User talk:Dr vulpes/Archive2024

Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 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 on 31 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! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

January lichen task force newsletter
The January issue of the lichen task force newsletter is available here. Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 03:00, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Page mover granted
Hello, Dr vulpes. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.

Please take a moment to review Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving a redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when  is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:
 * Requested moves
 * Category:Requested moves, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I've thought about requesting this in the past but just never got around to it.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 16:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you I've put a lot of work into everything Clipperton Island 😊  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 07:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Angelo863 on Kype (23:09, 7 January 2024)
In that piece is says attic char have no Kyle or it is barely visable, yet above that is a photo a a gut holding a very large Artic Char with a clearly visible Kyle. Very prominent. I'm new here and not sure how to go about things so whatever you think is fine with me as they said you were the mentor to ask. Thanks --Angelo863 (talk) 23:09, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey @Angelo863, glad to meet you! I think it's fine to leave it alone. In the article it says that "Among American species of charr, the kype reaches its maximum size in the large anadromous males" and then later it says "whereas it is reportedly absent or hardly visible in large nonanadromous males, Arctic char". So the image and text are both correct since the char in the image is returning from the sea (anadromous) to breed. Do you have any other question's about Wikipedia or any direction I can provide for you? Feel free to leave a message asking any questions on my talk page any time.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 23:45, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Caleb Fisler (20:11, 5 December 2023)
Hi, do you know how to start a Wikipedia page? --Caleb Fisler (talk) 20:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey @Caleb Fisler, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. What kind of help did you need on making an article? Check out this link Articles for creation and click the blue box to start a new article. Come back and let me know when you start and I'll be more then happy to help you.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 23:48, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from 1O1chain (11:29, 3 December 2023)
Hi My Mentor, I'll like to ask that how can i edit my page like the other big Rappers because I want mine to be exact --1O1chain (talk) 11:29, 3 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey @1O1chain sorry for taking so long to get back to you. What kind of help did you need on making an article? What kind of rappers are you looking to edit? Come back and let me know I'll be more then happy to help you.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 23:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jpchihane (17:17, 7 January 2024)
How can I make my Wikipedia anonymous? --Jpchihane (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Jpchihane, you can make an article as just an IP editor if you don't want the article tied to your account. If you have more questions feel free to reply and let me know.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 23:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Heatyeet (03:33, 12 December 2023)
Hello! I was assigned you as a mentor on Wikipedia, and I am interested in making election maps for various places in the world. How would I find a place that needs an election map done? Thanks! --Heatyeet (talk) 03:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey @Heatyeet, I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Are you still looking to make election maps?  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 23:47, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries at all. I am indeed. Heatyeet (talk) 00:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * So @Heatyeet if I were you I would download something like Inkscape and fill in a map you find on commons or from an earlier election. If you want to make the parlament style graphics there is a tool for that which can me found here [Https://parliamentdiagram.toolforge.org/ https://parliamentdiagram.toolforge.org/] .  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 00:23, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I actually taught myself how to make legislative elections, I was just curious as to how I can find articles that need a map made. Heatyeet (talk) 00:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ooo that's a good question I don't think that a lot of article are tagged or have a category. Maybe check out, for example I checked Australia and a lot of their early elections lack maps.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 00:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

KSEE
Delighted to see you enjoyed reviewing it. I have a lot of similar pages at GAN you might be interested in and a titanic backlog of pages to nominate. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:06, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I'll have to check them out later this week! I know you know this but your work is very good and wonderful to read, thank you for all your contributions. It's honestly refreshing to read something professional and in-depth. It makes me want to go back and improve my own work!  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 03:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Your NPP review of List of states with cities larger than their capital city by population
Hi, Dr vulpes! As part of the January 2024 NPP Backlog drive re-review process, I wanted to let you know that you should not have marked List of states with cities larger than their capital city by population as reviewed because the topic is already covered by other existing lists and is not notable enough itself for a standalone list. No action is needed on your part, but feel free to let me know if you have any questions. –– Formal Dude  (talk)  02:40, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

