'''; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 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 ↗. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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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 {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}}, {{User4|Godot13}}, {{User4|Vanamonde93}} and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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:

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} 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.

22px|England ↗ 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.

{{flagicon|United States}} 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.

{{flagicon|Somerset}} Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.

22px|Pirate flag ↗ 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 {{flagicon|United States}} L293D, {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Kingsif, {{flagicon|Antarctica}} Enwebb, {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski and {{flagicon|Nepal}} 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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There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; {{flagicon|United States}} L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, {{flagicon|United States}} Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

39th edition of The Hurricane Herald!

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The 40th Edition of The Hurricane Herald

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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:

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points

22px|England ↗ 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

{{flagicon|BWA}} The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews

{{flagicon|Somerset}} 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

{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski with 869 points, 22px|link=Gondor|Gondor ↗ Hog Farm with 801, {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Kingsif with 719, {{flagicon|Cascadia}} SounderBruce with 710, {{flagicon|United States}} Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and {{flagicon|Mexico}} 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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41st edition of The Hurricane Herald

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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:

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points

{{flagicon|BWA}} 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

22px|England ↗ 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, {{flagicon|Denmark}} 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.

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), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

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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

23px|link=Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time|Free Hong Kong ↗ Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;

{{flagicon|Indonesia}}HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;

{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

42nd edition of The Hurricane Herald!

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Happy First Edit Day!

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter

The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new '''Champion''' is {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Lee Vilenski}}, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Gog the Mild}}. In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|The Rambling Man}} was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Epicgenius}} close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Hog Farm}}, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|HaEr48}}, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Harrias}} and {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Bloom6132}}. The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Gog the Mild}} wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Bloom6132}} win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Rhododendrites}} wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Lee Vilenski}} wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Epicgenius}} wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|MPJ-DK}} wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|The Rambling Man}} wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Epicgenius}} wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant11|Bloom6132}} wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to '''sign up to participate ↗'''; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 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 ↗. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

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44th edition of The Hurricane Herald!

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Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}} and {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:10, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.

{{flagicon|Republic of Venice|wartime}} Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.

{{flagicon|Scotland}} ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends ↗ to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.

{{flagicon|Rwanda}} Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali ↗ being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.

22px ↗ Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.

{{flagicon|Botswana}} The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.

22px ↗ Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.

22px ↗ Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.

{{flagicon|United States}} Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.

{{flagicon|England}} Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something 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 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 ↗. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 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:

{{flagicon|BWA}} The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.

{{flagicon|Republic of Venice|wartime}} Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.

22px ↗ Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.

22px|England ↗ Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.

{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.

22px ↗ Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.

22px ↗ Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember 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 (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗ (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday!

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

{{flagicon|BWA}} The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs ↗.

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.

{{flagicon|Republic of Venice|wartime}} Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.

22px|England ↗ Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.

22px ↗ Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.

20px|Zulu (International Code of Signals) ↗ BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗ (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, {{flagicon|BWA}} The Rambling Man and {{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being {{flagicon|Republic of Venice|wartime}} Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are 22px ↗ Gog the Mild, {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski, 20px|Zulu (International Code of Signals) ↗ BennyOnTheLoose, {{flagicon|Rwanda}} Amakuru and 22px ↗ Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. 22px|George Floyd mural ↗ Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror ↗ but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗ (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

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Katharine Kniskern Mather link

Hello,
I'm Beardbrarian. I'm part of a small team of Iowa State University library staff, along with HematISU, that are working on Wikipedia, following the guidelines laid out in Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Cultural_Professionals ↗. The edit HematISU made yesterday, was to future-proof an existing citation to one of our finding aids by changing it from a direct link to an Archival Resource Key ↗ or ARK. Over the years, our library has hosted finding aids at various URLs, some older links from Wikipedia point to www.add.lib.iastate.edu and are now broken because that URL has changed. The prior Kniskern Mather link pointed to findingaids.lib.iastate.edu, which is no longer the current home of our finding aids. While the link currently works, the platform it links to will be retired eventually. The link HematISU added points to the current platform for finding aids, cardinal.lib.iastate.edu, which will almost certainly be replaced by something else in the future, if past practices hold. When that happens we will update the ARK to point to the new location and the ARK, but the link in Wikipedia will not need to be changed.

The purpose of updating Wikipedia links to ISU library resources to ARKs is to reduce dead links in Wikipedia and to reduce the burden on Wikipedia editors to update external links as URLs change. We are only making such changes for links to resources managed by the ISU library. This is very similar to the use of DOIs ↗ throughout Wikipedia to link to resources.

May we restore HematISU's edit?

Beardbrarian (talk) 14:53, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:{{replyto|Beardbrarian}} Absolutely — you didn't need to ask my permission at all. Please accept my apologies for the error. --Dylan620 (talk) 18:55, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:{{replyto|Beardbrarian}} As a matter of fact, I have just restored the edit myself ↗. In the time since I was last an active user on Wikipedia, I clearly have become a little ''too'' wary of URLs with formats I didn't recognize, and I am not familiar with ARKs. Thank you and Hemat for your work, and again I am sorry for the inconvenience. --Dylan620 (talk) 19:08, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:{{replyto|Dylan620}} No worries! They are funky looking URLs, so it's understandable they could raise suspicion. I don't think ARKs are nearly as widely used as DOIs, which doesn't help make them more recognizable. Thanks! Beardbrarian (talk) 22:27, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our '''Champion''' this year is {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|The Rambling Man}}, who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|The Rambling Man}} with 5072 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Lee Vilenski}} with 3276 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Amakuru}} with 3197 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Epicgenius}} with 1611 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Gog the Mild}} with 1571 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 1420 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Hog Farm}} with 1043 points
#{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Bloom6132}} with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|The Rambling Man}} wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Lee Vilenski}} wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Gog the Mild}} wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Epicgenius}} wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|The Rambling Man}} wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|The Rambling Man}} wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Epicgenius}} wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant12|Bloom6132}} wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page ↗. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to '''sign up to participate ↗'''; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2022 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry

