User talk:Grapple X/Archive 4

X-Files miniseries
Did you get a chance to watch it yet?-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   05:34, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I haven't yet—I've been working my way through The Sopranos and I'm nearly done, so I'll catch up on it when I finish that. How badly do I need to temper my expectations? G RAPPLE   X  09:31, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't want to spoil anything, but I'll put it this way: I'm pretty sure they've officially goofed up the mythology so much that you just shouldn't give too much attention to those (two) episodes, but from what I hear, the MOTWs are really good (they haven't aired yet).-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   14:29, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Is it as bad as the season 10 comic book? I gave up when those featured everyone suddenly not being dead, and a series of Alaskan pipelines pumping black oil everywhere. The lord wept. G RAPPLE   X  14:53, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't want to influence you, but I really didn't like it at all (like, I was pissed). I'll put it this way: either it's a retread of a 'big twist' they did in the middle of the series' run, or they literally just did a retcon.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   16:07, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I will say I'm cooling down, and I'm really excited for the MOTWs.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   18:58, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Clearing a few things off my to-watch list tonight, I should be caught up enough to watch it in a day or two. G RAPPLE   X  19:57, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * The second episode was really good, so I feel a lot better about it. Also, thanks for the responses to the interview. Finally, have you seen all the rando IPs that are coming out of the wood work and mutilating The X-Files articles? It's annoying to say the least.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   05:31, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Millennium (2015 comic book)
The article Millennium (2015 comic book) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Millennium (2015 comic book) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Miyagawa -- Miyagawa (talk) 10:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Emerods
Hi -- you did the DYK review for that article. If you are satisfied with the changes, perhaps you could uprate the assessment? Excuse me if I'm being pushy -- this is my first DYK submission (although I've done GA's and FA's), and the process will suck up my attention until it is finished. Best regards, Looie496 (talk) 15:54, 19 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I already ticked it as approved from the outset, as it met what it needed to meet already. The suggestion was just on top of that. G RAPPLE   X  17:41, 19 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh I see -- I somehow thought DYKtickAGF is below DYKtick, but I see now that it isn't so. Thanks, Looie496 (talk) 19:06, 19 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh, no, it's for assuming good faith that the source say what the article says they do, since I couldn't view them at work when I reviewed it. G RAPPLE   X  19:43, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

A file for "Ice (The X-Files)"
Hi, I just started watching the series and viewed this episode (amazing, by the way). However, I think a non-free file in the infobox might be helpful (I was thinking one of a worm crawling under the skin with a caption about the wires). Because you were the FAC nominator, I just thought I would run this by you first. What do you think? Johanna (talk to me!) 21:29, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Glad you liked it. There are a few more that follow the same beats later on (like Darkness Falls or Firewalker) but not to the same quality. As for an image, I try to avoid them, but if one is going to be used it needs to be something discussed in the article, so something illustrating the physical effects seems best. G RAPPLE   X  22:19, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Re: New X-Files

 * I think I Want to Believe gets way too much crap. Sure, it's not the best thing out there, but it's a perfectly serviceable movie. As a 'finale' for the series, it's kind of terrible, but now that there are more episodes, I'm content with it. As for the miniseries, "My Struggle" was bad. I liked "Founder's Mutation" quite a bit, though. I've heard that the next episode is supposed to be awesome. We'll see.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   19:07, 31 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Maybe it was me, but I thought "Founder's Mutation" seemed a bit more like Fringe than The X-Files. Not necessarily a bad watch, just a poor fit tonally I think. I'll see what this Were-Monster fella gets up to, though. G RAPPLE   X  13:41, 1 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Have you seen "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster"? I'm very curious to hear your thoughts.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   14:52, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I haven't, it's on my list for tonight. I started checking out season two of Lucha Underground last night instead. G RAPPLE   X  15:02, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Sorry to keep buggin' you about this, but did you get a chance to watch the eps (or at least some more of them).-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   23:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I've seen the first four, not had a chance to see the last two though. I'm kinda putting it roughly on par with season nine, I think. G RAPPLE   X  08:53, 24 February 2016 (UTC)


