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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter
So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
 * Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
 * 🇺🇸 TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
 * Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna,  Thebiguglyalien,  Sammi Brie,  Trainsandotherthings,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, 🇮🇩 Juxlos,  Unexpectedlydian,  SounderBruce, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack,  BennyOnTheLoose and  PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. 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.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Black-and-yellow broadbill scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 27 May 2023. 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 27, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 2023. 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) 18:55, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Spotless crake
Greetings, I strongly agree with your change to the prior image of the Spotless Crake in the speciesbox. I had already messaged JJ Harrison about his replacement & considered his photo to be a less revealing depiction of the species. I personally didn't wish to make the reversion, hoping that the original contributor might do so. Thanks again, Roger McCart Rogermccart (talk) 08:29, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:


 * Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
 * Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
 * Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
 * BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie,  Thebiguglyalien,  MyCatIsAChonk,  PCN02WPS, and  AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Bird lists
Did you consider a featured topic around Oceanian bird lists? I think you could pull it off, considering you already made three. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:45, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Not really, Oceania has around 40 separate lists, with some really complex ones like Australia, NZ, and New Guinea. AryKun (talk) 17:40, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, AryKun. I'm just posting to let you know that List of birds of Wallis and Futuna – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 12. 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 ) 15:31, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

black-and-yellow broadbill
hello, AryKun! i had a quick question regarding this article and the associated blurb. in the blurb, article lead, and article body, the word "wine" is linked to "wine (color)". however, the targeted article discusses the color of red wine, which is typically a dark red, while the text in the blurb in which "wine" is linked suggests that it may have been referring to rosé, a pink wine. should the link either be removed or replaced by a more appropriate one?there is an article covering shades of pink, though i am not sure how useful that would be to a main page reader. the section specifically discussing champagne pink may be relevant, though i do not know if directly linking to it would be considered original research. also, although that shade appears to be the only one on the page whose name directly references a type of wine, i do not actually know if the bird's underparts can be accurately described as champagne pink. there is also another article covering shades of rose, though i cannot tell if that is more appropriate. dying (talk) 20:00, 20 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Wine-pink is basically a quicker way of saying slightly purplish red pink. It's what the sources used describe it as, too, so I think it's fine. AryKun (talk) 02:36, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * oh, apologies for not being more clear before. i'm not questioning the description "wine-pink"; i think it is sufficiently accurate.  what i am wondering is the appropriateness of the link to "wine (color)".  that linked article provides a few different variations of the dark red color wine, all of which, in my opinion, are far too dark to accurately describe the bird's underparts, and none of which i would consider to be a shade of pink.  a google image search for "wine-pink" also returns images that feature shades of pink that, to me, largely appear far lighter than those enumerated in the "wine (color)" article.do you believe one of the shades in the "wine (color)" article accurately reproduces the color of the bird's underparts?  also, do the sources generally use the term "wine-pink", or generally avoid the term and use a description similar to "slightly purplish red pink" instead?  i am admittedly unable to access the cited birds of the world source.  dying (talk) 04:15, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Wine in this context is basically purplish-red, which I think burgundy in the wine article represents well. AryKun (talk) 04:17, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * oh! that's interesting.  a google image search for "burgundy bird" shows me birds with, in my opinion, much darker shades of red than that featured on the black-and-yellow broadbill.  however, since this issue appears to be a difference in opinion regarding what colors accurately represent the bird, rather than a possible oversight regarding what article to link to (which i had previously believed this issue was and why i had brought it up), i will defer to your judgement.  thanks for addressing this issue!  dying (talk) 04:40, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, yeah, burgundy is a much darker color than the broadbill has: however, the color it's described as is wine-pink, or purple-reddish pink. Wine is just a good, short descriptor for the first part. AryKun (talk) 04:43, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * oh, i see now. you are stating that "wine-pink" is a color intermediary between burgundy and pink.  i had interpreted "wine-pink" as a shade of pink reminiscent of pink wine, like how sky blue is a shade of blue reminiscent of blue sky, how tea green is a shade of green reminiscent of green tea, or how the aforementioned champagne pink is a shade of pink reminiscent of pink champagne.  (i had believed the hyphen was used because the color was used as a premodifier.)  i had a suspicion that we may have been interpreting the term differently, which is why i had asked if sources specifically used the term "wine-pink" or a different description, attempting to understand what sources meant with the term.i admittedly have no idea how commonly used the term "wine-pink" is in ornithology to refer to a color intermediary between burgundy and pink, but the first google image search i linked to above, for "wine-pink", overwhelmingly shows pictures of pink wines, suggesting that my interpretation may be more common amongst main page readers, so the current wording in the blurb might be considered misleading.  in addition, the term "wine-pink" appears to be rarely used in wikipedia.  a wikipedia search reveals few results, with only three using the term hyphenated.  two of them you have added yourself,  and .  the third was also used as a premodifier, so i cannot tell which interpretation was meant, especially since i think the color of the flower discussed, as seen in this image, could conceivably be accurately described under either interpretation of "wine-pink".my understanding is that, when a color is described as an intermediate between two other colors, the two colors used to describe the intermediate one tend to be rather general colors, as seen in the terms "blue-green" and "red-orange".  using "wine", a very specific color (to the point that a link was provided), as one of the two, alongside "pink", a rather general color, threw me off.  similarly, if i were ever to encounter the term "carrot-purple" used, i would probably interpret the term to refer to purple carrots before i would think about interpreting "carrot" as a color.  this is why i had interpreted "wine-pink" to refer to pink wine, and was confused as to why you had decided to link to "wine (color)", as i believe pink wines are generally not that dark.