I didn't see the sandbox thing on ur last thing. I thought I was on sandbox, but nope. SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 03:08, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
:{{ping|SuperSonicGamingYT18}} I appreciate your apology — is there anything I can do to help you get started with editing? This page ↗ also contains useful information for new editors. Cheers, Dylan620 (talk) 04:02, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, it is pretty hard to visually edit. How do I do it? SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 04:54, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
:{{ping|SuperSonicGamingYT18}} Apologies for the late response. I will be very honest — I'm not terribly familiar with visual editing myself. I've been using the source editor ↗ ever since I joined, and I still find its interface easier to navigate than the visual editor. If you want to use the visual editor, then Help:VisualEditor ↗ provides information that I find useful.
:I can give you a quick rundown of some of the most basic yet vital functions of wiki markup:
:*To link to a page on Wikipedia, use two brackets on each side of the title of the page you want to link. For instance, if you want to link to Sonic the Hedgehog ↗, type <nowiki>Sonic the Hedgehog ↗</nowiki>
:*To link to an external website ↗, you can just paste the URL into the edit box like so: http://nhc.noaa.gov. If you want to shorten the visual appearance of the link so it takes up less space on the screen, then add one bracket to each end; applying this to the previous link yields http://nhc.noaa.gov ↗. You can label a link by first adding a space in between the URL and the closing bracket, and then adding text before the closing bracket, like this ↗
:*To cite sources (see also: Wikipedia:Citing sources ↗, Wikipedia:Reliable sources ↗), use <nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki> and include the material you're using for the citation in between the two tags; some helpful templates and their input fields are listed and described at Wikipedia:Citing sources#What information to include ↗
:*''Italic'' and '''bold''' text are achieved by using two or three (respectively) apostrophes at each end of a word or phrase. Example: ''fish'' is rendered in wikitext as <nowiki>''fish''</nowiki>, and '''chips''' is rendered in wikitext as <nowiki>'''chips'''</nowiki>
:*To insert an image or other form of media ↗ into an article, type <nowiki>thumb|<caption text goes here> ↗</nowiki>
:Additional valuable information can be found at Help:Editing ↗. Also, in your personal preferences ↗, you can check off an option to add an edit toolbar to the top of the edit box; this toolbar includes a drop-down "Help" menu as well as quick and easy access to various editing functions. I hope this helps, and I'll be glad to lend further assistance. --Dylan620 (talk) 04:42, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

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:{{ping|Th78blue}} *om nom nom* delicious! Thank you for this message, and also for your own work to help Wikipedia :) --Dylan620 (talk) 19:09, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
::Glad you "enjoyed" them! {{heart}} Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk) 19:44, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Why tho

Why does everyone say Wikipedia lies? I call BS on that tho SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 02:54, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
:{{ping|SuperSonicGamingYT18}} Hi there, apologies for the late response (again), I've been busy with off-wiki obligations. Wikipedia has historically drawn some skepticism about its accuracy, due to its "anyone can edit" philosophy. However, policies and guidelines are in place (including but not limited to verifiability ↗, no original research ↗, reliable sources ↗, neutral point of view ↗, and biographies of living persons ↗) to ensure the quality of the information which is present in or added to articles. Thanks in part to such standards, Wikipedia is generally considered to be highly accurate. --Dylan620 (talk) 19:34, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh ok lol SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 05:31, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Oops

You would be right; I thought I was reverting the vandalism. I was using Huggle, and I believe what may have happened was that there was a delay between ClueBot reverting the vandalism and me still seeing the vandalised revision so choosing to revert it, also! Thank you for clearing that one up for me. :-) '''Patient Zero''''''talk''' 03:27, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Patient Zero}} No worries :) same thing has happened to me from time to time! --Dylan620 (he/him) (talk) 03:31, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Admin help requested

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Hi there,

I just uploaded the album cover for ''This Wild Willing ↗'' by Glen Hansard ↗ (incredible album, strongly recommended listening, but I digress). I couldn't figure out how to reduce the file size before I initially uploaded, so I did so with a resolution of 700px2; I managed to reduce the resolution to 300px2 after uploading, but I would like for an administrator to please delete the previous version because it is now orphaned NFC. (If anyone has any suggestions of how I could reduce the resolution of a file before uploading it, I would welcome that, too.) Thank you, Dylan620 (he/him) (talk) 17:48, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
:I have deleted the earlier version of the file from the history. As for reducing the resolution of a file before uploading it, there are many pieces of image editing software which can do that. GIMP ↗ is a free one, but I find it sometimes difficult to figure out how to do what I want with it. You could try asking for suggestions at the help desk or the reference desk, as there must be many editors who frequently do that kind of thing. JBW (talk) 20:12, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
::{{re|JBW}} Thank you kindly. I'm downloading GIMP now and will give it a try tomorrow; if it doesn't work out, then I'll drop a line at the help desk. --Dylan620 (he/him) (talk) 03:33, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Goat vandal

Since I notice you’ve been very alert on the active vandalism on 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) ↗, you might be interested that the vandal you’ve been reverting is part of an LTA, located here ↗. Jalen Folf (talk) 17:18, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|JalenFolf}}, thank you for the heads up. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 01:18, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Stop

Stop Hipponos (talk) 01:36, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}} and {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}} and {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup ↗. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.

{{flagicon|Christmas Island}} AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.

{{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland|old}} Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.

{{flagicon|Philadelphia}} GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.

{{flagicon|United Nations}} Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.

23px|link=Flag of Provo, Utah ↗ SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.

{{flagicon|United Nations}} Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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 Needed ↗.

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 ↗. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

{{User QAIbox/auto|years=Nine}} --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
:Hard to believe it's been nine years already :,) Thank you so much Gerda, I hope you are well! --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 00:07, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Articles already exist

You reverted my legitimate redirect/merge of duplicate articles.--142.167.135.137 ↗ (talk) 01:38, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

#{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
#{{flagicon|Christmas Island}} AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
#{{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland|old}} Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
#23px ↗ Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
#20px|link=SPQR ↗ Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
#{{flagicon|United States of America}} Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
#{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗ (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 ↗. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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:Thank you {{u|Volten001}}, that's very kind of you! :) --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 21:15, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

You're most welcome... Happy editing! '''''Volten'''''001 ☎ 02:51, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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25px|alt=Warning icon ↗ Please stop your disruptive editing ↗. If you continue to assume bad faith when dealing with other editors, you may be blocked from editing ↗. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. FourGLTE (talk) 00:08, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
:{{re|FourGLTE}} With all due respect, it is impossible to ascribe good faith to this edit ↗. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 00:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
::Probably best not to revert his comment(s) on WP:ANV ↗ though. That seems improper. ★Ama TALK CONTRIBS ↗ 00:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
:::{{re|Amadeus1999}} I reverted their comment because it was a blatant falsehood; their ANI post was in retaliation to the AIV report (compare the timestamps for each report). Also, look at their edits. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 00:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
::::{{Reply to|Dylan620}} Oh yeah don't get me wrong, I know it's a (probable) falsehood and that their edits are pure trolls, and he's blocked now I see. I just meant to say that removing someone else's comments on ANV can obviously look a little scummy at first sight. ★Ama TALK CONTRIBS ↗ 00:36, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
:::::{{re|Amadeus1999}} Yeah that's fair, I'd already decided not to revert the ANI post for the same reason, so I probably shouldn't have reverted the AIV comment either. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 00:39, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

20px|Zulu (International Code of Signals) ↗ BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.

{{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland|old}} Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.

