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Your GA nomination of Neal Dow

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Neal Dow 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 Mr rnddude -- Mr rnddude (talk) 07:40, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Neal Dow

The article Neal Dow you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Neal Dow for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mr rnddude -- Mr rnddude (talk) 16:02, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Neal Dow

On 15 August 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Neal Dow, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while he was mayor of Portland, Neal Dow ordered state militia troops to fire upon people protesting his Prohibition law? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Neal Dow. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Neal Dow), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 12:01, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

FAC voluntary mentoring scheme

During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 16:54, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

US presidents
... you were recipient no. 244 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Re: Fred Dunlap

Thanks! Though in fairness, User:Cbl62 did the heavy lifting, I just fine-tuned the article to get it through GA. If you're able to add that then by all means go for it. Wizardman 21:26, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey

ould I request a review here? Love your work.--MaranoFan (talk) 15:13, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Philadelphia municipal election, 1955

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Philadelphia municipal election, 1955 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 Canadian Paul -- Canadian Paul (talk) 08:41, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

FAC

Hello, I'm ATS. Ike Altgens is a Featured article candidate. I hope you have a few moments to check this article against the criteria so I may address any concerns and see this nomination through. My thanks in advance. —ATS 🖖 talk 21:37, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'll check it out. --Coemgenus (talk) 00:24, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Philadelphia municipal election, 1955

The article Philadelphia municipal election, 1955 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:Philadelphia municipal election, 1955 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Canadian Paul -- Canadian Paul (talk) 13:40, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Philadelphia municipal election, 1955

The article Philadelphia municipal election, 1955 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Philadelphia municipal election, 1955 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Canadian Paul -- Canadian Paul (talk) 19:01, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. 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 · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:40, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

FAC reviewing barnstar

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		FAC can't function without people like you contributing reviews. Thank you for the four FAC source reviews you did during October. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:58, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:38, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Harry Norwitch

On 13 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Harry Norwitch, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Harry Norwitch served five terms on Philadelphia's City Council but quit his race for re-election in 1967, calling the Democratic party machine "self-serving"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Harry Norwitch. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Harry Norwitch), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:02, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

White

I am wondering if it is time to add a sentence on the new White bio to the US Grant reputation section, I was hoping to find a review in Jstor or Muse, but no luck, do you think you can do it with the better paper reviews? Alanscottwalker (talk) 16:23, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

The NYT review is pretty good, and written by a historian, T.J. Stiles. That might do. Part of this section could make a good pull quote: "This worthy book solidifies the positive image amassed in recent decades, blotting out the caricature of a military butcher and political incompetent engraved in national memory by Jim Crow era historians. It illuminates Grant’s loving marriage, the sense of honor that made him agonize over debts, also his fundamental decency. It convinced me of his deep faith, and that his drinking has been grossly exaggerated." --Coemgenus (talk) 16:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

OK, perhaps you an cut that down some, also if there is anything critical in a more negative sense about the bio's coverage or lack thereof. Alanscottwalker (talk) 16:47, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Coemgenus. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of David Harmer for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Harmer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Harmer until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on 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.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:18, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Philadelphia municipal election, 1953

On 26 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Philadelphia municipal election, 1953, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the run-up to the 1953 Philadelphia municipal election, a Democratic nominee died and the office he was running for was abolished? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Philadelphia municipal election, 1953. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Philadelphia municipal election, 1953), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:02, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

GA review

Hi there, Coemgenus. A long while ago you did a GA review for Bharatiya Janata Party. I have just sent Narendra Modi to GAN, and it is a page likely to be even more contentious. I was wondering if you would care to review this page as well, because it will take somebody with a good deal of experience, and you have also seen a related topic once before (though you did fail that review ;) ). It would not have to be soon, but if you don't have the time, I quite understand. Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 02:57, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Alabama Centennial half dollar

Would you have a moment to do a source review for [FAC] on this? It should be very routine (disregard the heading you'll see, Singora didn't do a source review). Millard Fillmore awaits next. Much obliged.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:25, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing. I'll tackle it tonight or tomorrow. Fillmore! Probably the president I know the least about. I look forward to reading it. --Coemgenus (talk) 23:27, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

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Extended confirmed protection policy RfC

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