User talk:Bloom6132/Archive 9

DYK for Johnny Peirson
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for David McPhail

 * (looks like the promoter forgot to give out the credits, so I'm boldly correcting that here). Thanks for stepping in and expanding this one, I never found any time to look at it yesterday. And no WikiCup points for me, since I didn't actually edit the article at all! 😊 &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 09:23, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * thanks very much for that! My apologies for seemingly "taking" this article you wanted to improve for RD.  As a courtesy, I refrain from editing articles that others have nominated and stated their intention to expand (e.g. Serge Bouchard).  I held off for 7 hours and only decided to jump in after Vacant0 began editing it.  Thanks for understanding and assuming good faith! 😊 —Bloom6132 (talk) 13:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * On which subject, I just took at look at Gilles Lupien with a view to maybe RD-ing it, but I see you're already on the case so I'll leave it alone. Unfortunately for those concerned, there are probably more than enough RDs to go around anyway! &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 08:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

FL possibilities
Not sure if you're interested in FLs for Cup points, but two new lists for the Delivery Man awards were split out from a former FL as discuused at this WT:BASEBALL thread. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 06:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for the heads up, ! Also, feel free to propose other hooks that could be used for the Joe Beckwith DYK nom. —Bloom6132 (talk) 06:19, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I added a hook about the double vision. I ran across it in an obit that said he got double vision but said he wasn't hit.  It didn't explain further, so I first thought it was an error.—Bagumba (talk) 06:49, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Charles C. Hagemeister

 * As an FYI, I'll be taking a multi-month Wikibreak this summer so apologies in advance for not being around to update ITN and respond to pings. May pop in and out but will be pretty busy off-wiki. (cc:, , and others).  Spencer T• C 18:21, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you for notifying. I'll make sure I won't ping you anymore. Do you have any recommendations as to who should I ping if things get stale? --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:29, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You'll have to see who's updated ITN recently, but I'm sure as you can see admin activity can be quite variable.  Spencer T• C 19:51, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * thanks for the heads up! Hope you have an enjoyable Wikibreak. —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:02, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Strum
—valereee (talk) 12:02, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Leon Hale
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Stephen Chow (bishop)
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Jim Johnson (ice hockey, born 1942)
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Jim Clendenen
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Joe Beckwith
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Sunshine

 * You too, . Thanks very much for that – truly made my day! —Bloom6132 (talk) 06:36, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Hello! Your submission of Coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands 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! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:11, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Gilles Lupien
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of Nova Scotia
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Murray Dowey
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
 * Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tom Acker
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Your GA nomination of Tom Acker
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Your GA nomination of Tom Acker
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Your GA nomination of Flag of the Cayman Islands
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Your GA nomination of Flag of Nova Scotia
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DYK for Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Flag of the Cayman Islands
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Johnny Peirson
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Your GA nomination of Johnny Peirson
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Your GA nomination of Johnny Peirson
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Patrick Sky
Hello

I am the author of the following biographical information about Patrick Sky which you removed:

1) Having become increasingly disillusioned with the music business, Sky relocated from New York City to Perryville, a small town in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

and

2) the following year

I understand the importance of including citations. It is unfortunate that I am unable to provide anything other than personal recollection to support my statement. However, as a longtime personal friend and former business partner of Patrick Sky, I would hope my remembrances would hold considerable weight.

When I met him in 1970, after his move to the aforementioned small town where I lived with my mother and younger brother, he was quite disillusioned with the music business in New York and frustrated with being unable to achieve the level of success he believe he deserved. He was always ready to express these sentiments and often did, particularly after he'd had a few drinks.

These emotions also found expression in the songs he was writing at the time, several of which would be recorded the following spring to be included on his album, "Songs That Made America Famous." These were quite ribald and amusing, for those whose senses of humor could accommodate their scatological nature. The album was intended to be a sort of artistic revenge on the "suits" in the recording industry, who were hampering his creative freedom, to hear him tell it - or at least the musical equivalent of flipping them off. The irony of his being unable to put out the record for two years was not lost on him, and was a source of both frustration and amusement, confirming his cynicism.

