User talk:Arctic Night/Archive 2

Tanquary Fiord
Hello! Your submission of Tanquary Fiord at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! --Pgallert (talk) 10:51, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Teacher
Had to revert you- there's a first time for everything. When the spelling error is in the image's name, fixing it breaks the Wiki :D Unfortunately, the image is on Commons, or I'd just move the image. Courcelles (talk) 11:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) I thought I was editing the caption, not the image name (as they are exactly the same and one after the other). I've edited what I meant to edit now. Thanks for keeping a close watch on me so early in the morning!  Arctic   Night  09:09, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I really don't stalk your contributions! I just had that on my watchlist because I noticed it gets an unending stream of vandalism.  Well, it did before SlimVirgin finally put some protection on it.  (That was actually before my RFA, it maybe can come off now.)  Now I feel like an idiot for not noticing the spelling problem a line away from the place I was editing!  Oh, and what are you doing up so early in the morning? Courcelles (talk) 09:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh :) Don't worry, I'm the idiot for not noticing that I had edited the wrong thing. Haven't you heard? Secret agents work odd hours :) Well, that, and it's kinda light out.  Arctic   Night  09:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Now I'm really feeling stupid, I knew that. Couldn't stand it, myself- wouldn't get any sleep if not for good blackout curtains.  Never made it any farther north than Anchorage,  and I actually enjoyed the ~90 minutes of sunlight a day.  (Meh, I think Helsinki is a touch farther north, but since I never leave the airport, it doesn't really count, does it?) Courcelles (talk) 09:46, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I count airport visits 'in transit'. That way, I can say that I have been to more places and sound like I'm a real globetrotter :) I don't think people mind the odd daylight times when they begin, but by the end of summer (or winter for polar night) I think people get a little sick of it.  Arctic   Night  09:52, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That's how it is with everything- a few months with no change makes you sick of it. (Like I am with the 100F temperatures here.  After two months close to that mark, I'm ready for winter, thank you.)  This will sound strange, but I love airports.  14 hours in British Airways' lounge, sipping Bolly and talking with people from all over.  Ten years ago I'd have gotten out to London and done something.  Getting old, Jules.  Courcelles (talk) 10:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh :) You fly a lot, then?  Arctic   Night  10:37, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Not as much as I used to. I've only made three trips this year, though I'm hoping the details will settle soon on a few more. We'll see. Courcelles (talk) 10:43, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 'Only' three trips? Let's change places, I'd gladly relieve you of your plane tickets :)  Arctic   Night  11:33, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * You say that until you get somewhere and find yourself working 15+ hours a day while there, that is. Courcelles (talk) 13:23, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh :) That leaves nine hours for recreation. Take eight hours sleep out of that and you've got one hour for eating, socialization and editing Wikipedia. I don't see the problem :P seriously though, 15 hours? Is that legal?  Arctic   Night  13:41, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure it's legal- it's less work than they make say, first-year associates at big law firms produce. But, who needs sleep?  So I'm trawling the streets of Taipei at 3 AM... you can sleep when you're dead, after all. Courcelles (talk) 13:56, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bernard Anselme
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 12:03, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tanquary Fiord
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 18:05, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Justin Godart
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!
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1948
After I tinkered for 110 edits, it's time. Featured list candidates/List of 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners/archive1. Hope you're well and had a merry Christmas. Courcelles 11:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thanks so much for tinkering/nominating! Due to the cold weather ATM, I'm fairly sick at the moment (a good thing for you - maybe I'll find some time to participate more...) but I've been avoiding Wikipedia recently because I know that if I start I'll never stop! Anyway, thanks so much for nominating and tinkering with the list!  Arctic   Night  15:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Georges-Antoine Belcourt/GA1
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 23:33, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors
I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 23:29, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi! Thank you so much for your compliments and also for taking a look through what I've been doing. At the moment, I'm not sure whether if I would be qualified to become an online ambassador. I'm sure there would be many, many editors out there who are much more qualified than me, so I wouldn't feel right putting my name forward at the moment! I also am not sure of my opportunities for committing time in the near future, so I may not have been able to participate regardless. Thanks anyway!  Arctic   Night  23:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Did I DYK correctly?
Hi there - I made a DYK self-nomination here for my article Falling (Blue Peter album) but think I may have bunged up filling in the template. Should I delete and try again or is it okay as it stands? Thanks. Echoedmyron (talk) 23:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Never mind, it seems to have sorted itself out upon refreshing. Echoedmyron (talk) 23:49, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thanks for getting in contact! Did you know (heh, pun :) ) that you need to review another person's hook before you submit your own? I assume this is your first nomination, so this requirement doesn't apply to you, but I hope that you'll keep coming back to submit some more (it gets addictive... I've done about sixty so far I think!), so hopefully this requirement will apply to you in the near future! If you need any help, please don't hesitate to ask.  Arctic   Night  23:54, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Yes, it is my first nomination, which is why I wasn't sure I had done it right.  I've only created a handful of articles so far, this was the first time I saw a "hook" in one. There was another that on its own might have had a hook, but I created it almost a month ago, so I missed the 5 day cutoff, and it's still a stub anyway.  We'll see how I go on creating more articles, but I will be sure to nominate others' articles, now that I have the hang of it, and will eventually turn my attention to reviewing them. Echoedmyron (talk) 00:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't forget that if you're feeling like you could take your DYK nom to the next level, you could always work on it a little more and submit it for review as a good article. Once you've worked on it a little more and just need to do a few more tweaks, if you want my advice, please let me know - if or when I get enough time, I'll swing by and see what I can do to help.  Arctic   Night  00:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well the article in question was this one: Ron Duguay, and the hook I had in mind was the detail about Duguay and other Ranger teammates recording a song by Alan Thicke called Hockey Sock Rock as a fundraiser. I did ask to have the article regraded, and it now comes in as C-class.  I think there's an awful amount of work involved to get an article about a hockey player of his caliber up to GA status.  But if you have any ideas, by all means, let me know!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Echoedmyron (talk • contribs) 00:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * OK - I took a quick look at that article and saw some things that should be fixed:

