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WikiCup 2015: The results
WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is. All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. , a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to. Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:


 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
 * wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
 * wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

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Revert of Wikipedia Main Page 2015
I decided to revert your revert of my edits, they are constructive (says in summary) also it just needs work on
 * Please use the sandbox for experimenting. -- Chamith   (talk)  19:16, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Hunger Games Mockingjay Pt 2
I DID provide a reputable source (TMZ). Why did you change my post? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.212.121.180 (talk) 20:48, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That's not a source. See WP:CITE. And don't remove "United States" as the country obviously contributed to the production of the movie. -- Chamith   (talk)  21:30, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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thank you for the references
Dear ChamithN,

Thank you very much for adding references to the central processing unit and other articles.

I wish more people added references to articles.

--DavidCary (talk) 04:35, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It's been a pleasure DavidCary. I agree, there's a lot of referencing work to be done in CS related articles. -- Chamith   (talk)  05:27, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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The Simpsons episode list didn't show the latest season's table, instead it had a link to the season page so i simply copied the table from that page and pasted it where it belonged. People use that page to see all the episodes in one place — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.32.207 (talk) 06:59, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It did show the table for Season 27 as you can see in this revision. Perhaps you were unable to see the list in edit mode. That's because we use templates (such as ) to fetch tables from other articles. --  Chamith   (talk)  07:28, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

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BlueStacks Article Revision Reverted
Hi ChamithN!

Yesterday, we released a major product update - BlueStacks 2. My name is John Gargiulo and I run Business Development and Marketing at BlueStacks. I added the line

"On December 3, 2015, the company released BlueStacks 2.[8] The new version allows users to run multiple android applications at the same time in a simplified, browser-like interface. The company also added a toolbar with quick access to key, user-requested features."

This was the biggest product update we've ever had (from 1 to 2) and we felt it was worth noting the change on Wiki, especially since there was so much 3rd party coverage around it to reference. Here is some of it: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=bluestacks&oq=bluestacks&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j0l9j43i53.693.1406.0.1669.10.8.0.0.0.0.165.770.5j3.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.b717m980ZTo. We also updated the product image to reflect the new version.

We saw that you reverted these updates. You are the boss of course but we humbly ask you to revert back to the revision or let us know what we can do better.

Thanks, John
 * Hi John, first of all I'm not the "boss". I don't own any article here. Secondly, I had to remove the image you added because it shows Crossy Road open in the background which is copyrighted by Yodo1. And also this says you are the copyright holder of the image, however, your image upload doesn't provide enough license information to prove that you indeed have the rights to use/distribute the image. If you want to upload an image under fair usage you might want to read this. -- Chamith   (talk)  05:06, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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So, I've got him watchlisted to keep an eye on him from some previous warnings. But what in the world was wrong with him adding the word songwriter to the Selena Gomez article? She co-written two songs thus far for her and her band, therefore, I personally see no problem with the addition. Crash Under ride  14:05, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, I had to remove it because of multiple disputes across multiple articles about this whole songwriter thing. You can see them here, here, here, here and here. Some claim she can be considered as a "singer and songwriter" but not "singer-songwriter" while some claim it's neither. According to the latter, co-writing two or three of their singles doesn't make them "songwriters" (professionally). So, obviously there is an ongoing conflict when attributing to these terms. I'm not against mentioning her as a songwriter but I'd rather see it with a citation so to prevent it from leading to more heated arguments. -- Chamith   (talk)  15:04, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

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Perhaps a DVD collection of season 2 of Gravity Falls will be on sale on Boxing Day for you to acquire so you can watch Blendin's Game to observe the driving license of Jesus. Adding factual info is not vandalism. Please assume good faith and fact check an episode before accusing people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.92.135.167 (talk) 18:36, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. I thought someone was trying to vandalize the cast names again. -- Chamith   (talk)  04:00, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

 * Thanks Davey2010, I wish you the same. -- Chamith   (talk)  04:01, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

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Happy New Year! ChamithN, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America1000 03:46, 1 January 2016 (UTC)


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 * Thanks Northamerica1000, happy new year to you too. -- Chamith   (talk)  05:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for your reply! Actually there is no conflict of interest as I don't work there so I will actually be very objective. It makes for an interesting wider discussion though. When don't conflict of interests exists? Everyone has things they like don't like. Actors, Countries, TV shows, cars, shoes, Politicians, and the like. This can seep into our editing. But I will take your advice and the advice of the article wizard on board. I will create the page and when I'm done, I will ping you to have a look.

