User talk:AryKun/Archive 2

Your GA nomination of Black cuckoo-dove
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Your GA nomination of Papuan mountain pigeon
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Your GA nomination of Seram mountain pigeon
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Your GA nomination of White-bellied imperial pigeon
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article White-bellied imperial pigeon 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 Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 23:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Buru mountain pigeon
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Your GA nomination of Papuan mountain pigeon
The article Papuan mountain pigeon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Papuan mountain pigeon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 18:41, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Orange-headed tanager
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Orange-headed tanager 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 Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 23:00, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Seram mountain pigeon
The article Seram mountain pigeon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Seram mountain pigeon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 16:21, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of White-bellied imperial pigeon
The article White-bellied imperial pigeon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:White-bellied imperial pigeon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 16:21, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Black-and-yellow broadbill
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Black-and-yellow broadbill 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 Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 03:20, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Black-and-yellow broadbill
The article Black-and-yellow broadbill 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:Black-and-yellow broadbill for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 03:00, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Black-and-yellow broadbill
The article Black-and-yellow broadbill you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Black-and-yellow broadbill for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 05:41, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Orange-headed tanager
The article Orange-headed tanager you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Orange-headed tanager for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:21, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Oligodon churahensis
Hello! Your submission of Oligodon churahensis 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) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mind matrix  19:31, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

ISBN issue
Thanks for reminding me about this edit of yours. I fixed all the ISBN issues on several articles already. 2001:4455:1A9:E100:71B3:2DCC:1D9D:9F70 (talk) 09:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Four Award
take a bow! This is a fantastic accomplishment :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 20:51, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Congrats! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:04, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks!

GAN
Arykun, no need to go for sudden GAN fail as at Spanish fly, all that is needed is to say what changes are required and I'll fix them now. Normally one gives a week for fixes, I'll only need a few hours at most, but no time at all is rather too short! Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:24, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've undone the fail so that the GAN is still active, ping me when the information has been added and I'll review again. AryKun (talk) 08:26, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will do. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:33, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Oligodon churahensis
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Bruxton (talk) 15:51, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jungle bush quail
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jungle bush quail 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 Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 09:20, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of White-headed fruit dove
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Your GA nomination of Tibetan blackbird
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tibetan blackbird 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 Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:40, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tibetan blackbird
The article Tibetan blackbird 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:Tibetan blackbird for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 16:00, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jungle bush quail
The article Jungle bush quail 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:Jungle bush quail for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 06:40, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of White-headed fruit dove
The article White-headed fruit dove 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:White-headed fruit dove for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 06:40, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mini ature
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Your GA nomination of Mini ature
The article Mini ature 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:Mini ature for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 17:41, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tibetan blackbird
The article Tibetan blackbird you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tibetan blackbird for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mini ature
The article Mini ature you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mini ature for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 16:01, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of White-headed fruit dove
The article White-headed fruit dove you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:White-headed fruit dove for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 21:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

The Tolkien Star

 * Thank you so much! Reviewing the articles is interesting when they're as well-written as yours. AryKun (talk) 14:37, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Jungle bush quail
The article Jungle bush quail you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Jungle bush quail for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jens Lallensack -- Jens Lallensack (talk) 20:21, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for White-headed fruit dove
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Mini ature
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Wallace's fruit dove
— Maile (talk) 12:03, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Black-and-yellow broadbill

 * Congrats for another one! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:10, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter – 018



 * February 2022&mdash;Issue 018


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DYK for White-fronted falconet
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Triple Crown

 * , you accidentally left the wrong triple crown! AryKun (talk) 05:07, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, so I did. I guess that's what happens when I try to award all the backlog of Triple Crowns at once haha. Fixed, though I at least already got it right in the records on the Triple Crown page the first time around. Anyway congratulations by the way. Damien Linnane (talk) 07:29, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! AryKun (talk) 09:29, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mountain pigeon
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mountain pigeon 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 Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mountain pigeon
The article Mountain pigeon 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:Mountain pigeon for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 16:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mountain pigeon
The article Mountain pigeon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mountain pigeon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 19:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Bare-headed Laughingthrush
Hi AryKun: I noticed that with this edit, you say the bare-headed laughingthrush is endemic to "Borneo, Indonesia". In actuality, as the range map shows, the vast majority of this bird's range is in the Malaysian half of the island. Would you be amenable to changing it to just say that it's endemic to Borneo? That would certainly be more correct. MeegsC (talk) 18:18, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , done. AryKun (talk) 09:12, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! MeegsC (talk) 10:26, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 1) Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
 * 2) 🇨🇽 AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
 * 3) Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
 * 4) Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
 * 5) Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
 * 6) Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Bare-headed laughingthrush
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, AryKun. I'm just posting to let you know that List of birds of Nauru – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 1. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 01:31, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Bornean stubtail
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 29 March 2022 (UTC)


