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Moving during AfD

Hi, you moved Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies into the draft space during an open AfD discussion. While this is not strictly speaking prohibited, it is discouraged as it can cause all sorts of confusion and problems. It has been moved back now, so the matter is back on track; I'm just mentioning this for future reference. Best, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:15, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

:I see, thank you for the information. I will take note in the future. Regards, Fermiboson (talk) 15:38, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for being congenial in your questions. May I please request you to archive the discussion at AN? Thank you, Lourdes 08:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

:Sure. How do I do that? Fermiboson (talk) 08:58, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

::Use {{archive top}} and {{archive bottom}} at the top and bottom of the discussion. Thanks, Lourdes 08:59, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

:::Alright, I will do that. Fermiboson (talk) 09:01, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

::::Thank you. Lourdes 09:02, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Single-case COI declaration

I don't think this deserves a place on the userpage, as this COI is isolated to one edit, extremely unlikely to ever come up again, and my edit was against the COI. However, as noted in the edit summary of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kriegsspiel&diff=prev&oldid=1182913109 this] edit, I am a member of the IKS, whose mentions I removed from the article due to lack of notability. Putting this here for permanent record and transparency. Fermiboson (talk) 04:06, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks, Beeblebrox (talk) 20:34, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Well, that was a bit unexpected. I hope you still enjoy Wikipedia! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:29, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

:Yeah… very much unexpected excitement. I am going to continue editing, after all it would be unreasonable to expect never to encounter drama when my activity is largely on the backend. I just didn’t expect it would be this soon. Well, I suppose I’m a witness to a piece of wikihistory now! Fermiboson (talk) 12:34, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

::Nothing on the Wikipediocracy forum on this I can see yet, but it may come. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:41, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

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:Thank you, and thank God. Fermiboson (talk) 22:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

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:Thank you - I'm not happy that this is necessary, but I suppose it is a good thing in the end that a long-standing sock was revealed. Fermiboson (talk) 07:08, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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:Thank you very much, just doing what I can. Fermiboson (talk) 20:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Gravity/Gravitational wave

Hi there! You wrote me on my talk page, that you think that I was practicing on editing the top note of Gravity wave and Gravitational wave. Well I was not, and I dont know how you arrived at that conclusion. But most importantly I think that the current note "phenomenon of general relativity" is much too vague and does not give an easily understandable distinction to gravity wave. I would like to see if you have an alternative that gives a better distinction or just reinstate the descriptive note that I tried to give, trying to flash out the difference of waves that these articles are about. Thank you.

Sincerely, Nsae Comp (talk) 21:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

:Much apologies for the note, I used Twinkle to post the TP message not realising you were a regular, and thanks for telling me to resolve the issue (feel free to remove the notice from your TP if you wish to do so). I think that "how gravity can propagate in waves" is a bit of an inaccurate description of gravitational waves. The purpose of the disambig is to differentiate between people who already know what they're looking for, so if someone is directed to Gravity wave after, say, reading a news article on LIGO, they know it's about GR and when they see the note they will be able to figure out that fluid dynamics is not what they're looking for. "For [phenomenon/item/object] in [broad area/category]" is a pretty regular pattern for these tags, and I feel that there is no need to specifically attempt to describe gravitational waves in half a sentence. Ditto for the other direction. Fermiboson (talk) 21:21, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Car speed and energy consumption

Dear Fermiboson,

Thank you for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Car_speed_and_energy_consumption your interest in this topic].

If you look up the Holmberg references given in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Physics#And_while_we%E2%80%99re_on_the_topic_of_essay-like_articles%E2%80%A6 , you see that Holmberg agrees with the Wikipedia article from the MacKay UK Govt report.

  • What do you mean by "plenty of OR"? Thanks, Hansmuller (talk) 13:07, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

:Thank you for the collegial reply. I’m currently on mobile and I’ll respond further in detail later, but in short, I’m not disputing the factuality of the derivations in the article, but WP:NOTTEXTBOOK applies. Fermiboson (talk) 13:25, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

::# You wrote "...is factually incorrect to boot.", so i thought you disputed the factuality, can you update that on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Car_speed_and_energy_consumption? 2. "OR" is to me an undefined variable, = 0? I look forward to you reply, thank you, Hansmuller (talk) 13:42, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

LARA

Hi!