 * IMHO, the last two were terrible. Just awful. Episodes 2-4 were decent to great, but episodes 1, 5-6 really killed a lot of (if not all of) the goodwill I had towards this. It seems that either a) Chris Carter really just can't write TV anymore, or b) Frank Spotnitz is the only reason many of Carter's episodes worked. Normally, I'm of the opinion that canon is canon, but I have no problem completely pretending like this miniseries never happened.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   16:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The Carter-approved comics were also just so bad. To be honest, I'm not really impressed with any mythology stuff after the first movie; I think they made things seem too big to be as conspiratorial as they needed to be. It makes the tense stuff seem stupid; like, if the syndicate were working with such all-powerful aliens as the super-soldiers, with all this amazing technology, why the need for things like an old-fashioned canary trap in "Herrenvolk"? I dunno. I think Carter should try to take the general tone he wants and try a new conspiracy-based premise, maybe something more political than supernatural; a blank slate would allow him to start again without his usual need to keep upping the ante just yet. G RAPPLE   X  16:11, 24 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I think my biggest issue was the Carter just went, "It's all a lie! None of that was real!", or at least he heavily implied that with the miniseries. That's why, in my mind, it's just poorly made fan fiction, just like the fourth Indiana Jones movie that doesn't exist.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   18:22, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter


That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by, and two each by , , , and. Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by. Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with completing nine.

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WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. ,, and .--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Today's featured article/March 19, 2016
Working on this one now, let me know what you think. - Dank (push to talk) 03:05, 4 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Looks good to me, thanks. G RAPPLE   X  08:57, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of WCW Light Heavyweight Championship
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DYK for WCW Light Heavyweight Championship
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

... and thank you for today's Eraserhead! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Grapple X. I'm just posting to let you know that List of accolades received by Miami Vice – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 25. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards. Giants2008 ( Talk ) 02:39, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter
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Dana Scully
Hey there! As you know, I did some work on the Dana Scully article and expanded it as much as I could. I reckon that after extending the S01-09 section, additional edits and minor tweaks here and there, you could nominate the page to a GA-Class article. Since you did a lot of work on many X-Files pages, I'm sure it won't be a problem for you to expand the needed section(s) and bring the article to where it needs to be. Let me know if you feel that I can help – however, bear in mind that I'm not an X-Phile and my knowledge of the show is very limited.--TonyIsTheWoman (talk) 00:08, 14 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm going to give and  a ping as they had done a lot of work on the sandbox I'd shown you. I do agree it looks close to being taken for review; I could maybe get a pass over it this weekend. And if you're a fan of Gillian Anderson, I would definitely recommend checking out at least the first two or three series of the show. G RAPPLE   X  08:03, 14 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I always meant to get around to working on this, but never really did. :( I'll take a look at what's been done and see if I can help. My time is rather limited at the mo', though, because I'm writing a thesis.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   13:59, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food
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WikiCup 2016 May newsletter


Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by and one by ), four Featured Lists (with three by ), and 53 Good Articles (six by  and five each by, , and ). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by and five by ). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. scored 265 base points, while and  each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, and, broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

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DYK for Chi l'ha vista morire?
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:01, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Oi, nutter!
That other other wiki wants you to use it or lose it. You know the one I mean.

Also I may or may not have called you unpleasant word(s) at your reevaluation, so please feel free to return the favour as promisethreatened.

♥ —Grim Revenant 10:07, 27 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I thought I made it clear I would never use it, never lose it, always abuse it. I'll go set them straight. G RAPPLE   X  10:31, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

A FL nom
Hi Grapple X, a while back I picked your brain about featured lists, and I just put up my first nominee: List of BLM Herd Management Areas. It's pretty big, 270+ annotated items. But I don't know too many of the reviewers in that area and thought you might be interested in looking at this. If you don't want to review it, I'm also open to advice on how to improve it. Thanks! Montanabw (talk) 07:46, 1 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I'll try to get a look over it, though right away I'm seeing that the title might want some amendment; you use "herd management areas" in lower case in the prose and Herd Management Areas in title case in the article name, so that would need to be consistent. Also, your table is presented perfectly in line with accessibility guidelines but the images you use would require alt text. If I get a chance to comb through it during the day I'll try to look at specific details for you. G RAPPLE   X  08:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Good tips. I'll get to work on the alt text.   Montanabw (talk)  01:12, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Grapple X. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Millennium characters – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for September 5. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:21, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Possible Collaboration
Hello Grapple X, I have been working on expanding the article for the iconic horror character Leatherface for a while now and I am in need of some more collaborators to help with expanding this article. There is so much information that needs to be added but I have only a limited number of people (Me and Bignole) currently working on the project. I saw your major contributions to the article on Zombi 2 which was fantastic, so I was wondering if you would be willing to help. I have already created a draft page for use in this expansion which I will include here and there are a list of tasks that need to be done for this article if you are willing to do one of them. It's fine if you are unable to help expand this article, but if you know anyone else that would be good for the project please let me know.--Paleface Jack (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if I've come across any useful sources on the topic, but I can certainly have a look to see if there's anything I can contribute. G RAPPLE   X  07:55, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