22px ↗ Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 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. 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗ (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 ↗. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

About Sidhu Moose wala page

Hello sir I removed that section because of that section Sidhu was getting unnecessary hate. Everyone has different opinion about Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale for Punjab people he is matry and strong leader who stood against Indian government dominance according to many sources he never demanded khalistan his main motive is anandapur resolution many big politicians like Subramanian Swamy ↗ also said that bhindranwale was Sant Daredevils56 (talk) 12:05, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Daredevils56}}, and apologies for the late response; I had a busy couple of days off-wiki. I find myself in agreement with what {{u|Fylindfotberserk}} (courtesy ping) told you on their talk page — such a significant removal of sourced content should be discussed on the article's talk page ↗. Furthermore, I strongly recommend reading Wikipedia's policy on editing neutrally ↗. In any given article, we should strive to proportionately and fairly describe all significant viewpoints which are held regarding that article's subject(s), as long as those views are covered in reliable sources ↗; as far as I can tell from the sources provided for that section (although due to my language barrier I am unfortunately unable to understand the YouTube video cited), Moose Wala did indeed generate controversy with the Khalisan references in "Panjab," and I would caution against removing sourced material solely because it appears to paint (a) subject(s) in a negative light. --Dylan620 in public/on mobile (he/him · talk) 19:39, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, 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. For the remaining competitors, 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, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗ (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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:Thank you {{u|CAPTAIN RAJU}}! --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 21:53, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

left|125px|link=Wikipedia:Fifteen Year Society ↗ Dear {{PAGENAME}},

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the '''Fifteen Year Society ↗''', an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. 

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 21:19, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
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:Thank you {{u|Chris troutman|Chris}}, I accept. Hard to believe it's been that long already. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 21:53, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Declined RD1

You requested an RD1.
I declined it as the listed sites appear to be public domain. Do you think I'm missing something? S Philbrick(Talk) 00:49, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

RD1 request

You requested an RD1 for United States Army Sniper School ↗

One of the sites you listed:
https://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/316thCav/Sniper/Description.html
Is a public domain website, so that should not be reverted or subject to an RD1.

The other site you listed:
https://snipercentral.com/u-s-army-sniper-school-ft-benning/

Would be eligible for reversion and RD one but I'd want you to make absolutely sure that the material found that site was not also found at the public domain site. S Philbrick(Talk) 00:54, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Sphilbrick}} and thank you for these messages. It seems that I erred in adding the military URLs to my revdel requests last night, and for that I apologize. I should have realized that, as part of the USDOD, .mil websites would be in the public domain. However, one of the URLs I requested for the Female Engagement Team ↗ article, https://taskandpurpose.com/history/fet-infantry-us-military/, is copyrighted to its owners/publishers, and material from it is present in both of the diffs which had been submitted for redaction. As for the United States Army Sniper School article, I have withdrawn the request as pertaining to the military sites but left it in place as pertaining to the Sniper Central site. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 20:02, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
::Sounds good, thanks. S Philbrick(Talk) 21:30, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
:::{{re|Sphilbrick}} No problem. For what it's worth, I've just re-requested revdel on Female Engagement Team ↗ per my above message. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 05:10, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The '''2022 champion''' is

{{flagicon|England}} Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by

{{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland|old}} Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was

20px|Zulu (International Code of Signals) ↗ BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by

{{flagicon|New York City}} Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were

23px ↗ Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,

{{flagicon|United Nations}} Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean ↗, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was

{{flagicon|Chicago}} PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and

{{flagicon|Toronto}} Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

{{flagicon|England}} Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.

{{flagicon|United Nations}} Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.

25px ↗ Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.

{{flagicon|Toronto}} Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.

{{flagicon|New York}} Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.

23px|link=Flag of Provo, Utah ↗ SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.

{{flagicon|England}} Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.

23px ↗ Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.

23px ↗ Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.

{{flagicon|Kingdom of Scotland|old}} Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page ↗. You are invited to '''sign up to take part ↗''' in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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Dear project member,
This message is being sent out to encourage new ideas and feedback on those proposed in regard to the colors debate for WikiProject Weather. For those who are unaware of what's been happening over the last year, I will give a brief summary. We have been discussing proposed changes to the colors of the dots on tropical cyclone maps and templates and infoboxes across the entire weather project in order to solve issues related to the limited contrast between colors for both normal vision as well as the various types of color blindness (MOS:ACCESS ↗). We had partially implemented a proposal earlier this year, however, it was objected to by a number of people and additional issues were presented that made it evident this wasn't the optimal solution. We tried to come up with other solutions to address the issues related to color contrast, however, none of them gained traction and no consensus was generated.

We need your help and I encourage you to propose your own scale and give feedback on those already listed. Keep in mind that we are '''NOT''' making a decision on any individual proposal at this time. We are simply allowing people to make proposals and cultivate them given feedback from other project members. Please visit our project page ↗ for additional details. The proposal phase will close no later than December 31st at 23:59 UTC. NoahTalk 03:57, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

El Cubano 153's remaining drafts

Hello @Dylan620 and sorry to bother you, but the blocked user El Cubano 153 left several more fictional drafts that are probably unwanted. Should a discussion be started for deletion?

User:El Cubano 153/Cyclone Winds Scale

User:El Cubano 153/2022–23 South Atlantic HurricaneSeason

User:El Cubano 153/9 November Ciego de Ávila Storm

Draft:List of tornadoes in the Caribbean ↗

'''Layah50♪''' ( '''話して～!''' ) 04:04, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Layah50}}, it's no bother at all. I do agree there should probably be a discussion for deletion of these drafts. I'd start one myself now, but I'm off to bed for the evening. I'll try to do it tomorrow after work if a discussion isn't live by then. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 23:26, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
::Alright, thank you and goodnight! '''Layah50♪''' ( '''話して～!''' ) 00:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Sturmvogel 66}} and {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Hurricane Gloria ↗ under FA Review

I have nominated Hurricane Gloria ↗ for a featured article review here ↗. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria ↗. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here ↗. George Ho (talk) 02:24, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

{{flagicon image|Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg|link=Dual monarchy of England and France}} Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.

{{flagicon|Germany}} FrB.TG ↗ was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.

{{flagicon|USA}} TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.

{{flagicon|Byzantine Empire}} Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included {{flagicon|Berkelland}} LunaEatsTuna, {{flagicon image|Flag of Mars.svg|link=Mars}} Thebiguglyalien, {{flagicon image|Transgender Pride flag.svg|link=Transgender}} Sammi Brie, {{flagicon|New England}} Trainsandotherthings, {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski, {{flagicon|Indonesia}} Juxlos, {{flagicon image|Flag of Earth.svg|link=Earth}} Unexpectedlydian, {{flagicon|Washington}} SounderBruce, {{flagicon|Wales}} Kosack, {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Esperanto.svg|link=Esperanto}} BennyOnTheLoose and {{flagicon|Chicago}} PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date 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 Needed ↗.