Again, I am unable to provide any published source for these recollections. This is regrettable, as they are true and accurate, and deserve to be included in the story of has life and career. Unfortunately, of the four people mentioned in this remembrance, I am the only one still alive. All I can think of to support what I've said are two circumstantial references:

1) The opening paragraph of Loudon Wainwright's book, "The Charlie Poole Project" (mentioned, though not by name, in the Talk on this subject), which places Patrick in Perryville in the early 1970s;

2) The inclusion of the following phrase in the "Thank You's" part of the liner notes of the above album: "And all the crazy friends in Rhode Island, and wherever they are." We were among those crazy friends.

If it's at all useful, I wrote a piece about him upon hearing of his passing which serves as a eulogy, and posted it to The Mandolin Café Forum https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/155319-Patrick-Sky-RIP/ as well as on my facebook page. I doubt these would serve as true references; I merely mention them by way of reinforcing my assertion of their truth.

I apologize for the length of this post. I believe I've never engaged in this sort of discussion before, or if I have, it wouldn't have been about a subject that means this much to me. I trust you can see that is the case here, and hope that will inspire you to reconsider your decision and restore the deleted passage.

If you do indeed to do so, I suggest including the date, for the sake of clarity, thus:

1) Having become increasingly disillusioned with the music business, in 1970, Sky relocated from New York City to Perryville, a small town in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

The following phrase thus performs adequately. 2) the following year

My only interest is in doing whatever I can to help tell Patrick Sky's story as completely and accurately as possible.

Thank you.

Journeybear (talk) 16:44, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Arthur Kopit
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Your GA nomination of Arthur Kopit
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DYK for Richard Stolley
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:04, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Quackenbush
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Coat of arms of Montserrat
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I have to say, having loved that Coat of Arms for ages, I feel it is a real shame this didn't get into an image slot. It's a powerful image with interesting symbolism. There seems to be a lot of heraldry and flags that are getting overlooked for image slots nowadays. I can't recall when we had one. I hope when I do get Flag of Montserrat back up, we can correct this (What I think is) a disappointing missed opportunity.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 16:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Coat of arms of Jersey
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Peter Thorburn
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DYK for Robert Sacchi
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Peter Thorburn
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Steven Weinberg ITN
Good day sir. I have added all the refs Bumbubookworm (talk) 03:42, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Peter Thorburn
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DYK for Coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, Bloom6132. There is an accuracy tag at the top of this DYK article currently on MainPage. (Please see article talk & WP:ERRORS.) Could you quickly address this issue, please? Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 17:05, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Editing
If You Look Up Some Catholic Bishops Most Of Them Will Say "prelate Not "bishop Stop Disrupting My editing What Someone asked Me to do Meg. Innne (talk) 19:47, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Yasunori Oshima
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Jack G. Downing
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Coat of arms of Anguilla
—valereee (talk) 12:02, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Chuck McMann
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Maki Kaji
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Michael M. Thomas
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hy Cohen
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Your GA nomination of Hy Cohen
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DYK for Michael M. Thomas
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Rock Demers
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Harry
Thanks for your work on the Harry Kent article. I used to go to his market every Saturday and he was always fun to talk to... just don't get him started on his Waitaha theory or you'd never get away! (He subscribed to the discredited theory that they pre-dated Maori). MaxBrowne2 (talk) 20:24, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * anytime – I'm glad you like it! And thanks for letting me know about that theory (I wouldn't have found out about it elsewhere). —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hy Cohen
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Your GA nomination of Bob McCallister
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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski,  BennyOnTheLoose, 🇷🇼 Amakuru and  Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, 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). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Harry Kent (cyclist)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bob McCallister
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30–30 club
Hi Bloom6132, a brief note about a couple recent edits to the 30–30 club article.

