User talk:Balon Greyjoy/Archive 2

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
 * Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
 * Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Blason Gondor.svg Hog Farm with 801, 🇻🇪 Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, 🇺🇸 Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and 🇲🇽 MX with 515.

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Clearer edit summaries
Try to provide more detailed edit summaries than here. This only says someone at FAC suggested it, not the actual reason behind it. Thanks, -Fnlayson (talk) 11:10, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I found the reason in FAC page that the specs are covered in the Orbiter article. -Fnlayson (talk) 12:38, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * My apologies if that was unclear. I'm definitely aware of the FAC for this article (on account of being the nominator) but not all editors would be. At the time, I figured it would be a verbose explanation, but I should have put more in than a generic "check the FAC page." Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:42, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Something like "removing "Specifications" section per FAC guidance, covered in Orbiter article" would have been clear to me, at least. Thanks and carry on. 15:59, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Space Shuttle
The article Space Shuttle you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Space Shuttle for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kingsif -- Kingsif (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
 * Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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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Regarding Neelam River
Muzaffarabad is an integral part of India. Nkvishnoi2912 (talk) 07:03, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not looking to get into a discussion on the Pakistani-Indian conflict, but the Muzaffarabad that is linked on the Neelum River page goes to this page, which is a Muzaffarabad in Pakistan. If the article is supposed to be referring to a different place by the same name located in India, please link it appropriately. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:45, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Cyberspies for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cyberspies 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/Cyberspies& 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. A loose necktie (talk) 07:37, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Space Shuttle GA to FA promotion
Balon, let me be the first to say... well done and congratulations! I've been following the progress of Space Shuttle since you too went to Wehwalt when you were looking at transitioning the article from GA to FA back in early May. I've enjoyed watching the progress made with the article and even more, the back and forth you had with Kees08 during your GA review. While that process is still fresh in your mind, can you let me know if you think Cornwall Electric would be a good candidate for a GA nomination? :) Thanks! —  W ILD S TAR  talk  01:05, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Reverted edit
You reverted my edit by giving a reason "not adhering to manual of style". I think this reversion is incorrect. The photograph in question is staged as mentioned in, for example,. 86.50.68.196 (talk) 16:58, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The MOS issue I took with it was that it was an unnecessary detail about the photo, not that the photo itself wasn't staged. Additionally, while the article you cited seems pretty unbiased, I'm hesitant to place much stock in Sputnik News, per WP:RS. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 06:11, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Sputnik seems to be a deprecated source per WP:RSPSOURCES. I added a reference to the photo's description that is mentioned in the article East Karelian concentration camps. 86.50.68.196 (talk) 08:01, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Grammatical error in edit summary
Hi Balon, there's a grammatical error in your recent edit summaries like this one at Woodson, Texas; "quotations marks" should be "quotation marks". Graham 87 14:47, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Whoops! (Facepalm) Thank you! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 15:58, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

I Requsted to See Draft:FactTechz
Hello Sir I am Shaniji08 I am a New User of this  Wikipedia.(thanks for Talking To me) Shaniji08 (talk) 07:51, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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A post on my talk page that I'm very confused about
I lived i Uvalde. It is no more in the "Hill Country" than I am, and I am in Connecticut. Uvalde is in the dry plains of Texas where irrigated pepinos might grow, and maybe 4 cows may graze an acre. When I was there, there was a tiny HEB, close to where a perv liked exposing himself, and not even a shoe store. We had to drive to Eagle Pass for a music store, and to Piedras Negras for sugar, and maybe a dinner we could afford. Only in the farthest northern reaches of the county was there so much as a hint of "hill country" You, sir, live in the Mad Hatter's wonderland. Uvalde is a scrub desert, and naught more. The best feature the town ever had to offer was a decent swimming hole near the overpass, that and a few javelinas, and many hard suffering migrant peppino pickers. YUP, Uvalde is awesome.

Virtual meetup
Hi Balon, it looks like you don't have Wikipedia email enabled. Drop me a line at thewub.wiki@googlemail.com and I can send you the Zoom link for today's meetup. the wub "?!"  11:17, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

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PR for Yuri Gagarin
Oh Lord Reaper of Pyke, how art thou? I just wanted to let you know that I have put Yuri Gagarin up for Peer Review. Since you reviewed the article for GA, I thought you might want to offer more comments. This part of a multi-step process to get it to FA by 12 April, at which date I hope to have it featured at TFA to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his flight. --- C &amp; C ( Coffeeandcrumbs ) 21:41, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were


 * Free Hong Kong flag.svg Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
 * 🇮🇩HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to 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.