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Ten years ago, you ↗ were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

{{flagicon|Byzantine Empire}} Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors ↗, and lots of bonus points.

{{flagicon image|Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg|link=Dual monarchy of England and France}} Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history ↗, one GA and nine reviews.

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre ↗, four GAs and eleven DYKs

{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Esperanto.svg|link=Esperanto}} BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker ↗, six GAs and seven reviews.

{{flagicon|Germany}} FrB.TG ↗ (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song ↗ and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by {{flagicon image|Transgender Pride flag.svg|link=Transgender}} Sammi Brie, {{flagicon image|Flag of Mars.svg|link=Mars}} Thebiguglyalien, {{flagicon image|Cat in console.png}} MyCatIsAChonk, {{flagicon|Chicago}} PCN02WPS, and {{flagicon|London}} AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews 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.

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 ↗. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 July newsletter

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

{{flagicon image|Flag of Mars.svg|link=Mars}} Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland ↗ as well as five good articles and many reviews,

{{flagicon image|Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg|link=Dual monarchy of England and France}} Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England ↗ and numerous reviews,

{{flagicon|Byzantine Empire}} Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III ↗.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by

{{flagicon image|Transgender Pride flag.svg|link=Transgender}} Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was

{{flagicon image|Flag of Mars.svg|link=Mars}} Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

Inappropriate use of Huggle

It is inappropriate to use Huggle to revert good faith and well supported edits as you did at Long hot summer (disambiguation) ↗. Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines of using the tool before making such edits again. 142.157.250.127 ↗ (talk) 19:55, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Non-static charts

Hi Dylan620. Please note that according to WP:CHARTS ↗, a chart needs to be {{tq|... static, that is, the data in the chart cannot change. This excludes dynamic "all-time" charts ...|q=y}} You are adding the "Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs" which is, by nature, not static. I removed the chart up to #20, please remove the rest yourself. --Muhandes (talk) 09:02, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
:{{re|Muhandes}} Thank you for pointing this out to me, though I am quite disappointed to see. My understanding has been that placing in an all-time chart was a notable quality that merited inclusion in an article. However, I respect that this could be an issue, since ''Billboard'' does not readily produce archives of all-time charts like they do with weekly or year-end charts. I am willing to revert my additions as you have requested, but would greatly prefer to discuss first. I have a couple suggestions for workarounds:
:*'''Wayback Machine''': The most recent updates of the all-time Alternative Songs (35th anniversary, 2023) and Adult Alternative Songs (25th anniversary, 2021), are archived on the Wayback Machine; alt ↗, AAA ↗. Unlike the all-time charts themselves, these archives are static.
:*'''Artist chart histories''': If an artist has a page on ''Billboard'' and has a song that appeared on either of these all-time charts, then one can look up the placements on the artist's chart history. The alternative and AAA all-time chart positions can be directly accessed under the three-letter codes ''GMT'' and ''GAD'', respectively. Using Imagine Dragons as an example: GMT ↗, GAD ↗.
:Additionally, while this <s>could only be used as a source for a select number of articles</s> only mentions a select few songs directly, ''Billboard'' ran an article ↗ last month on the updated all-time artist and song rankings for the Alternative Airplay chart. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 17:34, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
::{{u|ResolutionsPerMinute}}, I see you have also been reverting, and I hope it is okay for me to draw your attention to this discussion because I would like your feedback on these suggestions as well. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 20:58, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
:::Anniversary charts are fine since they only get published once, but don't use the ones that get constantly updated. '''ResPM''' (T🔈🎵C ↗) 21:07, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
::::{{re|ResolutionsPerMinute}} Hmmmm... do you think attaching the ''Billboard'' article as a source would be sufficient to establish that the all-time chart position is from an anniversary chart, along with using an archived Wayback Machine URL as a source for the position itself? --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 02:35, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
:::::I don't see the harm in citing the article, but using archives of a dynamic chart? That's no different than citing a live source. It needs to specifically be an anniversary chart. '''ResPM''' (T🔈🎵C ↗) 10:40, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
::::::{{re|ResolutionsPerMinute}} Okay. I am still not convinced that a five-year interval (as has been the case with Alternative Airplay's all-time ranking updates) is sufficiently dynamic to be problematic, but that is a topic for WT:CHARTS ↗ instead of here (I may start a RfC in the coming days; still mulling it over). I'm about to leave for work for the afternoon/evening, and will be busy tomorrow as well, but if time permits then I will try to remove the positions which have not yet been reverted. I do intend to restore all-time chart positions that have been explicitly mentioned by the ''Billboard'' article — if acceptable, with the help of artist ↗ chart ↗ histories ↗ to fill in the rest of the top 10. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 15:32, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
::I believe the issue with dynamic tables has never been the sourcing, as one could use archived sourced and also, the "all time" positions are often mentioned by secondary sources. I believe the issue was that chart positions should be factual, and with dynamic charts there is no way to state the fact {{em|within the chart positions table}}. I don't see a problem with adding the fact to the text itself, with as qualifier, such as "it charted at #X on the all time chart, as of 2023". Muhandes (talk) 16:51, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
:::{{re|Muhandes}} That all makes sense, and mentioning the all-time chart positions in the text is a good idea. I'll start going through articles after dinner, removing tables in the process. Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits ↗) 20:26, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The '''WikiCup''' is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, {{flagicon|Delaware}} BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the '''WikiCup Champion'''. The finalists this year were:-

{{flagicon|Delaware}} BeanieFan11 with 2582 points

{{flagicon image|Flag of Mars.svg|link=Mars}} Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius with 1518 points

{{flagicon image|Cat in console.png}} MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points

{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Esperanto.svg|link=Esperanto}} BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points

{{flagicon|London}} AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points

{{flagicon image|Transgender Pride flag.svg|link=Transgender}} Sammi Brie with 520 points

{{flagicon image|Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg|link=Dual monarchy of England and France}} Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

{{flagicon image|Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg|link=Dual monarchy of England and France}} Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.

{{flagicon image|Cat in console.png}} MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.

{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.

{{flagicon image|Cat in console.png}} MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.

{{flagicon|Delaware}} BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.

{{flagicon|Berkelland}} LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.

{{flagicon image|Cat in console.png}} MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.

{{flagicon|New York (state)}} Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.

