User:Spongie555/Archive 2

Task force?
Hi, Spongie. The answer to your question is: because I wouldn't be able to gather even 5 members who would be interested in joining this kind of group. See for example the move request I made at Talk:John VI of Portugal. Not a single member from Brazil and Portugal wikiprojects bothered to show up. In fact, at this very moment the move is stuck in a draw mainly due to unreasonable editors (and others, such as MBelgrano, who is clearly there only to take revenge on me).

As you can see in the link I provided you, editors who never cared about the article nor do understand anything about the subject have enough firepower to block a simple request due to the lack of editors who could perhaps have the slightest possible interest in the subject. It's hard to find reviwers for Featured article candidates/Empire of Brazil/archive1, for example.

I'm deeply sorry, but I believe I would be far more successful at gathering people to join me in a sinking boat than on a group focused on American monarchies. Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 10:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I plan to use it in Apogee of Pedro II of Brazil which will detail his trip to the U.S. --Lecen (talk) 18:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm going to ask permission to create a taskforce. Since you're interested, you should join us. It's time for us to gather a small and reliable group to work on these article. Also, you should take a look at Talk:John VI of Portugal and share your thoughts. The article will be part of our taskforce' goals. --Lecen (talk) 16:11, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 * Responded. Diego Grez (talk) 06:30, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! 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 WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jo Tong Sop
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:04, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Re:Pedro II of Brazil
Thanks for the note. I've seen it, I don't really have anything to say in response at this time, and I am sticking with my oppose on EV grounds. J Milburn (talk) 23:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced that the EV there is satisfactory for reasons I can explain if you are interested. J Milburn (talk) 23:31, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * What does the image add to the article? What we essentially have is a portrait of a person. Short of the portrait itself or the producer of the portrait being significant to the article, or perhaps a portrait of someone whose appearance is of particular significance, (none of these are the case) I can't really see how a picture of a person could ever really have a high enough EV outside of the article on that person. There are plenty who are uncertain about the majority of portrait FPCs anyway; I'm a fan of portraits, but merely being of a notable person does not give them a free pass to FP status. J Milburn (talk) 23:39, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, so the pic happens to have been taken in the US- so what? It doesn't tell us anything. It happens to have been taken by a noted photographer- so what? So far as I can see, if the image is significant, it's because of the subject, not the photographer. If you want to make a claim for EV based on showing a noted photo/a photo from a noted photographer, go for it, I'm all ears. The fact it's contemporary to the events discussed is a potential argument, but not a massively strong one. Are you trying to suggest that we could have several (a dozen?) featured pictures showing him at various stages of his life which claim independent EV purely because they are at different stages of his life? J Milburn (talk) 00:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe what J Milburn is trying to say it that it doesn't matter if the photo has an excelent quality, or if it was taken by a renowned photographer or if it despicts a famous monarch. It would have matter if it was enough to make anyone say: "Woooww!!" Like this one or this one. He may correct me if I'm wrong. --Lecen (talk) 00:21, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Re:ITN
I've nominated the news per your request, see here. However the article about Jhala Nath Khanal needs to be expanded at least twice in size, and needs to get more references. Likely I'll not be able to perform this task myself, so if you want to get this posted, you should improve the article yourself or find other editors to help. Cheers! Grey Hood  Talk  15:39, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, you better check how the discussion goes on WP:ITN/C, submit your vote, and see if further requests about improving the article are made. Grey Hood   Talk  15:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Re: Interested
Hi Spongie! I am interested in Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta the last king of Croatia. But, I avoid editing articles with possible edit-wars (it is a waste of my time). The name (Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta → Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta) and the content of this article was in a dispute several times. And sorry, I don't know who is the current pretender or claimant to the throne of Croatia, if any? Regards, Kebeta (talk) 10:19, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Bacon Challenge 2011 coming to a close
Dear ever-so-valiant Bacon Challenge 2011 participant:

Almost a year ago, the Bacon Challenge 2011 kicked off for the third year in a row with the annual mission of expanding and bettering Wikipedia's coverage of bacon. We are almost at the end of this year's Bacon Challenge, which ends on March 1st. I am pleased to say that, during this time period, Bacon Challenge participants have done a great job. Ten new pages have been created. Two articles have been granted the status of being good articles. Over one hundred reliable sources have been placed into articles, and over 7,500 words have been added. Six articles have been featured on Wikipedia's main page under the "Did you know..." section. These are all excellent results.

