User talk:AHeneen/Archive 1

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Winter storm naming
I just wanted to make you aware of this discussion I started at Winter storm naming. I have no intentions of making any changes to the article myself, but was just hoping to get input from editors previously involved in the article (or recently-closed AfD) in an effort to improve the article and clarify its purpose. I will leave any changes to the consensus of other editors who decide what's best. Your participation would be welcome, regardless of your views on the issue. Thank you. 76.189.111.199 (talk) 22:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Request
Hello AHeneen,

How are you doing? I am editing the Tourism in Egypt page []. I am looking forward to work with you, so that we can helpfully expand it.

Thanks,

--Dahir Ahmed (talk) 15:50, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Attribution of public-domain text at 2013 Pakistan earthquake
Hi. I am not an admin and this is just a friendly comment to a fellow editor. You obviously know it's ok to add public domain text verbatim to an article, but you might not realize that you need to attribute the text to the source to avoid any appearance of plagarism. The guideline is that there needs to be a visible attribution in either the text or the reference section, so your comment in the html just proves good intentions. I replaced your citation with USGS, one of the many attribution templates available for this sort of thing. Regards, Celestra (talk) 00:12, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I was not aware of the requirement to attribute PD content and put the html comment in so that the section wouldn't be accused of copy-vio and to encourage others to re-write/improve upon that text. I added the text just a couple hours after the quake, when the section seemed both informative and timely, which is why I simply copied without editing the text. AHeneen (talk) 02:38, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 hijacking
Thanks for your article from the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 10:23, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

MH370
I have just trimmed the 'Analysis of satellite communication' section that you wrote, and would appreciate it if you could look it over to ensure that I have not changed the meaning of anything. Regards, --  Ohc  ¡digame! 02:19, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

reply to you query regarding 8th freedom
See WT:AIRPORTS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Intermediate edits (talk • contribs) 23:49, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

List of Airbus A380 orders and deliveries
You changed the Emirates delivery numbers in List of Airbus A380 orders and deliveries. This is not a small job and cannot be done in isolation, the tables now do not sum, and they disagree with each other. These tables, or templates, are also included in other related pages and causes discrepancies on those pages including rendering some of the text in those pages incorrect. The tables also do not match the references cited. Changing this little number is a very big job. In the past it was chaos because people updated the tables piecemeal in response to press releases and other sources, consequently, the consensus arose to use ONLY the official Airbus O&D, this pretty much fixed the numbers churn. This comes out monthly so we just need to wait. I would recommend that the change be reverted. E x nihil (talk) 09:45, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Ok. Reverted. I have copied your comment & responded at Talk:List of Airbus A380 orders and deliveries because I believe my response/comments were important enough to the page that they should be on its talk page (where they will receive attention) rather that here on my talk page. AHeneen (talk) 13:32, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. There are similar notes dotted around the various tables.  As soon as the Airbus O&Ds for June come out please feel free to update everything but make sue all the tables pages and texts agree, it's quite tedious but useful, I used to do it but now I hope somebody else does. E x nihil  (talk) 15:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Dual citizens on MH17
There is some discrepency in the list, there are three Dutch people with dual citizenship one each from Israel, USA and Belgium, two Britons one each from South Africa and New Zealand, so shouldnt tehe dual citizen section for all these countries includ these numbers? inspector (talk) 15:52, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Gambia Bird
I wanted to let you know that I undid your edit. The table format you modified is one of the two accepted by consensus, both of them included at WP:AIRLINE-DEST-LIST. Furthermore, the table you altered included information about the dates flights to destinations started. Please do not modify it again. Thanks.--Jetstreamer $Talk$ 10:27, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, but how can it be modified to note suspended services? The reason I changed the table format was because I didn't recognize it (at the time I made the edit) as a common table format (and there was no ref for the "start date")...I usually see the second table format without start/end but with a notes section (Table format (without start/end dates)). Could a new column be added for notes? AHeneen (talk) 15:16, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You may add notes by using the template. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding this.--Jetstreamer $Talk$ 17:34, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Merci
Thanks for your efforts re "ISIS/Iraq/Syria - ongoing," etc. Sca (talk) 10:16, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Wimmenau
Thanks for helping free speech Victuallers (talk) 15:15, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you. AHeneen (talk) 22:32, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

