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The 2020 totals are now complete, and your hook for Deutsches Reichsbräu ranked as the No. 3 hook of the year with 3,166 DYK views per hour and No. 6 based on total DYK views (37,990). A list of the 25 most viewed hooks of 2020 can be viewed at "Top hooks of 2020". Congratulations on your hook's remarkable showing, and keep up the good work! Cbl62 (talk) 09:04, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
The 2020 totals are now complete, and your hook for race-reversed casting ranked as the No. 3 hook of the year with 73,086 total DYK views and No. 5 based on DYK views per hour (3,045). A list of the 25 most viewed hooks of 2020 can be viewed at "Top hooks of 2020". Congratulations on your hook's remarkable showing, and keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 09:23, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Wow, three of the top ten! Your hook for the 2020 FA Cup Final ranked as the No. 9 hook of 2020 with 2,554 DYK views per hour. Quite a showing! Cbl62 (talk) 09:36, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
I think we have enough hooks for 1 April. What we need is a consensus for what image we should use. I suggest that we use this image and caption it as "Reconnaisance Aircraft", referencing Hitler Nababan.
On 9 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021 Challenge Cup, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2021 Challenge Cup will not feature any amateur rugby league teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Challenge Cup. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2021 Challenge Cup), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Thank you for good wishes! - Happy Wikipedia 20, - proud of a little bit on the Main page today, and 5 years ago, and 10 years ago, look: create a new style - revive - complete! I sang in the revival mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
... and today Jerome Kohl, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
On 17 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vine-Glo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Vine-Glo sold during Prohibition carried a warning telling people how to make wine from it, and Al Capone allegedly threatened to force it out of Chicago? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vine-Glo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vine-Glo), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 21 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Koos van der Merwe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that someone ate Koos van der Merwe's cake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Koos van der Merwe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Koos van der Merwe), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 00:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
On 24 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brian Crabtree, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that due to Brian Crabtree's closeness with his brothers in professional wrestling, Kendo Nagasaki once refused to wrestle "Big Daddy" Crabtree with Brian refereeing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brian Crabtree. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brian Crabtree), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
On 1 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Troopie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Rhodesian Light Infantry's statue The Troopie (pictured) was smuggled out of Rhodesia following the establishment of Zimbabwe prior to the regiment's disbanding? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Troopie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Troopie), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 14,180 views (1,181.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2021 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
On 2 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that F. W. de Klerk's speech announcing the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela (both pictured) was given 31 years ago today? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
The text of A Reading from Homer says that it is unknown whether the poet reading from a scroll is intended to be Homer. Not much is certain about Homer, of course, but the tradition is that he was blind. Scutigera (talk) 18:44, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
I'm not happy about this article. Discussion in the usual place. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:47, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Your DYK hook about the The Troopie and its surreptitious removal to South Africa drew 14,180 page views (1,182 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is the one of most viewed hooks so far during the month of February and has thus earned a place near the top of the February stats list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 16:36, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that your signature contains the obsolete html <font> tag. This has been targeted for removal from Wikipedia as explained in WP:HTML5. In Special:LintErrors/obsolete-tag, many DYK templates have been listed as containing font tag. Several of them are because they have your signature in them. I urge you to replace your signature by removing the font tags so that it is not used any further. It will become a bit easier for those cleaning Lint errors. The following code leaves the same signature that you currently use-
<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<span style="color:red;">The C of E </span><span style="color:blue;"> God Save the Queen!</span>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]])</span>
Thanks. AVSmalnad77 talk 06:30, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.
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On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article State House (Zimbabwe), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to State House, with a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds; the former Rhodesian prime minister's house; and the former Government House in Bulawayo (pictured) built by Cecil Rhodes; but not the Blue Roof mansion in Harare, originally built for Mugabe? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, State House (Zimbabwe)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Statue of Robert Mugabe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to State House, with a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds; the former Rhodesian prime minister's house; and the former Government House in Bulawayo (pictured) built by Cecil Rhodes; but not the Blue Roof mansion in Harare, originally built for Mugabe? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Statue of Robert Mugabe), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zimbabwe House, Harare, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to State House, with a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds; the former Rhodesian prime minister's house; and the former Government House in Bulawayo (pictured) built by Cecil Rhodes; but not the Blue Roof mansion in Harare, originally built for Mugabe? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Zimbabwe House, Harare), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blue Roof, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to State House, with a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds; the former Rhodesian prime minister's house; and the former Government House in Bulawayo (pictured) built by Cecil Rhodes; but not the Blue Roof mansion in Harare, originally built for Mugabe? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Blue Roof), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
On 2 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article State House (Bulawayo), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to State House, with a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds; the former Rhodesian prime minister's house; and the former Government House in Bulawayo (pictured) built by Cecil Rhodes; but not the Blue Roof mansion in Harare, originally built for Mugabe? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, State House (Bulawayo)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
On 8 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chichester & Selsey Ladies F.C., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chichester & Selsey Ladies F.C. broke away from Chichester City for an undisclosed reason but retained their colours and football league position? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chichester & Selsey Ladies F.C.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chichester & Selsey Ladies F.C.), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
On 8 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pat Lundvall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pat Lundvall was the first female chair of the Nevada Athletic Commission, but garnered controversy for some of her decisions relating to mixed martial arts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pat Lundvall. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pat Lundvall), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Because Cuba and the Dominican Republic are Latin American countries, as they speak Spanish and were colonised by Spain. But the rest of the Caribbean was not. Richard3120 (talk) 14:20, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
On 13 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sweet Banana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Rhodesian African Rifles' march "Sweet Banana" was created after their soldiers stopped to buy some bananas in South Africa? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sweet Banana. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sweet Banana), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
On 13 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Murray Walker, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 19:15, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Your DYK hook about the houses that the Rhodesian President may access, and the Mugabe statue, drew a combined 35,903 page views (2,992 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is the second most viewed hook for the month of March and ranks as the fourth most viewed hook (so far) of 2021, as shown at Top hooks of 2021. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 17:27, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
On 20 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Morkel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Morkel captained the Rhodesia national rugby team to a victory over the All Blacks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Morkel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Morkel), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 22 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Green Leader, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Rhodesian Air Force's Green Leader once threatened to shoot down any Zambian Air Force planes that interfered with Operation Gatling after taking control of Zambian airspace? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Green Leader. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Green Leader), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Your DYK hook about Green Leader drew 7,908 page views (659 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of March as shown at March 2021 DYK STATS. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 18:47, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for what you said on Yoninah's talk, - see also Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-03-28/Obituary! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Mule ducks (apparently the synonym of Mulard) are known locally as TikTok in Indonesia. Perhaps give it a try for next year AFD? --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 08:06, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