This is a magnificent article already - keep up the good work!  Arctic   Night  00:24, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You should have a biography of the person (where he went to school and so on) and integrate the 'NHL career' section into it. Try 'Early life', 'NHL career' and one other section like 'Post-hockey career' as you have right now.
 * As it stands, the NHL career section doesn't need all of those sub-headings, and especially not 'Rangers, again'
 * Try and get a photo there somewhere, but familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's rules on photos (copyrights and so on) first.
 * Thanks for the feedback! I think I exhausted much of what I was able to find online, any more expansion will be doing some research in books and newspaper and magazine archives, so when I get the time... I've looked but been unable to locate any images that could be used. I had added him to the list of biographies needing an image when I did my major edit. Echoedmyron (talk) 14:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Thomas Dixson
Hello! Your submission of Thomas Dixson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 00:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Jules Fournier
Hello! Your submission of Jules Fournier at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! cmadler (talk) 13:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tourism in Malta
Hello! Your submission of Tourism in Malta at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Peter I. Vardy (talk) 14:16, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Wabbicommicot
Hello! Your submission of Wabbicommicot at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Jappalang (talk) 14:43, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have elaborated my concern over at the DYK. Jappalang (talk) 15:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Citations should be specific. Multiple instances of the  template with different pages can be used if the information is on different sections.  Citing to an entire book is problematic, especially if the book is 334 pages long.  Jappalang (talk) 15:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, I suggest moving to the article's talk page, Talk:Wabbicommicot, to resolve this. I am going to sleep soon, so I would respond several hours later.  Jappalang (talk) 15:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Piggy-backing here, I have addressed your comments for my nomination of Tewkesbury Medieval Festival. I am not entirely sure what we are doing would be approved by others.  In the interest of transparency, I have raised my concern at Wikipedia talk:Did you know to see if others share it or consider it non-material.  Jappalang (talk) 00:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Malta GA
You nominated Malta for GA. I'm not going to do the review, but I think that current state of the article will fail criteria 2, as much of the article is uncited. Usually all paragraphs should have citations, but in Malta some whole sections are uncited (eg. Administrative divisions, military). Additionally, there are a couple of loose paragraphs here and there, such as in Economy. If this is fixed, it could make it. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 03:13, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting in contact. I'll take a look.  Arctic   Night  12:55, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Dixson
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   18:04, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Sogen Kato
Thanks again for the review! wacky wace  19:02, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * No problems. Just doing my job!  Arctic   Night  19:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tomb of Khai Dinh
Hello! Your submission of Tomb of Khai Dinh at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Adabow (talk · contribs) 10:12, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Reply regarding DYK hook review
At Template_talk:Did_you_know, thank you for your review. I suggested an alternative hook, as ALT1. Could I also prevail upon you to look over Template_talk:Did_you_know? Thank you so much for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 15:33, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Cirt - I'll take a look, but as I've only got a few minutes today I might not be able to. Thanks,  Arctic   Night  23:38, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! ;) -- Cirt (talk) 15:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tourism in Nunavut
Hello! Your submission of Tourism in Nunavut at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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!  :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:&#124; pepper &#124; :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:  19:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Basankusu GA nomination
Hi, Arctic! First of all, thank you very much for reviewing my article. I'll cetainly take your comments on board and - time permitting - and make the relevant changes so that I can renominate. I've invited quite a few people to join me in writing the page but it has still ended up being 99% by me. Anyway, thanks again - hope to have a better outcome in a few months. Best Wishes Francis Hannaway Francis Hannaway 12:32, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Task force
I saw your comment on Cirt talk page. Bacon and Latin America monarchies is wierd association but I didn't know much people who know how to make Wikiprojects. WikiProject Latin America is semi inactive. I do know about the link but I don't know how to make the talk page banner templates. I just wanted to make a task force for it not a big project. Spongie555 (talk) 00:27, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tourism in Åland
Hello! Your submission of Tourism in Åland at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that 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! Silver seren C 01:22, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I responded. Silver  seren C 02:34, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Kotas GA review
Thanks for your time and will take care of it with time. Kanatonian (talk) 06:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