The Bacon WikiCup has also been exciting to watch. Contributors have been racking up more and more points as the deadline approaches. As I post this message, Worm That Turned is in the lead, with 🇧🇪 Cirt in second, and  Acather96 in third. 🇧🇪 Cirt currently has created the most new pages, while Worm That Turned has done the most work in expanding articles and achieving DYKs. Acather96 has done the most work with image uploads. Remember, while the Bacon Challenge is ending in just a few days, it's not too late to make any last-minute contributions to get a few more Bacon WikiCup points. Everyone who contributes at least something will earn a virtual commemorative medal, so if you haven't contributed anything bacon-related to Wikipedia, now's your chance. Contributions can be submitted up until the end of March 7th, but only for contributions that were done before the beginning of March. The extra week is provided for participants to report any last-minute contributions, and to allow for any contributions that require a timely process (such as a good article or DYK nomination) to go through. At the end of the event, scores for the Bacon WikiCup will be completed and re-checked, and prizes will be distributed. Thanks and good luck! ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 04:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Answer
I've added the assasination attempt to the LeonidBrezhnev and the Brezhnev Era infobox. The Fidel Castro article still has several sections which are not referenced properly. Second, some of the references are dead links. Thirdly, it may need a copyedit. Fourth, and final, it doesn't adequately summarise his reign (the period from 1959–2000s) is very scarce on domestic reforms among others. If you want to nominate it for GA I strongly recommend splitting up the article, and then expand it again.. A perfect example is the Joseph Stalin article and it's split, however, the Stalin article is a very badly written article with a lot of historical inaccuracies so don't follow suit on the writing, but with how the article is set up instead. --TIAYN (talk) 07:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR) was a republic within the Soviet Union, therefore, the leaders of the Russian SFSR were the leaders of a republic within the Soviet Union. The Soviet Government was, as with the United States Government, a federal government. The leaders of the Soviet Union were leaders of the All-Union (national level) Government, and not the leaders of the country's republics.
 * See Republics of the Soviet Union. --TIAYN (talk) 08:33, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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Bhutan maps
You haven't received a reply at the graphics lab, not sure why, but it should be an easy fix. Do you have a source for Bhutan's neutrality? If so, provide that. It should be a fairly simple microsoft paint job. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 07:51, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. 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 WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Serbian Renewal Movement
Hi, Spongie! I saw your question, and answer is this - Serbian Renewal Movement was a very big party years ago (main opposition party in 1990's), but today they are a very small one (only 4 seats in the National Assembly of Serbia and 1 government seat). They are a part of ruling coalition, but their influence on big decisions is really small. As a monarchist, I'm not happy to see that. Personally, I think that Serbian monarchy will be restored in the near future, but that will not happen because of Serbian Renewal Movement's present strength. Cheers! --Sundostund (talk) 10:18, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I share your hope that Serbian monarchy will be restored in the near future. Maybe there will be a referendum, or just a parliamentary decision about it. As for Libya, I closely watch revolution there and I also hope it would lead to the restoration of Libyan monarchy. Chances for restoration will surely be greater without Gaddafi than with him. I hope he'll fall from power soon. Unfortunately, I'm also too busy to make an article for Libyan Constitutional Union. I hope someone else will create it soon. Cheers! --Sundostund (talk) 10:01, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I know that in the United States exist (or existed) some monarchist groups. One of them is Constantian Society. If you're interested in that, I'm sure you can find names of some other groups online. Cheers! --Sundostund (talk) 10:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Mohammed es-Senoussi.jpg
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Replaceable fair use File:Idris al senussi.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Dechencholing Palace through a door.jpg
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Re:
Nah, I don't speak Arabic. I can only read, sorry --Muhammad (talk) 00:25, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

prince of libya
He talks about how sorry he is the so many Libyans lost their lives during the uprising.

He said Gaddafi is trying his best to hold onto power but his fall will be soon.

He said the uprising shall be successful if Libya stays united.

He also make a pitch about Libya's old monarchy by says thing were so good back then. He does not back that claims by any facts. He also keep refereeing to Gadaffi's regime as a coup.

The reporter video just stats what the prince said again. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 09:37, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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Bhutan football
It would be good to get the list of Bhutan football results to FL but I'm afraid I don't really have the time because real life is quite busy atm. If you wanted to write something and clean up the tables, I would be happy to have a look over it etc. Cheers, Big  Dom  10:38, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

You'll love my response
User talk:Diego Grez ;) Diego Grez (talk) 21:23, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I translated the article, the link is on my talk page, in that same section. Cheers, and hope that helps you get Boiry's article to the DYK section of the main page :) Diego Grez (talk) 00:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Muhammad as-Senussi
Hi Spongie, I moved the article to Mohammed El Senussi as that is what he uses and is also quite commonly used for him. If it gets moved back I'll put it up for WP:RM. - dwc lr (talk) 00:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Maybe, I just moved it to what his official website uses. - dwc lr (talk) 01:20, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I was tempted to put the dash because sometimes its used, sometimes not, but I probably should have. I will wait a few days to see if anyone objects to the initial move if no one does I'll move it again. - dwc lr (talk) 01:56, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah it would be nice to get the article to GA status. I'm not sure of the criteria, its a shame most of the article covers the events of the last few months only. When I get a chance I might take a look to see if there is any news articles from post 1992 when he became head of the royal house. - dwc lr (talk) 23:43, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! 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 WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Philippe Boiry
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:05, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Featured_sound_candidates/Marcha_Real
As noted there, this can reopen as soon as it's moved to en-wiki. I'd do it, but better I stay back, so I can close. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:50, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Pretenders to the throne of Lithuania
I see that you have added succession boxes claiming that the person described in the article holds a "title in pretense: King of Lithuania". I remember looking for reliable sources about those persons and not finding anything that would say so. If you were more successful in this work, could you please add those sources to those articles? --Martynas Patasius (talk) 12:07, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

File:Flag of the Kingdom of Finland (1918-1919).svg
Done. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 00:31, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to and  who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. 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 WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:30, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:United States Navy Band - Marcha Real (Himno Nacional de España).ogg


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Maximilian of Mexico
I'm really, really sorry for not having answered you earlier. I'm not working on Wikipedia anymore. My last FAC gave me no reasons to colaborate with Wikipedia. But let's talk about Maximilian. I have four English language books about him. Not much, since you must have noticed that I usually work with 20-30 books in very important articles. However, I could write an article about him, but there are some things which are lacking: I tried to get some help from Mexican wikipedians but none of them had photos or further information that could be used. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 04:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Good gallery of pictures of Maximilian. The books I own, nor Wikipedia, nor Commons, nor the Web have good quality pictures of Maximilian. Painting of Maximilian as a baby? Child? Teenager? None. Photos of him as Mexican Emperor? None. I'm pretty sure that there must be books from which such pictures could be scanned, but I don't know which one are they.
 * 2) Basic information about what were the chivalry orders to which Maximilian belonged to, how was he adressed as Archduke or as Mexican Emperor. To this day I have no idea what was his full style as Mexican Emperor. Not a single books gives such information. Did he use the honorific "Don" (such as "Don Maximiliano I")?
 * 3) How exactly worked the Mexican Imperial government. Were the provincial governors elected or appointed? What about the cabinet? Was there a Parliament? All books written by him focus only on Maximilian, as he ruled as a god or something similar.
 * 3) How exactly worked the Mexican Imperial government. Were the provincial governors elected or appointed? What about the cabinet? Was there a Parliament? All books written by him focus only on Maximilian, as he ruled as a god or something similar.