I see you have something against Liberland project and its people or is this only my assumption. Can you please be more specific why you are deliberately deleting LARA - Liberland Amateur Radio Association, other than your personal political preference? I've stated the relevant sources, you can check who the members of organization are, so it's not fictive one. What more does this article need to be compliment? DelphiColor (talk) 11:46, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

:I do not have any opinion on Liberland, the ideology behind it, or microstates in general. I am nominating it for deletion (which is different from it actually being deleted) because I do not think it meets our notability guidelines for organisations, which is required for the organisation to have an article on Wikipedia. As far as I can find, no secondary source has given any coverage to the organisation you mention, which is what we need to determine inclusion into content. If you have such sources which are reliable, secondary and independent of the organisation, please feel free to show me, or add it directly to the article as references. You are also able to state why you think the article should be kept according to our notability guidelines at the Articles for Deletion (AfD) page, which you can access from the banner at the top of your page. Note that Wikipedia is not a place for you to promote any cause or organisation, we exist only as a repository of information already reported in secondary sources.

:I understand it can be frustrating to have your article nominated for deletion, or if you have strong feelings or connections with the subject (if you do, please also read WP:COI). Thank you very much for approaching this in a civil manner. Fermiboson (talk) 11:55, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

::Understood. Thank you for your explanation. Well, it's true that not many global independent sources cite it besides some individuals in their blogs, as the state that it is based in is,... well sort of out of ordinary, and sometimes it is a taboo topic. What I can say form observations is that LARA is significant organization in state of Liberland, beside its chess club and some other separate non-gov organizations. So main sources that link to the organization are Liberland based. If that's biased source... maybe, but there are also other well known organizations in other countries that are promoted by govt that they are based in, otherwise they wouldn't be known outside their countires. And since the country it is based in is also not recognized by any UN country and has limited ties with other govts, also LARA isn't member of any international organization.

::I added the article as I was editing List of amateur radio organizations and I know some details about this organization, so I thought that it will deserve its own article, as for example Aruba Amateur Radio Club has. I can also limit the content to bare minimum, if this content looks like it is promoting organization, which was not my intent. DelphiColor (talk) 14:20, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

:::No worries. The concern was (and still isn't) promotion, it was (and still is) notability. With regards to Liberland, since as you say it is not a recognised government, we treat it as a self-published source. If you have further questions on the reliability of particular sources, you can take it to WP:RS, but I honestly doubt you'll get much of a different answer. I have no opinion (and also no wish to gain one) on whether mainstream sources treat Liberland as taboo, or censor it, &c. but, as I said above, Wikipedia reports on what is said in those mainstream sources, not some underlying "true value".

:::As an aside (this isn't relevant to the notability of this article in particular but I felt the need to mention it) we do treat governmental or government-associated organisations, which receive no coverage other than governmental promotion, as non-notable in normal countries. If independent news sources pick it up, that's another matter. We don't give special deference to any government. Fermiboson (talk) 14:40, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

::::Thank you again. I apologize, if I made wrong assumptions about you and I admit I was a bit frustrated. Today I read reports that Croatia did something horrible to Liberland settlers and endangered their lives and that's why I was also a bit on edge. Anyways, if you think the site about LARA is not notable enough then yes... delete it, just please keep it on List_of_amateur_radio_organizations page. I think in that page I made clear enough that those are other organizations and not "national" ones. Thank you for understanding. Have a good day. DelphiColor (talk) 16:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Message and vandalism

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Please don't send message for me. If you would like to end your insult. But there is no problem, I have given your report to the admins. Keep in mind that Wikipedia has laws and is not your personal property.

