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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)

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Infoboxes needed
Could you please make infoboxes for Kidnapping of Rajkumar, Shooting of Brian Stack, and Murder of Paiche Onyemaechi. Davidgoodheart (talk) 03:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, done.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:15, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Please make infoboxes for Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill and Disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard. Davidgoodheart (talk) 16:22, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done ✅.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:59, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Please make an infobox for the Ruinerwold secluded family. Davidgoodheart (talk) 05:03, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's newspaper
 * From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!


 * Special report: Public Domain Day 2024


 * Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit


 * News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!


 * In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate


 * In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?


 * WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine


 * Obituary: Anthony Bradbury


 * Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023


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 * Comix: Conflict resolution

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The Signpost: 31 January 2024
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 * News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail


 * Opinion: Until it happens to you


 * Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry


 * In the media: Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race


 * In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2


 * Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"


 * Comix: We've all got to start somewhere


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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)

The Signpost: 13 February 2024
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 * News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers


 * Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?


 * Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna


 * In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part


 * Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?


 * Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football


 * Crossword: Our crossword to bear


 * Comix: Strongly

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Re: WikiProject Death
Related to this edit, WikiProject Death does not go on the articles of criminals. It does for events and things like that. PARAKANYAA (talk) 15:25, 16 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)

The Signpost: 2 March 2024
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 * News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"


 * Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"


 * In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record


 * Obituary: Vami_IV


 * Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday


 * WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close

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Nomination of Argo (band) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Argo (band) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Argo (band) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Grk1011 (talk) 15:00, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Chelsea Muco


The article Chelsea Muco has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Shashwat986 &rarr; talk 06:50, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 29 March 2024
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 * Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year


 * Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy


 * Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles


 * Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge


 * Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors


 * News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified


 * In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoard editors on the fork more traveled


 * Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune


 * Humour: Letters from the editors


 * Comix: Layout issue

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:


 * with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
 * with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
 * with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
 * with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
 * with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. 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. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read WikiCup/Scoring. Further 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) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 April 2024
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 * In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV


 * News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law


 * WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap


 * WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)


 * Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users


 * Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem

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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
 * with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
 * with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
 * with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
 * with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further 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) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 May 2024
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 * News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections


 * Special report: Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?


 * Arbitration report: Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24


 * In the media: Deadnames on the French Wikipedia, and a duel between Russian wikis


 * Op-Ed: Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads infrastructure


 * Comix: Generations


 * Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby

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Nomination of Rosa Nachmanson for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Rosa Nachmanson is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Rosa Nachmanson until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Infoboxes needed
Please make an infobox for Eugene and Richard Lindsey, Frederick Claar, Samuel Smedley, and Chris Gregg. Davidgoodheart (talk) 06:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Done.--BabbaQ (talk) 07:17, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 8 June 2024
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 * News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation publishes its Form 990 for fiscal year 2022-2023


 * Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade


 * Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor


 * In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say


 * News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024


 * Opinion: Public response to the editors of Settler Colonial Studies


 * Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth


 * Featured content: We didn't start the wiki


 * Essay: No queerphobia


 * Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!


 * Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer


 * Comix: The Wikipediholic Family


 * Humour: Wikipedia rattled by sophisticated cyberattack of schoolboy typing "balls" in infobox


 * Concept: Palimpsestuous

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Michael Mosley
Died 5 June 2024 https://www.iefimerida.gr/ellada/symi-brethike-o-paroysiastis-toy-bbc 2A02:587:CC0C:FC00:CD1C:C63B:587D:54D2 (talk) 09:26, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Grammatical mistakes
Do you think that this sentence ''In 2009 she was admitted to the Law School of the University of Thessaloniki, where he started attending regularly in 2013 and graduated in 2017. She joined ONNED and was appointed Secretary of the District" in 2016.'' has grammatical mistakes ?  Thank you! D.S. Lioness (talk) 02:18, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:


 * with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
 * with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
 * with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
 * with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further 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) 21:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC)