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Your GA nomination of Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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Your GA nomination of Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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DYK nomination of Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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George R. Hunt Somerset cricketer
I'm working on the Somerset cleanup list where George R. Hunt has just appeared with a banner about lack of inline citations. There is a link to George Hunt at Cricket Archive - but I don't have a subscription do you? There is also some info at Cricinfo but gives a different date of death. Could you take a look and se if you can improve the article?&mdash; Rod talk 17:11, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I should have a book with some more details as well as a Cricket Archive subscription. Will try to add at least enough to remove that tag tonight. Harrias  talk 17:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. If you are getting the books out Somerset County Cricket Club is still carrying an additional citations banner..&mdash; Rod talk 19:11, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Harrias, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh 666 22:02, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Vanamonde (talk) 12:03, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Unlocked
Hi there! I wondered if you'd have time to leave some comments on my FAc above? Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 20:41, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics
Alex ShihTalk 00:02, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red October editathon invitation
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Collingwood
FYI, I've left a note on the talk page recommending FAR. It's not irretrievable but someone needs to look after it and bring it up to date. And to be fair, it's in a better shape than poor old Harbhajan. Sarastro1 (talk) 20:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

The Rambling Man
I'm pretty disappointed to see that you now seem to be aiding and abetting the dictatorial behaviour against TRM, with this revert. You say: May I remind you that TRM has email disabled, currently. So what happens then? Maybe we could shove on a bit of atmospheric music, sit around in a circle, and hum our thoughts out to him in the hope that he receives them while he's down in the frozen food isle of his local Sainsbury's? It's all pretty pathetic stuff.  Cassianto Talk   07:53, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * "we could shove on a bit of atmospheric music, sit around in a circle, and hum our thoughts out to him in the hope that he receives them while he's down in the frozen food isle of his local Sainsbury's" I actually lol'd. Not sure humor was what you were going for, but thank you. I needed a good laugh. It's been a long day. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) If you reply here, please ping me by using  in your reply. 08:02, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I was being absurd, but I can see how you found it funny; laughing is quite often a by-product of someone being absurd, and absurdity is certainly something that has been obvious during this utter pantomime.  Cassianto Talk   08:14, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I have no words!, At this point I've lost faith in this place and the way things are dealt with here, If there was ever "making a point" this is it!, Utterly pathetic. – Davey 2010 Talk 11:40, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Apologies; I did not realise that TRM's email was disabled, otherwise I wouldn't have made such a comment. However, the talk page was blocked for a specific reason, and using the user page to circumvent that was clearly inappropriate. Harrias  talk 11:47, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The reason being what, exactly? To stifle discussion around Gorilla Warefare's blatant display of dictatorial behaviour? The resentment that so many people would show support for TRM whilst at the same time, show contempt for the ArbCom dictatorship, currently in congress? The recent closure of the discussion at ANI without even so much as a hint of consideration towards actually concluding the matter?   Cassianto Talk   12:11, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Please enlighten us humble folk how showing support for a prolific contributor to the project is “clearly inappropriate.” Mr Ernie (talk) 19:35, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I can answer that - Because we're not here to show support whatsoever - We're here to beat everyone with spades and block those that help here the most. – Davey 2010 Talk 20:19, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Mr Harrias' silence here is deafening.  Cassianto Talk   20:44, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Mr Harrias had house-guests yesterday, but feel free to continue to make assumptions of bad faith, it'll really help convey your argument. FWIW, the protection I placed has nothing to do with my opinion of TRM or even of those posting messages. I have always got on very well with TRM, who has been poorly treated by some on this site. However, the fact remains that talk page protection was applied for a reason (most, if not all of you have been active on 's talk page, so you can't plausible deny knowledge of the reason given). Given that protection is there it is inappropriate to try and get around the protection by placing talk message on a user page. The user page is clearly not meant for that, and to post messages there is an intentional evasion of the protection placed. If you have a serious issue with it, then I would welcome a community review of the decision. Harrias  talk 07:57, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