 * That is a cute little bird, well done! CaptainEek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 00:31, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/019



 * March 2022&mdash;Issue 019


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DYK for Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Whitehead's broadbill
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Awarding Triple Crowns
Hi AryKun, thanks for this. We really need to write awarding instructions somewhere, but when you award a Triple Crown, you need to add it to the list of winners and update the tally of winners (and remove from an old list of winners if it's an upgrade), which I've now done. — Bilorv ( talk ) 17:57, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Hose's broadbill
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:47, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter – 020



 * April 2022&mdash;Issue 020


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DYK for Crimson-headed partridge
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Banded broadbill
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Banded broadbill 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 Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:00, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

FAC
Hi AryKun, hope you are well! You very kindly reviewed 1991–92 Gillingham F.C. season at FAC and I was wondering if you might have any time to take a look at the preceding season, which I have also now brought to FAC. If not, not to worry, but if you do I would very much appreciate your feedback! All the best! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:03, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Banded broadbill
The article Banded broadbill 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:Banded broadbill for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 14:40, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Banded broadbill
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Bellman. Biografin
Hi Arykun, I hope you're well. I was expecting your comments on this GAN? Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:33, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Papuan mountain pigeon scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 30 May 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Today's featured article/May 30, 2022, or to make more comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:28, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article "about a species of Papuan pigeon. There isn't all that much research on it, so a rather short article, but there is an interesting breeding display described."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Your JA nomination of Black-and-yellow broadbill
The Black-and-yellow broadbill article has been imported to WikiJournal Preprints/Black-and-yellow broadbill (per WP:JAN). Whenever you're ready to proceed:


 * 1) Fill in the  https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_Preprints/Black-and-yellow broadbill?veaction=edit  at the top (often easiest in VisualEditor)
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Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 02:10, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Hope you're well
Hey, AK. I couldn't help but notice you withdrew from the WikiCup and wondered if my pressurizing attitude at the "Remember the Name" GAN had something to do with it. I apologize if so and hope you are able to get the reset you need and come back empowered. I actually have some personal commitments later in the month too which is why I was in a hurry to get this done. Nonetheless I may have behaved a little inappropriately.--NØ 05:59, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush
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Your GA nomination of Whitehead's spiderhunter
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Your GA nomination of Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush
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Your GA nomination of Crimson-headed partridge
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Your JA nomination of Black-and-red broadbill
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Banded broadbill
Banded broadbill map is done, but I'm not sure about island of Java. Is it ok to include it ?--Cephas (talk) 21:03, 30 June 2022 (UTC) , yes, Java has to be included since although Birdlife/IUCN split the species, IOC and thus Wikipedia keep it as one species. Maybe you could put Java in a different color to show that? AryKun (talk) 06:00, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
 * Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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Bird FAC
Do you plan on doing a South American species? If so, I may be willing to help out. LittleJerry (talk) 01:39, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Not really planning on anything S American, I was hoping to do chestnut-hooded laughingthrush next. AryKun (talk) 12:14, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hose's broadbill
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Your GA nomination of Hose's broadbill
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Your GA nomination of Wallace's fruit dove
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Your GA nomination of Whitehead's broadbill
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Your GA nomination of Bare-headed laughingthrush
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Your GA nomination of Wallace's fruit dove
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Your GA nomination of Whitehead's broadbill
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Your GA nomination of White-fronted falconet
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Your JA nomination of Banded broadbill
The Banded broadbill article has been imported to WikiJournal Preprints/Banded broadbill (per WP:JAN). Whenever you're ready to proceed:


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Your GA nomination of White-fronted falconet
The article White-fronted falconet 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:White-fronted falconet for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 14:41, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, I notice that you have not as yet started to address any of the issues I raised in the review of this article, which was posted a few days ago. Please note that I will be failing the nomination if the issues are not all addressed by 4 September. Regards, Amitchell125 (talk) 08:26, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Bornean stubtail
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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter
The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, 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 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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Your GA nomination of Bare-headed laughingthrush
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banded broadbill scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the banded broadbill article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 4, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/October 4, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you taday for the article, introduced: "Another species of Southeast Asian broadbill. Pretty well-known, and rather well illustrated for an article on a species from this part of the world." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 4 October 2022 (UTC)