Chula Vista City Hall
Hey, Spongie,

I just wanted to let you know that I've set up the CV City Hall article as well. :) If you could make it to a local library, then perhaps the article can be more easily expanded to fit DYK requirements; it is hard from where I am because online resources on these topics are rather sparse . --Starstriker7(Talk) 07:06, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * scarce. Haha, silly me. --Starstriker7(Talk) 14:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The article's notability is being challenged. I am having difficulty finding additional sources... :/
 * Can you help me out? --Starstriker7(Talk) 06:14, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That should work. I'll help out where I can, but my ability to do so is limited because I do not live anywhere near the San Diego metro area; the only reason why I was able to touch up city articles at all in times past was because I was in the area for a while at the time. I don't think I'll be able to contribute a meaningful amount of content for the beefier articles like Chula Vista itself (I've been de-stubbing because I can usually find enough information to plant the seeds of articles), but I can help out with copyediting and with checking out refs, if you'd like. --Starstriker7(Talk) 06:34, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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Balboa Park GLAM project
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I recently left a message at WP:SANDIEGO's talk page about a new GLAM collaboration with Balboa Park. I'm contacting you to determine if you'd be interested in participating in the project. The staff there would like to meet with a group of Wikipedians to eventually lead to tours of the museums, image donations, editing collaborations, contests, and other events. If you have any interest at all in helping in any capacity, please list your name at WP:GLAM/BP so we can determine what size group we're looking at. As this collaboration has just started, if you have any questions, comments, ideas, etc., please leave them on the project's talk page. Thank you! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 05:00, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
Your suggestion for article on Jetsun Pema (Bhutan) is very good. To make an impact, essential to have some pictures. I will try to find references to add to the text. I have added some text to the article. -- Nvvchar . 10:45, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * My interest in Bhutan continues. I have completed my inputs. If you can find an img you could probably post it on DYK. User:Calliopejen1 and User:Dr. Blofeld have also made useful and relevant contributions- Nvvchar . 16:48, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I am really surprised that you have not attributed credit to User: Nvvchar, User: Dr. Blofeld and User:Calliopejen1 who more than deserve full credit for the DYK article. Since its posting on 19th, they have substantially and totally altered the textual content of the article in the last two days (28th and 29th May after your request on our talk pages). I have made similar remark below the DYK entry. I am sure you will endorse this there.-- Nvvchar . 10:40, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by, and  respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims can be seen here. 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 WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Reward Board Request
Your reward board request has expired. Do you mind either updating the request, or otherwise removing it? Thank you, MrKIA11 (talk) 13:11, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jetsun Pema (Bhutan)
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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011
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Invitation to the Bacon Challenge 2012
Hello! You have been invited to take part in the Bacon Challenge 2012. In case you don't know or need a refresher, the Bacon Challenge is an annual celebration of bacon on Wikipedia in which editors come together to help create, expand, and improve Wikipedia's coverage of bacon. The event lasts all the way through National Pig Day 2012, giving participants plenty of time to work at their pleasure. In addition to the Bacon Challenge is the Bacon WikiCup 2012, a side event to the Challenge in which all bacon-related contributions done by those participating in the Challenge are submitted and scored by the scorekeeper (me) based on the scoring chart. At the end of the Challenge, the user with the most points in the Bacon WikiCup will win a shiny trophy for their userpage. In addition, the users who score the highest in specific categories (not yet finalized, but the categories include most image uploads, most article creations, most DYK submissions, and more) will win barnstars. Finally, all participants will receive a medal. While the awards are nice, in the end, the important thing is to have fun and enjoy what we're all here for, which is improving Wikipedia.

If you decide to participate, great! You may add your name to the participants list at the main page of the Bacon Challenge 2012, and pick up the userbox for your userpage if you desire. Signing up for the Challenge will also automatically enter you into the Bacon WikiCup. If you don't wish to participate, that's fine too - maybe next year! In the meantime, if you know anyone who might also be interested in participating, feel free to invite them! The Challenge is open to anyone and accepts participants at any time, so feel free to let anyone who might be interested know.

Note that I, the scorekeeper of the Bacon WikiCup, will be on vacation starting on the 18th of June all the way up until the 5th of July. I will have limited access to the internet, so I may or may not be able to score users' contributions during this time. Sorry for any delay in scoring (but since the Challenge lasts for more than half a year, there's no rush, right? (= ).