If you liked that radar data...
hi. Maybe you would be interested also in this one containing even more information. I guess Victor Iannello made this plot himself, but I don't know where he got the (ATC?) data. I guess it's uncitable at present? Layzeeboi (talk) 22:34, 25 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I will try to make a better graphic for this new information. I see that this is not from a reliable source. Maybe I can find the source online. AHeneen (talk) 22:39, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Flameout
This short article has a five-year-old expert-subject tag. Care to take a look and see if it's still needed? &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  07:56, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Palestine/GA1
Just a quick note to say thanks for the detailed review here - it's greatly appreciated. Lots of work to do! Oncenawhile (talk) 16:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. AHeneen (talk) 16:29, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge,  led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:
 * took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
 * worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
 * developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
 * And last but not least, worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

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Barnstar

 * Thanks. AHeneen (talk) 02:08, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

User:GeorgeLouis and Template:LosAngelesCityAttorneys
Dude's continuing to be disruptive. Now that it's evident he "lost" on the sortable table at Los Angeles City Attorney, he's gone back to edit-warring on Template:LosAngelesCityAttorneys. I've explained what I did there numerous times, and yet his most recent comment at Template talk:LosAngelesCityAttorneys seems to act like I did it BOLDly for no apparent reason. Could you explain to him what's going on? Cuz I'm at the end of my tether with him right now. It seems like he refuses to stop fighting until he "gets" something, regardless of how many people disagree with him or how off-base his ideas are. p b  p  14:44, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Around the time I warned him that one more revert would send him to AN/3RR, you know what he did? Reverted! Well, guess I'm reporting him.  p  b  p  21:58, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Eastern Exit
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Change of name
Hello, AHeneen. I wanted you to be among the first to know that I have changed my username to User:BeenAroundAWhile. That’s because I have, well, been around a while — 83 years to be exact, on April 8.

First, I want to apologize if I have upset you with some of my recent edits. Obviously I don’t mean anything personal by my edits, and I make them only because I think they will be good for the encyclopedia.

But I did want to introduce myself. For a good many years I have specialized in creating or editing Wikipedia articles about Los Angeles — its neighborhoods, its history, its public servants — oh, all that stuff. I have either originated or contributed to most of the articles on Los Angeles City Council members and Los Angeles city attorneys, dating back to 1853. I’ve been able to use my L.A. Public Library card to good advantage over the Internet, even though I don’t live in L.A. any more. I’m glad you share my interest in history.

Also I notice your interest in international relations. That was my field when I was at UCLA, although I graduated from UC Riverside with a major in government. I worked for two years in Geneva, with the International Labor Organization. Interesting life, but I returned to UCLA to get an MA in journalism.

I suppose I am addicted to Wikipedia. As a former newspaper reporter and editor, and a journalism professor of a quarter century specializing in writing and editing, I can’t keep away from hammering away at a keyboard in a manic attempt to edit and to create. I have tried to take breaks, but it is an impossibility. Not only do I have my watch list of favorites, but I also hover like a vulture over the Recent Changes page and pounce on any submissions that are found wanting. Oh, well.

As you know, I’ve taken a break from our discussion about improving the templates associated with Los Angeles City Attorney, but I plan to return to it after my week is up. I hope that our chats over there will be friendly.

Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:11, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Joint Agency Coordination Centre
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:02, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

courtesy notice
Hey, this is just to let you know i have made an request for edit notice on the germanwings article as you have asked, please find the request here Template talk:Editnotices/Page/Germanwings Flight 9525  Hybirdd (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 21:00, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Eastern Exit
The article Operation Eastern Exit 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:Operation Eastern Exit for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Calvin999 -- Calvin999 (talk) 11:20, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/1000 Forms of Fear
Hi, I'm glad you've joined the DYK reviewing team! I'd like to mention that just because an article passed GA doesn't mean it's an automatic yes for DYK. We've found many GA articles with close paraphrasing and citation problems, and some have even been sent back for GA reassessment in the course of the DYK review. Please see my new note on the DYK nomination template. Here is a handy tool for checking for copyvios:. Best, Yoninah (talk) 22:29, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Map
4U9525_flight_path2.png BCN Barcelona–El Prat Airport

XOG Orange-Caritat Air Base]]

Question, is this ok?