A majority of editors felt the reason was invalid. Do you think what you did improved the project? Mr Ernie (talk) 14:45, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That be as it may, you took part in the discussion that culminated in a multi-admin closure determining not to overturn that protection. Continuing the argument here is going to gain you nothing; I'd advise you get on with your life. Harrias  talk 15:33, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I don’t think I was that familiar with you before this incident. I hoped that you might be different than the lot who seem to ride the rules to the letter and use your tools instead of discussing. I see now that I was mistaken. I’m off to “get on with my life.” Thanks for the discussion. Mr Ernie (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Promotion of England cricket team Test results (1920–1939) as a FL
Hi Harrias, I just wanted to drop you a note of congratulations on getting this list promoted. Third time's a charm indeed! I have been on holidays in the USA for the last three weeks and have just returned to editing now. Cheers – Ianblair23 (talk) 22:42, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2016 Women's Cricket Super League
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Your GA nomination of 2016 Women's Cricket Super League
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Vinny Lauwers
Can't believe no article for this individual, first disabled person to sail non-stop, solo and unassisted around the world. I suspect some of those other red-linked individuals will meet GNG too, having been nominated for Laureus they must have done some pretty impressive stuff... (P.S. you really should update your talkpage note about being busy in the rest of 2016...!) The Rambling Man (talk) 07:14, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note; removed that! I'm planning to do some redlink bashing over the weekend; I reckon they all must be notable, though I guess finding sources for some might be a challenge; we'll see! Harrias  talk 08:11, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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Laureus
Cool, thanks. I've done the men's now, and my next task will be the teams, unlikely to get a lot of time until Monday though. Let me know if you need a hand with the disabled list, otherwise I think we've got a featured topic en route here... (the main article sucks like a sucky thing though...). The Rambling Man (talk) 21:58, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * This is definitely FT worthy, but we'll need to scratch heads on how to turn the main article into something useful, if you're interested... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/Robot Hall of Fame/archive1
Calling in a favour, any chance you could have a look at this list? It's somewhat stalled.... Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:52, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll take a look tomorrow. Harrias  talk 21:54, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Bingo, thanks a lot Harrias, there may be a couple more TRM lists coming out which I'd also appreciate a honest view on, really pleased to see the Winter Olympics medal list pass tonight, that's a good bit of work. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:01, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Harrias, I just wish to also add my congratulation on getting 1924 Winter Olympics medal table promoted to feature list status. Congratulations! – Ianblair23 (talk) 00:51, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
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Coote Hedley
Hi. I was about to come here and ask you to double check through the edits I've made to Hedley's page just now - and I see you've added something already. I've knocked a few things out and moved some things around - not sure if it's quite right, although it does give way more emphasis to his service career which I think is probably fair. You're much more in the know re Somerset and have way more experience of taking these sorts of things up the quality scale than me. I haven't included a table of his centuries - I was tempted... ;-) Blue Square Thing (talk) 16:22, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I was going to add a bit more, but was worried that we would edit conflict with each other, so held back. Will have a poke through a couple of my books later and give more substance, rather than just numbers, to his time at Somerset.
 * Can we include all his five-wicket hauls in the table too? :P Harrias  talk 16:24, 4 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Sounds good - I'm pretty much done I think - can't work out if the bit about him giving a job to TH Lawrence should be in or not? Blue Square Thing (talk) 16:37, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Izzy Westbury GAR
Harrias, you took the first step in starting a GAR by adding the GAR template to Talk:Izzy Westbury, but you never created an actual review page, either as a community or individual reassessment. If you plan to go ahead with the GAR, please continue the process with the review page; if not, you can always revert your addition of the GAR template, as you did with another article at about the same time you started this nomination and also completed the creation of the review page for a third nom. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:26, 5 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I've never done any work on GAR or similar so I don't know where to start with these. I can see with the Buttler one the sorts of things that need to be done - what's the form: go ahead and do them or suggest them on the GAR? If they need to be suggested as we talking very general terms (cut out the tables and the over-detail in the England section, bring up to date) or do I need to go through point by point? If there's a guide to such things, even better... Ta. Blue Square Thing (talk) 10:39, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Me neither, but I think it basically depends on what you'd rather do! If you're happy to do the work to get it up to spec, then just crack on and do it; if you can see further problems I haven't brought up, but don't have the time or inclination to fix them, then list them on the GAR in the hope that it will give someone else a blueprint to improve it. From what I can see, it's a pretty WP:NODEADLINE style process; there is still one open from April! Harrias  talk 11:01, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Laureus stuff
Well, we've now got something like nine or ten soon-to-be FLs here, I'm starting to scrap most of the main article at Laureus World Sports Awards. I'm thinking WP:FTC before Xmas? Any chance you could help with the main article (which is pretty naff)? No worries if not, just let me know if you'd be so kind. Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 21:19, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll definitely help out: I've got family stuff this weekend, so won't be around too much, but should be relatively active after that. Harrias  talk 21:26, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Brilliant, as ever, no rush, no worries, just what you can when you can. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:33, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Regarding GAC