On 1 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John William Bean, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mr Bean attempted to kill the Queen with a tobacco-loaded gun? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John William Bean. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John William Bean), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 1 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the United States once sued a golden cock but cried fowl when the cock won? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
For United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster, cocking brilliant. Don't know if you've seen Gold toilet. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:59, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Seconded! Tyrone Madera (talk) 19:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
On 1 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Romano Floriani Mussolini, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mussolini is not interested in politics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Romano Floriani Mussolini. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Romano Floriani Mussolini), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
On 1 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ate my balls, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mr. Spock ate my balls? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ate my balls. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ate my balls), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
On 3 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article BAA USA, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2000, the Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani threatened to sell JFK and LaGuardia airports to BAA USA owned by a British company? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/BAA USA. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, BAA USA), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
You may be interested in the TFA on Easter Sunday that played a role in my life! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:35, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
On this day in 1742, He was despised was performed for the first time, and when I wrote it in 2012, I didn't only think of Jesus. Andreas Scholl sang that for us, - you are invited to a Baroque stroll. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
How is this former flag of South Africa hate speech? this is doesn't make sense because this flag was adopted in 1928 and apartheid started in 1948, and there's nothing offensive about this flag. ColorfulSmoke (talk) 07:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
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Did you read about the song of God's presence? Author's name translates to Easter house ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Would you prefer Template:Did you know nominations/SS Birma to be in the image slot of prep 3 or 4 for the sinking of the Titanic anniversary? I did notice that your nomination stated April 14, but it looks like it should be April 15 based on the Titanic article. SL93 (talk) 02:03, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
On 15 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article SS Birma, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when SS Birma (pictured) responded to the sinking of the Titanic, RMS Carpathia told them to "shut up"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SS Birma. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, SS Birma), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 20 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pass the Kouchie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Musical Youth reworked the song "Pass the Kouchie" into "Pass the Dutchie" by replacing cannabis references with food references, the word "dutchie" later became a cannabis reference? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pass the Kouchie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pass the Kouchie), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 20 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Women's London Championship, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Women's London Championship was viewed as a response to the introduction of women's franchise cricket in England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Women's London Championship. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Women's London Championship), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
On 24 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Claude Callegari, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Claude Callegari gained cult-hero status among English football fans for his speeches about Arsenal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Claude Callegari. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Claude Callegari), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
The article you are searching for is located at Dial Square Football Club and is currently nominated for deletion... GiantSnowman 17:04, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, 1. I would prefer if you are in the future do not revert Notability Tags of mine w/o a sufficient explanation, right now I do not think that the Singer passes WP:GNG. 2. Rating own articles - which are merely Stubs - as Class C Wikiproject Articles is somewhat strange and I would ask you to stop this in the future, also. CommanderWaterford (talk) 10:34, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
In 2017, their album Kiff was nominated at the 21st South African Music Awards in 2015 and again in 2017does seem to meet WP:NBAND #8, as it appears to be South Africa's big music awards show. However, I guess there's a question of whether the lead singer of a band inherits that notability from the band? I agree that part is confusing. Perhaps the lead of the article should be rewritten to focus mostly on the band, and just mention David Scott in a section? I think this article is around start class (my personal threshold for start class is around 5-15 paragraphs). Hope that helps. –Novem Linguae (talk) 12:08, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for reviewing the DYK for article George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign. If possible, kindly let me know that does that article complies with the criteria of a good article, or it needs more information to be added. I have requested it to be copy-edited. Hoping it to be a GA soon. Thank-you! Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:08, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in Round 2 were:
Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
On 10 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dial Square F.C., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the breakaway club Dial Square F.C. was founded under the original name of Arsenal as a protest against Stan Kroenke's ownership of the contemporary club? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dial Square F.C.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dial Square F.C.), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
On 11 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (pictured), contains references to his status as a former prince of Greece and Denmark, and his title as Duke of Edinburgh? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Standard of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 8,878 views (739.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2021 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
On 12 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dirty Tricks (scandal), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the "Dirty Tricks" campaign run by British Airways against Virgin Atlantic involved BA staff working behind locked doors to illicitly obtain information about Virgin by pretending to be Virgin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dirty Tricks (British Airways scandal). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dirty Tricks (scandal)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 13,153 views (548.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2021 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
On 15 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021 FA Cup Final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2021 FA Cup Final between Leicester City and Chelsea today will be the first football match in England with more than 8,000 supporters since March 2020? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021 FA Cup Final. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2021 FA Cup Final), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
ONUnicorn (talk) 00:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 34,766.5 views (1,448.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2021 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
On 16 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Kiffness, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Kiffness satirised the South African national anthem as a protest against the ban on cigarette sales during the COVID-19 pandemic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Kiffness. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Kiffness), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
On 17 May 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2021 FA Cup Final, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Tone 17:03, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2021 FA Cup Final you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Anarchyte -- Anarchyte (talk) 11:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Billionaire Ted you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 12:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
On 19 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article United States v. McMahon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United States v. McMahon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, United States v. McMahon), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
On 22 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hampden Park square goalposts, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hampden Park's square wooden goalposts, which were used at Scotland's national football stadium between 1903 and 1987, were later placed on the roof of an English pub? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hampden Park square goalposts. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hampden Park square goalposts), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Bloom6132 (talk) has given you a dove! Doves promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day happier. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a dove, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past (this fits perfectly) or a good friend. Cheers!
