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Happy First Edit Anniversary Max263 🎉

Hey @Max263. Your wiki edit anniversary was 2 days ago, marking 7 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 17:58, 22 December 2025 (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)

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) 14:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

March 2026

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DYK for Twenty Twenty Six

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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)

WIkiProject ''Doctor Who'': April 2026 Newsletter

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<big>'''Don't be lasagna (because there's a new newsletter to read)'''</big>

: Hello, and welcome to our first 2026 issue of ''The Space-Time Telegraph''. Inside you'll find plenty of information about recent happenings in our little ''Who'' corner of Wikipedia. We've also included a plethora of ''Doctor Who'' news you may have missed elsewhere in the last few months such as the finding of previously missing episodes, upcoming and recent product releases, a new streaming home for ''Who'' across the pond (and even a potential future partnership for new episodes). So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and jump on in!
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<big>'''Into the Vortex! (Of Good and Featured Content)'''</big>
:Since our newsletter last December, the ''Doctor Who'' WikiProject has seen a large amount of quality article improvement. So far, 16 Good Articles have been improved this year! We're at about the same pace we were last year, which is always good to see, especially given the twelve other articles nominated for GA status at present. Special shoutouts to users {{noping|Rhain}} for their improvements on First Doctor ↗ serials, {{noping|SkywalkerEccleston}} for their various improvements across a wide variety of articles, {{noping|Lbal}} for their work on Full Circle (''Doctor Who'') ↗, and {{noping|Doomitron}} for their work on Sixth Doctor ↗.

:Additionally, since then, Ice Warrior ↗ has been improved to Featured Article status, List of ''Doctor Who'' creatures and aliens ↗ and List of ''Doctor Who'' characters ↗ have been improved to Featured List status, and three Good Topics focused on articles relating to the Midnight Entity ↗, the Slitheen ↗, and ''Doctor Who'' series 15 ↗ have been nominated and approved.

:Congratulations to all of the users who have improved quality ''Doctor Who'' articles in the past few months!

<big>'''A flabbergasting discovery'''</big>
:In March, it was announced that episodes 1 ("The Nightmare Begins") and 3 ("Devil's Planet") of ''The Daleks' Master Plan ↗'' were found by the charity Film is Fabulous! in a private collection among some films. The collector gave them permission to have them and sadly passed away not long after. Upon learning of the discovery through Toby Hadoke ↗, actor Peter Purves ↗, who starred in the episodes alongside William Hartnell ↗ and Adrienne Hill ↗, said "My flabber has never been so gasted". The episodes were shown at a BFI ↗ screening (with Purves in attendance) in April and are now available on BBC iPlayer ↗ in the UK and the official Doctor Who Classic YouTube ↗ channel in the US. This means that episodes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 of ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' are now available.

:It has been hinted that more could be found in the near future as 95 episodes remain missing.

<big>'''Intelligence Bulletin from the Subwave Network'''</big>

The 1996 American-produced ''Doctor Who'' television film ↗ was remastered in 4K using the original film reels for a Blu-ray release this May. The restored version includes both the UK and U.S. broadcast versions and new special features.

Big Finish Productions ↗ recently extended their contract with the BBC ↗ to continue licensing the ''Doctor Who'' franchise intellectual property for audio stories through 2035. The first new production to be confirmed following this announcement, is a fifteen-part box set featuring David Tennant set to begin releasing bimonthly next year.

In February, the First Doctor ↗ serial ''The Rescue ↗'' was published on vinyl record ↗ as a special release for Record Store Day ↗ in the United Kingdom.

''Circuit Breaker'', a new multi-platform story starring Jo Martin ↗ as the Fugitive Doctor ↗ was announced by BBC Studios ↗ to launch this June. Spanning audio, books, comics, games, magazine, internet, and Blu-ray releases, tells a singular interconnected story about UNIT's Black Archive across several mediums.

Seventeen years after its last release, Character Options is releasing a new five-part set of ''Doctor Who'' figures beginning in July.

