User talk:Bloom6132/Archive 8

DYK for Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Aw, thanks so much ! It's not something I expect, but it's something I greatly appreciate! —Bloom6132 (talk) 05:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Montreal
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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 Harrias -- Harrias (talk) 12:40, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The article Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Harrias -- Harrias (talk) 13:40, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

UAE
Just to say I wasn't being awkward when I said misleading, the two bits I was objecting to were "suspend" versus "halt" and the description of the territories as only being the Jordan valley (which is an annex proposal but isn't the same one as in the Trump plan, it's not clear what territory exactly is being referred to at the moment). Cheers.Selfstudier (talk) 17:12, 13 August 2020 (UTC)


 * No worries! And thanks very much for clarifying – I didn't know there was a difference between the two proposals. —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:15, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

 * Just to say I really appreciated your response. Rebuilding of bridges is not something that I have found easy in this project (the emotional side of communication is so hard with just a keyboard at our disposal), so it counts for a lot. Thank you. Onceinawhile (talk) 21:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * For the avoidance of doubt, when I said above "I hope we can make our own peace deal now", I really meant "I hope we can make our own cooperation and setting a roadmap towards establishing a bilateral relationship" :-) Onceinawhile (talk) 21:53, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for List of Roman Catholic archbishops of New York
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The article Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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 Harrias -- Harrias (talk) 07:22, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Eusebio Leal
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Grenada
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Flag of Grenada 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 Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 08:40, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Grenada
The article Flag of Grenada 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:Flag of Grenada for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 00:00, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Grenada
The article Flag of Grenada you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Flag of Grenada 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 Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 03:01, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

FLC Review Request
Hey Bloom, I would really appreciate if you could check out my most recent FLC. Thanks! ~ HAL  333  19:10, 24 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.

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. 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 yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for the misclick
(looks above) That's an impressive body of work. Keep it up! –xenotalk 16:52, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries! And thanks for the kind encouragement! —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:32, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Bloom6132. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for September 28. 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 ) 23:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Auxiliary Bishop
Sorry to impose but I need your voice on this one:

Articles for deletion/Jeffrey S. Grob

The end result will be either be we add Auxiliary Bishops or not add them at all. Don't even know what would happen to the existing ones for which there are already pages..

Roberto221 (talk) 16:58, 15 September 2020 (UTC)


 * no worries – more than happy to chime in. I don't think it will be so black & white even if the result is delete – existing articles on auxiliaries can be retained where the subject is notable and they have extensive coverage.  Articles on auxiliaries like Robert Barron, Fulton J. Sheen, and Joseph Ha (to name a few) would be a WP:SNOWBALL keep. —Bloom6132 (talk) 00:49, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of Western Australia
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Western Australia
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Flag of Western Australia 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 04:00, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Western Australia
The article Flag of Western Australia 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:Flag of Western Australia for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 20:40, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Flag of Western Australia
The article Flag of Western Australia you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Flag of Western Australia 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 Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 15:22, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:06, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

FLC
Hey Bloom, I hope you've been doing well lately. If you have the time, could you check out my FLC List of amphibians of Texas. If not, no worries. Thanks! ~ HAL  333  23:09, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Bloom6132. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Quebec – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 20, 2020. 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 ) 21:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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)

DYK for Robert Sam Anson
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup Awards
Congratulations on all these awards! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:17, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

... thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:01, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for David Bonnar
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Ivan Camilleri
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Ivan Camilleri
Hi Bloom6132. I tried to edit the Wikipedia article you wrote about me. There is some confusion about the dates at which I worked at Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE). You indicate up to 2000. But that includes my work at Nortel, since Nortel was still owned by BCE when I left in early 2000. I worked on projects at Nortel from 1997 t0 2000. The edit I made tried to avoid the whole issue of dates, and is more general in nature. I prefer my edit, to be honest, it is more simple. I hope you will revert back to my edit. Thanks. Q52021 (talk) 02:47, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

The WikiCup
I have updated the rules for the WikiCup for the 2021 contest. Please can you check to see whether you think I have changed them appropriately, as I would like to avoid another bonus point anomaly. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:14, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * the changes you made look all good. The question of bonus point anomaly, however, will hinge on whether  (or whoever is operating the bot now) to shift the marker by two years (i.e. 2014 → 2016, since it was not shifted last year). —Bloom6132 (talk) 19:52, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. 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. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:10, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Kathleen Heddle
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

I don't know how you haven't received one of these yet!