I added a No. column to the table after correcting the claim in the lead that "X players have reached the 30–30 club", where the count was 41 and unsourced. Manually counting through the list, it was apparent that 41 was incorrect, so I fixed it (Mullins is the 43rd different player to achieve the feat). My experience has been that editors like to count things, without showing their work, and put the counts in articles... and over time such counts become stale. Explicitly numbering things or directly denoting things that are being counted (e.g. left-handed batters and switch hitters) makes it possible to spot errors and maintain accuracy. There are various other baseball lists that have No. columns; examples include List of Major League Baseball no-hitters and List of Major League Baseball perfect games. I'd ask if you could please reconsider your removal of it.

The unsourced statement "Eight of these players (including four active members of the 30–30 club) have played for only one major league team." is an example of the above: editors like to count things but don't show their work. Who are the eight players... the article doesn't say, nor are these players denoted in some manner in the list. I hope that number is correct, but there's currently have no way to know if Mullins (who has only played for Baltimore) is included or not, other that trudging through everyone in the list. At a minimum, the eight players should be listed, especially so that if/when an active member of the list plays for some other team, the count can be revised downward. Lastly, I would question if/why this is notable? Ten seasons is established to be the criterion of List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise.

Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk) 22:49, 26 September 2021 (UTC)


 * numerous baseball lists have been promoted to FL without citations for the number of players in the club (I can provide you with examples if you insist), ostensibly per WP:BLUESKY. How many people in the club is not contentious – it simply necessitates counting the table and excluding those who have multiple 30–30 seasons.  Same goes for one-team players (whose statuses are already sourced in their individual Baseball-Reference.com biographies already in the table).  They are namely: Larkin, Bagwell, Wright, Braun, Trout, Jose Ramirez, Acuna, and Mullins (the last 4 of whom are still active).  I was not asked in the FLC to spell out each and every player in that category (it was not demanded of baseball lists promoted before and after the 30–30 club was).  There is no policy or guideline that requires "showing [your] work" (this isn't math class) or having every detail in the lead denoted in the table per WP:EXAMPLEFARM and WP:CRUFT.  Finally, List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise is not a featured list, and in any case, should not be considered consensus as to what the WP:BASEBALL community deems to be the cut-off point. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:39, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


 * , thanks for replying. My point is that counts, when given, should be accurate, and articles should be constructed to help promote that. It may not be "contentious" how many players are in a certain list, but if editors don't care that a count is correct, then it shouldn't be given (bad info is worse that no info). Yelich was the 42nd player to have a 30–30 season, coming in 2019, yet the article stated (up until a few days ago) there had only been 41 players who achieved the feat. For over a year, no one bothered to check the count. Explicitly numbering the unique players ("showing your work") makes such errors clear. So would listing the one-team players by name. Cheers. Dmoore5556 (talk) 02:32, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


 * The point re. how much info must be included in an FL was dealt with last year in Featured list candidates/List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat/archive1. Under the "Resolved comments from Harrias" template, one of the FL directors states that "At a minimum, that should have a footnote saying the information is verified by the Baseball-Reference pages."  I've added a note to that effect after the sentence re. one-team players in the 30–30 list.


 * "Showing your work" to make errors clear is just a band-aid solution to the problem of stopping such errors from being made in the first place (i.e. someone has to update the lead accordingly). Yes, in a perfect world, editors who update the table should also update the lead.  But that's not going to happen.  I really don't think being off by one player is such an egregious error that it needs to be "rectified" with adding superfluous information to a table that already satisfies FL standards. —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:51, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Richard McGeagh
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Date formatting
Just for info, wrt your edit to Paddy Moloney. What you have done, changing the dates entered in standard YYYY-MM-DD format to formatted dmy dates, is not wrong, but it was a waste of your time because the Use dmy dates template at the top of the articles ensures that this is done for you automatically. Enjoy those extra minutes ... Monxton (talk) 22:46, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Waka Nathan
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Fredrick Andersson Hed
Why can’t season be linked in a table. What’s the issue with that? Jimmymci234 (talk) 06:39, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * MOS:UNLINKDATES states: "Dates, years, and other chronological items should be linked only when they are relevant to the subject and likely to be useful to a reader". Adhering to WP:DATELINK and MOS:DATE (of which  usage is integral) takes primacy over having the season linked. —Bloom6132 (talk) 06:53, 28 October 2021 (UTC)