{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to '''sign up to participate ↗''' in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for the heads up on my 2nd vote mistake. I tried to strike the vote, but it still added to the count so I just deleted it with your reply. I hope that's not an issue. Thanks! Nemov (talk) 20:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
:{{re|Nemov}} No worries, that works! For what it's worth, if you want to remove an RfA vote in the future while still keeping the text, you can indent the vote with a pound symbol (#) in front – this will remove the vote from the count without messing up the numbering. --Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 20:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
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Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page ↗. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User4|Epicgenius}}, and {{User4|Frostly}}. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

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I'm currently working on a revamped version of the 1990 Pacific typhoon season ↗, which you can find here. After I'm finished with that, could you collaborate with me on making a timeline of those events? ''Flux55'' (talk) 23:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
:{{re|Flux55}} I'm admittedly not well-versed in Asian languages, and I'm not sure if that would create language barrier issues for me, but I would love to lend what help I can! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 23:26, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) ↗ and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, with one FA on Hö'elün ↗, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, with one FA on Doom (2016 video game) ↗, one GA on Boundary Fire (2017) ↗, and 11 reviews;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song) ↗, a nine-article FT on 30 (album) ↗, and two DYKs;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, with one FA on OneShot ↗ and one DYK;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} and {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Elli}}, both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews ↗. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗ and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) ↗, 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House ↗ and Doom (2016 video game) ↗, two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün ↗, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song) ↗, a nine-article FT on 30 (album) ↗, and three DYKs

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot ↗, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class ↗ articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Award ↗s. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Request for old account/doppelgänger blocks

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The recent discovery that one of my colleagues was a sockpuppet has prompted me to reflect on old accounts for which I have no use, and from which there should be no edits. Please block the following accounts indefinitely:

{{user|Dylan620 III}} – I was 12 years old and somehow thought I needed an account for editing from my Wii ↗. ("Dylan620 II" was later renamed to "Dylan620 public or mobile", which is my valid alt for editing from... well, yeah.)

{{user|Dylan620 Bot}} – I was 12 years old and somehow thought I could operate a bot despite having no programming knowledge whatsoever. (I also thought I could operate an adminbot despite not being an admin.)

{{user|HurricaneMaker99}} – Doppelgänger for my Fandom ↗ (formerly Wikia) username.

Thank you very much, Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 23:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

:{{done}}. Regards, '''~Swarm~''' {sting} 05:12, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season

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Promotion of Timeline of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season ↗

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Editor experience invitation

Hi Dylan :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:09, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Clovermoss}}, thank you for reaching out! I'll try to think of something to add in the near future :) Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 19:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA ↗ nomination of Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song) ↗

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've Talk:Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song)/GA1{{!}}begun reviewing ↗ the article Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song) ↗ you nominated for GA ↗-status according to the criteria ↗. 20px|link= ↗ 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of The Blue Rider -- The Blue Rider (talk) 14:01, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 642 points, mostly from 11 GA ↗s about radio and television;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? ↗ and Cora Agnes Benneson ↗) and three GAs;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|SounderBruce}} with 497 points, mostly from a FA ↗ about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC ↗ and two GAs;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Tamzin}} with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun ↗ and three GAs;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Kusma}} with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne ↗ and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews ↗. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes ↗ to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring ↗. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗ and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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DYK for Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season

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Your GA ↗ nomination of Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song) ↗

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TFL notification for May 2024

Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season ↗ – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list ↗ for May 20. The TFL blurb can be seen here ↗. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk ↗. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination ↗ reviews and 12 good articles ↗s about radio and television;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know ↗ nominations about coinage and history;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|SounderBruce}} with 552 points, mostly from a featured article ↗ about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season ↗, three featured lists ↗, and two good articles;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman ↗, two featured lists, and one good article;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? ↗ and Cora Agnes Benneson ↗) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here ↗. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news ↗ credits and at least 200 did you know ↗ credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics ↗ and good topics ↗.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 Needed ↗.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page ↗. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗ and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season

25px ↗ Hello! Your submission of Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season ↗ at the Did You Know nominations page ↗ has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at '''your nomination's entry ↗''' and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  4meter4 (talk) 01:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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DYK for Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song)

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DYK for Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season

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WP:GARC ↗: Invitation to review Windswept Adan ↗

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'''To accept or decline this invitation to review the article, visit WT:GARC/Circles#Circle #1 ↗.'''

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Promotion of Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season ↗

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Promotion of Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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Hurricane Hilary ↗

Hey there Dylan! I just wanted to let you know that I nominated Hurricane Hilary ↗ for FAC, which you reviewed for GAN. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 05:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
:{{re|Hurricanehink}} Coolio, great to see another tropical cyclone at FAC – and I see it's going pretty well! I'll give the article another read-through tomorrow and see if there's any more feedback I can add. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 19:28, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article ↗ on DeLancey W. Gill ↗, 11 good articles ↗, 18 did you know ↗ nominations, and dozens of reviews;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}} with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) ↗ and I'm God ↗, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV ↗, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|AryKun}} with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove ↗, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here ↗. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news ↗ credits, and at least 285 did you know ↗ credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics ↗ and good topics ↗.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page ↗. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗ and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Ghost in the Machine (song)

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List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes ↗ Improvement Time!

Hello there! I am sending this alert to all members of the WikiProject Weather ↗ and editors who have recently edited in the realm of tornadoes.

There is a ''large'' and '''important''' discussion ongoing, with the goal to completely overhaul and improve the List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes ↗. The previous improvement attempt back in 2022/2023 gained almost no participation. This alert is being sent out so these discussions hopefully gain a reasonably-sized participation, so the F5/EF5 tornado article, one of the most viewed weather-related articles on Wikipedia, can be improved for all readers!

If you wish to participate, please visit: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Weather/Possible F5/EF5/IF5 tornadoes ↗. '''The Weather Event Writer''' (Talk Page) 16:23, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

In appreciation

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:Thank you, Gog, that's very kind of you :) Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 23:45, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Ghost in the Machine (song) ↗

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A barnstar for you!

Promotion of Timeline of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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Help with timeline draft

Hello. I have been looking at the Pacific hurricane season timelines that you've been making and promoting to FL. It had inspired me to start a draft on the timeline of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season ↗ in an attempt to make my first FL. The problem is that there has never been a Pacific typhoon season timeline that has been promoted to FL, so I had to base the timeline off other timelines of different basins. I have finished the timeline of events (besides a few missing landfalls) and just need to add images to it.

