User talk:Adityavagarwal/Archives/2017/September

WikiCup 2017 September newsletter
Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot
SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! Note: All columns in this table are sortable, allowing you to rearrange the table so the articles most interesting to you are shown at the top. All images have mouse-over popups with more information. For more information about the columns and categories, please consult the documentation and please get in touch on SuggestBot's talk page with any questions you might have.

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from, SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 19:59, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

FAC reviewing barnstar

 * Thanks a ton, Mike! Adityavagarwal (talk) 15:15, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Redirect problem
I think it has something to do with how the routine that creates the DYK nomination templates creates them, and then how it handles redirects when people screw up. It's not the first time something like this has happened. Yes, I'll help you on that when I get the chance. Daniel Case (talk) 21:26, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Daniel Case Oh my god, you saw my comment and typed your comment so fast, or were you typing it already when I was typing too? If the former was the case, then that was some real typing speed you got! Wikipedia is full of amazing people like you! Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:29, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail!
TheSandDoctor (talk) 21:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah, din't see it earlier. Replied now! Adityavagarwal (talk) 21:40, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Replied. -TheSandDoctor (talk) 21:54, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Brown pelican

 * Hi Adityavagarwal, I finished brown pelican. Two comments: 1) I found the last paragraph in the taxonomy section hard to follow. Assuming that there is a scientific consensus now, I'm not sure that the history of pelican family trees is necessary for the article. If you do decide to keep it, though, it looks like there are several missing citations, and I notice that the citation for the Sibley/Ahlquist study is another article entirely from 2013. 2) There seems to be a word missing after "upright" in the first paragraph of the Breeding section: "head swaying, bowing, turning, and upright are performed..." Cheers, Tdslk (talk) 01:09, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Rabbit collector par excellance!

 * Oh wow, I am honoured even more (to be awarded from a veteran editor like you)! Thank you so much, 7&amp;6=thirteen. Adityavagarwal (talk) 17:11, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Yunnan hare
Hello! Your submission of Yunnan hare 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! 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 16:50, 5 September 2017 (UTC) 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 16:50, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a ton, 7&amp;6=thirteen (I hope I got the username right on the first go :P)! Also, a ton more thanks on your improvements on the Yunnan hare! I was wondering if you would like to co-GAN the article (very close to a GA status, as almost everything is covered on that species, now). I would be honoured to GAN it with you! Adityavagarwal (talk) 17:06, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You are kind. I would be pleased to help.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 17:09, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * User:7&amp;6=thirteen Thanks a lot for your help! So, are you ready for a go at the GAN, or do you have more fixes left on it? Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:15, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Yunnan hare
Hello! Your submission of Yunnan hare 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! Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:03, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of forrest's pika
Hello! Your submission of forrest's pika 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! NoGhost (talk) 00:21, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thank you again, 7&amp;6=thirteen! Same here, it was awesome working with you. Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:16, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alpine pika
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Alpine pika 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 FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 18:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Natal red rock hare
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Natal red rock hare 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 Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:21, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Smith's red rock hare
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Smith's red rock hare 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 Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:21, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Common loon
I finally had a chance to give it a good readover. I wonder if this and can typically fly at 10 to 11 weeks old.[19] Fledging takes 70 to 77 days.[30] bit is somewhat redundant. I realize that "able to fly" and "fledged" are not always synonymous, but why use two different ways to describe a time interval? Is there some convention among ornithologists to do it this way (it's just tradition?) or is this a case where having multiple editors has led to a discordant bit of prose?