FAC voluntary mentoring scheme
During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 18:42, 29 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure how much time I'd be able to devote, and my attempts at FAC usually feature a long preparation period and often take a second attempt, so I might not be the best example to learn from either, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt if I can at least help users see the possible avenues for step by step article improvement on the road to FAC. G RAPPLE   X  07:57, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of In Arcadia Ego
Hello! Your submission of In Arcadia Ego 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) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Citobun (talk) 16:26, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News
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WT:DYK archiving
Grapple X, back on October 5, when you posted a comment on the talk page, your edit also moved part of the archiving code at the top of the page. The bot hasn't archived the page since.

I am restoring the archiving code order in the hopes of getting the bot to properly archive the page during its run this evening. If there was a specific reason for adjusting the order of the code, it doesn't seem to have worked properly. If you do make a change again, please be sure to monitor the results to be sure the archiving continues being done. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:13, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what happened there, but it was certainly unintentional. G RAPPLE   X  16:29, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Collateral Damage (Millennium)
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Your GA nomination of Collateral Damage (Millennium)
The article Collateral Damage (Millennium) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Collateral Damage (Millennium) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Daß Wölf -- Daß Wölf (talk) 03:20, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of In Arcadia Ego
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Your GA nomination of Collateral Damage (Millennium)
The article Collateral Damage (Millennium) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Collateral Damage (Millennium) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Daß Wölf -- Daß Wölf (talk) 17:21, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:
 * First Place -
 * Second Place -
 * Third Place -

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
 * Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
 * Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
 * Featured List – produced 2 FLs in R2
 * Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
 * Featured Portal – produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
 * Featured Topic – and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
 * Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
 * Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
 * In The News – and, each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
 * Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
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Mentoring for FAC Request
Hello! I am reaching out to you as you are listed as a mentor on the Mentoring for FAC page. I would like to nominate "Shine" (Gwen Stefani song) for FAC sometime in the future, and would greatly appreciate feedback from more experienced users as I am still relatively new to Wikipedia. I apologize for the intrusion, and I understand that it is a busy time of the year and that you may not have the time or interest in doing this. Thank you in advance either way! Aoba47 (talk) 19:35, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):
 * First place – $200
 * Second & Third place – $50 each
 * Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address. After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are, , and.

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
 * 🇪🇺 Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
 * 🇯🇵 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
 * Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Precious five years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Zombi 2
That is a wp:content dispute and not vandalism. As such, it is not exempted by WP:3RR which is a BRIGHT LINE. I would suggest you stop. Jim1138 (talk) 23:00, 8 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I sincerely hope I'm not the only party you're reproaching about this. G RAPPLE   X  23:19, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Grapple X. I'm just posting to let you know that List of accolades received by David Lynch – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for May 8. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:24, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
 * 🇯🇵 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
 * Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
 * Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" 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 equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

X-Files stuff + request
Hey there! It's been awhile. I hope everything is good. First off, I can't remember: did you manage to watch the new X-Files episodes? I apologize if I asked, but my memory is foggy. I see that they're doing a season 11 now, too. Second, I'm working on getting Adventure Time up to FA, and I was wondering if you might be able to pop by the FAN page and leave a comment or two? The nomination process seems to have stalled a bit. If you need anything in return, just let me know!-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   13:49, 3 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I caught season ten; I wasn't greatly impressed. Sometimes, dead is better. I'll try in the next day or two to have a duke at your FAC sure. Hope all is well. G RAPPLE   X  14:42, 3 May 2017 (UTC)


 * That was my opinion as well. I was very disheartened. Thanks for the response!-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   16:14, 3 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I hope everything is great. The good news about the FAC is that prose seems to be good, but it has largely stalled due to a need for a source review, and I was wondering if you might be able to peek over some of them? A good number of the sources are simple web sources, and as for all of the stuff that's offline, like books, I've provided quotes within the sources to make fact-checking easier. Thanks, and I totally understand if you're busy.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   20:02, 20 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Checking a few sources now, and I'll add to the nomination when I've them done, but I don't know how much a sampling they'll want. G RAPPLE   X  16:22, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