I'm looking forward to another fun, successful year. Thanks! ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 22:46, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Empire of Brazil task force
Spongie, would you create by yourself an "Empire of Brazil task force" in the Former Empires wikiproject? --Lecen (talk) 22:04, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * We would need many editors interested to make an entire wikiproject. I hardly believe we would find five people willing to be part of it. I've been suffering to find someone interested on reviewing Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, which is a small article. How would we find dozens interested on being part of a wikiproject? And I believe it's a bad idea to create a Latin American monarchies wiki project or something similar. Its scope would be far too broad. We should begin small, gather people who enjoy the subject and then grow. Fine. You may propose the creation of an "Empire of Brazil" wikiproject. Let's see how it goes. Don't propose a Latin American wikiprojct. We can not create something tht we won't actually work on (like Empire of Haiti, etc...) --Lecen (talk) 22:38, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I must confess that I would have no capacity to deal with the actual management of a wikiproject. I wouldn't be able to actually learn to use all Wikipedia's gadgets and at the same time make research and write articles. The good news, however, it's that I finally got my copy of the 2-volume biography of Maximilian of Mexico. Once I'm done with Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, I'll start working on that article. --Lecen (talk) 16:32, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * What do you know about Maximilian? Did you ever read a book about him (this is only a curiosity!)? --Lecen (talk) 00:23, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed. People should know about him. I'm going to start working on it as soon as possible. --Lecen (talk) 00:57, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

I created the assessment cats for the task force and put it a request to have the project tag amended, see my talk for details. The task force page needs to be moved into the Wikipedia-space so there isn't a redlink on the tag, among other reasons.--NortyNort (Holla) 11:37, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks like the assessment/chart is up and will update as article are tagged. Good luck on your endeavors.--NortyNort (Holla) 23:17, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

The lion of Egyptian revolution (Qasr al-Nil Bridge).jpg
I was wondering if you could give you opinion on the picture nomination to be a featured picture. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 10:07, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

assessment templates
Oog, I don't know if I can help much. I stumbled through making assessment templates and such for WP:DAM and broke things as much as made them work. I didn't really know what I was doing and have largely forgotten what I did anyway. Maybe asking at the Help Desk would uncover more skilled editors than me. Pfly (talk) 05:36, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by, claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by , who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by, who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank and  for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:40, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Tibetan naming conventions
A while back, I posted a new proposal for Tibetan naming conventions, i.e. conventions that can be used to determine the most appropriate titles for articles related to the Tibetan region. This came out of discussions about article titles on Talk:Qamdo and Talk:Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture. I hope that discussions on the proposal's talk page will lead to consensus in favour of making these conventions official, but so far only a few editors have left comments. If you would be interested in taking a look at the proposed naming conventions and giving your opinion, I would definitely appreciate it. Thanks&mdash;Nat Krause(Talk!·What have I done?) 16:22, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

How did you decide to nominate this image?
Hey Spongie, how did you decide to nominate this image as a featured picture? Did you see it is the Commons 2010 Picture of the Year?--Chaser2 (talk) 22:19, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are (Pool A, 189 points) and  (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from ) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from ). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:44, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:


 * , Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
 * , Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
 * , Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
 * , Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
 * , the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
 * , the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
 * , who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
 * , who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists,, , , , , and. Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate. The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:13, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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WikiCup 2011 September newsletter
We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by, and , all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:52, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Are you alive, man?
Spongie, where have you gone? I need to talk to you about the Empire of Brazil task force. Send me an email (check my talk page, on the top, to the left for my e-mail) so we can discuss it. --Lecen (talk) 18:46, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Glad to see you back! I added a couple of sections to Maximilian of Mexico's article. Did you see it? Send me an e-mail, please, I want to send you a few pictures and texts to discuss what path we should take. --Lecen (talk) 13:23, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011
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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter
The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is, who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: (2007),  (2008),  (2009) and  (2010). The final standings were as follows:



Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.