 * Thanks @SunDawn! It's my first time doing this so this means a lot to me, thank you.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 17:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP awards
Hi Dr vulpes. Thanks so much for the barnstar. Just a quick note that, like all talk message page templates, these should be substituted on use, i.e. . –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up @Joe Roe, sorry for the (massive) mistake. It's my first year doing the awards coordination so I haven't really had to give out that many awards before. Won't happen again.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 17:20, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have added  to the documentation for this barnstar, so  should fix all of these sometime soon without causing any new pings. SilverLocust  💬 08:58, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much @SilverLocust, I was kind of dreading having to go back today and fix those mistakes after work.  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 13:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Oui Management (16:00, 18 January 2024)
Hello, How do i create a page ? --Oui Management (talk) 16:00, 18 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Oui Management, can you give me some more details about what you mean?  Dr vulpes  (Talk) 08:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Purplerhino1924 (19:32, 31 January 2024)
How can i generate a new page please --Purplerhino1924 (talk) 19:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Clipperton Island case
—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)


 * You edited your new article Clipperton Island case at 00:02, 7 Jan, adding text:
 * "Although the levels of exclusive authority are interrupted on a case by case basis with areas such as the Artic and Clipperton being uninhabitable having a much lower bar then territory with a native population."
 * Someone else has fixed a couple other bits here, but the strange use of the word 'interrupted' remains in the article. Did you perhaps mean to use the word 'interpreted', as in "interpreted on a case-by-case basis"? Shenme (talk) 03:52, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer, who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * , with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
 * , with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
 * , with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
 * and, both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:


 * , who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
 * , who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
 * , who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
 * , who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
 * , who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
 * , who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 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, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from K10Productions1 (23:34, 29 February 2024)
can i make a wikipedia article on the youtuber "masonsmappingz"? --K10Productions1 (talk) 23:34, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jkintree2 (21:17, 6 March 2024)
I created an account because I wanted to help edit Wikidata. My login at m.wikidata.org is blocked because my IP address is in a blocked range of addresses. When I reported being blocked to sessions@wikimedia.org, I was advised to create an account at https://accounts.wmflabs.org/. Following that advice succeeded for me to create the Wikipedia account, but I am still blocked from Wikidata. --Jkintree2 (talk) 21:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jkintree2 (21:54, 6 March 2024)
Please disregard my previous message. I also reported still being blocked from logging in at m.wikidata.org to stewards@wikimedia.org, and the block has been removed. It's all good. --Jkintree2 (talk) 21:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Bello aliyu ridwan (23:44, 15 March 2024)
hello what are the differences between medical health care and primary health care --Bello aliyu ridwan (talk) 23:44, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Spheh Hlengwa (01:55, 22 March 2024)
Hello --Spheh Hlengwa (talk) 01:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you too!
Hello, Dr. Wolfy!

Thank you so much for the message on my talk page. I saw it right away but wanted to think of a pithy and pleasant response. I failed, so I am here now, hoping the remaining nine months are happy ones for you too.

You seem to have a lot of recent traffic on your talk page! I, too, would like to be able to use the email address stewards@wikimedia.org! Better yet, SupremeCommander@wikimedia.org similar to Douglas MacArthur!--FeralOink (talk) 18:09, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

April lichen task force newsletter
The April issue of the lichen task force newsletter is available here. Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
Hello ,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

Reminders:
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Another bot run on stale IP talk pages?
I'm finding Linter syntax errors on stale IP talk pages like User talk:45.112.177.115. It would be better for the bot to blank them than for me to fix the errors. Are you interested in doing another bot run? – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Azosio (18:12, 9 April 2024)
Hello Dr. Vulpes, I was wondering how Wikipedia articles like Mario Party Superstar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Party_Superstars) can upload images of the mario party cover without getting in trouble because I don't believe that image is in the public domain.

Thanks, Azo --Azosio (talk) 18:12, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:


 * with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
 * with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
 * with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
 * with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
 * with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)