User talk:Grapple X/Archive 6

'Wheelchair-bound' vs wheelchair user
Hi Grapple X, I really just wanted to thank you, for the barnstar and the extremely helpful input. (Not sure this is the right place... hope I'm not breaching etiquette.) Also, I'm wondering if it might be a good idea for me to write a couple of paragraphs outlining my reasoning on the terminology, to put... on my user page I guess? Is that a thing? Hope you're having a lovely Friday! Persicifolia (talk) 15:05, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Not a breach of anything, always happy to get talk page messages. Having a quiet day in the office and about to head home for Halloween weekend here in Ireland. As to your user page, I think the editors responsible for the MOS:DISAB guideline probably put it best; the relevant section there says The phrases confined to a wheelchair and wheelchair-bound should be avoided as they frame the disability and the assistive device in a negative light. [...] Users tend to regard their wheelchairs as instruments of liberation, not confinement. They would literally be confined if they did not use wheelchairs. Essentially the "confined" and "bound" verbiage, and words in a similar light, carry an intrinsic negative connotation, like a cell or a cage, instead of seeing it as a means to convey oneself. I can't swim, but I doubt anyone would insist that I am "confined" to a boat, nor that Jonnie Peacock et al are "confined" to prostheses. It's one of those wordings that we gain nothing from keeping—it's a bit of an aside but I'm also in favour of gender-neutral language and while I disagree with terms like "actress" or "comedienne", there is at least the narrow case where someone can tell gender at a glance with them, there is some grounds for practicality there, but in these cases you don't have that, the "bound" terminology offers nothing informative that isn't conveyed by wording centred on "user/using" language. That's my two pence on it anyway. Hope you're getting to grips with Wikipedia well enough so far. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:21, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I hear Halloween is quite a thing in Ireland. My kids will be home any moment, we're very much looking forward to Halloween too, which is going to make it impossible to keep up with this this evening - I already lost two edits over on that other page! Yes you're probably right - there are other nuances but I suspect they won't be of interest to anyone really determined to carry on with the 'bound' thing. Wheelchairs seem to hold a real horror for many non-disabled people, as a symbol of something, and using one oneself is a very different experience. The words 'bound' and 'confined' very much reflect that non-disabled perspective I think. Wikipedia is an utterly fascinating place, I am so glad it exists but wonder if I'm made of stern enough stuff! Persicifolia (talk) 16:15, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * You've definitely jumped into the deep end—not a bad thing for sure but getting into policy/manual of style debates is probably one of the more frustrating things you can come up against, so don't let it dissuade you even if it doesn't turn out well now. There's a march of progress with these things and although I already posted a few style guides to highlight it, more and more bodies will inevitably follow suit, if this isn't enough today, there'll be a time when, say, the Associated Press or major dictionaries, etc, include it as standard too. There is no deadline, after all. Enjoy the weekend with the kids, though. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 16:52, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * This was just what I needed to hear, you are absolutely right, thank you. I did jump into the deep end - without really meaning to. I've read through the history of some incremental changes made here, articles like the one originally called 'Tulsa race riots' (I think), and of course progress is generally slow and steady. And I made a lot of edits on this, with only two reversions so far which is really heartening. And no pushback on the Laurence Olivier, Harper Lee or Morrissey articles! Anyway, your message, fish and chips, very loud small daughters and things calming down here did the trick. Persicifolia (talk) 23:29, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Everything happens by inches here. I do think though that the weight of sources is good right now, I hadn't realised until today for example that the AP Stylebook reflected this, and that's a big bellwether for writing styles. Unfortunately I'm fish-and-chipless here but I can't win them all. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 23:56, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

I hope you've had a lovely Halloween weekend, we have - in real life anyway. I think the discussions over this are perhaps affecting me more than I realised though. This is not theoretical for me as you know, and the point at which I got the word 'lame' pejoratively applied to me for the first time in my disabled life is probably the point at which I should have exited. You've been doing sterling work. But there does seem to be, just as you predicted, a determination to dig heels in over this, which given only one of my 100+ edits was ever reverted is frustrating. It's perhaps a very loud minority, but I don't think many wheelchair users will be able to stomach the tenor of the discussion, me included. The presumption that it is the 'other' being discussed, that we are not in the room as our bodies are being discussed, is overwhelming. Persicifolia (talk) 01:05, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry it's been affecting you but also not surprised. Other conventions took a lot of wrangling to reach the right conclusion, for example the current guidelines at MOS:DEADNAME took a lot of thrashing out and still to this day see needless pushback in places. It'll get there, and having high-quality sources like the AP Stylebook to refer to should make it an inevitability. Please don't feel like you need to endure any kind of insult though; WP:NPA is your friend here and civility policies are not optional. I'm glad you had a good Halloween though; for me, the football results made it more trick than treat but between pumpkins and a few bags of leftover Swizzels I should be fit to indulge for a while. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 01:20, 1 November 2021 (UTC)