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Hello
In regards to this comment left on my talk page, I would like to kindly invite you to shove it. Wikipedia editors such as yourself are losers. 142.166.212.198 (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

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State drinks
You have actually remove some very important information from this Wikipedia website State drinks, http://statedrinks.com/ and you have to replace all of it and you have some work to do, and you have to read this http://statedrinks.com/ here  because this website are in this  Wikipedia website State drinks Wikipedia website/ Wikipedia site State drinks, Balon Greyjoy  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.186.116.1 (talk) 09:40, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

But still you have to read this website here https://state.nu/da/forsiden/ and https://state.com, and replace some of this you have removed from this Wikipedia website just remember to do that if not that is okay and I can also do it if that is okay, by the way, Balon Greyjoy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.186.116.1 (talk) 09:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)


 * The information you added was promotional in nature, and included promotions by non-notable individuals (see WP:N to see what the typical notability criteria are). Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

You are actually a bit wrong Balon Greyjoy, because this website have a lot of support fra  Sports peoples or yeah no reason to make any websites this disk kind of things for no good and for no use at all because this website has/ have a purpose, by the way, Balon Greyjoy  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.186.116.1 (talk) 11:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

STATE Energy drink’s : Why did you remove this from this Wikipedia website, STATE drinks or STATE Energy drinks have only four Products in only four state energy drinks and  you can also check this  on official website on State  Energy drinks DK on the Danish website or on State Energy drinks com on the international website, by the way, Balon Greyjoy ;) :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.49.146.211 (talk) 12:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * State Energy Maracuja
 * State Energy Lime/Orange
 * State Energy Kiwi
 * State Energy Pineapple,


 * I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. I understand that you think State Drinks are notable and endorsed by notable people, but just because a person in mentioned on the website of a drink company doesn't make them notable. Please form a more coherent argument and stop harassing me with your adverstisement information. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 14:52, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

My point is why did you remove this from this Wikipedia website that is my point because under the product. I think this four product what’s needed to this Wikipedia website because so can people’s and other Wikipedia users can see this product and what type’s they have and flavors and variants, that is one of my points, the other one is the sports peoples from State energy drink official website all of the missing Sports person’s and people’s they are also need it to this website, this Wikipedia website if you do not have to time to add them again, I can also do it if that is okay with you, I hope you better can understand my points now Balon Greyjoy and a good Day to you, and I wish you a good and a very great and a wonderful day, by the way, Balon Greyjoy ;) :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.186.116.1 (talk) 15:36, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrolled
Hi! Thanks for creating Gregory M. Guillot, which I just reviewed. Have you considered applying for autopatrolled permissions? Seems no reason to have your well-sourced, obviously notable articles in the new pages queue anymore :) AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:11, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I have considered it in the past, but wanted to wait until I got some outside approval. I worry about being someone guilty of WP:HATCOLLECT, and wanted to make sure it was smart for me to apply for it (which I have done as of a few minutes ago). I hope that my (presumed) approval will reduce the new page patrol workload. Thanks for the suggestion! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 18:52, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem :) In this case, it's surely not a collection of hats—just a reasonable way to direct reviewers' attention to articles that need it, as opposed to ones like yours that are clearly ready for mainspace as of creation. Thanks for submitting your request. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 18:59, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the support! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:12, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

George MacKay (actor)
Sorry, but why did you say "unexplained content removal"? Drmies (talk) 17:07, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The main issue I took with it was that there were numerous references that were deleted in the process that left some sections without a citation. While I think I may have been heavy handed in reverting the entire edit, my thought process was that it wasn't sufficient reason to remove the references themselves that supported the non-quoted material in the article. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 17:20, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The problem I saw was that the IP editor had the tendency to remove references as well as the quotes, yes. I only left this note because I disagreed with the edit summary; I do agree that the IP editor should have been more careful. The article, though, sheesh it's larded with quotes, clearly written by a fan. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 17:22, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Glad I could clarify; my apologies for a vague edit summary. It was a breath of fresh air that you came at this asking for clarification instead of jumping to conclusions or assuming bad intent. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:47, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, my friend. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 13:39, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Balon Greyjoy, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3ABalon_Greyjoy added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Mike (talk) 00:06, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

"didn't provide a source"
Idk if that was a script that reverted me and left a message on my page, but the contested edit was me removing a red link and replacing it with what was almost certainly the intended article. As for not providing a source, none of the other internal links have sources.--63.226.5.146 (talk) 15:14, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Very well. When I made the revert, I assumed it was an unsourced change or a colloquial name since the word "sandwich" was being replaced, and the article was about a sandwich. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 15:28, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of John Young (astronaut)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article John Young (astronaut) 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 Forbes72 -- Forbes72 (talk) 00:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Thomas P. Stafford (eswiki)
Hi Balon Greyjoy,

Maybe you would like to hear the good news: I translated to Spanish your improved version of Thomas P. Stafford, and got to make it a good article too!