In any event, thanks for being so helpful :)

Wendygreen11 (talk) 12:22, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with what you said above. And do ping me if you need my help. I'd be glad to help you out. -- Chamith   (talk)  12:39, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

It is now up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wendygreen11/Safe-T I actually was being super cautious and deleted alot of the original text I had. Maybe I was being overly cautious. Maybe I could send it to you and you decide which of it can be included. Wendygreen11 (talk) 17:22, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

The page has already been deleted :( Wendygreen11 (talk) 17:50, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Provided rationale for deletion is copyright infringement and advertising. As WP:COPYPASTE states, you cannot copy paste text from external sources to Wikipedia, even if you intend to change the text. You have to write the article in your own words and you must provide reliable sources along with your additions. Like I said you have to avoid using a promotional tone when contributing to Wikipedia. For example, you have to be cautious when using words like this. You could give it another try by creating the article as a sandbox project. -- Chamith   (talk)  18:27, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

I agree with you and the editor 100% It wasn't ready. I will make sure it's significantly better the next time round. Thanks for being such a good teacher and mentor. One day, I hope to be as good as you :) Wendygreen11 (talk) 18:42, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

If you would like to have a look, the new one is up :) Wendygreen11 (talk) 11:34, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Wendygreen11, your article looks fine to me. Notability wouldn't be an issue here given that it's reliably cited. However,
 * It'd be better if you could mention what kind of company it is in the opening sentence. For example, if you'd consider Gartner, it says "Gartner, Inc. is an American marketing, market research and advisory firm providing information technology related insight headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States".
 * Citation goes after punctuation, not before. It should be like this, The company was founded in 2013 by Amir Mizhar with $5M round A from a strategic investor in the cyber and homeland security space. 
 * Try to wikilink Gartner, FICO, Microsoft Partner, Airwatch, ECI, and MobileIron to their main articles.
 * I don't see any apparent issues other than these, although, other editors might. Content-wise, article definitely needs some improvement as it may sound too technical for some readers. -- Chamith   (talk)  04:01, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate. I will make those tweaks as suggested by you. My main concern was just getting it up and I spent a long long time editing it. Now I will tweak it ie add categories, etc. You've really inspired me to follow in your footsteps! What is the journey to becoming an editor? Wendygreen11 (talk) 06:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You already are an editor, or "Wikipedian". But if you meant that you want to know how to be an experienced editor then you have to know your way around Mediawiki and Wikipedia policies. This is something you can attain by frequently editing and participating in discussions. Maintaining a friendly relationship with other Wikipedians will also come in handy. Or, if you need someone to train you then you could simply ask someone to adopt you. -- Chamith   (talk)  11:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

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I didn't write vegan, but vegetarian! On his facebook page "he became a vegetarian", I don't write fairy tales. --Munja (talk) 17:09, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Doesn't matter, he follows neither at the moment. -- ChamithN   (talk)  17:36, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

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5 centimeters per second - timeline
The third part of the movie takes place on 2008, despite what the reference #6 says you can see the dates on Takaki's whiteboard (minute 48:50), Risa's message (minute 52:44) and the magazine (minute 55:30).

After you reverse the changes I searched a bit for official sources but couldn't find any from one date or another, beside the one already cited. However I guess that what is shown in the very movie should have some weight, don´t you think? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.61.58.225 (talk) 05:51, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I just checked the timestamp you mentioned and you were right. It says "March 2008" on his whiteboard, which I failed to notice when I was watching the movie. You have a keen eye for detail. As it's shown in the movie itself, it definitely can be used as a primary source. I'll change it back to your version with slight alterations for clarity's sake. Thank you for notifying me about this. -- ChamithN  (talk)  06:45, 7 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Rather thank you for take care of Wikipedia's quality, I'm just a passerby :)


 * By the way, I was thinking about to add a line pointing out that all the places shown and named in the movie are actually real, and depicted in full detail (from street scenes to the trains stations to buildings interiors). If that is ok, do you think that this and/or this could work as sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.61.58.225 (talk) 07:06, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, go for it. Usually blogs aren't considered reliable sources. But I think we can take it for granted as you can attribute Google Maps as a credible source for locations. -- ChamithN   (talk)  08:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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