As I told you before, I don't think I can do a GA review with any authority, but the above comment is the absolute worst thing I found. The other thing I might question is the amount of detail that the lead goes into when it's supposed to be a summary. I like keeping the summary short and pithy, with an eye to how it might be picked up in a Google search. But other WP conventions militate against such brevity.  &mdash; jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  08:09, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorted now! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 09:21, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ethiopian highland hare
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ethiopian highland hare 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 TheSandDoctor -- TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:41, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ethiopian highland hare
The article Ethiopian highland hare 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:Ethiopian highland hare for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheSandDoctor -- TheSandDoctor (talk) 06:21, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ethiopian highland hare
The article Ethiopian highland hare you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ethiopian highland hare 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 TheSandDoctor -- TheSandDoctor (talk) 20:02, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Technology update: General project update: If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The new page backlog is currently at 14304 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a day.
 * Currently there are 532 pages in the backlog that were created by non-autoconfirmed users before WP:ACTRIAL. The NPP project is undertaking a drive to clear these pages from the backlog before they hit the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing a few today!
 * The Wikimedia Foundation is currently working on creating a new filter for page curation that will allow new page patrollers to filter by extended confirmed status. For more information see: 
 * On 14 September 2017 the English Wikipedia began the autoconfirmed article creation trial. For a six month period, creation of articles in the mainspace of the English Wikipedia will be restricted to users with autoconfirmed status. New users who attempt article creation will now be redirected to a newly designed landing page.
 * Before clicking on a reference or external link while reviewing a page, please be careful that the site looks trustworthy. If you have a question about the safety of clicking on a link, it is better not to click on it.
 * To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

DYK for Common loon
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Turán's brick factory problem
Adityavagarwal, a word about DYK process: when you use a template icon such as "DYKtick" in a DYK review, you have to substitute it—that is, you have to include "subst:" before the template name, so that it is translated into the actual symbol. The DYK bots look for the green and gray tick symbols in determining whether the nomination is ready to be moved to the Approved page, which is why your review approvals haven't been getting moved, even though the icon appears to have been given. Please substitute the one for this nomination; I've already substituted one of your others, which will be moved by the bot in about an hour's time. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 01:58, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * BlueMoonset Yeah, I wondered why the did not go to the approval page. Thank you very much for pointing it out to me. I have now placed the subst in the template! Apologies for the trouble. I hope you have a great rest of the day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 02:10, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar for You!

 * Thank you so very much, Futurist110! Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:31, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks, AustralianRupert! Looking now. Adityavagarwal (talk) 11:15, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alpine pika
The article Alpine pika you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Alpine pika 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 FunkMonk -- FunkMonk (talk) 19:41, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Yarkand hare
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Yarkand hare 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 7&6=thirteen -- 7&6=thirteen (talk) 21:20, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Natal red rock hare
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Aditya, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh 666 21:40, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ansh Congratulations. I am so happy you became an admin! :D I hope you enjoy it as well, and have a great rest of the day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 01:47, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Yunnan hare
Vanamonde (talk) 12:03, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2017
 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:18, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Glover's pika
Vanamonde (talk) 12:02, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Sharad Panday
Please see note on your DYK review. Did you read the article? It was full of grammatical mistakes. Besides meeting the DYK criteria, all articles must meet basic Wikipedia writing guidelines, especially as they'll be appearing on the main page. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:47, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, dint know that. Yoninah I thought an article meeting the criteria would be enough, and yeah it did have so many grammar mistakes that I noticed when I read it while reviewing. Would be getting to improving it after university today. Apologies for the trouble caused. Adityavagarwal (talk) 01:13, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Yarkand hare
Alex ShihTalk 00:48, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Glover's pika
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Glover's pika 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 12:02, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Glover's pika
The article Glover's pika 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:Glover's pika for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 12:41, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Glover's pika
The article Glover's pika you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Glover's pika 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 14:03, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Yarkand hare
The article Yarkand hare you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Yarkand hare 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 7&6=thirteen -- 7&6=thirteen (talk) 01:02, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Only one DYK per article. Sad.  Too bad.  Them's the rules.  But it is a sweet article, nonetheless.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎</b>) 21:54, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, 7&6=thirteen sure is a sweet one! Adityavagarwal (talk) 03:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Smith's red rock hare
Materialscientist (talk) 05:17, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Moupin pika
Alex ShihTalk 05:32, 30 September 2017 (UTC)