Just wanted to share the good news. Thank you for your work.

Cheers --Scientia-contrib (talk) 20:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * That's great to hear! While I unfortunately cannot understand any languages other than English, I'm glad that information is being shared among the different languages of Wikipedia. While I can't contribute any translations directly, I would be happy to help you in the future with space exploration-related articles. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 21:32, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by. In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were, , and. The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. 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 in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.


 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
 * wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Dcw2003 comments
Dcw2003 (talk) From dcw2003 I am in the process of completing the Where the Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation book review, and had not had time to include additional sources when you flagged the document. I am on five references now, but intend to add quite a few more. Thanks for providing a few sources yourself!!! Its an important book especially with the election in process now, and covers a topic essential for those Democrats that support Biden, believing Trump crossed the line in interfering with the 2016 election. Many believe he is doing so now by claiming victory and suggesting fraud before the votes are fully counted. Thanks again   dcw2003


 * Glad you found my inputs helpful. Few things: I would just be careful to maintain a neutral point of view in your writing, per WP:NPOV. As someone who wants Biden to win almost more than anything, I think it's important to keep your political views out of your edits, as they are intended for everyone. Additionally, going forward, please always create a new section and remember to sign when posting on a talk page; it just helps things stay less cluttered. Happy editing! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 20:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol December Newsletter
Hello ,



It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to and  who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to, , and who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
 * Year in review

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 * Reviewer of the Year

As a special recognition and thank you has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
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Shuttle-Centaur
Shuttle-Centaur is languishing at WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Shuttle-Centaur for want of reviewers. If you could drop by with a few comments, that would be greatly appreciated. Hawkeye7  (discuss)  19:38, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I started adding some comments and will come back later for more; I would also appreciate any feedback on the John Young FAC. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:58, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Request for new charts
Hi Balon! Thanks for making the charts at List of Wikipedians by number of edits in July 2019. Since it's been almost 18 months, would you be willing to make new versions? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:26, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

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A belated apology
Hi Balon Greyjoy, just wanted to drop by to apologize for not getting together the promised review at the John Young FAC. I finally got some time today, and was pleasantly surprised to see it was promoted before I could get to it. Congratulations on the promotion! I look forward to seeing another space article at FAC soon. I hope you're staying well and you've had a restful holiday. All the best, Ajpolino (talk) 21:34, 27 December 2020 (UTC) I appreciate it! Please don't ever apologize for being off Wikipedia; dare I suggest there are more important things than volunteering your time to reviewing someone's article on a free encyclopedia. I hope you are having a good (but unfortunately socially distanced) holiday as well! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 18:52, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Edwin Foresman Schoch
Dear Sir: I take the liberty to contact You, an highly qualified Wikipedian with relevant competence in aerospace history, to draw Your attention to an article draft that I (an Italian 61 years old and a total newbie in Wikipedia) have recently submitted.

Even though I could have published the article by myself, I preferred to submit it to the «Article for Creation» process, and in fact previous reviewers gave me the opportunity to improve the draft further.

In a couple of weeks another honor - the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross - will be bestowed upon Edwin Foresman Schoch, a well-noted test pilot dead in 1951 on his 35th birthday while investigating metal fatigue issues affecting the McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee.

About the relevance of Ed Schoch, it suffice to Google for:


 * https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Ed+Schoch%22+%22Test+Pilot%22 (433 results)


 * https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Edwin+Schoch%22+%22Test+Pilot%22 (185 results)

About my draft, it was thoroughly researched, with 28 selected references cited. I'm in contact with Ed Schoch's son and I had access both to unpublished and published information - that I duly and extensively cited.

After being initially declined, my draft was extensively reworked. I wonder whether You are in the position to approve it for publication, and whether you deem that it may be published.

Here is the link: Draft:Edwin Foresman Schoch

I am submitting this very same request to a few selected Wikipedians in the hope to get the article published before mid-January, when Governor Cuomo is expected to sign the bestowal act of the Conspicuous Service Cross to Ed Schoch.

Many thanks for Your attention, all the best and an happy 2021!

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John Young (astronaut)
Hi,

Thank you very much for the work you've done to make John Young (astronaut) a Featured Article. However, I was surprised to see you use the same element a lot of times, and then I understood you were just citing the book as a whole. I've noticed that when you use a book as a source, you just cite the book, but not the page(s), in opposition to most articles, such as Charles Duke. Could you please do it. Thank you very much !

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 * Oh, I've actually just seen that you've put the pages numbers after the reference number in the text, so it's fine. Of course it would be better that each page used is put as a single reference, but it's ok. -- Calvinsky (talk) 07:05, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

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