We'll see what the others say, but I really appreciate what you've added. If you need anything similar, just let me know.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   17:46, 21 May 2017 (UTC)


 * BTW, have you watched any of the new Twin Peaks? I've heard from several associates that it's good.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   18:22, 23 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I haven't yet, I'm planning on rewatching everything first before getting to it. G RAPPLE   X  21:24, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

My last notification was for this talk page a year ago...I signed back in because there was a page I was browsing and saw it needed to be updated a bit, so I figured I might as well do it while logged in (afraid to look at older pages I worked on though because I'm sure trivia and unsourced info has been added...). Anyway, not sure why I was linked a year ago, but I will say I never actually watched the last few Twin Peaks episode but I hope to finally get to them so I can watch the new ones! Glimmer721 talk  02:40, 24 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I believe this is what you got pinged for. Hope you enjoy Twin Peaks—the second season slogs a bit but it ends on a great episode. G RAPPLE   X  07:59, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Gillian Anderson
Hey, man! A discussion has been opened, in case you want to participate. Talk:Gillian Anderson TonyIsTheWoman (talk) 21:57, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Lenzi
Thanks for your input on the Lenzi page. Trying to clean up the filmographies of these Italian guys is a nightmare, but I'm glad people are bigger on having sources than not. Also, thanks again on the Italian budget/gross info too! Appreciated! Andrzejbanas (talk) 23:58, 24 August 2017 (UTC)


 * No worries. I've been trying to edit Italian film articles for years and there's always someone, and it's always an IP, who doesn't care about sourcing or other guidelines. Glad to have some support. G RAPPLE   X  08:24, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Its a kind of fanbase that is really just pulling off of assumed knowledge from word of mouth and stories as there is not a lot of critical or historical overview of these types of films until maybe the mid-200s up. Thankfully, its getting better! Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:59, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Why thank you. Which one were you interested in? G RAPPLE   X  14:21, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 September newsletter
Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

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 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. 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, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

X-Files and Millennium book
I just came across this book. I know that all the season 1-9 episodes are taken care of, but this might be a useful guide for further editing. I also figure it might help with Millennium stuff. (Man, I really need to dive back into those X-Files articles)-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   22:24, 11 September 2017 (UTC)


 * That does look interesting. Having Harsh Realm in it seems neat too. G RAPPLE   X  08:30, 12 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh, I totally missed that. Did you watch that show? I still haven't.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   20:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC)


 * I never did, but I probably should get round to it. G RAPPLE   X  20:25, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

GA Review for The Room (film)
Hi! I was wondering if your offer to review GA nominations for The Room (film) still stands? If not I understand, as your previous offer was 6 years ago ~_~ Either way, thanks for the effort you put into your review the first time as I was able to use the feedback for some of the work I put into the article as well! Jeanjung212 (talk) 14:54, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
 * First Place -
 * Second Place -
 * Third Place -

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
 * Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
 * Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
 * Featured List – and  both produced 2 FLs in R2
 * Featured Pictures – improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
 * Featured Topic – has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
 * Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
 * Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
 * In The News – had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
 * Good Article Review – completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - please send  an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
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GOCE February 2018 news
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WikiCup 2018 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🇺🇸 Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
 * 🇮🇳 Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🇮🇳 Numerounovedant, Carbrera, 🇳🇱 Farang Rak Tham and 🇷🇴 Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 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.

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. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Precious six years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Portals
The Portals WikiProject has been rebooted.

You are invited to join, and participate in the effort to revitalize and improve the Portal system and all the portals in it.

There are sections on the WikiProject page dedicated to tasks (including WikiGnome tasks too), and areas on the talk page for discussing the improvement and automation of the various features of portals.

Many complaints have been lodged in the RfC to delete all portals, pointing out their various problems. They say that many portals are not maintained, or have fallen out of date, are useless, etc. Many of the !votes indicate that the editors who posted them simply don't believe in the potential of portals anymore.

It's time to change all that. Let's give them reasons to believe in portals, by revitalizing them.

The best response to a deletion nomination is to fix the page that was nominated. The further underway the effort is to improve portals by the time the RfC has run its course, the more of the reasons against portals will no longer apply. RfCs typically run 30 days. There are 19 days left in this one. Let's see how many portals we can update and improve before the RfC is closed, and beyond.

