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;Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continued for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.

;Top 4

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (1332)
2. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1259)
3. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (1242)
4. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1041)

;Eliminated 3

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (534)
2. {{flagicon|Albany, New York}} Mitchazenia (352)
3. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (314)

;Withdrawn

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)

• All scores are accurate as of 20:45, 18 October 2009 (UTC).

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (7)

• 14px Featured lists
• Nobody

• 14px Featured topics
• Nobody

• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (33)

• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (19) (withdrawn)

• 14px Featured portals
• Nobody

• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1)
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (1)

• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (22)

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (52)

• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (eliminated) (36)

• For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
• For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
• For Round 3 stats, see Newsletter 27.

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 4 final total of:

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• 12 14px Featured articles
• 0 14px Featured lists
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 50 14px Featured pictures
• 15 14px Featured sounds

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• 0 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 58 14px Good articles
• 152 14px Did you know? items
• 37 14px In the news items

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This combines with the Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 totals to make a grand total of:

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• 44 14px Featured articles
• 61 14px Featured lists
• 5 14px Featured topics
• 243 14px Featured pictures
• 40 14px Featured sounds

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• 6 14px Featured portals
• 8 14px Good topics
• 325 14px Good articles
• 696 14px Did you know? items
• 166 14px In the news items

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;Biggest Jumps

The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores

• Generated from [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikiCup%2FHistory%2F2009&action=historysubmit&diff=320642308&oldid=319274904 this diff].

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;From the Judges

We have announced the intention to hire another new judge to cover for future judge absences. If you are interested please see the talk page for the WikiCup.

That's all the news for this week; not long to go now, and it's still all to play for...

 GARDEN , iMatthew ^talk, J Milburn, and The Helpful One

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;Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five are continued for an additional month. On October 31, a winner will be announced.

;Top 4

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1546)
2. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (1477)
3. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (1254)
4. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1092)

;Eliminated 3

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (534)
2. {{flagicon|Albany, New York}} Mitchazenia (352)
3. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (314)

;Withdrawn

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (1183)

• All scores are accurate as of 18:59, 25 October 2009 (UTC).

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (7)

• 14px Featured lists
• Nobody

• 14px Featured topics
• Nobody

• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (41)

• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (15) (withdrawn)

• 14px Featured portals
• Nobody

• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1)
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (1)

• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (23)

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (52)

• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (eliminated) (36)

• For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
• For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
• For Round 3 stats, see Newsletter 27.

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 4 final total of:

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• 12 14px Featured articles
• 0 14px Featured lists
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 59 14px Featured pictures
• 15 14px Featured sounds

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• 0 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 63 14px Good articles
• 155 14px Did you know? items
• 37 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

This combines with the Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 totals to make a grand total of:

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• 44 14px Featured articles
• 61 14px Featured lists
• 5 14px Featured topics
• 252 14px Featured pictures
• 40 14px Featured sounds

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• 6 14px Featured portals
• 8 14px Good topics
• 330 14px Good articles
• 699 14px Did you know? items
• 166 14px In the news items

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;Biggest Jumps

The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores

• Generated from [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikiCup%2FHistory%2F2009&action=historysubmit&diff=321979209&oldid=320642308 this diff].

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;From the Judges

It just came to me that multiple users have worked together on a bunch of content items, which means the newsletter counts are likely off. I'll try to put that all together and figure it out by the end of the round.

The end of the round, and the end of the 2009 WikiCup is this coming Saturday, October 31! To our top four: don't give up yet. Make sure that anything you have left to nominate is nominated today or tomorrow, for the slighted chance of it passing in time. The last day items will be accepted is Saturday, at 23:59 (UTC). It ain't over till the fat lady sings, of course!

 GARDEN , iMatthew ^talk, J Milburn, and The Helpful One

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Hi! Just a reminder that we had a deal with the barnstar. Also I changed my username. I'm RuneScape Adventure for reminder. Thanks! RSA23^Sign! 00:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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;Pool leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the bottom three contestants of the top eight were eliminated on September 30th, while the top five continued for an additional month. On October 31, the WikiCup ended, and Durova was crowned winner!

;Top 4

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1830)
2. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (1720)
3. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (1627)
4. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1149)

;Eliminated 3

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (586)
2. {{flagicon|Albany, New York}} Mitchazenia (376)
3. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (349)

;Withdrawn

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (1224)

• All scores are accurate as of the end of the WikiCup.