More readable at 200/250px? -- Aronzak (talk) 20:02, 26 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I responded in the discussion for this map at Talk:Germanwings Flight 9525. AHeneen (talk) 20:42, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Germanwings map
Nice job, thanks. If there is another iteration, please consider verb tense agreement: departed, reaches, begins, collided. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  21:48, 28 March 2015 (UTC)


 * OK. AHeneen (talk) 21:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Eastern Exit
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Operation Eastern Exit
The article Operation Eastern Exit you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Operation Eastern Exit 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 Calvin999 -- Calvin999 (talk) 16:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Poinciana Parkway
Hello! Your submission of Poinciana Parkway at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Daniel Case (talk) 03:27, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Poinciana Parkway
Harrias talk 12:02, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
Thanks from me and the DYK project. Victuallers (talk) 16:17, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Reference errors on 15 April
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DYK for Embassy of the United States, Nairobi
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  23:21, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 May newsletter
The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus. Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
 * was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
 * took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
 * worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! , and  16:58, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

 * Sorry I wasn't able to catch this before you got far through the article. It should be referred to as "Flight 370", not "Flight MH370". This follows the style used on aviation accident articles to refer to the flight as "Flight [number]" and is consistent with all the Flight 370-related articles, except the unofficial theories article (which hasn't been copyedited yet). I will copy-paste a footnote explanation of why MH370 is used from another article. Sorry for not being able to catch this until late. AHeneen (talk) 00:55, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry about that; i thought it would be a logical change and didn't realise it was rooted in an established protocol. I'll go back to the March section because i chnaged all incidences of it there. Thanks for explaining the protocol; I don't have pings enabled so I've only just seen your note. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:31, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Erckartswiller
Thanks for helping the project Victuallers (talk) 19:48, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Precious
  Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Thank you for quality articles focused on travel to "off-the-beaten-track destinations around the globe", from small village to flight, with, for moving to better names, redirecting and adding images, for helpful maps such as Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: Spring 2015

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Wikipedia talk:WikiCup
Sorry, I didn't want to cast any aspersions on you- I was trying to get across how "not OK" the comment was without being too dictatorial. Best of luck finding a reviewer, by the way; I appreciate how frustrating this can be. I've got a good bit in the queue myself, but I managed to get enough through in time that I should be fairly securely into the next round. Josh Milburn (talk) 21:29, 28 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Not a problem at all. I would have said the same thing even without your comment! AHeneen (talk) 22:06, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

New arbcom case
Hi AHeneen, a new arbcom case has been opened: Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kww and The Rambling Man. Reading the discussion, there seems to be a lot about Kww's behauvior but not so much about TRM. I remember there was an excellent ANI thread about TRM's rude behauvior at ITN/C. I found it: Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive852 and it seems you initiated the thread.

I think it would be a good idea if you posted those diffs at the ArbCom evidence section (max 500 words and 50 diffs), it would be really of value I think. What do you say? --Pudeo' 18:22, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Saverne Tunnel
Gatoclass (talk) 13:37, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lalique
Hello! Your submission of Lalique at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SusunW (talk) 23:26, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Bas-Rhin
Hi AHeneen,

First of all, sorry for my bad english. I wanted to reply to your post on the french Bistro. Your informations are correct, some canton have been deleted and other have changed. Living in elsass, I have in my Watchlist many cities in Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. The fact is that many cities (also very small cities) are up-to-date, but we are not sure that it's the case of all cities. If you want, I can spend some time tomorow to check it.

Concerning the future new region, I don't know what is the policy on wikidata, but for your information, on frwiki it has been decided that we won't change the regions name until the 1st January, and then at this date a bot will replace all in one hit.

Regards — 0x010 C  ~discuter~ 23:33, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Lalique
Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Wingen-sur-Moder
Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

WP:NON-DEFINING
Hi. The following categories that you have created should be deleted as per Overcategorization: Could you please nominate them for deletion yourself? Thanks. Fgnievinski (talk) 02:43, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Category:Entities involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
 * Category:People involved with the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370