Spread the peace of doves by adding {{subst:Peace dove}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!
I'm sorry for the things I said to you in the heat of the moment that did not assume good faith, both here (which I have struck out) and in the past. Thanks for reaching out! I greatly appreciate it and accept your olive branch. —Bloom6132 (talk) 09:06, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
Regarding Montserrat's flag, no objection on my part to you nominating that. I already gathered sources and was going to start expanding that in my sandbox, but held off out of courtesy seeing that you already began in User:The C of E/montserrat (presumably saving it for March 17). I would, however, caution against using ref 7 (CRW Flags) because it doesn't seem reliable. I've never used it as a ref in any of the flag articles I expanded/took to GA (might have kept it as an external link in some). —Bloom6132 (talk) 20:27, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
The article Billionaire Ted you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Billionaire Ted for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 18:22, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
The article 2021 FA Cup Final you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2021 FA Cup Final for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Anarchyte -- Anarchyte (talk) 10:21, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
The article 2021 FA Cup Final you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2021 FA Cup Final for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Anarchyte -- Anarchyte (talk) 11:01, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
On 25 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article EliteXC: Heat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the UFC's Dana White said that EliteXC: Heat was "fucking illegal" over allegations of fight tampering in the main event involving Kimbo Slice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/EliteXC: Heat. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, EliteXC: Heat), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
On 26 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stuart Baggs, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Stuart Baggs "The Brand" was told he was "full of shit" by Lord Sugar after it was revealed he had lied on his application for The Apprentice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stuart Baggs. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stuart Baggs), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 5,908 views (492.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2021 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
On 30 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eric Tweedale, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at 100, Eric Tweedale is the oldest living Australian rugby international? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eric Tweedale. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eric Tweedale), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi there! Can you please adjust your signature as shown here? We are trying to keep obsolete tags, including <font>...</font>
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To fix your signature, click on Preferences at the top of your window and scroll down to the Signature section. Simply copy and paste the following text into the box:
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The appearance of your signature should be preserved. Thanks! – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:11, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi C of E. I notice you've written a few DYK / GA-class articles and was wondering if you had time to take a look at a few I submitted to WP:AFC last year?
I'm fairly new to editing Wikipedia and am curious how much work it would take to sumbit either of these as DYK/GA articles. I'd think BTW alone has quite a few interesting hooks.
Thanks for your time. 173.162.220.17 (talk) 21:12, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, I really appreciate the help. 173.162.220.17 (talk) 15:15, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
On 5 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Serbia and Montenegro, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Flag of FR Yugoslavia (pictured) was the last national flag in Europe to have a red star removed from it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Serbia and Montenegro. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Serbia and Montenegro), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 7,465 views (622.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2021 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
On 5 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2 Cheap Cars, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a television advertisement in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase, "Ah so", which they sometimes pronounced "asshole"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2 Cheap Cars. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2 Cheap Cars), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi The C of E, I removed the hook about the British armed forces rugby league teams before it hit the main page, for reasons I outlined at ERRORS. I pinged you there, but you weren't around and time was short before it rotated onto the main page. I just now removed the DYK credits the bot mistakenly left you on your talk page; I'm not clear on DYK etiquette, so if for some reason you want those back, feel free, I won't argue, and if removing them was rude, I apologize. I'm waiting on advice on how to reopen the DYK nom page, I'll do that when I hear back, and ping you again when it's open again. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:59, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
On 5 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article British Army Rugby League, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the rugby league teams of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force play in the Challenge Cup with Great Britain Police? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/British Forces Rugby League. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, British Army Rugby League), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
On 5 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Royal Navy Rugby League, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the rugby league teams of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force play in the Challenge Cup with Great Britain Police? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/British Forces Rugby League. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Royal Navy Rugby League), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
On 5 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Royal Air Force Rugby League, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the rugby league teams of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force play in the Challenge Cup with Great Britain Police? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/British Forces Rugby League. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Royal Air Force Rugby League), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
On 5 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Great Britain Police Rugby League, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the rugby league teams of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force play in the Challenge Cup with Great Britain Police? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/British Forces Rugby League. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Great Britain Police Rugby League), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
On 8 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article European Super League, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when the European Super League was proposed, UEFA threatened to ban any footballers who took part from playing international football? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/European Super League Company, S.L.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, European Super League), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 9 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Poppy seed defence, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the consumption of poppy seeds, known as the "poppy seed defence", is a recognised medical defence for failing a drugs test? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Poppy seed defence. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Poppy seed defence), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
On 10 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Representation of Sheppard re Powell, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a recent Jersey court case found that the usage of an ancient Norman Clameur de Haro, which includes a recitation of the Lord's Prayer in French to legally apply an injunction, was used incorrectly? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Representation of Sheppard re Powell. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Representation of Sheppard re Powell), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 10 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Macclesfield F.C., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Macclesfield F.C. was founded as a phoenix club after their stadium was purchased from a property website? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Macclesfield F.C.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Macclesfield F.C.), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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I really appreciate the large numbers of articles you write and expand - I particularly enjoyed reading about The Song of Iowa - quite a funny history there (I also reviewed that article's DYK nom, not sure if you saw). Elli (talk | contribs) 16:05, 10 June 2021 (UTC) |
Hello, The C of E. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for EliteXC: Heat at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:05, 18 June 2021 (UTC) |
On 17 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Smoking in association football, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite smoking in football formerly being popular, it has since been banned from the touchline by UEFA? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Smoking in association football. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Smoking in association football), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Sorry for the confusion I created, I had mishandled my watchlist. But now at least his name is spelled correctly. ;-) --Syzygy (talk) 08:23, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
On 25 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edwin Bechstein, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the piano businessman Edwin Bechstein received a Nazi state funeral, and his wife Helene taught Hitler table manners? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edwin Bechstein. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edwin Bechstein), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi
I have looked through the only source provided, the Independent obituary for Big Daddy, and there is no mention of it being called a Splashdown, only a Splash. If you are referring to another source, please input a source citation close to the mention of it being a Splashdown.