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (7)

• 14px Featured lists
• Nobody

• 14px Featured topics
• Nobody

• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (49)

• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (15) (withdrawn)

• 14px Featured portals
• Nobody

• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1)
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (1)

• 14px Good articles
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (27)

• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (61)

• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (eliminated) (36)

• For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10.
• For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18.
• For Round 3 stats, see Newsletter 27.

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 4 final total of:

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• 12 14px Featured articles
• 0 14px Featured lists
• 0 14px Featured topics
• 67 14px Featured pictures
• 15 14px Featured sounds

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• 0 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 77 14px Good articles
• 175 14px Did you know? items
• 37 14px In the news items

{{Col-end}}

This combines with the Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 totals to make a grand total of:

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• 39 14px Featured articles
• 66 14px Featured lists
• 4 14px Featured topics
• 209 14px Featured pictures
• 37 14px Featured sounds

{{Col-2}}

• 6 14px Featured portals
• 11 14px Good topics
• 344 14px Good articles
• 684 14px Did you know? items
• 145 14px In the news items

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;Biggest Jumps

The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores

• Generated from [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikiCup%2FHistory%2F2009%2FRound_4&action=historysubmit&diff=323198283&oldid=321979209 this diff].

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;From the Judges

Well, it was a long, long ride, with plenty of ups as well as downs (but I'm sure you'll agree, definitely more ups). It's been ten long months since our kick-off in January, and the level of competition has intensified so much so quickly. It's a wonder there was any puff left in our final eight by the end, but they fought to the death and, eventually, Durova pulled through, making her proficiency with FPs count as the contest drew to a close. Special mentions must go to the other members of the last four, Ottava Rima, Sasata and Theleftorium, all of whom put in a astonishing shift in their efforts to peel Durova away from her victory. Congratulations again!

The announcement of the ed17 as the newest judge to the WikiCup panel was made today - I wish him all the best in his new role.

The article for the Signpost overall is now be readable in a Signpost near you!

Remember to sign up for next year if you haven't already!

All the best for next year!

 GARDEN , iMatthew ^talk, J Milburn, and The Helpful One

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Congratulations! Hope to see you sign up for the 2010 WikiCup, here, if you haven't already! iMatthew ^talk at 22:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

This is a general message to get people to contribute as we are running out again so if you could please do. Please also see Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day#The Future. Note to anyone who reads this, WP:MOTD/N. Simply south (talk) 19:16, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Please read this when you get a moment. I have tried to put that section and part of its procedure into some semblance of order, hope it's OK for you too. Many thanks! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:15, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Motto of the Day is currently running out of mottos and therefore we would appreciate your support in this project. Please suggest new mottos or support for others at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review. If you have any ideas for mottos on a special date or anniversary, or you are interested in what other ones of thdse there are please see Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials. Thank you for your time. Simply south (talk) 22:04, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

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Hello. Your account has been granted the "{{mono|1=reviewer}}" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi! It's belugaboy, author of the motto you've recently approved

Recap:

:Newcomer: Where am I?

:Wiseman: A place where we help out

Yep, that's me. Just wondering, what date is it scheduled for? Thanks!

:Belugaboy 21:12, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

It's nice to see you editing again, LAA. :-) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 07:57, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

:Hey, I was just ecstatic to see your name on my watchlist! —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 20:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello LAAFan. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of :Guy-Marie Bagnard, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Bishop and writer. Thank you. ϢereSpielChequers 06:01, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

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|text = On July 30, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Cleveland Indians managers, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [http://stats.grok.se/en/201007/List_of_Cleveland_Indians_managers quick check] ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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An article that you have been involved in editing, Major League Baseball has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments Talk:Major League Baseball{{#if:2 . If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Regards Hekerui (talk) 09:54, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, are you following the above FLC? Dabomb87 (talk) 15:08, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

A suggested read. --Reinoutr (talk) 07:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Haha. I just can't see myself let an FLC be withdrawn just because the nominator didn't have time to reply to all those comments. Thanks for the barnstar though! Hoping to nominate the List of Major League Baseball managers topic for FTC soon! --K. Annoyomous (talk) 04:36, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Napoleonictriplecrown.jpg upon LAAFan for hitting some home runs with some baseball articles in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Well done! Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:49, 24 August 2010 (UTC)]]

{{Clear}}

Sent to: Decision makers/archivists and WikiCopter.