 * Cheers! I've had a fair bit of time lately when the combination of time and brainpower that I've had haven't really let me write articles, so I thought I'd turn my efforts to making the Sports article GA backlog shorter. Harrias  talk 11:15, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Citation needed on Jos Buttler
A citation needed has been added to Jos Buttler which makes it show up on the Somerset cleanup list. Do you have a source for the claim that "Buttler was dropped from the Test side during 2016, whilst continuing to be the first-choice ODI and T20 wicket-keeper."?&mdash; Rod talk 21:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm working my way slowly through this. Not sure if it's really along the right lines or not and I think it's going to take absolutely ages - weeks at least - and it'll clearly need coming back to properly at the end and sweeping (and I know the referencing style will need revisiting totally as well - I'm just adding them as I go for now). Hopefully it'll get there... Blue Square Thing (talk) 11:38, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I've been watching your good work. I'll pop into the article when I get a chance, but as I mentioned further down my talk page, the combination of time and brain power I have right now isn't very conducive to article writing, so I'm spending most of my time on site reviewing at the moment. The main thing at the moment is to get the article in the right shape, the polish work can be done at the end, as you say, and is something I don't mind doing. Harrias  talk 11:46, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018
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FLC review request
Hey Harrias, good news on the main Laureus article, now a GA. In other news, I was wondering if you'd have any time to review World Rugby Player of the Year? It's been lingering a bit with no interest, and I'd like to get that out of the way (along with the two Laureus lists which are almost there now, and I understand you may not wish to get too involved with those) before moving onto the next Laureus attempts... No problem if not, just thought it was worth an ask. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * As requested. Harrias  talk 22:13, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

GA pass
You did not complete the processing of the WP:GA for Zak Irvin.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:09, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

FL counts
High five. Bed time. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:26, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree on both counts (so to speak). Harrias  talk 23:33, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hitendra Narayan
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Your GA nomination of Hitendra Narayan
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Five years of adminship
Wishing Harrias a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 23:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Laureus disability list
It got promoted. Yay. Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss it, hope you're ok. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:18, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yay indeed, good news! Things are getting better at home, but still probably going to be pretty quiet around here until the new year. Harrias  talk 22:10, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well in that case, take my best wishes for the season and be as safe, warm and happy as you all can be. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:21, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, and if you get a spare ten minutes, you could nom Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year with me co-nom'ing, just to keep that ball rolling? Cheers.  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:48, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 1967 Gillette Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of 1967 Gillette Cup Final
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Merry Christmas!
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New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!
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Kudos!
I'm glad to see someone else running a reconfirmation RFA. I'm sorry you're getting so much pushback from people who don't like them. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:30, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's complete and utter bullshit the pushback you had from some individuals, I found myself in the back garden kicking the shit out of the compost heap because some of the contributions were so infuriatingly puritanical that I had to kill a daisy or two. Wankers.  Anyway, you're all good, as I knew you were, as I know you are, and as I know you will be.  Keep on keeping on.  We (I) need people like you to keep me engaged with the fact that at least some admins still have a clue.  Happy New Year!  The Rambling Man (talk) 22:37, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations on your successful (re-)RfA! You are now (still) an administrator! Here's your replacement crappy T-shirt. :) Kurtis (talk) 05:06, 2 January 2018 (UTC)



Somerset cricket article issues
A while ago I asked if you could help with a couple of Somerset related cricket articles. I think you said you were going to look at sources and thought you might be able to help. I'm trying to resolve some of the issues on the Somerset cleanup list for the new year and it still includes: If you can help with these that would be great. Happy New Year.&mdash; Rod talk 11:18, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Somerset County Cricket Club "needs additional citations for verification."
 * Jos Buttler - citation needed for "Later in the English winter he was called back into the Test side as first choice" & "Buttler was dropped from the Test side during 2016, whilst continuing to be the first-choice ODI and T20 wicket-keeper" + clarification needed for "He scored an unbeaten 90 runs against Pakistan as part of an England record score of 444/3, the fastest half-century by an Englishman"