I was wondering if you have any suggestions on what the draft should be like, while also considering the amount of systems and events during the season. I would also greatly appreciate you editing the draft, but I'll leave that up to you. —'''JCMLuis''' 💬 ↗ 17:57, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
:{{re|JCMLuis}} It is heartwarming that my work has inspired you :,) I'd love to lend a hand with the draft! I should have some time to look at it over the weekend or on Monday. It's great that you've chosen to do this with a WPAC season, precisely because there hasn't been a WPAC timeline FL yet; I think it's exciting to establish a first of its kind, plus the WPAC regularly sees high amounts of activity and impact. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 01:46, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
::{{re|JCMLuis}} So I've been reading over the timeline (and making a few minor tweaks to the lede) and I have a few comments. There are some words and other details that I think should be added, but the overall format is very good and in line with what I would expect from a timeline FL. I do question whether the ACE should be mentioned. 276.8 units is a high number on the face of it, but the climatological average is 299.6 units according to this ↗, so the 2019 seasonal total is actually near par for the basin. I mentioned the ACE in the ledes of the 1993, 1994, and 2014 EPAC timelines because those three seasons were particularly active in terms of ACE, all placing in the top 11 for the basin; the 2002 EPAC season was fair-to-middling in terms of ACE, so I chose not to mention it in that season's timeline. I also think that the JMA's "very strong" and "violent" categories should be integrated into the timeline itself, since they are included in the colorization scheme for the timeline graph. I'll try to help out with these (and adding more images) in the coming days. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 21:04, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
:::Alright (sorry for the very late response after almost a month), so I have included the other JMA categories in the timeline and removed the sentence about the ACE. I have also added the missing landfalls, so the timeline of events should be truly finished. I was wondering, has the JMA ever added the "Very Strong" or "Violent" label onto the typhoons' names? (Like Very Strong Typhoon Bualoi) I don't recall seeing the JMA ever do that, so I left the categories unchanged in the timeline of events. But I feel it could confuse the reader by saying that a typhoon had weakened into a typhoon. Like for example:
:::*18:00 UTC at {{coord|15.7|140.1|name=Wutip weakens into a typhoon.}} – the JMA reports that Typhoon Wutip (02W) has weakened into a typhoon.
:::Wutip was a very strong typhoon before weakening into just a typhoon, so would I reword the events to say something like "Typhoon Wutip (02W) has weakened from a very strong typhoon into a typhoon," or would I add the "Very Strong" or "Violent" label onto the storm's name? —'''JCMLuis''' 💬 ↗ 17:25, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
::::{{re|JCMLuis}} Hmmmm, that's an interesting issue. I know that when the JMA issues advisories on "regular" typhoons, or if a system is forecast to be one, they put the "Strong" qualifier for the system's intensity. It is also listed here ↗ under the "Categorization in Japan" column, though it is omitted from the "International Categorization" column and from this page ↗. I agree that Typhoon Wutip (02W) has weakened into a typhoon could be confusing. I think your weakened from a very strong typhoon into a typhoon wording could work, though I might want to raise the issue with the "strong typhoon vs. plain ol' typhoon" discrepancy on the WPTC talk page. I would avoid adding the "very strong" or "violent" labels to the storms' names, as I have never seen them do that like they do with severe tropical storms; to use examples from the current season, Severe Tropical Storm Prapiroon would be accurate, but Violent Typhoon Yagi wouldn't work even though it is technically correct. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 00:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
:::::What I have done is changed the wording and wikilinked the categories to the list of storms of that category, so I don't think there should be much confusion anymore. Now I need help with the images. I'm not sure what satellite images or tracks to include or exclude, since the Western Pacific basin is more active than the others. Isn't there a policy about too many images, even if all of them are located to the right? I'll also need help with the alternative text since I can't describe the images really well. (I don't want to go the basic route of "A satellite image of a tropical storm over the Pacific Ocean" or "A track of a Pacific typhoon" or something like that) —'''JCMLuis''' 💬 ↗ 16:35, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
::::::{{re|JCMLuis}} Those changes look good to me! As for the images, I don't think there's a concrete ''policy'' about having too many images in an article, but there does come a point where an excessive number of images can hinder an article's readability and lessen its overall quality. Generally, I think tropical cyclone season timelines should represent as many systems as possible – ideally, all of them – with either a track map, a satellite image, or both, as long as the images aren't packed too closely together. This is something I've tried to do with the timelines I've pushed through FLC this year (2011 EPAC ↗ being the most recent). That being said, some of the images in the draft do seem to be a bit close together, which appears to be the result of a few short-lived and/or weak systems – such as Sepat, Danas, and Mun – being represented by both satellite images and track maps. I would recommend choosing to keep either the track maps or the satellite images for such systems, perhaps leaning toward keeping the satellite images if you can find any breakpoints that could be used as location references in the text. For instance, the JTWC's report on the 2019 season ↗ mentions Palau and Osaka in the context of Sepat (94W). Another thing I noticed is that Sepat continues to be referred to as "Sepat (Dodong)" long after it has exited the PAR; I would recommend mentioning when Dodong left the PAR (this information can be found in PAGASA's report on the 2019 season ↗) and referring to it as just Sepat and/or 94W outside the PAR. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 21:20, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
::::::Forgot to say this when I initially replied, but I'll try to help out with alt texts this week. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 21:59, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
:::::::Seems that you have done the alt texts. (along with some formatting and adding JTWC pressure estimates) Yeah I would have never come up with any of them. Thank you so much! One issue I'd like to address before nominating for FL is Matmo's landfall. I could not find any source saying when the storm made landfall, so I used IBTrACS for that, but I don't think that it is the exact time. There is a source ↗ that says that it is ''forecasted'' to make landfall at 16:00 local time, but I don't think that counts. —'''JCMLuis''' 💬 ↗ 17:52, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
::::::::{{re|JCMLuis}} No problem! I'm glad I could help. Yeah, I would recommend against using a forecast source for this information, given that tropical cyclones can move a little slower or faster than predicted and that operational landfall times can be tweaked in reanalysis after the season is over. I think it's reasonable under the circumstances to use IBTrACS as the source for the timing of Matmo's landfall. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 22:37, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured article ↗s, 2 featured lists ↗, 7 good articles ↗, and 13 did you know ↗ nominations;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Arconning}} with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}} with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan ↗ and 2 good articles; and

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs ↗, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here ↗. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news ↗ credits, and at least 333 did you know ↗ credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics ↗ and good topics ↗.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page ↗. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗ and the judges ({{User|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User|Epicgenius}}, and {{User|Frostly}}) are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

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Promotion of Timeline of the 1995 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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Concern regarding Draft:The Fallen Crimson ↗

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If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted ↗ so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 15:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of Timeline of the 2011 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|BeanieFan11}}, who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 879 points, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Hey man im josh}} with 533 points, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 432 points, {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Arconning}} with 244 points, and {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|AryKun}} with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}} wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|BeanieFan11}} wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.