Please, do NOT approve mottoes for the period from 25 December (2010) to 5 January 2011. I think we have enough time to discuss the Christmas series. Thanks & Best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:43, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

That sucks, hopefully that's taken care of soon. Here's what I plan to do with the article and the GA review. First, I'm going to mark it as failed, unfortunately, as the result of the users who have sent their comments in as well. They are quite valid, and convince me that this article needs some work yet. Second, I'll work on the GA concerns that Sarastro1 and others had while you're away, and help to build this article up. By the time you come back, hopefully it should be good enough that it can be re-nominated at GAN, or at least close to that mark. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 00:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

:I'll go through the article again, adding bits of info where I can. I went and saved a few good Sporting News files that feature him that I can use to flesh out the article; then we can re-nom it. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 02:29, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

::I actually don't have much time these days, so I have an idea: if you could send me an e-mail (so I have your address) I can send you the Sporting News pages I have on Veeck that could be useful for expanding. I'll just send the major ones, since passing mentions would easily number in the hundreds. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:45, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello fellow motto contributor. Discussions arer still open on Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Suggested changes and still require further input especially on ideas 10-17. Please could you voice your opinion as this is going to be closed in early November. Please help out or even make any new idea suggestions. Simply south (talk) 15:24, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

:This is a last call. Any opinions should be suggested by and including November 5th. See Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations/Archive 2#Suggested Changes Simply south (talk) 21:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

He was fired with one game to go in the season, not during midseason.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmtr.shtml

Here's an article on Hunter's firing.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KeNBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IKoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5328,353371&dq=billy+hunter+fired+texas&hl=en

To confirm old news stories, Google news archives is a wonderful source.- William 19:07, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Good Article Collaboration Center, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Good Article Collaboration Center and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good Article Collaboration Center during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 21:47, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

This is just a reminder. If a motto has been used multiple times it should be under or added to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas. Simply south...... improving for 5 years So much for ER 10:02, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Major League Baseball managers in 2010 until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:52, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Please see my edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=District_of_Columbia_Public_Library&action=historysubmit&diff=456745196&oldid=456744348 here]. I also restored the image Williams keeps inadvertently removing. On my talk, I'm trying to clear up his concerns and nudge him towards that article's talk page. CityOfSilver 22:23, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

I've decided to start a project discussion on this. Please see WT:MOTD. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 17:50, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

:Hi LAAFan, hope you are fine. You may have noticed over the past few days (5–7 March) that MOTD has displayed "This space for rent". Any help would be geatly appreciated! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:23, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

::Hello both of you, sorry I was not able to get to you in a timely manner. It appears MOTD is fine for now, but I will make an effort to help keep it up and running. Cheers. --LAAFan 22:09, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello LAAFan. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of :Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to movies or TV shows. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 01:09, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

I used an edit summary! Most of the stuff I removed was unsourced, horribly formatted stuff. This was recently added material, and I have the right to remove it per WP:BURDEN. I was just about to restore the only part of the information that was sourced before you came and reverted me. 216.119.153.205 (talk) 21:14, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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; Project NewsAs of October 2, 2012 at 19:05 (UTC).

• There are currently 15,862 Good Articles listed at WP:GA.

• The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 345 unreviewed articles. Out of 439 total nominations, 24 are on hold, 66 are under review, and 4 are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article! Even just reviewing one will help!

::The oldest unreviewed articles are: General sejm, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Tanisha Thomas, Kosta Pećanac, and Jilly Kitzinger.

::The categories with the largest backlogs are: Social sciences and society (80 articles), Sports and recreation (70 articles), Music (63 articles), Theatre, film and drama (52 articles), and History (41 articles). Please consider reviewing articles within these sections.

::There are currently 13 articles up for reassessment at Good Article Reassessment. Please help out and go to WP:GAR and review an article! Remember that anyone can review articles that are listed under "Community Reassessment" even if another user has already listed their opinion...the more opinions, the better!

; Member News

• There are currently 222 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to all the new members that joined during the past 17 months! If you aren't yet part of WikiProject Good Articles and interested in joining WikiProject Good Articles, go here and add you name. Everyone is welcomed!

• This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

• If you haven't done so already, please remember to add your name to this list if you are still interested/active with this WikiProject. If you are no longer interested/active you don't need to add your name anywhere, you're name will be moved into a "inactive participant" list at the beginning of November. Inactive users will not receive future newsletters from this WikiProject via their talk page.

; GA Task forces

• There is currently not much going on at this time but there is a very large backlog. Until the next backlog elimination drive, please help reduce the number of nominations by reviewing articles and helping other reviewers that may need second opinions.

• Thanks to everyone who committed some time to help reduce the nominations backlog during the June-July 2012 backlog elimination drive. Most barnstars have been given out but there are still a few left. Participants that haven't gotten a barnstar yet should get it soon.