#b87781 pink (#ffc0cb) wine (#722f37)
 * that being said, your statement makes a lot more sense when "wine-pink" is interpreted as a color intermediary between wine and pink. i compared an intermediary color with the picture featured in the blurb, and although i can see that this interpretation is reasonable, i admittedly would not have chosen to use this description myself.  there is some variation in the colouration of the bird's underparts, and the intermediary color has some semblance to some of the darker parts.  i had seen hints of yellow in some of the lighter parts (as one might expect from a bird with "yellow" in its name), and may have subconsciously corrected for lighting issues (not unlike what many did when interpreting the dress from 2015), so i had thought that it was reasonable to state that the color was within the range of that of pink wines.in any case, as i said before, i'm not going to change the description from "wine-pink", especially if that's what sources say.  i only wrote the above to explain why this could be a source of confusion.  hopefully, it helped you gain some insight as well.  dying (talk) 22:11, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Changed it to vinous-pink on further thought. AryKun (talk) 09:07, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * oh, that's a good substitute! i don't think i could have ever come up with that myself.  thanks, AryKun.  dying (talk) 07:56, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article! - I have a composition on the same page, a bit late. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:23, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Anomochilus monticola
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WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
 * Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
 * Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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 (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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John Oliver
Thanks again for your GA review. I've added a sentence about the Reddit feature and sent it over to FAC. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 18:15, 5 August 2023 (UTC)


 * All right, good luck with that! AryKun (talk) 07:20, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

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August 2023
Please do not add defamatory content to Wikipedia, as you did to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vishwananda, especially if it involves living persons. Your edits have been reverted. Thank you. Bbb23 (talk) 23:11, 24 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Dude, come on. Calling someone a dirtbag is not defamatory, literally according to US case law. It’s an expression of opinion, and one I made because of the dumb nomination rationale. Does it show my bias regarding the subject of whether we should cover the numerous controversies every guru and baba seems to have? Yes, but that’s neither here nor there, and the closer can discount my vote at the AfD if they feel it’s entirely based on bias. AryKun (talk) 01:42, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Plus,, if you think that what I said is actually defamation, you forgot to remove the comment from the AfD. AryKun (talk) 02:34, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Anomochilus
RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 21



 * August 2023&mdash;Issue 021


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Thanks for reviving the newsletter! Guettarda (talk) 15:24, 1 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks! AryKun (talk) 15:26, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I was happily surprised to receive #21! Thanks for bringing it back! SilverTiger12 (talk) 15:56, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for List of cranes
Vaticidalprophet 00:15, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Ashy flycatcher
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TFL notification
Hi, AryKun. I'm just posting to let you know that List of storks – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 9. 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 ) 21:38, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

South American fauna
Thanks for the Barnstar. Are you open to submitting your GAs on South American birds and bats to FAC? I think we could use some of them. LittleJerry (talk) 15:44, 24 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll nominate a couple of my older articles to FAC since I'm not really writing anything major rn. AryKun (talk) 16:34, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 22



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Is this what you intended?
", "the prophet" does have a non-neutral implication in the eyes of ordinary readers" or did you mean "the Prophet". Doug Weller talk 10:35, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, lowercase is right. AryKun (talk) 16:38, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 23



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WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-


 * BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
 * Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
 * Epicgenius with 1518 points
 * MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
 * BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
 * AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
 * Sammi Brie with 520 points
 * Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.


 * Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
 * BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
 * LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
 * 🇺🇦 Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Request
Hi, any chance I could get you to the femoral gland redirect? I'd be able to replace it with a proper article right away. Esculenta (talk) 06:35, 6 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Done. AryKun (talk) 06:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Pied cuckoo-dove
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 * Hi User:AryKun, I've reopened this following your comment. Sorry for the mistake! grungaloo (talk) 21:40, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Island bronze-naped pigeon
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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List of birds of Bouvet Island
Hey. Do you want me to insert authors ("Authority") on the Bouvet Island birds? - Kweetal nl (talk) 16:43, 26 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't see why the "Birds of place" lists need the authority. Unlike the species lists, where the reader is presumable interested in taxonomy, the place lists don't really need the describing authorities. They'd just create visual clutter. AryKun (talk) 16:49, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * kk Fair enough. - Kweetal nl (talk) 16:52, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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TFA?
I'm thinking of running Nyctibatrachus major at TFA on January 23; does that work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 22:55, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


 * sure, no problem. AryKun (talk) 06:24, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 24



 * November 2023&mdash;Issue 024


 * Tree of Life


 * Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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Appreciation
Because people don't thank each other enough: Thank you for managing the Tree of Life contest, and for putting together the monthly newsletter. Thank you for trying to pull these disparate editors into a closer community, where we can say "Oh, I know of so-and-so, even though we don't edit in the same area." For encouraging editors to work towards significant improvements on articles, and for giving us a place to showcase it. Thank you and happy editing, SilverTiger12 (talk) 20:10, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed. - Dank (push to talk) 20:30, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys! AryKun (talk) 12:58, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were


 * Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
 * Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
 * Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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 keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

DYK for Orange-billed lorikeet
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Bird citations and Reflib
Hi, AryKun. Just wanted to follow up with you here regarding the discussion at WT:BIRDS about finding citations for possible inclusion as a new Reference library in Reflib. There's no particular urgency about this, so no pressure; I just wanted to let you know that I remain interested. I've watchlisted your sandbox and would love to collaborate with you to import some citations into Reflib if that makes sense. Reflib is essentially about compiling lists of "shareable citations", so an ideal set for Refllib would be a set of citations that are likely to be useful to more than one article. Finally, congrats on your two recent list articles elevated to Featured status; quite an accomplishment! Mathglot (talk) 05:31, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Yeah sure, I'll keep trying to add refs to the list in my sandbox, but it might take a while since I'm currently crunched by finals. It'll probably take a month or two for me to really be able to get around to it. AryKun (talk) 08:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Nyctibatrachus reviews
Hi AryKun! I saw you have two more GANs waiting for review: Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai and Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi. They've waited for a while so I was planning on picking them up, but since I also reviewed Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei which you submitted, I wanted to check if you're ok with this before I take them on? I imagine most of my comments will be similar to those on N. robinmoorei. so you won't be getting much varied input. If you're ok with that let me know and I can pick them up in the next day or two.

Thanks! grungaloo (talk) 05:36, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Feel free to review those, much appreciated! The articles themselves aren't particularly varied, so I don't expect the comments on them to be too different either. AryKun (talk) 08:28, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai
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By the way...
When I said that some bald eagles have black plumage, I wasn't talking about the juveniles. In some photos of adult bald eagles, they appear to have black plumage (and a white head and tail)It was probably just the lightning in the picture that made it look black. EAGLITIZED (talk) 21:23, 28 December 2023 (UTC)


 * , I looked at some pictures and these seem to just be individuals with really dark brown feathers that sometimes look black when seen. It doesn't correspond to subspecies, just individual variation; the ssp only differ in size. AryKun (talk) 15:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 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! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 25



 * December 2023&mdash;Issue 025


 * Tree of Life


 * Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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DYK for Crested cuckoo-dove
Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
Happy New Year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks! AryKun (talk) 12:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you today for Nyctibatrachus major, introduced: "I am currently a bit short on FAC-ready bird articles, so we have this nice frog instead. It's not super well-studied, but there is a fair bit more literature it than most frogs, and I'm confident that this is the most comprehensive summary of that literature available." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! AryKun (talk) 06:32, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

New message from Jo-Jo Eumerus
Asking if there is any update. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:32, 3 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I'll try to get to it in a day or two, I've been really burnt out the past couple of days. Sorry for the delay. AryKun (talk) 14:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

IP Block
Regarding the GAN review, I've been caught in an IP block for the past few days. I've filed a UTRS ticket for an IP block exemption, but I don't know when that'll get processed, so might be a few days before I can respond and add the actual review. AryKun (talk) 07:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Don't worry. Take your time. TeenAngels1234 (talk) 20:26, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer, who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * , with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
 * , with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
 * , with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
 * and, both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. 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 GAN, 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 (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments on FA nomination of Knowledge
Hello, I wanted to let you know that I nominated the article Knowledge for featured article status, see Featured article candidates/Knowledge/archive1. There has been little to no response so far and I was wondering whether you might be interested in taking a look. If you have the time, I would appreciate your comments. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:18, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:


 * , who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
 * , who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
 * , who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
 * , who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
 * , who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
 * , who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)