1907 Tiflis bank robbery GAR
I believe I have addressed all of your concerns regarding the article. The only thing I did not address was the over-referencing. I am happy to revise the article to address this issue, but I want to understand the rule and what I should be doing before I revise all of those citations. If you could provide any guidance or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you could review the article to see if I missed anything or did not revise the article correctly, please let me know. Remember (talk) 13:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've responded on the GA review page.  Arctic   Night  15:14, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've addressed the over-referencing. Let me know if there is anything else. Remember (talk) 13:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Net.wars DYK nom
I added ALT2, at Template_talk:Did_you_know - perhaps you could revisit? :) -- Cirt (talk) 14:51, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ;) -- Cirt (talk) 15:20, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * No problems!  Arctic   Night  16:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I found this article
I found this article User:Brucewayneent/Federico Giovanelli, what should be done? --Vic49 (talk)  19:13, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thanks for getting in contact. While many of the articles created by this now blocked user are up for speedy deletion as copyright violations, this one doesn't appear to be a copyright violation, and usually articles in a user's user space that are not against Wikipedia policy are left as they are. If you would like to put the content in the main Giovanelli article, go ahead - if it's written in a neutral point of view and not a copyright violation, I can't see any problems. If the article troubles you, take it to WP:MFD - if I recall correctly, there is precedent for deleting user space pages created by indefinitely blocked users.  Arctic   Night  19:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks --Vic49 (talk)  19:26, 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 22:26, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Malta/GA1
There was a substantial amount of revisions needed, specifically with references. As a result, I felt I had no other choice but to fail the article for GA. You may view my comments here, and renominate when ready.--12george1 (talk) 03:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tourism in Malta
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   12:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cyril Genik
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   18:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wabbicommicot
Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jules Fournier
Materialscientist (talk) 06:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Uloqsaq
Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tourism in Nunavut
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   18:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tomb of Khai Dinh
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   18:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking that the Did You Know section should simply be a redirect to your contributions list. Well done. Echoedmyron (talk) 20:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Education in Malta
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tourism in Alderney
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   12:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Military history of the Aleutian Islands
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:04, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science/GA2
Hi. Just noting that the nominator was indef-blocked, so the review should probably be closed as failed. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:30, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know - will do.  Arctic   Night  22:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Mail
WikiCopter (♠ • ♣ &bull; ♥ • ♦ &bull; simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 03:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Land Question
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   06:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

GAR for 1907 robbery
Is there anything else that needs to be done for the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery? I am not sure that if you saw that I completed revising it. Remember (talk) 15:13, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Emrie Foster
Hi Arctic Night; though the text was copied from a gallery website, permission had been granted. Nonetheless, it's blatantly promotional, and unencyclopedic in tone. So I'm rather surprised it's been allowed. JNW (talk) 19:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, apologies, didn't see that. However, it should clearly be removed anyway, since it's obviously promotional!  Arctic   Night  19:46, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

re Bozeman GA failure
I think your comments are on the money. Thanks. I'll work on many of your suggestions in the coming weeks. Thanks for taking the time to do such a thorough review. --Mike Cline (talk) 18:41, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Steward elections
Hello. Your vote at Stewards/elections 2011/votes/PeterSymonds has been struck because you have no global account and your account on Meta is not linked to your main account. This can be fixed by following the instructions here (point 2). Regards, Jafeluv (talk) 08:58, 17 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 23:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Epidemiology (Community)


A tag has been placed on Epidemiology (Community) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. AerobicFox (talk) 07:21, 10 March 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 00:51, 1 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 19:07, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

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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 23:21, 31 May 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 23:26, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

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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 11:21, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

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 23:51, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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 12:27, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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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 00:31, 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 20:50, 2 November 2011 (UTC)