 * It's fish and chips night over here, which I think means this has been going on for at least a week. I keep wanting to (metaphorically) throw you orange slices - or whatever it is they do to sustain thirsty marathon runners (I am not up with sport). Hope all's well over there. Persicifolia (talk) 22:00, 5 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Orange slices will forever remind me of the joke about a young lad called up to play first-team football for the first time; when the manager tells him he's starting the game but he'll be pulled off at half time he says "it's nice of you to offer, but a slice of orange is enough". But a week unfortunately is nothing in wikipedia-time—things move slowly, which can have its ups and downs, in that not being on all the time won't leave anyone in the dust because things have suddenly changed overnight but it also means that things that should have happened yesterday are still in the future. Still, I hope your first few weeks of being here haven't been all disheartening. There are always projects to look at and work on, especially if you want a break from behind-the-scenes policy stuff too. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 22:22, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Today's TFA
It's all about you! Is your username actually named after this operation, or is it just a coincidence? &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 10:02, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It me! Yes, the username is taken from the bomb test; I also set up this redirect for it. I chuckled when I saw it again. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 10:37, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, very nice. Cheers! &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:00, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for David Arquette in World Championship Wrestling
— Maile (talk) 00:04, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Ronnie Rocket
Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Ronnie Rocket has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the article moving forward.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:58, 16 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Many thanks for taking the time to improve this, it's hugely appreciated. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 22:02, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Feedback for first articles?
Hi Grapple. I saw you've written a number of DYK / GA-class articles and was wondering if I could get some advice? I submitted a few articles to WP:AFC last year and, while most of them were accepted, there's still two I've having trouble with. Draft:International Championship Wrestling (Mississippi) and Draft:National Wrestling Conference have both been rejected due to WP:ESSAY but I don't understand how these articles violate this policy. I've already removed a lot of content from the articles but none of the reviewers have told me what specifically needs to be cut. When I added more newspaper and print sources as suggested by User:Sdrqaz, another reviewer declined the article for "adding more details". If this were a GA-class article what info would need to be cut from these articles? Thanks. 173.162.220.17 (talk) 19:26, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Having a look at Draft:International Championship Wrestling (Mississippi), the first thing I'd look at is the list of alumni and the full title histories; these could, with expansion, be their own articles, and don't need to be presented in full here. Consider taking the alumnus list down to a single prose paragraph mentioning the most noteworthy names for now; the title histories on similar pages tend to just show the last champion of each as well. After that, I'd recommend cutting out anything which is sourced only to Facebook, and trimming or removing the large block quotes—quotes are good and I definitely prefer seeing them instead of non-free pictures, but there is a heavy use of them here which could be scaled back a little. I don't think the overall prose is too long though, but you'll probably find that by focussing less on social media sources like Facebook that it will naturally shrink as some things aren't able to be replaced with reliable sources (WP:PW/RS should point you to some other places to look for reliable replacements though). It's a very interesting subject, though, always interested in more tales of the territory heyday. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 21:38, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

DYK for First circle of hell
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DYK for Second circle of hell
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 * theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 02:18, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Dinogad's smock
Thanks for your feedback re this article, I have actioned all the points you raised, could I just ask you to have a quick look to see that I did the alt texts for the articles correctly? I'm not entirely confident with stuff relating to images...

Boynamedsue (talk) 09:47, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Also, not sure how to add alt text to the picture from the book of Aneirin at the top of the page... --Boynamedsue (talk) 09:49, 19 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Those in the images look fine. As for the infobox, I had a look at the template and it seems for some reason there's no field to enter alt text, which infoboxes usually have. That's a strange one but I wouldn't be confident in playing around with the template code to add that capacity. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 09:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'll leave it that then. Thanks once again for the feedback. Boynamedsue (talk) 12:34, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Greetings!

 * Have a lovely time yourself, and thank you for all your contributions this year. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 12:18, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

 * Have a wonderful time and a happy new year to yourself. 12:18, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy Seasons
No fancy images just a thank you for starting the wheelchair RfC even though it didn't close appropriately it made me think about something I never thought of before it will change my language and perspective. A few people I asked outside Wikipedia "Would you prefer in a wheelchair, wheelchair user or wheelchair bound, they all say user. It's clearly a stereotype while acceptable for individuals to hold, not in written text that has no named author. Oh well, maybe the best thing is a best practice essay and link to it when making changes. -- Green  C  21:07, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Belated seasons greetings to you too. I share the frustration but hopefully it's a case of slowly, slowly catchy monkey and we get to the right place in the end. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 11:03, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Third circle of hell
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 * theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 01:17, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

