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WikiCup 2022 September newsletter
The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; 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 the remaining competitors, 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, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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 yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Vampire
I have nominated Vampire for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:43, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Dang! I nominate you for adminship and this is how you repay m- heh is fine.....let's take a look then...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:32, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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Request
Long time no talk man, hope all is well. Two things: can you delete my user page pls, and any interest in a collab on creating a page for Anetha. Her sets are some heavy old school techno. Ceoil (talk) 14:12, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Done first. Intriguing. Yeah will take a look...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:06, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * We have a plan. I'll add initial info, and then you polish. I note my user page still exits - there is nothing untwart, just dont want people to see how much I edit it; vanity is not a great look haha. Ceoil (talk) 00:12, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ps, thanks for being so nice to me an mine when it mattered. If you ever in Cork or London again, a few beers would be great...We have a lot of gossip and music in common. Ceoil (talk) 00:15, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh shit, you redirected, and cannot edit. Can you unprotect, or will set these feckers ion you Ceoil (talk) 00:21, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Black-shouldered kite scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 13 November 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Today's featured article/November 13, 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

good outlook, and thank you for dealing with DYK queues - TFA Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, - third time went well --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:05, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

leaving the month with reformation and a cat treat --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Frilled lizard
Hey. How about we work on frilled lizard for FA sometime? I was also thinking we could do shoebill, but the lizard would be easier and so I'd rather do that first. LittleJerry (talk) 23:29, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok will take a look Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * How about I get back with you later this week and we can gather some books/papers? LittleJerry (talk) 13:44, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * When do you want to get started? LittleJerry (talk) 12:58, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I'm really busy and free time for wikipedia is sorta low on my priorities with lots of things to tidy up. Will see Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:51, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

WP:Featured list candidates/List of alismatid monocot families/archive1
Any thoughts you can spare would be welcome. If the general approach appeals to you, any collaboration you might be interested in would be welcome as well. - Dank (push to talk) 15:21, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look today Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:42, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I see you're busy with DYK queues, and that's certainly more urgent than this, take your time. But if you've looked at something in this list and thought "ick, that doesn't look right" ... let's talk about that (at FLC or here). I can easily imagine wiki-botanists being uncomfortable with my sparseness, and if so, the solution might be some kind of division of labor, if I can arrange it. (OTOH, sometimes these things sail through and everyone's happy ... I never really know what to expect.) - Dank (push to talk) 15:38, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Au contraire. I got there and had posetd, so was waiting till they finished...aaaand got sidetracked. thx 4 the ping Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:00, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
 * Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
 * Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
 * PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
 * Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. 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 the overall leader in this field.


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
 * Pirate Flag of Jack Rackham.svg Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
 * Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
 * Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
 * Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, 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) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

TFA
Thank you today for Black-shouldered kite introduced (in 2018): "This article on another Australian raptor is comprehensive and should be within striking distance of FA-hood."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:26, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanksgiving in the U.S. - Bach said it in music for peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:37, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

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WP:Featured list candidates/List of commelinid families/archive1
Thanks for helping with the previous list, and for all your work at FAC, TFA and too many areas to count over the years. This new list has been up for three weeks now at FLC. Taxon lists (by me and two other nommers) have been having a hard time at FLC for many years ... there just aren't that many FLC reviewers who are comfortable with them, no matter how many reviews I do ... but I think even a knowledgeable drive-by comment (from you, anyway) might help to break the logjam. I'd be happy to help with any of your projects, of course. If you're busy, no problem at all, and I'll stop bugging you. (On the off chance ... if you'd prefer to get more involved with this series, or even co-nom, that would be tres bien.) - Dank (push to talk) 17:41, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I've had one offer for a review and Eewilson is reviewing currently, so I'm unstuck for the moment ... but I'll probably get stuck again sometime. - Dank (push to talk) 03:14, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Today's featured article/requests/Black-breasted buttonquail
Hi. I am writing this to inform you that I have requested the black-breasted buttonquail for TFA next year. Please feel free to leave a comment on the request template, to either show support or air out any concern about this. Regards, Vida0007 (talk) 11:51, 14 December 2022 (UTC).

Black-breasted buttonquail scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Black-breasted buttonquail article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 30, 2023. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page blurb, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/January 30, 2023, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. If you wish to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 2023.

I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:02, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

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Another year closer to the grave

 * Wow I've never heard that before . Good tune! Happy xmas and yes I'm finding some solid ground Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Nice. One of the few reasons I regret quitting the relentless social cancer that is Facebook is missing you weird/wonderful/nostalgic tunes. For eg, that Fluke tune the other days brought back memories. Here is another. Ceoil (talk) 22:04, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays text.png Casliber Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RV (talk) 07:23, 24 December 2022 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Happy New Year, Casliber!


Happy New Year! Casliber, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Happy New Year, Casliber!


Happy New Year! Casliber, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

– Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 21:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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Have a good one filled with joy and the libations of your choosing! – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 21:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close 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) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Casliber!


Happy New Year! Casliber, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Forest raven scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 9 February 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Today's featured article/February 9, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

TFA
Thank you today for Black-breasted buttonquail, "about one of the rarest birds I've been lucky enough to see."! - I just returned from vacation, - some pics already uploaded. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

TFA
Thank you today for Forest raven, introduced (in 2015): "This article is about a familiar Australian bird...well not that well-studied really. While buffing up its relative (Australian raven) which is a featured article, I read alot about the forest raven."! - My story today is a play. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

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


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

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

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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