 * and Mini scule for October 27, 2022 Thanks! Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  15:47, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * which we enjoy today, introduced: "A tiny Malagasy frog that first attracted my attention back when it was described in 2019, and here we are two years later with the article at FAC (pretty much only because of the scientific name)." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Frog psychology
Hi, I just saw Mini scule on the front page and I wanted to thank you for your work. This was a bit serendipitous for me, as I wanted to ask a question about frog psychology on the refdesk, but seeing how active you are and with your work highlighted, I thought you might be the expert to go to. It's really simple: I've been bothered for years by cane toads where I live. Whenever it rains, they come out in large numbers on to our roads and get hit by cars and die. My question is more about "what is it like to be a frog?" (in homage to What Is It Like to Be a Bat?) Why aren't they somewhat conscious of the cars on the road, and why don't they realize that it might be dangerous to their survival? If I stop the car and try to approach them to help them out, they will only hop out of the way if I'm very close to them, maybe as close as one foot (0.305 meter). Does this explain why they can't detect and get out of the way of faster moving cars? In other words, is their perceptual detection system only setup to react to slowly moving objects that are very close to them? Any help understanding this would be appreciated! Viriditas (talk) 20:27, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Well, thank you for asking, but unfortunately I can't answer the question since I'm not an expert on frogs (or any other wildlife) by any means. My work on the genus Mini was mostly because I like puns. As for your question, apparently the reason most animals are easily hit by cars on the road is because they don't know what cars are. They assume that the car is a predator and try to use techniques that they would use for their natural predators, not knowing that the car won't leave the road and hunt them down. Here's a couple links I found that might be useful, although they're for other, non-frog animals-, ,
 * I would recommend going to the refdesk, hopefully there's a couple of smarter people there who can answer the question for frogs specifically. AryKun (talk) 03:48, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Mini mum
— Maile (talk) 12:04, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I absolutely love these frog DYKs, very amusing! Keep up the good work. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 17:44, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Featured list candidates/List of alismatid monocot families/archive1
Thx for the support. Are you comfortable doing either source reviews or image reviews? (If "yes" to source reviews, and you're in the mood to do another one, this one would be easy, since most of my sources and their formatting already passed multiple source reviews ... my userpage has a list.) - Dank (push to talk) 16:50, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not really familiar with source reviews, and a bit pressed for the time I can spend on WP, so unfortunately I don't think that I can do one at the moment (although I understand that FLC has a rather large backlog of candidates held up over this, so I will try and see if I can squeeze one in). AryKun (talk) 17:39, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
 * Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
 * Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
 * PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
 * Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
 * Pirate Flag of Jack Rackham.svg Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
 * Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
 * Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
 * Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Reward question
What exactly do you mean by "Source review" for a FLC. Do you mean review the sources? Add a comment to the review? Thanks, and the reward you put here. MasterMatt12(talk) 00:06, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, a source review is essentially reviewing the sources, checking that they are reliable, and the claims being made in the article are supported by the references used to cite them. Essentially, the article should be compliant with WP:RS, WP:CITE, and WP:NOR. A source review also includes checking at least some of the sources, reading through them, and seeing if they actually mention whatever they're being used to reference. For an example, see the review of the sourcing here. AryKun (talk) 04:24, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, I did 2 source reviews here and here . MasterMatt12(talk) 17:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * MasterMatt12(talk) 21:00, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

, those reviews don’t really seem satisfactory. For the NFL passing records one, it mostly seems okay, but it should be The Football Database instead of footballdb.com as publisher. Additionally, you explicitly say you haven’t spot-checked the sources, even though they are all website links that you can access. The second list has around 20 citation needed tags added by a reviewer, and is not compliant at all with CITE and NOR. If you’re unfamiliar with how source reviews generally work, I’d recommend looking at several of the source reviews done on current FAC and FLC candidates before doing another one. AryKun (talk) 04:38, 11 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry about that, I guess I don't know a lot about source reviews and I thought it was just checking the sources already listed. I will go take a look at some other source reviews, and thank you for letting me know, and I once again apologize. MasterMatt12(talk) 13:27, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your reversion of my edit to "List of birds of Tuvalu"
Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to List of birds of Tuvalu with the comment "list uses Clement's nomenclature". While I am not well versed in birds, in my defense I did check the species' article before making the two changes, and it uses the unhyphenated spelling (except, as I just discovered, in one cited reference), which to me makes more sense from the point of view of standard English names and punctuation. I also now find that the article "Imperial pigeon" also has only one instance of a hyphenated name, also in a citation, versus ninety-six of "imperial pigeon". —DocWatson42 (talk) 05:37, 11 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The taxon articles use IOU nomenclature, while the list uses Clements nomenclature; this is mentioned in the last paragraph of the lead. Both of these things are established consensus on the Wikiproject, and I don't really see a compelling reason to change them. AryKun (talk) 07:57, 11 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Okay, though IMHO a consensus for one or the other would make more sense, and in particular would be less confusing for non-specialists like myself, who do not know what "Clement's nomenclature" means, and how it differs from that of the International Ornithologists' Union. —DocWatson42 (talk) 09:23, 14 February 2023 (UTC)