I don't want this to become a revert war, so I shall let you have a couple of days to cite the source where it actually says Splashdown (cos it ain't the Independent.) If you haven't added any citation, I shall assume that you are unable to find any mention of it being called a Splashdown and have given way on the issue, in which case I shall revert.
(For what it's worth I do recall it being called a Splashdown in the Daily Star's front page article in 1987. Even at age 13 on holiday with my mum and dad on the Greek island of Kos, I thought that was sloppy research on the Star's part. No wonder it is banned as a source on Wikipedia.) Romomusicfan (talk) 11:15, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
On 28 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Song of Iowa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Major Byers wrote "The Song of Iowa" after being inspired by hearing Confederate soldiers playing "Maryland, My Maryland" outside his prison cell and used the same tune? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Song of Iowa. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Song of Iowa), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article United States v. McMahon you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mikehawk10 -- Mikehawk10 (talk) 05:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
The article United States v. McMahon you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:United States v. McMahon for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mikehawk10 -- Mikehawk10 (talk) 21:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
On 4 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rhodesian Independence Bell, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Rhodesian Independence Bell, a replica of the American Liberty Bell, was inscribed "I toll for justice, civilization and Christianity"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhodesian Independence Bell. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rhodesian Independence Bell), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
On 4 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ryan Pretorius, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that South African American-football kicker Ryan Pretorius wore cleats two sizes too small at Ohio State to simulate kicking barefoot? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ryan Pretorius. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ryan Pretorius), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi @The C of E: I have nominated "Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign" for DYK here as a special date request. If possible, kindly review it. I have informed the same on DYK talk page. Thanks! Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 06:19, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Monarchy of Rhodesia you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Goldsztajn -- Goldsztajn (talk) 22:42, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
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A Crown for you! |
For the creation of the article Monarchy of Rhodesia. God Save The Queen! Peter Ormond 💬 05:12, 7 July 2021 (UTC) |
Good moaning. I am ploosed to soo that you have the seem sense of homer as moo, though your pins are butter than mean. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:11, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
On 12 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gimme Hope Jo'anna, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the anti-apartheid anthem "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" was "bastardised" by being adapted as a yoghurt advert song titled "Gimme Yop, Me Mama"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gimme Hope Jo'anna. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gimme Hope Jo'anna), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 13 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lion and Tusk, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Lion and Tusk replaced the royal crown on Rhodesian insignia but was previously disparagingly referred to as "the lion with the toothpick"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lion and Tusk. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lion and Tusk), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you for getting back to me and providing the feedback. Forgive my ignorance but I am not certain as to what specifically you are referring with regards to QPQ. If there is perhaps an example among the DYK nominations that you can refer to, it would be a huge help. With thanks for your time. Mark Staffieri (talk) 16:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
On 15 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hull Derby, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that rugby league's Hull F.C. forced rugby union's Hull KR out of their home ground by paying triple the rent before the teams became part of rugby league's Hull Derby? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hull Derby. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hull Derby), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 17 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2021 Challenge Cup Final, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2021 Challenge Cup Final between Castleford and St Helens today will be played at a half-full Wembley Stadium? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Challenge Cup Final. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2021 Challenge Cup Final), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
On 19 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rhodesian Air Force Ensign, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Royal Rhodesian Air Force Ensign originally had three assegais, but this was reduced to one following the break-up of the Federation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhodesian Air Force Ensign. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rhodesian Air Force Ensign), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Des van Jaarsveldt.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:
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On 20 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Des van Jaarsveldt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Des van Jaarsveldt was the first Rhodesian to captain the South Africa national rugby team and possibly the first to give a Springboks team talk in English? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Des van Jaarsveldt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Des van Jaarsveldt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Smoking in association football you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 06:01, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Smoking in association football you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Smoking in association football for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
On 24 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Selwyn Moll, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the banker J. S. Moll (pictured) was selected for the British Lions despite never having played for the England national rugby team? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Selwyn Moll. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Selwyn Moll), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
The article Smoking in association football you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Smoking in association football for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tayi Arajakate -- Tayi Arajakate (talk) 14:21, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
On 30 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of the National Party, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nelson Mandela claimed in 1994 that people who waved the flag of the National Party were "not sober"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of the National Party. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of the National Party), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 31 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Police Anti-Terrorist Unit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Police Anti-Terrorist Unit joined Rhodesian military operations in police uniform and were only issued camouflage after a soldier hesitated because a target wore the same colour trousers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Police Anti-Terrorist Unit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Police Anti-Terrorist Unit), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
On 1 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Queen of Rhodesia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite being proclaimed the queen of Rhodesia, Elizabeth II refused to recognise the title? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Monarchy of Rhodesia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Queen of Rhodesia), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 3 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Police Support Unit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the British South Africa Police's Black Boots support unit were dubbed "terr hungry" for apparently enjoying killing suspected terrorists in Rhodesia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Police Support Unit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Police Support Unit), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 4 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Intervilles, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Intervilles is a French game show in which contestants can get gored by bulls? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Intervilles. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Intervilles), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I will deal with the special occasion request you made for the flag of Sark. There is a bit of a crisis at DYK at the moment in that, with two sets a day, there are not enough editors/admins to keep up the demand for promotion and moving sets into the queue. Yoninah would have filled the gap and ensured that all special occasion hooks got promoted on time, but sadly Yoninah is no longer with us.