 * The Featured Article Award:, for his performance in round 2. matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
 * The Good Article Award:, for his performance in round 4.
 * The Featured List Award:, for his performance in round 4. matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
 * The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics):, for his performance in round 3.
 * The Did You Know Award:, for his performance in round 1.
 * The In the News Award:, for his performance in round 1.
 * The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews):, for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:49, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

2011 WikiCup participation


It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:45, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

FP candidate: Haj_Amin_al-Husseini
My first impression was that the image was badly in need of a crop. So I made a cropped version that I thought was more suitable. Rather than simply post it to your nomination, I figured I'd just offer it to you to use as you see fit. If you wish to add it to the nomination (or use it in place of the original) be my guest. If not, then that's fine too and it will just sit in commons. JBarta (talk) 09:39, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011
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Merry Christmas
I hope you're fine, Spongie. There isn't news from you for quite some time. I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 13:55, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

I have offline for a good time, but a merry christmas from me too. -- Extra   999  (Contact me) 17:55, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011
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2012 WikiCup
Hi! As you've previously expressed interest in the competition, I'm just letting you know that the 2012 WikiCup is due to start in less than 24 hours. Signups are open, and will remain so for a few weeks after the beginning of the competition. The competition itself will follow basically the same format as last year, with a few small tweaks to point costs to reflect the opinions of the community. If you're interested in taking part, you're more than welcome, and if you know anyone who might be, please let them know too- the more the merrier! To join, simply add your name to WikiCup/2012 signups, and we will be in touch. Please feel free to direct any questions to me, or leave a note on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! You are receiving this note as you are listed on WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Please feel free to add or remove yourself. EdwardsBot (talk) 01:27, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Military Historian of the Year
Nominations for the "Military Historian of the Year" for 2011 are now open. If you would like to nominate an editor for this award, please do so here. Voting will open on 22 January and run for seven days. Thanks! On behalf of the coordinators, Nick-D (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:31, 16 January 2012 (UTC) You were sent this message because you are a listed as a member of the Military history WikiProject.

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012
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WikiCup 2012 January newsletter
WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is, due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by, whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is, who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

The 64 highest scoring participants will advance to round 2 in a month's time. There, they will be split into eight random groups of eight. The score needed to reach the next round is not at all clear; last year, 8 points guaranteed a place. The year before, 20.

A few participants and their work warrant a mention for achieving "firsts" in this competition.
 * was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
 * was also the first to score points for an article, thanks to his work on Hurricane Debby (1982)- now a good article. Tropical storms have featured heavily in the Cup, and good articles currently have a relatively fast turnaround time for reviews.
 * was the first to score points for a did you know, with Russian submarine K-114 Tula. Military history is another subject which has seen a lot of Cup activity.
 * is also the first person to successfully claim bonus points. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is now a good article, and was eligible for bonus points because the subject was covered on more than 20 other Wikipedias at the start of the competition. It is fantastic to see bonus points being claimed so early!
 * was the first to score points for an In the News entry, with Paedophryne amauensis. The lead image from the article was also used on the main page for a time, and it's certainly eye-catching!
 * was the first to score points for a featured article, and is, at the moment, the only competitor to claim for one. The article, "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song), was also worth double points because of its wide coverage. While this is an article that Jivesh and others have worked on for some time, it is undeniable that he has put considerable work into it this year, pushing it over the edge.

We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

A quick rules clarification before the regular notices: If you are concerned that another user is claiming points inappropriately, please contact a judge to take a look at the article. Competitors policing one another can create a bad atmosphere, and may lead to inconsistencies and mistakes. Rest assured that we, the judges, are making an effort to check submissions, but it is possible that we will miss something. On a loosely related note: If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:18, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Photo requests
Are you in the Miami area currently?

If so, would you mind photographing any one of these Publix Sabor locations?
 * Hialeah Mercado 1585 West 49th Street Hialeah, FL 33012-2924
 * Miller Square Shopping Center - 13890 SW 56th St Miami, FL 33175-6021
 * Publix Sabor Coral Way Shopping Center - 8680 SW 24th St Miami, FL 33155-2338

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 06:35, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. I was using the talk page of the Miami project to see if anybody was in the area. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:50, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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PISL?
You have listed that the San Diego Fusion played in a Premier Indoor Soccer League. I can find no references to this league. Please list some. KitHutch (talk) 13:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I was hoping for another indoor soccer league, but I guess it's not to be. KitHutch (talk) 15:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012
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WikiCup 2012 February newsletter
Round 1 is already over! The 64 highest scorers have progressed to round 2. Our highest scorer was, again thanks mostly to a swathe of good articles on The X-Files. In second place was, thanks an impressive list of did you knows about racehorses. Both scored over 400 points. Following behind with over 300 points were, , and. February also saw the competition's first featured list: List of colleges and universities in North Dakota, from. At the other end of the scale, 11 points was enough to secure a place in this round, and some contestants with 10 points made it into the round on a tiebreaker. This is higher than the 8 points that were needed last year, but lower than the 20 points required the year before. The number of points required to progress to round 3 will be significantly higher.