could you help me out?
I'm looking to nominate SLAPP Suits for FA status; I think I'm almost ready to wrap up the peer review, but could you take a quick look-through and give some thoughts? It'd really be appreciated—thanks so much :D happy new year! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 02:24, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * And a happy new year to you too. Looking at the article it seems in good shape to me. The lead should be tweaked some, however--for an ~1800 word article with several distinct headings it should ideally be broken up into paragraphs; these don't necessarily need to mirror the exact structure of the article but that's a good way to begin; even if you don't add any more content to it, breaking up the single large paragraph would be a good idea. There's a MOS:SANDWICH issue in the "Episode" heading which could be resolved by moving either Oliver's portrait or the external video box--the latter might fit in the "Musical number" heading. It's mostly a point of preference but in terms of critical reviews I tend to prefer giving the critic's name as well as the outlet but that's just something to think about. I'm not known for FA-level prose so I can't really comment on it but it's always a good idea to get another pass over it by a copyeditor just to iron out any issues you might overlook in prose, at a minimum it's another pair of eyes before the nomination. Good luck. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:14, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * gotcha, gotcha, fair enough—thanks so much! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 06:56, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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May Pamphlet
Hi! In your gracious peer review of The May Pamphlet you had left a note to message you when it goes to FAC, so wanted to just give a heads up that it's live at Featured article candidates/The May Pamphlet/archive1, if you have the time/inclination to take another look. Hope all's well, czar  23:49, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries--I can't guarantee I'll get to it tonight but I'll try to get to it before the end of the week. Good luck! ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ

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Fan editor research interview
Hey Grapple X! I hope all is well; it feels like it has been ages. I have a random question for you. I'm currently working on my PhD in library science, and my dissertation is on the information behaviors of fan editors. (Here's a more detailed outline of my project, if you'd like to read about it!) My work is autoethnographic, but I'm also wanting to work qualitative interviewing into the works. Since you're a fan and a pretty prolific editor, I thought you might be a good editor to talk to. Would you be interested in chatting with me about your information experiences (e.g., where you get info, how you determine if something is good quality, etc.) sometime?--Gen. Quon[Talk](I'm studying Wikipedia!) 18:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 1) Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
 * 2) 🇨🇽 AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
 * 3) Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
 * 4) Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
 * 5) Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
 * 6) Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

WP:Peer review of Immortality in fiction
Hi! Back in October, I brought up Immortality in fiction at WT:FAC and was advised to start a WP:Peer review. You offered to take a look at the article. If you're still interested in doing so, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, I understand. TompaDompa (talk) 22:32, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Eraserhead
Hi Grapple. I see you've not been active on WP for a while - hope all is well and you're OK. If you do pop by on the off-chance, you might be interested in this change to the cast in the plot section (Mary's father vs X's father, etc, etc). Hopefully see you back here one day. Thanks!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:49, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Reggie Parks
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Your GA nomination of Reggie Parks
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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
 * Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

A.C. Monza FA candidate
Hey, how's it going? I see you've reviewed football-related articles for FA in recent years. A.C. Monza has been a candidate for over three weeks, and there are almost no comments. I would really appreciate it if you took some time to leave a comment (it doesn't necessarily have to be a full review) :) Nehme1499 21:10, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

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

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Operation Sandwedge scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Operation Sandwedge article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 12, 2022. 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/October 12, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:35, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article, introduced a year ago: "Taking another run with this one, which was last at FAC back in January 2016. At that time it was only half the length it is now, reflecting the paucity of sources available when I was writing it, but some tremendous help from the late Brianboulton identified several texts which contributed to a much more comprehensive overview of a project which never happened. Sandwedge is a minor footnote in the grand scheme of the Watergate affair, but an interesting one, as it inevitably gives rises to the question of "what if". I hope whether any of you take the time to review this or not you at least find it an interesting entry in political history, a quaint reminder of a time when crime in public office was wrong." -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.


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

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Flavius Paulus
Hi, I was wondering if you could help me find a better name for Flavius Paulus. "Flavius" was no longer used as a name by that time (it became a title back in the 4th century), and I believe most sources only call him "Paulus" anyway. I was thinking of something like "Paulus (rex)" or "Paulus (king)", but I'm not sure. Tintero21 (talk) 09:10, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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


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

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

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

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

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:


 * Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
 * Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
 * Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
 * BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie,  Thebiguglyalien,  MyCatIsAChonk,  PCN02WPS, and  AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
 * Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
 * Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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.

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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hello. This is somewhat out of the blue, but you have been absent from Wikipedia for quite some time, so I was just wondering if you are doing okay? PanagiotisZois (talk) 12:20, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-


 * BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
 * Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
 * Epicgenius with 1518 points
 * MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
 * BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
 * AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
 * Sammi Brie with 520 points
 * Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.


 * Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
 * BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
 * LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
 * 🇺🇦 Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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)

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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