I have just built prep 3, but when I build sets, I am unable to move them into the queue. As a DYK regular, you could be useful in promoting hooks - I think you did a set a while ago? I think it is quite an interesting job, trying to make a balanced set. We certainly need set-builders at the moment, perhaps there are many people on holiday. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
On 5 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Prime Minister of Zambia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the time the post was abolished, the prime minister of Zambia was being paid less than his secretary? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prime Minister of Zambia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Prime Minister of Zambia), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 6 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flag of Sark, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the flag of Sark (pictured) represented the last feudal state in the Western world, and is flown over the British Ministry of Justice every 6 August to commemorate the granting of the fief? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Sark. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flag of Sark), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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On 6 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lionel Dyck, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Colonel Dyck commanded the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean armies before fighting as a mercenary in Mozambique in 2021 aged 77? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lionel Dyck. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lionel Dyck), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 8 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pomme d'Or Hotel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Pomme d'Or Hotel was used as the Nazi naval headquarters during the occupation of Jersey, and the Union Jack is raised on the hotel balcony every year to celebrate Jersey's liberation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pomme d'Or Hotel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pomme d'Or Hotel), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
On 9 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Murray Koster, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Murray Koster started for the Sharks rugby team against the British and Irish Lions, paired with Werner Kok? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Murray Koster. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Murray Koster), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The article Queen of Rhodesia you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Queen of Rhodesia for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Goldsztajn -- Goldsztajn (talk) 13:41, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
On 11 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Intentional balk, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the intentional balk in baseball is mostly used as a tactic to stop sign stealing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Intentional balk. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Intentional balk), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 13 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bailey Wightman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the English-Australian cricketer Bailey Wightman made his County debut for Kent whilst playing club cricket for Tunbridge Wells after an outbreak of COVID-19? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bailey Wightman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bailey Wightman), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
On 17 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article DynaMo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the BBC programme DynaMo was created after a survey revealed parents did not want to help children with homework? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/DynaMo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, DynaMo), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 18 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article President of Zambia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as the acting President of Zambia in 2014, Guy Scott became the first white leader of an African country since the end of apartheid? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/President of Zambia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, President of Zambia), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 20 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dietrich Roache, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian rugby sevens player Dietrich Roache kept the Australian national sprint champion out of the Australian Olympic team with his speed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dietrich Roache. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dietrich Roache), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
On 22 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bradley v Commonwealth, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian case Bradley v Commonwealth held that it was unlawful to unilaterally cut off telephones to a Rhodesian information office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bradley v. The Commonwealth. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bradley v Commonwealth), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
On 27 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Operation Hectic, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Operation Hectic, an operation planned by the Rhodesian security forces to assassinate Robert Mugabe, was called off three hours before it was due to start? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Hectic. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Operation Hectic), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Des van Jaarsveldt you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and
Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being
Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are
Gog the Mild,
Lee Vilenski,
BennyOnTheLoose,
Amakuru and
Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
The article Des van Jaarsveldt you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Des van Jaarsveldt for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
On 12 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pioneers' Day, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rhodesians continued to raise the Union Jack to celebrate Pioneers' Day every 12 September, even after adopting a new flag, in order to honour the original pioneers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pioneers' Day. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pioneers' Day), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
On 16 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charlie Aust, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Charlie Aust, described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Aust. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Charlie Aust), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello The C of E,
Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
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On 15 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Romeo Beckham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the footballer Romeo Beckham was released by Arsenal, he trained in tennis before returning to football five years later? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Romeo Beckham. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Romeo Beckham), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
The article United States v. McMahon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:United States v. McMahon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mikehawk10 -- Mikehawk10 (talk) 05:41, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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Please have a look at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2021 October 26#Charlie Aust as I do not believe that these images are actually public domain. -- Whpq (talk) 17:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:
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On 26 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2022 European Cricket League, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that England's national club cricket champions, Tunbridge Wells, will compete in the 2022 European Cricket League, which is intended to be the UEFA Champions League of European cricket? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 European Cricket League. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 European Cricket League), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Please accept my apologies for the AfD nomination template. I saw your edit notice, but I didn't realize that it also applied to courtesy notifications for XfD discussions. I did not mean to cause offense, and I am sorry if I did. AlexEng(TALK) 01:20, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
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On 7 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2022 Challenge Cup, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that rugby league's 2022 Challenge Cup final will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium instead of its traditional location of Wembley Stadium due to a scheduling conflict? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2022 Challenge Cup. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2022 Challenge Cup), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I don't understand, "regardless" is slang? Esszet (talk) 02:18, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
I have started a discussion about you recent DYK contributions, with a proposal to broaden your topic ban, at WP:ANI#The C of E and DYK. Fram (talk) 16:37, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
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Might I suggest that you archive the contents of this talk page, so that people coming here don't have to scroll past nearly 800 entries to get to the latest? I can help you set up an automatic archive if you like. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:36, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
The C of E, based on the clear consensus at ANI, I've topic banned you indefinitely from DYK. The closing statement is reproduced here:
I want to emphasize that the notes about rude/racist/provocative wording in articles, and the timeline for an appeal aren't based on consensus, so I'm not telling you what to do. But I have a gut feeling if you disregard the advice, you'll end up site banned, or end up with a denied appeal. Re-reading the ANI thread, there's a really strong community anger with your past edits in this area; don't treat that lightly. Ask if you have any questions. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:11, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
Hrr. You have a point, but I still don't like the idea that I can't ask to be notified when he writes an article that would improve the encyclopedia should it be featured on DYK. That does seem like IAR. Let's contemplate. --GRuban (talk) 15:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you Floquenbeam. Your call, C of E. My motivation here is to show you that your work is appreciated and valuable, because I think good editors matter, and I don't want to lose you. I hope that goes for most people participating here. Whatever the best way to do that is - Floq suggests one - let's do that. --GRuban (talk) 16:46, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
CofE, I was one of the few people who wanted to give you a less-total ban, so take this advice as coming from someone who is sympathetic: do not under any circumstances try to figure out a way to circumvent this. If you do not already have a list of articles, do not start one. Completely forget DYK even exists. Take it off your watch for the next six months. Don't discuss it with anyone. Anyone who nominates one of your articles is probably doing you a disservice if they name you as creator, as that means the DYK credit popping up here.