 * Also should the wedding of Jos Buttler (at the Church of All Saints in Chipstable) be mentioned on his article?&mdash; Rod talk 19:21, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Probably, yes! I've got a couple of GA reviews I need to finish, but I'll take a look at these. Harrias  talk 19:45, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. When you do get a chance to look at these could you glimpse at Marcus Trescothick which has deadlinks?&mdash; Rod talk 20:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1967 Gillette Cup Final
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TFL notification
Hi, Harrias. I'm just posting to let you know that 1924 Winter Olympics medal table – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for February 9. 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 ) 22:19, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of 2011 English cricket season for deletion
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Your GA nomination of 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash
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Your GA nomination of 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash
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************** FEATURED TOPIC KLAXON *************
Featured topic candidates/Laureus World Sports Awards/archive1 has just been promoted to featured topic. Great work! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:43, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

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TFL notification
Hi, Harrias. I'm just posting to let you know that Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for March 2. 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 ) 00:21, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash
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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.

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Your GA nomination of John Challen
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Your GA nomination of John Challen
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Your GA nomination of John Challen
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Your GA nomination of 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash
The article 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 22:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Massey Poyntz
Hello. I wondered if you might have a look at Massey Poyntz's article whenever you're next around these parts. There are references in it to books that don't seem to appear in any bibliography or footnotes, and I suspect it's just a simple omission; but, even after all these years here, I don't know how to rectify this. Thanks. Johnlp (talk) 22:48, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 27
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Stale draft
Greetings! I've been cleaning up the maintenance category Category:Stale userspace drafts recently, and happened upon one of yours: User:Harrias/Ian Botham. I looked it over, and it appears to primarily be a fork Ian Botham. I further found nothing worth merging back into that article. Provided you find likewise, would you be willing to do something with that draft, such as redirect it to the article? Many thanks! —Compassionate727 (T·C) 13:30, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

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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)

Women in Red June Editathons
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:15, 29 May 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging


 * Hi there, Harrias. Thanks for adding your name to the WiR mailing list and for recently creating a number of articles on women in sports. If you would like to become a full member of WiR, you can register by clicking on "Join the WikiProject" in the box at the top of our WiR page. Happy editing.--Ipigott (talk) 07:00, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I was actually removing myself from the mailing list, and I'm already a "full member", see here. But thanks. Harrias  talk 15:29, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm really sorry to have misinterpreted your edit. I've now added your name to the Opt-out list. You should no longer be bothered with our announcements.--Ipigott (talk) 16:27, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 28
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Invitation to participate in study
Hello,

I am E. Whittaker, an intern at Wikimedia with the Scoring Team to create a labeled dataset, and potentially a tool, to help editors deal with incivility when they encounter it on talk pages. A full write-up of the study can be found here: m:Research:Civil_Behavior_Interviews. We are currently recruiting editors to be interviewed about their experiences with incivility on talk pages. Would you be interested in being interviewed? I am contacting you because of your involvement in Wikipedia’s Women in Red project. The interviews should take ~1 hour, and will be conducted over BlueJeans (which does allow interviews to be recorded). If, so, please email me at ewhit@umich.edu in order to schedule an interview.

Thank you Ewitch51 (talk) 20:43, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

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)

Peer review
Hi Harrias. I'm largely inactive on Wikipedia this year, and I'm sorry I won't be able to do the peer review you requested. I wish you the best of luck with it, and I'm guessing that you will be fine. Finetooth (talk) 18:23, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Deccan Chargers in 2009
Hi. I recently nominated Deccan Chargers in 2009 for GA. It would be great if you could take a look at it and see if you could find any mistakes or suggest any ways to improve the article whenever you are free. Thanks in advance. Sagavaj (talk) 15:45, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 29
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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)

Your GA nomination of James Parfitt
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Your GA nomination of James Parfitt
The article James Parfitt 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:James Parfitt for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gonzo fan2007 -- Gonzo fan2007 (talk) 01:20, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James Parfitt
The article James Parfitt you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James Parfitt 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 Gonzo fan2007 -- Gonzo fan2007 (talk) 16:02, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 30
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DYK for Adam Holland (runner)
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Misleading information for a public figure in my country
Hello,

Im contacting on behalf of a famous singer named Trim Ademi known as Capital T.

Someone is constantly changing his name and trying to use it through social media to get business deals.

It is really urgent to protect his wiki page with the first and last name : Trim Ademi, i have his passport if you need verification.

thank you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_T — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fidmor1 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 16 November 2018 (UTC)