User talk:Figureskatingfan/Archive 11

Main Page appearance: Maya Angelou
This is a note to let the main editors of Maya Angelou know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on April 4, 2013. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director or one of his delegates (,, and ), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. You can view the TFA blurb at Today's featured article/April 4, 2013. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Maya Angelou (born 1928) is an American author and poet. She has published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years. She has received dozens of awards and over thirty honorary doctoral degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of seventeen, and brought her international recognition and acclaim. Angelou's list of occupations includes pimp, prostitute, night-club dancer and performer, castmember of the musical Porgy and Bess, coordinator for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, author, journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the days of decolonization, and actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

X Factor
Hi there, I forgot that article was still nominated lol. It's been long! I was told at Talk:Keri Hilson/GA1 that verified Twitter accounts of celebrities can be used. I could not find any reliable sources for the judges audition and super bootcamp dates so you might as well quick fail the article. 0z (talk) 00:29, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * There are only reliable sources for the producer audition dates (which are already used in the article) but none for the judges audition and super bootcamp dates. That's why I used the judges' Twitter accounts. I can't use episodes as sources because auditions and super bootcamp are filmed several months before it's shown on TV. Anyways, thanks for taking an interest in the article but a quickfail is the best option. 0z (talk) 05:43, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 March newsletter
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate  (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr, on the European hare , on the constellation Circinus ( and ) and on the Third Epistle of John. All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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. 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 22:47, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

PR?
Any chance that you would take a look at the Tommy Amaker article at WP:PR?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:42, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Ugh, Tony, you're really going to make me read more about basketball? ;) No, I'd be happy to take a look. This is a good time, since my editing is at a lull with some pending reviews and such. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 13:58, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I was able to get someone to do a copyedit. Feel free to comment at Featured article candidates/Tommy Amaker/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:34, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Could you come by and comment.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:46, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Miss Calypso
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:32, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Congrats!
The moment I saw Maya Angelou's face on the main page, I figured you must be involved. Nice work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:37, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support! Excellent (hi)story! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:44, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you for your featured Maya Angelou article!
Thanks, Gandy, and also to Khazar2 and Gerda above. MLK's murder also has significance for Dr. Angelou; it happened on her birthday and inspired her to write Caged Bird. I'm happy that I was able to honor her in this way. I feel that I must re-create what I wrote on her article's talk page; see.

Belated congrats!
Hi Christine, I peeked at the main page from work yesterday (forgetting the date entirely) and was thrilled to see Maya Angelou there! You've really done stellar work, not only on that page, but on all the related Angelou pages. Be proud girl! Truthkeeper (talk) 21:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

DRN organisers
Hello. I am just letting you know that I've made a proposal to create a rotating DRN organiser-style role that would help with the day-to-day running of DRN. As you are a listed volunteer at DRN, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this, and the other open proposals at DRN. You can read more about it here. Thanks! Steven Zhang  Help resolve disputes! 00:13, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Healthy Habits for Life
Hi... were you informed about this merge proposal? You didn't comment one way or another, so I'm guessing not. I don't see anything more than maybe a sentence fitting into the larger SS article, but I do think at least part of this content is notable enough to be somewhere. It's tempting to file an entry into Requests for undeletion to try and reverse things. -- Zanimum (talk) 12:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I did see it, but then it slipped my mind because I was distracted by other things. I do think there are too many non-notable Sesame Street articles, but I'm willing to accept consensus.  I certainly don't think that the silliness about Cookie Monster is notable enough.  Obviously, no one else thought it was important to comment on.  That being said, much of the content can be summarized into another article, like Educational goals of Sesame Street instead of in the main article. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 13:23, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

The Cockroaches
GA is now on hold pending changes from my review. You have one week from the review date to make those changes. Have fun.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 11:43, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Glenn A. Baker wrote the liner notes for St. Patrick's Day 10am, you may be able to use his comments to help with this article.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 02:38, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, you've probably noticed that I've started working on the review. Do you have access to the liner notes?  If so, you can download and put them on Google docs as a reference, like what was done here: . Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 02:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Nah, saw it on-line, possibly illegal photo so I can't give you a url either.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Your edit to The Wiggles article
In your 21:38, 27 April 2013, edit to the introduction section of The Wiggles article you changed one sentence to read "Page, Cook, and Fatt, retired, although they retained their shareholding in the group and periodically performed and wrote for them". It is incorrect to say Greg Page retained his shareholding, he has definitely sold it - there are published references to this fact, for example a 21 December 2012, article in The Sydney Morning Herald called "Yellow sub: Greg resurfaces" that references Pages shareholding sales.