 * Thanks so much – I greatly appreciate the kind sentiments!  It's a true honor to be involved with ITN. —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:53, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Your work is very much appreciated; it's an honor to have you on the squad. Much love and cheers,  Tucker  Gladden  👑 04:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sibongile Khumalo
Hello! Your submission of Sibongile Khumalo 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! Joseph2302 (talk) 17:52, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Sibongile Khumalo
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award (fourth year)

 * Thanks very much for that! And for your efforts in organizing the challenge and verifying + distributing the other awards! —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:22, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! I managed to get it done in November the first three years, but the past few months have been a bit crazy. Glad that I finally got it done. – Reidgreg (talk) 00:07, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Milford Graves for Recent Deaths - In the News section - *please support*
Hi Bloom6132, I nominated Milford Graves (RIP) for the recent deaths section. Please support this nomination if you feel supportive of it. In_the_news/Candidates

Thank you Wil540 art (talk) 16:00, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Kadir Topbaş
Hi there - just wanted to say a quick thank you for adding prose and getting this up to par! PCN02WPS ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 19:07, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Anytime! I'm glad I was able to help out. —Bloom6132 (talk)

DYK for Dick Callahan
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:06, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Bob McCallister
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
 * Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
 * 🇷🇼 Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
 * 🇺🇸 Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Dean (Canadian politician)
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Tom Acker
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Elliot Mazer
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Bloom6132. I'm just posting to let you know that Golden Spikes Award – 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 5. 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 ) 21:49, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Sorry
Apologies for what happened with the Bob Walkup ITN nom. I hadn't realised that I had added my name to it. I'm new to ITN nominations. REDMAN 2019 ( talk ) 16:39, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * no worries about that! I AGF and figured that you tacked your name onto the wrong ITN nom (i.e. instead of your Death of Sarah Everard nom).  Have fun editing ITN! —Bloom6132 (talk) 19:56, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for John F. Sandner