 * The season link is very relevant to the subject and I would say it is more useful to the reader to have than not. Jimmymci234 (talk) 07:04, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * the tournament link (esp. one linking to the specific edition of the tournament, if available) is far more relevant the subject than the season link. WP:DATELINK states: "Month-and-day articles … and year articles … should not be linked unless the linked date or year has a significant connection to the subject of the linking article, beyond that of the date itself, so that the linking enhances the reader's understanding of the subject".  The date links in the table of Andersson Hed's article do not have a significant connection beyond that of the date itself.  And again, MOS:DATE (hence dts) takes primacy over any usefulness to the reader. —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:24, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is, who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:


 * 1) with 5072 points
 * 2) with 3276 points
 * 3) with 3197 points
 * 4) with 1611 points
 * 5) with 1571 points
 * 6) with 1420 points
 * 7) with 1043 points
 * 8) with 528 points

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.


 * wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
 * wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
 * wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
 * wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
 * wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

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 WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. 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 2022 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup Awards
Congratulations, and thank you for some excellent contributions! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:53, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Award

 * Thanks so much ! —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:16, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge fifth anniversary

 * Thanks so much for that, ! —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:52, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Budge Patty
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 7 November 2021 (UTC)


 * thanks for coming up with that catchy hook! Undoubtedly the reason why it got 13k+ views. —Bloom6132 (talk) 06:15, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * happy to help—it's easier, of course, to get hooks out of a well-written, fascinating article such as this one! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 07:02, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Ernie Ross
Ritchie333 (talk) 00:02, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

The WikiCup
Please could you take a look at my sandbox to proofread the report I have prepared for The Signpost. I was tempted to write of your efforts that "it is not an honour to be written about by Bloom6132 because it means you have recently died", but thought it was in poor taste! You have a good eye for detail, so if you see any corrections needed or have any ideas for improvement, please mention it. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:20, 16 November 2021 (UTC)I've


 * Thanks for letting me know! I've made a few minor corrections to my ITN total (136 was my total last year).  You might want to specify "New York City" in the first mention of Epicgenius's entry.  Lastly, all the figures for the total content improvements over the whole tournament are inaccurate, due to round 1 having been calculated improperly by the bot and archived before it could be corrected (e.g. I was credited with only 20 ITN that round, but the point total in the table indicates the correct number is 71).  Unfortunately, it seems too cumbersome to calculate the totals manually and then add them to the other four rounds (esp. since round 1 has the most competitors). —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:13, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I hadn't realised that the round 1 figures were so inaccurate. I had better check whether I need to make adjustments to the totals in paragraph two. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:09, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Bob Ferry
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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

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

ITN recognition for Mike Gore (physicist)
the wub "?!"  00:34, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks so much for that, ! Not something I expect, but it's something I greatly appreciate! —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:51, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Eberhard Zeidler
Hello! Your submission of Eberhard Zeidler 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! Gronk Oz (talk) 08:26, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Alexa McDonough
I heard about the death of Alexa McDonough and thought it might be a biography you could contribute to. Thanks in advance if you do, and keep up the good work! Flibirigit (talk) 15:31, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Amanda Asay
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Eberhard Zeidler (architect)
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Returning the favour. Not sure what happened there. -- Lear's Fool 01:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jean-Claude Corbeil
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 13 February 2022 (UTC)