In the United States, AMC+ ↗ has secured rights to be the exclusive streaming video on demand host of all 2005–2022 ''Doctor Who'' episodes. This era of ''Who'' has been unavailable to stream in the States since its removal from HBO Max ↗ in July 2025. Noticeably absent from press releases are mention of spin-off series ''Torchwood ↗'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures ↗''; while these shows have historically been packaged with this era of ''Who'' in streaming deals on HBO Max, before that on Amazon Prime Video ↗, as well as Netflix ↗ and Hulu ↗ in the ancient days, there is no confirmation if these will be included. Elsewhere in America, Classic ''Who'' has it's own streaming home on BritBox ↗ (yes, BritBox still exists on this side of the pond), while the 60th anniversary specials and Gatwa's era remain on Disney+ ↗ for the foreseeable future. Disney has also yet to release ''The War Between the Land and the Sea ↗'', a five-part miniseries previously marketed by the company as releasing outside of the UK and Ireland in "early 2026". There is also no news on where, if anywhere, future episodes of ''Who'' will air or stream in the United States (or elsewhere worldwide, for that matter); however, AMC Global Media ↗ (the owner of AMC+) owns BBC America ↗, which it regularly licenses BBC content for and was the linear broadcaster of ''Who'' from 2009–2022, and a non-controlling ownership stake in BritBox ↗. AMC+ was also previously the next-day streamer of ''Who'' episodes during the Jodie Whittaker ↗/Chris Chibnall ↗-era as a transitional period between their broadcast on BBC America and release on HBO Max. Given this, and the global reach of AMC+, it's a feasible home for future new episodes and even the rumored potential of a co-production deal to fill the funding deficit left by Disney.

<big>'''Succession'''</big>
:The oldest-living person associated with the Whoniverse since Arnold Yarrow ↗'s death in December 2024, Laurie Webb ↗, sadly passed away on 29 March aged 101 years, 327 days. He remains the fifth longest-lived person associated with the Whoniverse and the tenth to become a centenarian. The title of oldest-living person associated with the Whoniverse is now held by 97-year-old Peter Cellier ↗ (''Time-Flight ↗'').

<big>'''Contributors'''</big>

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<big>'''Their songs have ended... but their stories never end 🌹'''</big>
:Since the previous issue was published, a number of people related to the Whoniverse have sadly passed away and some who passed away before the previous issue only had their deaths announced recently:

:'''2022'''
:* October – Tony Scoggo, 86, actor (''Terror of the Vervoids ↗'')

:'''2023'''
:* 25 March – Douglas Sheldon ↗, 87, actor (''The Daleks' Master Plan ↗'')

:'''2024'''
:* Q1 – Susanna Carroll, 90 or 91, actress (''Galaxy 4 ↗'')
:* 9 December – Julia Burnett, 70, actress (''The Hand of Fear ↗'')
:* 29 December – Nick Hobbs, 78, actor (''The Curse of Peladon ↗'', ''The Ark in Space ↗'', "Amy's Choice ↗" and more)

:'''2025'''
:* Before 15 February – Geoffrey Keep, 76 or 77, convention regular and First Doctor ↗ cosplayer
:* Before 14 April – Harriet Philpin ↗, 73, actress (''Genesis of the Daleks ↗'')
:* 30 June – Jim Shooter ↗, 73, editor-in-chief (1984–86 ''Doctor Who'' comic series by Marvel Comics ↗)
:* 11 August – Mike Winser, 83, OB cameraman ↗ (''The Ultimate Foe ↗'')
:* 14 August – Carol Sadler, 62, camerawoman (some unspecified 1980s serials)
:* 28 August – John J. Johnston, 60, contributor to ''Doctor Who Magazine ↗''
:* 3 September – Keith Hodiak ↗, 75, actor ("The Five Doctors ↗")
:* 7 October – Tony Handy, 91, actor (''The Underwater Menace ↗'')
:* 1 November – Aidan White, 56, actor ("Partners in Crime ↗")
:* 7 November – Clemente Rezzónico, 90, artist (''Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150'')
:* 8 November – Geoff Beech, 81, studio cameraman (some unspecified 1960s and 1970s serials)
:* 11 November – Nigel Walters, 84, camera assistant (''The Ambassadors of Death ↗'')
:* 11 November – Peter Sowerbutts, 76, actor (multiple audio stories)
:* 16 November – Quenton Annis, 84, assistant floor manager (''The Ice Warriors ↗'')
:* 28 November – Carol Lawrence, 81, costume designer (''Chute! ↗'')
:* 3 December – John Dillon, 92, actor (''The Savages ↗'')
:* 8 December – Tony Van Silva, 75, stunt performer ("Tooth and Claw ↗")
:* 19 December – Richard Barnes ↗, 81, actor (''Nightmare of Eden ↗'')
:* December – Roger Bamford, unknown age, floor assistant (''The Daleks' Master Plan ↗'')
:* 2025 – Rita Dunn, 92, production assistant (''Snakedance ↗'')
:* 2025 – George Reed, 91, visual effects assistant (''The Seeds of Doom ↗'', ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang ↗'', ''Castrovalva ↗'', and many more)
:* 2025 – Jan Spoczynski, 76 or 77, designer (''Snakedance ↗'') and design assistant (''Revenge of the Cybermen ↗'')

:'''2026'''
:* 1 January – Gregory de Polnay ↗, 82, actor (''The Robots of Death ↗'')
:* 2 January – Colin Bell, 80, actor (''The Sea Devils ↗'', ''Invasion of the Dinosaurs ↗'')
:* 9 January – Tina Packer ↗, 87, actress (''The Web of Fear ↗'')
:* 10 January – Derek Martin ↗, 92, actor (''Image of the Fendahl ↗'', ''The Romans ↗'', ''The Massacre ↗'' and more) and stuntman (''The Ambassadors of Death ↗'', ''The Mind of Evil ↗'', ''The Claws of Axos ↗'')
:* 11 January – Marcus Gilbert ↗, 67, actor (''Battlefield ↗'', ''UNIT: Brave New World: Knightfall'')
:* 13 January – Paul Grist ↗, 86, actor (''The Claws of Axos ↗'')
:* 14 January – Donald Douglas ↗, 92, actor (''The Sontaran Experiment ↗'')
:* 16 January – Hazel Ellerby, 67, actress (''Torchwood: Cadoc Point'')
:* 31 January – Lorne Martin, 79, props buyer (''Doctor Who: The Tom Baker Years'') and head of BBC Exhibitions
:* 9 February – Tony Millier, 85, studio sound provider (''The Enemy of the World ↗'', ''Colony in Space ↗'', ''The Dæmons ↗'' and many more)
:* 7 March – Paul Seed ↗, 78, actor (''The Ribos Operation ↗'')
:* 17 March – Mike Smith, 87, helicopter pilot (''Fury from the Deep ↗'', ''The Dæmons ↗'')
:* 18 March – Tom Georgeson ↗, 89, actor (''Genesis of the Daleks ↗'', ''Logopolis ↗'')
:* 25 March – Sheila S. Tomlinson, 100, film editor (''Revenge of the Cybermen ↗'')
:* 29 March – Laurie Webb ↗, 101, actor (''The Three Doctors ↗'')
:* 6 April – Angela Pleasence ↗, 84, actress ("The Shakespeare Code ↗", ''The Curse of Clyde Langer ↗'')
:* 10 April – Jan Williams ↗, 87, actress (''The Ark ↗'')
:* April – Jill Curzon ↗, 87, actress (''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. ↗'')
:* 2 May – Barbara Kinghorn, 81, actress (''The Caves of Androzani ↗'')
:* 3 May – Joyce Hawkins, 95, costume designer (''Horror of Fang Rock ↗'')
:* 14 May – Alan Rothwell ↗, 89, actor (''The Twilight Kingdom'')
:* 18 May – Tom Kane ↗, 64, actor (''LEGO Dimensions ↗'')
:* May – Michael Keating ↗, 79, actor (''The Sun Makers ↗'', ''The Twilight Kingdom'', ''Year of the Pig'', ''The Evil One'', ''The End'')
:'''Unknown year'''
:* Tom Reeve, unknown age, dresser (''Full Circle ↗'', ''Paradise Towers ↗'', ''Delta and the Bannermen ↗'')
:* Brian Holloway, unknown age, cameraman (some unspecified serials in the 1960s and 1970s)
:* Dave Carter, unknown age, actor (''Doctor Who and the Silurians ↗'', ''Inferno ↗'', ''Terror of the Autons ↗'', and many more)

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DYK for The Assembly (British TV series)

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DYK for Tom Scutt

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Oscar selfie ↗

Thanks for your work creating that image map - but unfortunately, non-free images are only permitted in articles (WP:NFCCP ↗). The image was removed from the template you created by a bot. jolielover♥talk 02:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:I entered the imagemap element into the page itself, since it's the transcluded page (in the Template namespace) that isn't permitted by WP:NFCP ↗, not the imagemap itself. I would support Max263 asking for speedy deletion of the template per G7 ↗ if they want. Or I guess we could convert the template to a redirect? <span style="font-family:Constantia; background:linear-gradient(to left,#00fed5,#0077bb); -webkit-background-clip:text; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent; color=#0077bb; font-size:medium; line-height:0.0;">'''''TheFeds''''' 05:47, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you! I support deleting the template as it doesn't have a use now. jolielover♥talk 05:49, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
:::Ah sorry guys – I suspected this might be the case but didn't want to clog up the page. I'll delete the template page. Thank you :) Max263 (talk) 09:37, 29 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)

Your nomination of The Boy at the Back of the Class ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article The Boy at the Back of the Class ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:The Boy at the Back of the Class/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of DaniloDaysOfOurLives -- DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 12:06, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for The Celebrity Traitors series 2

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CS1 error on List of FIFA World Cup official match balls ↗

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* {{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/trionda-final-official-match-ball-final-four-matches |access-date=2026-07-06 |website=www.fifa.com}}

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Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 19:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

:My bad, cheers. Max263 (talk) 19:57, 6 July 2026 (UTC)