 * I'm traveling with limited Internet this week, so I'm not able to evaluate items as usual this week, just a heads up if I don't respond to pings.  Spencer T• C 02:46, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * thanks for the heads up. And safe travels! —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:01, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Thorburn
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Ángel Mangual
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Phil Chisnall
— Maile (talk) 03:09, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Hy Cohen
Thank you for your expansion of Hy Cohen. I look forward to seeing it on the Main Page. Cbl62 (talk) 19:58, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:53, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Hy Cohen
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Benedict J. Fernandez
— Maile (talk) 12:01, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rogers Lehew
Hello! Your submission of Rogers Lehew 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! SL93 (talk) 23:19, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Joye Hummel
Thanks for your work to improve Joye Hummel, it's turning into a good little article. AntiVan (talk) 23:39, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome! I'm glad that you're liking how it's shaping up. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Paul Jackson (bassist)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Rogers Lehew
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Joye Hummel
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Brilliant! a great find .... and she is still not mentioned on the wonder woman wiki page. Victuallers (talk) 08:46, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Leon Hale
Mr. Bloom, You edited an article on Carol Leon Hale who died last Saturday. I’m his widow. He had a judge remove his first name more than 10 years ago. He detested “Carol”. His full name should read Leon Hale. I’d greatly appreciate a change. —Gabrielle Babette Fraser Hale — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.63.229.131 (talk) 19:53, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:59, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
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.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
 * Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember 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 (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Conn Findlay
— Maile (talk) 12:01, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Date of death announcement
Both myself and have notified you in the past that the "date of death announcement" does not apply for cases where the death happened one day and is in the newspapers the next day. That's normal practice and the death date is the on we use in that instance. Otherwise editors start wasting time hunting around for sources to try and see if any were posted on the day itself. It's a waste of time, and it doesn't ultimately make any difference to the nomination. Please list them on the date of death, unless there's a provable gap of at least two days before it was announced. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 11:20, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I see you conveniently left out . Of course, because he's the only one correctly implementing the new consensus of using the date of announcement.  Just because you disagree with consensus doesn't mean you get to disregard it.  This is 2021, not 2020. —Bloom6132 (talk) 11:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, your measuring stick of "at least two days" is completely arbitrary and doesn't appear to be supported by consensus. —Bloom6132 (talk) 11:24, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * "Otherwise editors start wasting time hunting around for sources to try and see if any were posted on the day itself." – irrelevant for this nom, because Miller died the night before. "it doesn't ultimately make any difference to the nomination" – that's not entirely accurate.  One extra day could be the difference between a nom being posted and it being archived, if there are necessary and significant improvements to be made. —Bloom6132 (talk) 11:34, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The instructions state “Find the correct section below for the date of the event”. Stephen 12:30, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * guess you both missed the memo in December 2020. The proposer stated "I would propose that RDs are posted to the top of the order, and thus roll-off in a "first in, first out" basis. An unposted nomination would become stale 7 days after DOD/ first report of death ".  The proposal was closed as approved (I was uninvolved – neither proposed nor voted on the matter).  Again, just because you disagree with consensus doesn't mean you get to disregard it. —Bloom6132 (talk) 13:05, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume that clause was included to cater for the existing case where there's a delay between the death and announcement. There was no discussion in that thread on the specific proposal to axe the convention that deaths reported the day after they occurred are treated as if reported the same day, thus the presumption must be that the pre-existing convention continued. Furthermore, the actual wording at WP:ITNRD says "Any items older than seven days from the date of death (or occasionally the date of announcement) are not eligible for posting"; this use of "occasional" implies this is only to be used as an exceptional case, and not to be invoked almost every day, as you seem to be doing at the moment. Just to give one example of why we have this convention, take Edwin E. West. You nominated his death at WP:ITN/C as having been announced on May 2. But with a bit of searching, I have found a death announcement for him dated to May 1. Presumably you missed that one. But the point is, it's a waste of my time and it's a waste of your time to have to go fishing around looking for the oldest source of death in cases like this. Just file it under the death date like everyone else does, and we can concentrate on more important things. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * if this is the shenanigans it takes to advance to the next round of the WikiCup at my expense, fine! You win – congrats! —Bloom6132 (talk) 13:31, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * good grief, there is absolutely no chance of me finishing ahead of you in the WikiCup. You got 990 points in the last round, compared to my 280 and there's no way I'm going to ever match your output there in any round... my sole goal is to make it to the last 16, or perhaps the last 8 if I get a bit of luck and free time. This has nothing to do with that, and I appreciate and congratulate you on the overall excellent work you've done at ITN and elsewhere to get those points. My only reason for arguing this seemingly trivial point is that if everyone is following one convention - and I've never heard that there has been a concrete discussion specifically on changing that convention - then it's a minor disruption for one editor on their own to be doing something different. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:39, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I am sorry for imputing and assuming bad faith on your part. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:03, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * With the way we currently post RDs (7 days for improvement and are posted in the order of being ready, not by date), I don't think 1 day of difference makes that much of a difference either way to be honest. It's hard enough with time zone conversions for press stories so unless there's egregious behavior on the part of the nominator, I think the current system is working fine IMO. There are rarely ever nominations - I can think of 1 in the past 2 months that I posted - that are posted on their final 24 hours of ITN eligibility. Cheers,  Spencer T• C 16:29, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Arthur Kopit
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Les McKeown
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Miroslav Fryčer
ONUnicorn (talk) 00:05, 15 May 2021 (UTC)