The remaining contestants have been split into 8 pools of 8, named A through H. Round two will finish in two months time on 28 April, when the two highest scorers in each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers, will progress to round 3. The pools were entirely random, so while some pools may end up being more competitive than others, this is by chance rather than design.

The judges would like to point out two quick rules reminders. First, any content promoted during the interim period (that is, on or after 27 February) is eligible for points in round 2. Second, any content worked on significantly this year is eligible for points if promoted in this round. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which would otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 00:08, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012
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WikiCup 2012 March newsletter
We are over half way through the second round of this year's WikiCup and things are going well! , of Pool B, is our highest overall scorer thanks to his prolific writings on television and film. In second place is Pool H's, thanks primarily to work on biological articles, especially in marine biology and herpetology. Third place goes to Pool E's, who also writes primarily on biology (including ornithology and botany) and has already submitted two featured articles this round. Of the 63 contestants remaining, 15 (just under a quarter) have over 100 points this round. However, 25 are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly. 32 contestants, the top two from each pool and the 16 next-highest scorers, will advance to round 3.

Congratulations to, whose impressive File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg became the competition's first featured picture. Also, congratulations to, who claimed good topic points, our first contestant this year to do so, for his work on Featured topics/1982 Atlantic hurricane season. This leaves featured topics and featured portals as the only sources of points not yet utilised. However, as recent statistics from show, no source has yet been utilised this competition to the same extent it has been previously!

It has been observed that the backlogs at good article candidates are building up again. While the points for good article reviews will be remaining constant, any help that can be offered keeping the backlog down would be appreciated. On a related note, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:28, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Where are you?
Spongie, have you given up of the Brazilian imperial era articles? Please join the task force and help us out again! --Lecen (talk) 01:06, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 April newsletter
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's  coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both and, the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article,  earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by  to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank and, for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:22, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012
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POTD notification
Hi Spongie,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Nofretete Neues Museum.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 5, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-05-05. — howcheng  {chat} 20:49, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012
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WikiCup 2012 May newsletter
We're halfway through round 3 (or the quarter finals, if you prefer) and things are running smoothly. We're seeing very high scoring; as of the time of writing, the top 16 all have over 90 points. This has already proved to be more competative than this time last year- in 2011, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 was the lowest qualifying score. People have also upped their game slightly from last round, which is to be expected as we approach the end of the competition. Leading Pool A is, whose points have mostly come from a large number of did you knows on marine biology. Pool B's leader,, is for the first time not our highest scorer at the time of newsletter publication, but his good articles on The X-Files and Millenium keep him in second place overall. leads Pool C, our quietest pool, with content in a variety of areas on a variety of topics. Pool D is led by, our current overall leader. Nearly half of Casliber's points come from his triple-scored Western Jackdaw, which is now a featured article.

This round has seen an unusually high number of featured lists, with nearly one in five remaining participants claiming one, and one user,, claiming two. Miyagawa's featured list, 1936 Summer Olympics medal table, was even awarded double points. By comparison, good article reviews seem to be playing a smaller part, and featured topics portals remain two content-types still unutilised in this competition. Other than that, there isn't much to say! Things are coming along smoothly. As ever, 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 WikiCup/Reviews. 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:45, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive
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WikiCup 2012 June newsletter
Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's, who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's, whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's, with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, 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 WikiCup/Reviews. 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 11:10, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012
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Abkhazian Apsar coins
Yes, I noticed, but thanks for reminding me. I haven't had time to do that, so you're welcome to do it instead, otherwise I'll do it one day. sephia karta |  dimmi  09:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 July newsletter
We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees  in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's  follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, 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 WikiCup/Reviews. 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 WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:33, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Gettting Wikimedians to the Olympic Games
Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 04:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Gettting Wikimedians to the Olympic Games
Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 04:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC)