User talk:12george1/Archive 15

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Bret (1981)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) 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 TropicalAnalystwx13 -- 01:21, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Bret (1981)
The article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tropical Storm Bret (1981) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- 02:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1943 Surprise Hurricane
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1943 Surprise Hurricane 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 Secret -- 19:40, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 1942 Belize hurricane
Orlady (talk) 08:03, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1942 Belize hurricane
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1942 Belize hurricane 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 Sven Manguard -- 07:52, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have done my first pass of the review and have pointed out one serious sourcing issue and several minor prose issues. Please let me know once you've either addressed, or provided explanations for, these issues.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  19:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1942 Belize hurricane
The article 1942 Belize hurricane you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1942 Belize hurricane for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sven Manguard -- 01:02, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1943 Surprise Hurricane
The article 1943 Surprise Hurricane 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:1943 Surprise Hurricane for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- 23:57, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1943 Surprise Hurricane
The article 1943 Surprise Hurricane you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1943 Surprise Hurricane for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- 22:12, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter
The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer, whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * and were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
 * scored the first ITN points for 2014 North American polar vortex.
 * scored points for an early good topic, finishing off Featured topics/She Wolf.
 * scored the first bonus points of the competition, for his work on Typhoon Vera.
 * has scored the highest number of bonus points for a single article, for the high-importance Jurassic Park (film).

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup 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 WikiCup/Reviews. 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. 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:


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

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

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

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

--Dom497

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Andrea (2013)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tropical Storm Andrea (2013) 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 TropicalAnalystwx13 -- 06:11, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014
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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter
And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
 * , a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
 * , another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:


 * , who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
 * , who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
 * , who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (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 equally.

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. 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. 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1949 Atlantic hurricane season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1949 Atlantic hurricane season 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 Yellow Evan -- 21:40, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tropical Storm Andrea (2013)
The article Tropical Storm Andrea (2013) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tropical Storm Andrea (2013) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TropicalAnalystwx13 -- 02:21, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1949 Atlantic hurricane season
The article 1949 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1949 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yellow Evan -- 03:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1897 Atlantic hurricane season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1897 Atlantic hurricane season 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 Hurricanehink -- 19:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1897 Atlantic hurricane season
The article 1897 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1897 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- 05:01, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1857 Atlantic hurricane season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1857 Atlantic hurricane season 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 Secret -- 22:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1857 Atlantic hurricane season
The article 1857 Atlantic hurricane season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1857 Atlantic hurricane season for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Secret -- 14:41, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1862 Atlantic hurricane season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1862 Atlantic hurricane season 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 TropicalAnalystwx13 -- 18:43, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

YGM
-  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 14:03, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1961 Atlantic hurricane season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1961 Atlantic hurricane season 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 Secret -- 14:50, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 March newsletter
A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. , who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. 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 equally. 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. 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. 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), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:54, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup error
Hi there- this is just a quick note to apologise for a small but important mistake in the last WikiCup newsletter; it is not 64 users who will progress to the next round, but 32. J Milburn (talk) 18:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)