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:That is quite funny, given that I was the one that filed the report. Wikipedia does not have "laws", it has policies and guidelines, several of which you have violated. Further discussion here is meaningless; please keep everything you wish to say on the AN/I thread. Fermiboson (talk) 16:23, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

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Would you believe twelve years of WP:COI edits? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 09:58, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

:With an edit summary in 2018 that clearly indicates autobiographical issues as well. I suppose we can never know what really slips under the radar. Fermiboson (talk) 10:09, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Get rollback

Surprised that you weren't a rollbacker already. Let me know and I'll grant, since I have no doubt that you can distinguish vandalism from good faith edits. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:05, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

:Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm actually not quite clear on what the difference between rollbacker rights and the Twinkle rollback/restore version option is, could you please enlighten me? Fermiboson (talk) 06:06, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

::Rollback works faster than Undos (which is what twinkle uses for restore or "rollback" if you don't have rollback rights), since it works only on the latest revisions and reverts ALL edits made by the same user. If you use Twinkle to revert vandalism, then having rollback would make your workflow faster. And also, having rollback gives you access to Huggle, a tool that helps you patrol recent changes and combat vandalism. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 06:13, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

:::I see, thank you. I'll make a request on the appropiate page. Fermiboson (talk) 06:14, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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:Thank you! Fermiboson (talk) 06:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hi. Just wanted to let you know I declined your G5 request at Shuja'iyya ambush. Violations of Contentious Topic restrictions aren't currently included in G5, and the subject of adding them to that criteria is the topic of an on-going request for comment. I know the template exists, but it should not be used until the RFC concludes and they are officially added to the CSD criteria. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 19:32, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

:Understood, thank you. I was not aware of the RfC until recently (was told off-wiki to use G5 for ARBPIA violations). I have since stopped the use of db-gs. Fermiboson (talk) 22:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hi. I declined to speedy this under WP:G4 as it isn't identical to the deleted version. That said, I would encourage you to pursue an AFD on this article, and ask the admin who closes that to salt the article if it closes as delete. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 17:41, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

:Thanks, will do so shortly. Fermiboson (talk) 17:46, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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{{admin help|answered=yes}} Requesting IP block exemption for mobile editing which appears to have been caught up in WP:BKFIP. Fermiboson (talk) 14:43, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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Draft:Prentice Powell

Good day, I just saw your comment on Draft: Prentice Powell. I would really appreciate it if you tell me the particular source you stated that happens to have coverage. TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

:{{tps|g}} I do not think he was saying he had a particular source with coverage of your subject, he was saying if one exists, it would be welcome in the article. Remsense 10:46, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

::Ok. Thank you. TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

:Thank you for asking. The source I was referring to in the small text (which I believe you added afterwards?) is source 6, the KQED one. I realise I forgot to address sources 4 and 5, which are interviews, and hence primary sources. Hope that helps. Fermiboson (talk) 10:48, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

::I really appreciate this information. Please one more question. Should I remove the interview sources and the information attached? Because those are the only sources I could find. TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

:::Once you do establish notability, primary sources can be used to source uncontroversial statements of fact, so there is no need to remove them. You do, however, need to find more sources to establish notability in the first place. Fermiboson (talk) 10:54, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

::::Ok. I just found some few more source. Thank you for your kind responses. Have a great day! TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

:::::Thank you, and you too. Fermiboson (talk) 10:59, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

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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)

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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 Awards. 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.

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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

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Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to {{no ping|Schminnte}}, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to {{no ping|JTtheOG}}, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

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{{no ping|Onel5969}} won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. {{no ping|Hey man im josh}} led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

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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 GAs 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.

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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 articless 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.

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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.

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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 articles, 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.

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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.
  • {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Fritzmann}} wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
  • {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
  • {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|BeanieFan11}} wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
  • {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant15|Muboshgu}} wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 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 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 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 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.

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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.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. 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) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

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  • A new filter has been added to the {{#special:Nuke}} tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. {{phab|T378488}}
  • Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the {{#special:Nuke}} tool. {{phab|T376378}}

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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* On 1 May 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Pages Patrol will begin.

  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
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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)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

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  • Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
  • An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{t|sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
  • An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).

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  • An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.

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  • An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

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