 * Done. AHeneen (talk) 04:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your understanding. Most entities and people in Category:Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 still face the same problem, as they had their own history well before the event, except for the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, which was created in response to that event. Makes sense to you? Thanks. Fgnievinski (talk) 18:03, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Not entirely. I was trying to create a category to list people, agencies, and vessels that participated in the search. I realize now that the first two aren't appropriate, however, I would still like a category to group vessels involved in the search. The Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article had lists of assets involved in the search, but that seemed like excessive detail for the article and so I removed it (moved to talk page). There are categories such as Category:Gulf War ships that categorize vessels by participation in events, so wouldn't a category of vessels that participated in the search be ok? AHeneen (talk) 22:02, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a matter of degree: were any of these people or entities involved in the event during a significant portion of their own lifespan, as in the case of ships in the Gulf War? Alternatively: was their participation particularly notable, e.g., did they find important evidence? I've responded about the rest in Talk:Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 . Fgnievinski (talk) 23:43, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Did you knowingly re-insert a dead reference into the article? I removed it for a reason. Geogene (talk) 23:56, 6 August 2015 (UTC)


 * No. I only intended to re-insert content that had been removed, I did not realize it contained dead links. AHeneen (talk) 17:34, 7 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I now see that you were referring to this. That is the PAGE NUMBER in the preceding reference that supports the given content, using Template:Rp. Read the template's documentation to understand how it works. Template:Rp is used many times throughout the article and is an alternative to converting the entire article to use short citations. Several references are long reports for which the page number is useful in the citation. AHeneen (talk) 17:54, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, I understand now. Thanks for the explanation. Geogene (talk) 19:45, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

I have a question about File:MH370 SIO search.png. Is "7th BTO arc - Location (distance from satellite) of Flight 370 at the time of its last transmission (8:19 MYT / 00:19 UTC, 8 March 2015)" correct or is it a typo? Anyway, I'm checking the file for this reason: the good news is that a Chinese translation's being made, so more people will get to see your maps. Thank you for your good work! WhisperToMe (talk) 17:44, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Also I found two small typos: "Acoutsic detections" and "Australian Transport Safey Bureau"


 * Thanks for catching that! I also noticed that "Australia Maritime Safety Authority" should be "Australian Maritime Safety Authority" and added the date to the label for the location of the event detected by hydrophone stations. AHeneen (talk) 18:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! One more teeny typo I found is "23March 2014" WhisperToMe (talk) 19:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

The Atomium: copyright law. (again)
Hi,

Can a person have the copyright of an architectural photograph in the United States that they took? From what I have read, they can't. It seems a bit ambiguous. And if they can't, can one still slap a Creative Commons license on it? --Agamemnus (talk) 06:15, 13 August 2015 (UTC)


 * US copyright law says that copyright protection for buildings does not include pictures of the building (Wikilegal/Pictorial Representations Architectural Works). The person who photographs a building has copyright protection for their picture (it is a derivative work). So if I take a photograph of a building, I have copyright to my photo, but the architect does not have copyright (for their building) for my photo. AHeneen (talk) 06:30, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * How would one categorize a work that is with extreme likelihood (99.999%) not in any substantive way original, but the very original doesn't publicly exist, or we don't know which one is "the original"? For example, the photo from Flickr that we have on The Atomium is an OK photo (though cut off at the top), but I am sure hundreds or thousands of people have already photographed The Atomium from that exact same angle. --Agamemnus (talk) 16:53, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The photographer still has copyright. AHeneen (talk) 19:53, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * But what about this though? "The transformation, modification or adaptation of the work must be *substantial* and bear its author's personality to be original and thus protected by copyright." Is it substantial? One could argue that in an age where photography is cheap and easy, a simple 2D photo of a 3D object (where many nearly identical ones exist) is *not* substantial. --Agamemnus (talk) 19:55, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The law gives the photographer copyright protection. I am not a judge to decide if the change is "substantial", but we must be cautious and assume that the work qualifies for copyright protection. AHeneen (talk) 13:12, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu
The article Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu 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 BenLinus1214 -- BenLinus1214 (talk) 14:01, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joint Agency Coordination Centre
The article Joint Agency Coordination Centre you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Joint Agency Coordination Centre 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 Zwerg Nase -- Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:21, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:


 * , who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy.  A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
 * , second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
 * , first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany.  Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
 * , second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
 * , from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 * , from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
 * , from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
 * , also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

, and  11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Analysis of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 satellite communications
The article Analysis of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 satellite communications you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Analysis of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 satellite communications 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 Winner 42 -- Winner 42 (talk) 00:21, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

American Airlines destinations
A user continues to remove Merida as a future destination from the list since the airline is starting the route on March 3, 2016. Can you take a look? Thanks! If the destinations do not include future route, then SYD should not be added until is served. 97.85.113.113 (talk) 16:32, 2 October 2015 (UTC)