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Peer review ↗ for Snooze (song) ↗

It's been a while, dylan! I asked you a while back offwiki if you can have a good look at Snooze (song) ↗, but someone else beat you to it :P the offer is still up! I have opened a peer review ↗ here where you can leave more in-depth comments about the article. Thanks, Elias / PSA 🏕️🪐 [''please make some noise''] 02:29, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
:Hi Elias ↗! I was actually just about to dib the GAN when I saw someone else had already done so, heh. I'll give the article a look in the next two to three days! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 22:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

2002 Pacific hurricane season ↗

Hey Dylan620, seeing as you created the timeline for the season, I wondered if you wanted to nominate the season for good topic status? There are only four articles - the main article, timeline, Hernan, and Kenna - but all are still good enough. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 20:55, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
:Hi there HH – yes, that sounds great to me! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 21:49, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
::Cool! So first off, how do you think the articles are? Kenna is featured still, and at quick glance I think it might be OK. I'm not sure about Hernan. Do you think it should stay as an article? The season article is still very much on the short side. Or is it perhaps too short, and the season article is the problem article? Just spitballing. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 21:54, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
:::{{re|Hurricanehink}} Apologies for the late reply – it's been a busy, sleep-deprived past couple days in meatspace. I alluded to this in the merge discussion for Hernan, but yeah, there's definitely quite a bit of room to expand the season article. I don't see any information about pre-season forecasts – how did reality match up with expectations? Some storm sections could also be beefed up; Alma's in particular sticks out as quite short for a major hurricane, especially one that occurred in May, which isn't exactly common. By contrast, Elida's section might be too long, though I suspect that this is due to some information being sourced to operational advisories. Even so, it's currently 393 words longer than the section for Kenna, which to me seems to lend undue weight to Elida. I also think the lede could probably do with some expansion and/or slight restructuring, as it reads... not badly by any means, but just a little haphazardly. As for Kenna's article, I'll need to read it more thoroughly in the coming days, but I agree with you that there are no red flags at first glance. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 23:03, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
::::Yea the season does seem to be lacking a little bit. I agree that Elida focused too much on operational advisories, so that'll be an easy fix. No worries about the late reply, just glad to hear back. I guess we'll reconvene once/if Hernan is merged to reassess? ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 03:21, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
:::::{{re|Hurricanehink}} That works for me. In the meantime I might try to start expanding some of the other storm sections. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 13:36, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
::::::Good idea, like Alma should definitely be longer as you mentioned. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 19:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

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Re: 2004

At quick glance the list looks pretty good. I'm in the middle of a bunch of real world projects, so I can't do much on Wikipedia these days. I'm not a fan of timeline articles in general, as I feel they're pretty redundant with the main season article, so I hope you don't mind if I miss out on this FLC, as there are more important fish storms to fry, so to speak :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 18:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
:That's fair, {{u|Hurricanehink}}, I can certainly relate on that front. I hope everything's going well IRL! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 22:41, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thanks, yea I'm producing an original musical in a few months, so it's requiring a lot of time that otherwise might go toward wiki :P ♫ Hurricanehink (talk ↗) 22:53, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

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:{{re|JCMLuis}} Awww, thank you! And I'm very happy to hear that the FLC for the 2019 typhoon season timeline passed – congrats on setting a milestone! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 22:38, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!

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Landmines (song) ↗

Hey there, thanks for going through my edits and removing the duplicate charts! I didn't think that WP:USCHARTS ↗ applied to year-end charts, but I do see the argument for keeping it that way. However, I believe that it's worth leaving up the chart for "Landmines ↗" specifically for the reason you mentioned: it was the group's first #1 on the chart in two decades, a fact mentioned by Billboard itself ↗ as being record-breaking. This leads me to believe that it could qualify under the "Unusual cases" stipulation in the dependent charts ↗ section of the criteria, which allow for the inclusion of subordinate charts in these sorts of odd situations — if not the year-end one, at least the weekly one. What do you think? Leafy46 (talk) 22:43, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Leafy46}}, no problem! Honestly, I wasn't even going through your edits at all – I'm combing through ''Billboard''{{'s}} year-end Rock Airplay listing for any entries that haven't yet been added to their respective articles, and happened to notice the Alternative Airplay year-end listing on the article for "Landmines". Thinking it over, your reasoning does make sense, especially in light of the ''Billboard'' news piece. Another possible solution could be to mention the song's Alternative Airplay year-end chart performance in the article's prose. I did something like this on the article for "Not Strong Enough ↗", which was the 2023 year-end #1 on Adult Alternative Airplay; I wrote about this in the commercial performance section while omitting it from the table. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 23:52, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
::No worries, I just noticed that you did the same thing over at "Dilemma ↗" and "The American Dream Is Killing Me ↗"; good timing, I suppose, given that I'd placed in those year-end charts just the other day. Thanks for the suggestion, I think that I'll incorporate that in for "Landmines"! Leafy46 (talk) 04:20, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of Timeline of the 2004 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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Hello, Dylan620! As you have previously supported the promotion of Virtual Self (EP) ↗ to FA in Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Virtual Self (EP)/archive3 ↗, I'd like to know if you would like to reiterate your support for the current FAC ↗. I am afraid it could be closed again due to a lack of participation. Thank you! Skyshiftertalk 07:33, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
:O frik, thank you for reminding me, {{u|Skyshifter}}! I actually started re-reading the article the other day intending to chip in a review, but got sidetracked. I should have something written down by day's end. I should note, though, that it generally isn't appropriate to explicitly ask someone to support (or oppose, for that matter) a consensus-building discussion, as this could be viewed as canvassing ↗; writing a neutrally-worded message is a better way to go about attracting input. Cheers, Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 13:14, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you! I only worded it that way because you have previously supported the FAC for the article. Is that still inappropriate? Skyshiftertalk 13:17, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
:::{{re|Skyshifter}} I would say so, just to be safe. The act, ''in and of itself'', of messaging someone who supported a previous FAC for the article in question isn't a problematic thing to do, but I'd suggest maybe wording that message along the lines of, "hi there, since you chipped in at a previous FAC for this article, I was wondering if you had any feedback this time around?" so as to avoid any misreading of intentions. I know you're acting in good faith; just wanted to provide some advice for the future :) Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits ↗) 14:02, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points ↗ at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table ↗, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table ↗ shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles ↗ and 4 good articles ↗ on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Generalissima}} with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists ↗, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know ↗ articles mainly on historical topics.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}}, with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News ↗ articles primarily about athletes.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Sammi Brie}}, with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Hey man im josh}}, with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|MaranoFan}}, with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

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WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points ↗ at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table ↗ shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles ↗, 28 Did you know ↗ articles, and one In the news ↗ nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Thebiguglyalien}} with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles ↗ on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) ↗ and Grace Coolidge ↗, in addition to two GAs and two reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|History6042}} with 1,088 round points from four featured lists ↗ about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic ↗ mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Arconning}} with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognize {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Generalissima}} for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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 Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2025 July newsletter

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20 good articles ↗ and 48 did you know ↗ articles

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9 featured topic ↗ articles, two featured articles ↗, and four good articles

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Sammi Brie}} with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic ↗ articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table ↗ shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists ↗, 1 featured picture ↗, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. 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 Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello!