A healthy WikiProject dedicated to supporting and maintaining portals may be the strongest argument of all not to delete.

We may even surprise ourselves and exceed all expectations. Who knows what we will be able to accomplish in what may become the biggest Wikicollaboration in years.

Let's do this.

See ya at the WikiProject!

Sincerely,   &mdash; The Transhumanist   10:21, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
 * Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
 * 🇮🇳 Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
 * Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
 * Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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. 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

En Ami
Hi, I added some thoughts about spoilers on the talk page and thought you might want to weigh in since you recently edited. Ultimahero (talk) 04:15, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much
The RfC discussion to eliminate portals was closed May 12, with the statement "There exists a strong consensus against deleting or even deprecating portals at this time." This was made possible because you and others came to the rescue. Thank you for speaking up.

By the way, the current issue of the Signpost features an article with interviews about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

I'd also like to let you know that the Portals WikiProject is working hard to make sure your support of portals was not in vain. Toward that end, we have been working diligently to innovate portals, while building, updating, upgrading, and maintaining them. The project has grown to 80 members so far, and has become a beehive of activity.

Our two main goals at this time are to automate portals (in terms of refreshing, rotating, and selecting content), and to develop a one-page model in order to make obsolete and eliminate most of the 150,000 subpages from the portal namespace by migrating their functions to the portal base pages, using technologies such as selective transclusion. Please feel free to join in on any of the many threads of development at the WikiProject's talk page, or just stop by to see how we are doing. If you have any questions about portals or portal development, that is the best place to ask them.

If you would like to keep abreast of developments on portals, keep in mind that the project's members receive updates on their talk pages. The updates are also posted here, for your convenience.

Again, we can't thank you enough for your support of portals, and we hope to make you proud of your decision. Sincerely,  &mdash; The Transhumanist   09:43, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

P.S.: if you reply to this message, please ping me. Thank you. -TT

June 2018 GOCE newsletter
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WikiCup 2018 July newsletter
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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. 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Untitled Tom Cruise Project listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Untitled Tom Cruise Project. Since you had some involvement with the Untitled Tom Cruise Project redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- wooden superman  10:30, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

August GOCE newsletter
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WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:


 * Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
 * Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
 * Other contestants who qualified for the final round were 🇲🇭 Nova Crystallis, Iazyges,  SounderBruce,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack and 🇺🇸 Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

The Complete X-Files
Hope you're doin' well! I'm going through many of The X-Files pages that I've worked on in the past and copy-editing/rephrasing sections, cleaning up citations, etc. I don't have Hurwitz and Knowles The Complete X-Files on me at the moment. Do you still happen to have a PDF copy?-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)  03:26, 25 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Hey man, sorry to take so long to get back to you. No, I'm afraid I don't have it to hand. G RAPPLE   X  22:17, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Mentoring for FA
Hello, I have spent a lot of time trying to improve Scarface (1932 film) for Featured article. I tried approaching a mentor and submitting a peer review request over a month ago, but haven't heard anything back. Would you be interested in helping me through the nomination and improvement process? I got my article promoted to good article, but this would be my first featured article nomination. If you would be willing to help, I would appreciate it. If not, do you know any other editor who would be interested? Thank you! Skyes(BYU) (talk) 19:33, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Help Needed: Expanding Begotten
Hello Grapple X, I've been working on expanding the article on the 1990 Experimental horror film Begotten via a separate "revision draft" I made especially for this task. I've got a lot done on it, however there are things that need to be worked on and some sources that I cannot seem to acquire. Since you helped expand several articles including the one on Eraserhead, I was wondering if you could help me out with this. I will add the link to the revision draft Here so you can take a look (The talk page is where I post a lot of the tasks needed to complete the article). Let me know if you're interested or if you know someone that can help.--Paleface Jack (talk) 16:09, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

December 2018 GOCE newsletter
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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!
Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. 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 make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are, , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

GOCE 2018 Annual Report
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

March GOCE newsletter
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WikiCup 2019 May newsletter
The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, and  Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
 * Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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. 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Millennium
Portal:Millennium, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Millennium and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Millennium during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

GOCE June newsletter
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TFA
This is to let you know that the Ice (The X-Files) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for June 14, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/June 14, 2019.—Wehwalt (talk) 15:51, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for Ice (The X-Files)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:50, 14 June 2019 (UTC)