The problem is exactly that you did, as you said, follow the letter of the earlier restrictions. When what you should have been doing was trying to figure out the spirit: what the real problem was. The real problem was that hooks you were writing caused drama at talk and ERRORS. When DYK folks gave you a narrow restriction against the areas that caused drama, you just found some other way to write drama-causing hooks. Finally people got tired of coming up with yet another rule for CofE. I think at the heart of it, you can't resist a hook that would get a lot of clicks, and you apparently don't have whatever filter says, "That could cause drama. Maybe there's a hook that won't." For you the drama is a feature, not a bug. N-word on the MP? That'll get a ton of clicks! Well, yeah, and there's a reason for that: it's offensive to literally millions of people.
A tban doesn't necessarily mean a permanent tban: after six months or a year of sincere adherence to the tban, you could reasonably appeal. But especially in this case -- because so many at ANI specifically mentioned feeling that you'd tried to probe the exact limits of your previous restrictions -- you absolutely will need to prove you can comply not only with the letter but with the spirit of this tban. And you'll have to be able to convince people that you really do understand what we're telling you here: sticking to the letter of any restriction isn't good enough and never will be. You'll need to convince people you really do understand that hooks that cause drama at talk or ERRORS are a bad idea and that you will be able to avoid that in the future. And you will have absolutely zero chance of convincing people of that if you seem to be trying to circumvent this tban even slightly. valereee (talk) 14:40, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
For what it's worth, here's my take on this. Firstly, while I have already concurred with another user's characterization of the AN/I thread as a "knee-jerk disproportionate pile-on", what's done is done and could not be reversed at this stage, if at all, without a great deal of wikidrama which would not be at all helpful in the long run. So the important thing at this stage, I think, is that the situation is not further exacerbated by rash action. So my first advice to you The C of E, contrary to what some users have suggested above, is that you NOT engage in any off-wiki collaboration with allies to try and get your articles promoted at DYK. That would I think be very likely to be seen as gaming by the wider community and be dealt with accordingly. So, for the next six months my advice would be to just contribute your content and let others, if they are so inclined, nominate your articles, with absolutely NO input from you.
The second and more important question I think, is how your eventual return to DYK, if any, should be handled. Given your penchant for provocative hooks, one would think it only a matter of time before you slip up again and find yourself on the end of another AN/I "pile-on", justified or otherwise. So I would suggest that what you do before you request a lifting of your ban is find one or more administrators or other users in very good standing with the community who are willing to act as mentors, to whom you would submit any hooks likely to be at all provocative for approval prior to nomination. I'm suggesting this firstly because it should help with the ban removal request, but mainly because it's difficult to see how you will not end up eventually being dragged to AN/I again otherwise. If you can find somebody in good standing to give prior approval to your hooks however, then the burden of responsibility falls on them rather than you. That seems to me to be probably the only way you are going to have a successful return to DYK at this point. Gatoclass (talk) 16:21, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
If you can understand and rectify these two problems, I would look forward to supporting a ban appeal in six months. And if there's anything else I can explain and try to help with, just ask... I'm here a lot less than in the past, though, so you might have to wait for a reply. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:35, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Are you ignoring my recent post here saying On a slight tangent, when multiple people ask you to archive your talk page because it's causing them inconvenience, or offer to set them up for you, what they are saying is there is a problem we want you to fix. You should take this seriously, and you should set up archiving immediately.? valereee (talk) 18:56, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
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I wish you well! Your contributions have been appreciated. May the coming year be improved for us all. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:30, 21 January 2022 (UTC) |
Sorry if my edit summary wasn't clear enough. The table syntax I removed in this edit was broken, it didn't actually do anything. But because it was broken it was triggering lint errors, as well as preventing people from using the new reply tool. So I removed it given that it had no effect on the visual appearance of this page, but was causing problems in other areas. So if you could remove it again I'd appreciate that. Thanks! Legoktm (talk) 20:47, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
On 23 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Prince Imperial Memorial, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Queen Victoria ordered the erection of the Prince Imperial Memorial on the spot where Prince Napoléon was killed in battle with Zulus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prince Imperial Memorial. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Prince Imperial Memorial), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
On 23 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rosa (cow), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rosa the cow would attack French game show contestants and knock down sets but would not attack people on the ground? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rosa (cow). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rosa (cow)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
On 25 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dick Graves, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dick Graves sold his casino to an employee on a handshake, telling him "pay me when you can"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dick Graves. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dick Graves), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
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On 17 February 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Aled Roberts, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 13:19, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
On 26 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a 2007 European Court of Human Rights case ruled that European automobile owners do not have the right to remain silent when asked who was speeding in their vehicle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
On 7 March 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Lynda Baron, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Thryduulf (talk) 21:25, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sports clubs named after a sponsor until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Hariboneagle927 (talk) 11:31, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm. I picked this up and have been through that process. FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 16:32, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
I was recently going through the page history of ANI, and I saw that you made some edits that were redacted. I can only guess what it was based on the above post. Feel free to email me if you ever need someone to talk to. I have been through a lot myself this past year. Scorpions13256 (talk) 00:40, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
On 1 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nebraska once sued a gremlin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 00:02, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
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the automation of this function is in beta testing mode—please let me know if I've screwed up! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 06:24, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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You are one of my favorite editors to review at DYK. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:39, 1 April 2022 (UTC) |
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. Thank you for enlightening the world. We'll sing - first time after 2019 - God So Loved The World for Good Friday, and Hallelujah for Easter. Do you have suggestions for DYK to cover together (until I also get a topic ban)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello, The C of E!