Saw your name pop up a moment ago. :) Glad to see you're still around, Dylan...I remember you from 15 years ago! Acalamari 21:59, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Acalamari}}, I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you! But I'm glad you're still around, too—it feels surreal to think it's been so many years since I started editing! I hope you and yours are enjoying the holiday season. :) Dylan620 (he/they/she • talk • edits ↗) 22:35, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9 in the news ↗ articles

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Arconning}} with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including a featured article ↗ on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics ↗, 9 good articles ↗, 28 did you know ↗ articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|AirshipJungleman29}} with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leader Rani of Jhansi ↗ and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table ↗ shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists ↗, 98 good articles, 9 good topic ↗ articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

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Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season ↗ – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list ↗ for October 10. The TFL blurb can be seen here ↗. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk ↗. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:31, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 November newsletter

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here ↗), are:
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with '''1,604''' tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} with '''1,075''' tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Arconning}} with '''860''' tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|History6042}} with '''804''' tournament points
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Sammi Brie}} with '''635''' tournament points
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|TheDoctorWho}} with '''386''' tournament points
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|AirshipJungleman29}} with '''373''' tournament points
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Thebiguglyalien}} with '''362''' tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|vigilantcosmicpenguin}} with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|TheNuggeteer}} with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles ↗, 4 featured lists ↗, 106 good articles ↗, 5 good topic ↗ articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know ↗ articles, and 9 in the news ↗ articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Gog the Mild}} wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|AirshipJungleman29}} wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|History6042}} wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|TheDoctorWho}} wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Arconning}} wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Sammi Brie}}, with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|Tails Wx}}, with 10 in the news articles in round 3

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Draft:Timeline of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season ↗

I have created a draft here ↗. Feel free to help and be a co-nom if this reaches WP:FL ↗ 🥏'''FrizzB''''''Talk'''🥏 15:43, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|FrizzB}}, thank you for the invitation to collaborate. I've actually been wanting to get back in the swing of things lately, and I'd love to help. I'll see what I can add later this week. Dylan620 (he/they/she • talk • edits ↗) 22:31, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
::I have nominated it at WP:FLC ↗ '''FrizzB''''''Talk''' 15:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
:::I appreciate you letting me know, {{u|FrizzB}}. I'm currently in the process of making some adjustments to the listicle, and will add myself as a co-nom after I click 'publish changes'. Dylan620 (he/they/she • talk • edits ↗) 19:30, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Can you get Timeline of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ↗ to FL ↗? I'm trying to get 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ↗ to FT ↗. '''Gifted''''''IceCream''' 20:04, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Hi again {{u|GiftedIceCream}}, apologies for missing this message. There is another timeline I've been meaning to polish up for FLC, but I'll take a look at the 2024 ATL timeline as well. Dylan620 (he/they/she • talk • edits ↗) 21:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2026 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2026 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. 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 a bot will set up your submissions page within one day, ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page ↗.

For the 2026 WikiCup, the highest-ranking contestants will receive tournament points ↗ at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. This is the same scoring system that we had last year. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants are no longer eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User4|Epicgenius}}, {{User4|Frostly}}, {{User4|Guerillero}} and {{User4|Lee Vilenski}}. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

TFL notification for February 2026

Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 1995 Pacific hurricane season ↗ – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list ↗ for February 27. The TFL blurb can be seen here ↗. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk ↗. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Promotion of Timeline of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season ↗

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WikiCup 2026 March newsletter

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews ↗ now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP ↗. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews ↗, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews ↗, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Bgsu98}} with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article ↗, 5 featured lists ↗, 15 good articles ↗, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Olliefant}} with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic ↗ articles, 4 did you know ↗ articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Generalissima}} with 1,095 round points, largely from 3 featured articles, 6 good articles, and 5 did you know articles;

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|MCE89}} with 848 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 32 FAC and GAN reviews; and

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Rollinginhisgrave}} with 838 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 14 FAC, GAN, and peer reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table ↗ will be updated within the next few days.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February 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 Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Promotion of Timeline of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ↗

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Promotion of Timeline of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season ↗

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You are invited to participate in the '''Destubathon of the Americas ↗''', a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ ''Dr. Blofeld'' 16:54, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

WikiCup 2026 May newsletter

The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews ↗ now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP ↗. Peer reviews ↗, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews ↗, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article ↗ (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|MCE89}} with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Generalissima}} with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction ↗, waterways, and Gu Yanwu ↗

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Bgsu98}} with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Olliefant}} with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Gommeh}} with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to ''Genshin Impact ↗'' and ''Honkai: Star Rail''

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table ↗ has been updated.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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 Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

TFL notification for June 2026

Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ↗ – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list ↗ for June 19. The TFL blurb can be seen here ↗. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk ↗. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 00:33, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

FAC reviews

Hey there! I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! I have the following up for Featured consideration if you have a minute and are so inclined:

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Golden Spin of Zagreb/archive1 ↗

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Romanian Figure Skating Championships/archive1 ↗

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Ice dance/archive1 ↗

Thank you so much in advance! '''Bgsu98''' (Talk) 22:21, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
:Hi {{u|Bgsu98}}! Thank you for the well wishes. Sure, I'd love to take a look at those candidacies! It looks like the Zagreb one got promoted before I could look at it (congratulations!), but I should be able to get to the other two in the next couple days. Dylan620 (he/they/she • talk • edits ↗) 16:09, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::Yes, I was surprised with that promotion today. I have added the Blue Swords Cup ↗ as my next FAC. '''Bgsu98''' (Talk) 16:38, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

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TFL notification

Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season ↗ – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list ↗ for July 15, 2026. The TFL blurb can be seen here ↗. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk ↗. --'''PresN''' 12:54, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

WikiCup 2026 July newsletter

The third round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 June at 23:59 (UTC). As a reminder, good article nomination reviews ↗ now receive 10 points, while peer reviews ↗, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews ↗, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 3 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; eight scored over 500; and thirteen scored over 300. The top three contestants had at least one featured article ↗ (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|MCE89}} with 1567 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography, as well as some article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Bgsu98}} with 1547 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, featured lists, and a good topic about figure skating, along with 20 article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Reconrabbit}} with 1004 points, mainly from a high-multiplier featured article on European rabbit ↗ and several good articles, DYKs, and reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|A.Cython}} with 1004 points, mainly from good articles about warfare, along with 22 article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Generalissima}} with 859 points, mainly from good and featured articles about rivers and East Asian topics

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 7 featured-topic articles, 117 good articles, 74 good-topic articles and more than 30 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 13 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted nearly 180 reviews. The tournament points table ↗ has been updated.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. 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 Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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 ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:49, 29 June 2026 (UTC)