Also I am almost certain that none of the three retirees "performed" - as in went on stage - after their retirement - unless there is a supporting reference for that. They are still involved in the creative side.

I didn't want make any changes myself, but thought I'd bring these points to your attention for your consideration/comments. Cheers Melbourne3163 (talk) 00:10, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You're right, of course; that's what I get for editing the lead before the body, and for editing while I'm miserable with a cold. Actually, they are still performing; Jeff has appeared in a couple of videos, and both he and Murray have backed the group since their retirement.  But the source doesn't state that, but instead states that all three are still involved in the creative side.  The lead now reflects that.  Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:17, 28 April 2013 (UTC)


 * No worries, interesting that Jeff and Murray are doing some performance work. Hope your cold clears up real soon! Melbourne3163 (talk) 17:11, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Me, too.  Yes, Jeff makes a surprise appearance in this video: ] Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:20, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * That's funny, he looks different without his skivvy. Must show the grandkids, they'll like that. Thanks. Melbourne3163 (talk) 05:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Haloo
Shoulda toldja I'd mentioned ya at Featured article candidates/Millennium Force/archive2. Sorry bout dat, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:43, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, figure skating is fun! Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:43, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I saw it, so no worries. Glad that I was able to give my support.  I wouldn't know; I've probably skated about two times, both when I was a kid, and I fell so many times that I decided I didn't want to do it anymore.  Says a lot about me, I know.  I do love watching it, though, hence the username.  I've been to two National Championships, both times in Spokane, Washington, in 2007 and 2010.  Life-changing, let me tell you. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:17, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

FA Thanks
On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your editorial contributions to Juwan Howard, which has recently become a WP:FA.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 08:03, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 April newsletter
We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and  claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place and second place  both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. 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. 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 16:11, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Heart of a Woman FAC
Responded there, thanks. Good luck, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:30, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

About your edits on Phillip Wilcher
Please do not revert my edits back to the one in November 2012 again. My edits had info that was not unsourced by any means, and reverting an article-improving edit back to an original three-section older version is a really ridiculous thing to do. EditorE (talk) 11:37, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * My apologies. I thought that The Age reference (ref 3) wasn't formatted correctly, and I made a mistake.  I didn't mean to revert back to the version with the deletion notice, since I agree that it should remain (which I've gone on record saying) and thought that I fixed it.  Please chalk it up to being over-protective of The Wiggles articles and to being used to malicious edits.  I'll trust that your improvements to this article are valid and won't interfere again. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:45, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

SheiKra FAC
Hello, I've been following the past 2 reviews for Millennium Force FAC nomination and I was wondering if you could take a look at the SheiKra article (which is very close in terms of content/topic to Millennium Force) and leave some sort of opinion. This is the second time I am nominating the article as the first review was closed due to a lack of consensus and I am trying to prevent that from happening again. If you can't review the article, no worries. :) -- Dom497 ( talk ) 02:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Freedom of speech
There is a WikiProject about Freedom of speech, called WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:02, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech
 * 1) List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech.
 * 2) Add userbox User Freedom of speech to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
 * 3) Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 4) Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
 * 5) Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre
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re Gather Together FAC
Hi Cirt, hope your summer is going well. Since you reviewed The Heart of a Woman, I thought you might be interested in the fact that I currently have another one up for FAC, but it's dangerously close to failing due to lack of support. Would you mind going over there and taking a look. I appreciate it. Let me know how I can assist you in your current projects here. Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:06, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay I'll take a look at the article soon and see if I can leave some comments. As far as assisting me in my current projects here, I generally post notices to relevant WikiProject talkpages, and as well to my own user talk page, with updates on my quality-improvement-drives and stages of discussion for those articles where participation is appreciated. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:30, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Street GAng on GAhold
GA on Hold, please see notes at the GA Review page.
 * Talk:Street Gang/GA1

Please respond below the GA review, and not interspersed among the individual recommendation points, thanks! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:09, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Will do, if not this afternoon definitely tomorrow.  Would you mind going to the FAC you reviewed for me, too? Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

re Street Gang and stuff
Okay, will revisit those two things soon.