;Possible Fall/Winter 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive

• A discussion is currently being held on the WikiProject's talk page on weather another eliminations drive should take place within the next few months as the last one proved to be extremely successful. Please take the time to go to the the talk page and include your opinion on if you would be interested in taking part in a Fall/Winter 2012 elimination drive.

; Good Articles of the Month

Each month, 5 random good articles will be choose to be featured here as the good articles of the month.

• Barry (dog)
• I Love Bees
• Miles Copeland (Home and Away)
• London Country North East
• The Daily Show

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; Some Tips About References/Sources

Having references included in articles is one of the most important aspects to a good article, let alone Wikipedia! Without them, no one would ever know what is true and what is false and Wikipedia probably wouldn't be where it is today. So this month, I will talk about how to check for references, how reliable they are, and so on and so forth.

The first thing to do when reviewing an nominee is to do a quick scan of the article. One of the things to look for is if the article has references! If you don't see a list at the bottom of the article page, quick-fail it.Before quick-failing the article, verify that one of the several referencing templates is correctly placed at the bottom of the article. If the template is not placed, try to place it to see if references are displayed. If this proof returns no references, then proceed to quick-failing. For newcomers, quick-failing is failing an article when you spot a problem before actually conducting a full review. If you do find a list of references (and in most cases you will) make sure to look through each and every one. If you want to save some time, use [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks this tool] as it will tell you if there are any problematic references in the article you are reviewing.

Next, check the reliability and type of the references/sources. In terms of the type of reference, check to see how many primary and/or secondary sources are included. Primary sources are the ones published by the subject of the article. For example, if the subject of the article has to do with the iPhone 4s and the source is published by Apple, it is considered a primary source. Secondary sources are those not published by the subject of the article (or in close relation to it). Newspapers are examples of secondary sources and considered one of the better types to include in the article (not saying primary sources are bad). If you find that most/all of the references are primary sources, notify the nominator about this issue(s) and place the article on hold once you have completed the review. Only in the event that a secondary source can't be found as a replacement, then the primary source can remain. If there is a good mix of primary and secondary sources, that is perfect and no references need to be changed.

Now, reliability. Forums are generally not considered reliable and some blog's may not be reliable either. Newspapers, most sources published by the subject, some blogs, etc. are considered reliable. If you don't know wether the source is reliable, ask for a second opinion. For more info about how to identify wether a reference is reliable or not, visit this article.

Finally, one of the more basic things to look for is that every statement in the article has at least one reference! The only case that a statement doesn't need a reference is when it is common sense that the statement is defiantly true and/or in the case where the statement can't be challenged, as per what Wikipedia says, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable published source using an inline citation."

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After a long 18 month hiatus, the third volume of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter is here! Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue of the newsletter here or on the editors talk page.

Also, Happy Halloween...in advance!!!

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; Did You Know...

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• ... that there are currently over 400 video game good articles?

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• As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Good_Article_RfC&action=watch this link]. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat|Contributions03:10, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Good day, LAAFan. It has come to my attention that you have significantly contributed to List of St. Louis Cardinals managers and also previously nominated it as a FLC. I have reworked it and would like to co-nominate it with you as a featured list but would first like your review, if you please. I hope you will find the changes satisfactory.

I also have currently nominated Yadier Molina (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Yadier Molina/archive1) as a featured article. It also happens to be the first article I have nominated. Would you mind viewing it and leaving your input? Buenos días! Elcid.ruderico (talk) 06:34, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

:PS. If you have not seen the article with the recent revisions yet, I hope you will not be alarmed by one significant modification I made. You had separated the table at the 1900 season, and the reason you gave in your prior nomination for the break was that MLB did not officially recognize postseason play prior to 1900. I combined the two tables, but if you will notice at the bottom of the table, St. Louis' American Association records and play is subtallied by itself. I also added a footnote explaining MLB does not officially recognize postseason play prior to 1903 and wikilinked accordingly. Of course, total franchise history from 1882 to the present is tallied as "Grand totals." Let me know if you have any questions or reservations. Elcid.ruderico (talk) 19:41, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

• This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
• Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
• The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
• An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Motto of the Day (WP:MOTD) is in a state of emergency and really needs your help! There are not enough editors who are reviewing or nominating mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review, and this probably means that you will notice a red link or “This space for rent” as our mottos for the next weeks and months.

Please take a moment to review the nominations and nominate your own new mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review and Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/'Specials. Any help would be appreciated! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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