I see that a new svg file of the Duke's 1951 standard has been uploaded. This source says "The shade of blue was uniform throughout, being that used in the third quarter of the Royal Standard".
The blue used in the Royal Standard is darker than it is in the svg file. So, all of the blue in the Duke's flag needs to be of that colour. I hope used will ask the editor to make the necessary amends to the svg file. Thanks. Peter Ormond 💬 07:07, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
On 9 May 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dennis Waterman, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ktin (talk) 16:51, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi The C of E. I noticed that you recently used thefamouspeople.com as a source for biographical information in Dennis Waterman. Please note that the general consensus as expressed at WP:RSN is that it does not meet the reliable sourcing criteria for the inclusion of personal information in such articles. I've gone ahead and removed it. If you disagree, let's discuss it. You may want to check WP:RSP and WP:RSN to help determine if a source is reliable. Thanks.--Hipal (talk) 19:50, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for having created Roger McMurrin and the DYK for him, back in 2014. I linked the orchestra because it has the same name. However, the year of founding doesn't match. Do you know more. I have no access to the Pratta source, - can you update that, or tell me what it says about tours in the U.S.? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:23, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Hello The C of E,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[lower-alpha 1] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[lower-alpha 2]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}
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Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 14691 articles, as of 14:00, 1 September 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
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The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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Good to see this new article. I'll see if I can dig out any more from my book sources. I think I have some more recent pix as well, which I still need to upload. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 09:31, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
On 25 July 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Maria Petri, which you created and nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:44, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
I noticed that you recently started an RfC on RSN about the source's reliability. It might be best to simply leave the question and the options in the prompt, and to move the explanation for why you were motivated to launch an RfC into a comment/!vote for reasons of WP:RFCNEUTRAL. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 07:04, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Hello The C of E,
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
{{subst:NPR invite}}on their talk page.
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The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!
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Hello The C of E,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
Suggestions:
Backlog:
Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Can you clarify the a Union Jack interposed on top of a red swastika was proposed as a flag for the Union of South Africa
you added to Swastika any? I don't understand your use of the word 'interpose'? But then again, apart from the famous Lytton Strachey quote, it is not a word often seen. Did you mean defaced? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 11:16, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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Pleased to see this one appearing on my watchlist via the link you made to the TW places of worship list! I have no pix to offer yet – a multi-day church-/chapel-crawl to the rural areas east and north of Tunbridge Wells is very much on the agenda for next year, time permitting – but I can expand the article with a few other bits and pieces. I found the Act of Parliament authorising creation of the parish in the London Gazette, which looks to be quite helpful, among other things. Expect some additions in the next 2 or 3 days. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 14:58, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
The C of E,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Hello The C of E,
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)
New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js
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Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.
Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.
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Hi. I see from WP:Good article nominations that you're in the process of reviewing San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. I'm planning on nominating piri (singer) for GA at some point (basically, I want its DYK to run, and then depending on what its pageviews are like I might put in an RM to piri if I judge it to be the primary topic). I was wondering, other than the complete lack of images, is there anything screaming that would mean it would be a waste of time me nominating it? (If this is successful, I might nominate Jordan Gray as well.) Launchballer 13:40, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna,
Thebiguglyalien,
Sammi Brie,
Trainsandotherthings,
Lee Vilenski,
Juxlos,
Unexpectedlydian,
SounderBruce,
Kosack,
BennyOnTheLoose and
PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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Remembering you on Good Friday, and I'll sing, including chorales from Bach's greatest Passion that you kindly reviewed 11 years ago. I recently listened to the one by Homilius: a discovery! "Songs" take you to vacation pictures, not yet complete. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
FYI: when you purged your collection of userboxen in 2020 you accidentally also removed the disclosure of your alternate account, User:The Royal C. XAM2175 (T) 21:06, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've Talk:United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster/GA1begun reviewing the article United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MaxnaCarta -- MaxnaCarta (talk) 02:42, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
On 28 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rambahadur Limbu, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:50, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:
Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie,
Thebiguglyalien,
MyCatIsAChonk,
PCN02WPS, and
AirshipJungleman29.
So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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The article United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster for comments about the article, and Talk:United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MaxnaCarta -- MaxnaCarta (talk) 05:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
On 13 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Terrence Hardiman, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 09:11, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
It's so cool to see someone still making contributions to this site after 15 years, volunteering learnedly and professionally; you all are who I look up to when participating here, as one who hasn't much experience and switches between new hobbies frequently. It's great to have such an editor working on UK topics, as well—I am from America but admire your country dearly. Thanks for improving all our knowledge, I wish you a pleasant day! 👍 Kaasterly (talk) 02:05, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I see a much more obvious candidate than the one you reported. 185.165.188.68 (talk) 02:10, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
Two new candidates: MbappeUnited and GerrardLeeds 185.165.188.68 (talk) 10:25, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
On 16 June 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Glenda Jackson, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ad Orientem (talk) 02:30, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
Hello The C of E,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.
Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.
You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.
Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).
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The amendment request which you filed has been closed. The request was closed with the following summary:
Provided the pages do not relate to the area they are not allowed to edit, The C of E is free to edit articles that relate to sport in Ireland. The C of E, like every other user subject to a topic ban, should assess themselves which pages they should stay away from, which includes grey areas such as pages related to Derry (essentially, if you have to ask about it, then best not to edit it).
The request has been archived to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 124 § Amendment request: The Troubles (June 2023). For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 13:21, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
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The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
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I was busy posting my comment about the proposal ignoring the other Commonwealth countries, but you pipped me at the post with your comment! In any event, we appear to be ad idem. :) Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 19:24, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
On 4 August 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Adrian Street, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 22:48, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.
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On 18 October 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Eric Tweedale, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 08:59, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
Hello The C of E:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
Posting here as you suggested you would rather have a talk page message. I agree with Amakaru that there's every reason to think that acting as a WikiCup judge would be inconsistent with your topic ban. Per WP:BMB, "If there is any doubt whether a limited ban prohibits any specific edit, the banned editor should assume that it does, unless whoever imposed the ban expressly clarifies that it does not. If clarification is not sought before making the edit, the banned editor assumes the risk that an administrator takes a broader view of the scope of the ban and enforces it with a block or other sanction." (See also Wikipedia:Broadly construed.) I advise that you don't pursue becoming a WikiCup judge while the ban is active. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:09, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi. I have corrected the mistakes you have included in the "Scottish Sword of State" article. If you need any advice from an expert (and master's graduate in Scottish history and politics) on such subjects please message me. Mcchib (talk) 10:45, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
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On 30 November 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Shane MacGowan, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:26, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
On 15 December 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Roger McMurrin, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:04, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
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I'm sure we've chipped in many of the same rugby articles over the years, nice to see you contributing to horse racing. I'm going to remove your addition of Desert Hero from Sea The Stars' "notable progeny" section - the standard there is only to list Group / Grade 1 winning progeny, and then only their G1 race wins - are you familiar with the terminology there? I wanted to explain why I'm removing it rather than just revert your edit. All the best! Bcp67 (talk) 17:56, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
On 9 January 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article J. P. R. Williams, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
On 15 January 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Denis Walker, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, do you mind archiving your talk page? At close to 400kb, it is on the chunky side (WP:TALKCOND recommends a maximum of 75kb), and my old computer struggles with such large pages on occasion. It would be really helpful. Thanks. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
On 5 February 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ian Lavender, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 19:12, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
On 7 February 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Barry John, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 13:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi The C of E, thanks for participating in the WikiCup. You recently submitted Barry John for ITN points in the WikiCup, but you do not seem to have been a major contributor to the article (in fact, your name does not appear on the list of 50 top contributors to that page). Unfortunately, this is not eligible for points as a result. Epicgenius (talk) 00:52, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
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 Generalissima (submissions), 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:
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 (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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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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:
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), 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.
Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've Talk:Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd/GA1begun reviewing the article Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Llewee -- Llewee (talk) 19:21, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
On 16 March 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 04:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
The article Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd for comments about the article, and Talk:Newport Association Football Club Ltd and others v Football Association of Wales Ltd/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Llewee -- Llewee (talk) 15:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Heya, just wanted to drop a friendly note, when copying the code from the {{infobox rugby biography}} documentation, please make sure you don't include things like blank lines containing only the ...
ellipses. I do realise they're not immediately obvious so I did add some text but I thought you'd like to know. Cheers for creating new pages about rugby players! Primefac (talk) 20:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello The C of E,
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 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 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
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. 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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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:
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
On 17 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Derek Underwood, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 04:29, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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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:
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) 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) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Category:Deaths from asthma in the Isle of Man has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 05:34, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Good morning,
I tried to write a new version for the flag of Sark, so that the page corresponds to historical reality, and considering, where possible, previous discussions : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Oedipe23/sandbox&oldid=1224374912
I think we can do without (for before 2020) the words official or unofficial, since obviously, there is no agreement on what makes a flag considered official or not.
I also added additional information, and so, other sources.
I think that in this way, we have a clear article, to easily understand the history of the flag, and whose facts described are not contestable.
Please tell me if there's anything in this text that's not good for you. If necessary, I can also tell you why I wrote certain things.
Obviously, if somes sentences could be better written while keeping their original meaning, I of course have no problem with this. Oedipe23 (talk) 04:27, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
On 30 May 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Bette Nash, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 01:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
On 2 June 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Lionel Dyck, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 20:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing to ITN! - Enjoy today's story, related to my topic of the year: 300 years Bach's chorale cantatas, and the first was written for today. The music opens with a French overture for a chorale fantasy, to mark the beginning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your support for Tappy, on the Main page and my story today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
On 19 June 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kevin Campbell (footballer), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 10:47, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi The C of E, RSN is clogged up so it takes a while to type/post something thus my comments there are short but The South African is used by UPE. I had to go through my AfD participation but see WP:Articles for deletion/Karin Van Der Laag and WP:Articles for deletion/12Go which is where I got a couple examples I linked to at RSN. I have seen other concerning articles/authors as an AfC reviewer but I don't have examples. My opinion is if the article was not written by verifiable staff, meaning it is clear in their profile they are journalist employed by TSA (ex. which says she is part of the news team), it's not reliable. Even still, it is difficult to discern who is writer/content creator vs. a journalist/staff. S0091 (talk) 18:20, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
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:
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
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On 2 August 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article John Anderson (television personality), which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 01:25, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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On 26 August 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sven-Göran Eriksson, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 21:16, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
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:
Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:13, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
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