As far as assisting me in my current projects here, I generally post notices to relevant WikiProject talkpages, and as well to my own user talk page, with updates on my quality-improvement-drives and stages of discussion for those articles where participation is appreciated. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:41, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Added a tiny bit more at Talk:Street Gang/GA1. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:06, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Replied there with a couple suggestions, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:37, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Passed as GA. Nice job, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:59, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Recruitment Centre Now Open
Due to a personal emergency, I've opened the Recruitment Centre a bit early. There are currently 3 users that would like to learn how to review nominations who can be found here. Because there are only 3 recruitees and 8 recruiters at this time, please limit the number of recruiters you handle to one (just for now). If you have any questions feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks for volunteering!-- Dom497 ( talk ) 18:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Ok, so there's been a minor change in plans. Instead of asking a recruitee to be their recruiter, wait for them to message you and then accept or decline (accepting is preferable).-- Dom497 ( talk ) 23:49, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Request For You to Be My Recruiter
Hi! I am not sure I am doing this properly but I wanted to ask you to be my recruiter with the Good Article Recruitment Centre. Thank you. --BuzyBody (talk) 00:43, 19 June 2013 (UTC)


 * BB, I went ahead and created a sub-page for you, as per the Centre's instructions: WikiProject Good articles/Recruiter Central/Archives/BuzyBody. The next thing to do is to write up the quiz for you; I'll do that shortly and put it on the sub-page.  My first set of instructions are already there.  Warning: I may be able to create the quiz today, but I'm looking towards a busy weekend away from the computer, so I may not be able to "score" it until Monday.  Then we'll get you introduced to the GA nominations page and I'll start to mentor you.  Welcome! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:58, 21 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I completed the first set of instructions and am ready for the quiz (I hope!) Thanks :)--BuzyBody (talk) 16:32, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry I haven't moved on this yet; weekend busier than normal, and today I had to deal with RL and with a pending FAC. You should also know that I'm in the Wikicup and need to focus on moving to the next round this week.  I'll do my best to demonstrate a review for you, since I plan on using a couple for it this week.  Thanks for your patience. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 00:17, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, I completed my quiz. Thanks--BuzyBody (talk) 00:26, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Recruiter for GA Review
Hello Christine. I have recently begun reviewing GA nominees. I saw your name on the list of recruiters from the Recruitment Centre and am very interested in being your recruitee - I liked that are open to a variety of article topics and are well-experienced with the GA nominee process. I look forward to hearing from you. Cheers! -- domest icen ginerd 04:30, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Christine. First, I wanted to thank you for responding to my questions in Step One in GA mentorship program. Second, wanted to let you know that I completed the quiz. Hope all is well! -- domest icen ginerd 23:03, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

June 2013
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Works by Maya Angelou
I hope you don't mind, but I created stubs for several additional works by Angelou. They are incredibly minimal, which I know bothers some contributors, but I believe a stub is better than nothing (and technically, entries should not be included in navboxes if articles do not exist for those subjects). I created the stubs for these two reasons. Keep doing what you do! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:57, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * No, I don't mind either way. It's always been my intention to create those articles, anyway.  For example, I am, as we speak, in the middle of drafting Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (pay no attention to the sandbox title; I don't), one of the stubs you created.  All I have to do, when I'm finished, is cut-and-paste.  I know that the purpose of redlinks and stubs is to encourage this kind of thing, so I'm good with either one.  Eventually, I want to expand all of those potential articles and see if they can ever get past stubs.  Some won't, but I've been surprised by articles before.  You keep it up too, AB! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:53, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

GA on Hold Talk:Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie/GA1
GA on Hold, please see notes at Talk:Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie/GA1.
 * Talk:Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie/GA1

NOTE: Please respond below the entire GA Review, and not interspersed throughout, thanks!

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:52, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Re: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
Hi Christine. I am not sure which tags you think I placed on the article. Can you provide a diff? I do not often "tag" articles, nor do I list references the way they appear on All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (I usually include inline citations and then just input the "reflist" command at the bottom of the article). Also, I cannot figure out why the section is italicized--I searched the entire article for double apostrophe marks to determine if any were misplaced, but found none... Perplexing. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:22, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh great! It looks as though you found the source of the problem. I am not familiar with the 'cite id' format, so I don't believe I made those edits. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:36, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Yah, which caused a new set of issues, which I solved by taking the easy way out and reverting to a more simple citation format. Gad, I hate hate hate citation templates.  They cause more trouble than they solve, and are way too confusing and unwieldy.  Sorry for bothering you with it, but thanks for the support. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:54, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Was not a bother, just wish I could have helped more... -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:38, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Omni DYK
Thanks for the review, Christine. Please add a DYKtick when you have a chance so it can go on its merry way: Template:Did you know nominations/Virtuix Omni. (Also it's not just a video game article, it's the future! But also a video game article. I'm working more on education articles once this batch goes through.) czar &middot;  &middot;  00:22, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the oversight. I don't have enough experience with nominating and reviewing DYKs, so I tend to forget stuff.  Thanks for the assist.  Yes, I believe there are too many video game articles on WP, but I also believe the more articles, the better.  DYK is a hot mess, so I try to do a good job reviewing them.  Good luck in your future editing endeavors! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:37, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Bill Cosby in advertising/GA2
Just a heads up that I think I finished everything yesterday. -- Zanimum (talk) 01:15, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
The DYK project (nominate) 11:37, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Passed Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie as GA
Passed Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie as WP:GA.

Thanks for such responsiveness to my comments during the GA Review process.

Congratulations!

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:50, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you thank you thank you! This now takes me over the top to qualify for the next Wikicup round. I appreciate your responsiveness as well, and for taking time out of your busy-ness to help me out in this way. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:52, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 June newsletter
We are down to our final 16: the 2013 semi-finals are upon us. A score of 321 was required to survive round 3, further cementing this as the most competitive WikiCup yet; round 3 was survived in 2012 with 243 points, in 2011 with 76 points and in 2010 with 250 points. The change may in part be to do with the fact that more articles are now awarded bonus points, in addition to more competitive play. Reaching the final has, in the past, required 573 points (2012, a 135% increase on the score needed to reach round 4), 150 points (2011, a 97% increase) and 417 points (2010, a 72% increase). This round has seen over a third of participants claiming points for featured articles (with seven users claiming for multiple featured articles) and most users have also gained bonus points. However, the majority of points continue to come from good articles, followed by did you know articles. In this round, every content type was utilised by at least one user, proving that the WikiCup brings together content contributors from all corners of the project.

Round 3 saw a number of contributions of note. claimed the first featured topic points in this year's competition for her excellent work on topics related to Maya Angelou, the noted American author and poet. We have also continued to see high-importance articles improved as part of the competition: was awarded a thoroughly well-earned 560 points for her featured article Middle Ages and 102 points for her good article Battle of Hastings. Good articles James Chadwick and Stanislaw Ulam netted 102 and 72 points respectively, while 72 points were awarded to  for each of Władysław Sikorski and Emilia Plater, both recently promoted to good article status. Collaborative efforts between WikiCup participants have continued, with, for example, and  being awarded 180 points each for their featured article on Boletus luridus.

A rules reminder: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on the 29/30 June, which may be claimed in this round. 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. We are currently seeing concern about the amount of time people have to wait for reviews, especially at GAC- if you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:20, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Good Article reviewer recruit
Christine, I noticed when I posted on Domesticenginerd's talk page to point out that a GA review opened four weeks ago has been untouched since, that you were mentoring this reviewer. I thought I should mention the moribund review here, since it may be part of your mentoring, or perhaps should become part of it. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:07, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Kung Fu Hustle GA Review
Hello, Christine thanks for reviewing Kung Fu Hustle for Good Article Status, I am now currently reading through your review, I have copied your review to my talk page and will tick off each item as I do it. It may take a few days so it will show where I/the other editor is up to. Thanks again Kelvin 101 (talk) 16:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Great. I'll go look.  However, it's customary to respond to a GA review on the review page so that others can refer to it in the future.  My personal preference is to use strike-throughs instead of checks, so I'll use them over there.  If you have any responses to anything, please include them on the review page. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:54, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Recruitment via the Good Article Recruitment Centre
Hi! I wanted to ask you to be my recruiter with the Good Article Recruitment Centre. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you. jcc (tea and biscuits) 18:50, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
I've begun the GA review for Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well; it looks close to ready to promote, but I'd like your thoughts on a few quick points. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:08, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Miss Calypso
The article Miss Calypso you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Miss Calypso for comments about the article. Well done! H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:36, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow, a two-GA day! Very nice. -- Khazar2 (talk) 00:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Yah, actually a first for me! Easy-peasy, which I love.  Thanks, and thanks to Binks for the barnstar below. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:26, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK question
Which hooks did you verify at Template:Did you know nominations/1970 Alabama 500? --Orlady (talk) 16:55, 10 July 2013 (UTC)