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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were


 * Free Hong Kong flag.svg Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
 * 🇮🇩HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. 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. 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), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

 * Quel honneur, merci beaucoup, et merci également à vous pour votre important travail sur de nombreux articles ayant à voir avec l'Egypte ancienne !Iry-Hor (talk) 08:12, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
We have a topic to review. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your support, and it became now a featured topic! ... exactly 10 years after both Brian and I were declared awesome ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:38, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * well congratulations to you and what a nice memorial to Brian.Iry-Hor (talk) 14:40, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you today for Nyuserre Ini, about the "pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the 25th century BCE. The most prolific builder of his dynasty, with three new pyramids under his belt, he also completed a further three pyramids, built the largest sun temple of the Old Kingdom period and undertook restoration works in Giza and Elephantine. Starting his reign in difficult and still debated circumstances following the death of his brother and the ephemeral rule of an uncle, Nyuserre ruled over a prosperous Egypt for three decades. After his death, he became the object of a spontaneous popular cult, where he played the role of an intercessor between the believers and the gods"! - So nice to immediately know who wrote an article when seeing the blurb ;) - The list of Monteverdi's operas is scheduled as TFL on 21 August, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:34, 12 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Every once in a while, I have a TFA as well, happy that it was also a tribute to Brian, in great collaboration, fine Main page, and see also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:50, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh yes I read that one TFA, I should have known it was you ! It is amazing that such high quality musicology is available on wikipedia. It trully is th best encyclopedia in the history of mankind.Iry-Hor (talk) 18:09, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Pepi I Meryre
I'm very, very sorry for not working more on this FAC. I've had a lot going on lately and find it difficult to concentrate on Wikipedia work. But I'm still worried about the quality of the prose. Despite your prompt responses to my and Dudley Miles's critiques, there are still a lot of faults there. Listing them comprehensively would require more concentration than I can offer right now, and nobody else at FAC seems to be stepping up despite how long the article has been there. I want to copyedit it comprehensively, but I simply don't feel like I can muster the effort right now. What do you want to do? A. Parrot (talk) 22:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your message. Don't worry a bit, once the article (likely) fails at FAC, I will put it up for a copy-edit run with the copy-edit guild. This will give me more time as well to improve the prose. It seems that me moving back to France a couple of years ago from overseas has taken its toll on my English. The important thing is that the article can be read and is fairly complete, so even though it is not well written it at least achieves its original goal of sharing knowledge on Pepi I. Iry-Hor (talk) 06:26, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * If I have time to help with the copyediting, I will. A. Parrot (talk) 01:33, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 November newsletter
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by. In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were, , and. The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. 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 in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.


 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
 * wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Sahure scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that Sahure has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 20 November 2020. Please check that 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/November 20, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 15:00, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info !Iry-Hor (talk) 11:12, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you today for the article, about the "second king of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt c. 2460 BC. Sahure's reign represents the political and cultural apex of the Fifth Dynasty (I am quoting a source here!) and possibly of entire Old Kingdom period. His mortuary temple was decorated with an unrivalled 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft) of exquisite polychrome reliefs recognised by the ancient Egyptians themselves as the highest form reached by this art, including many representations that are unique to Egyptian history (a pharaoh gardening! bears! and more!). It also featured the first use of palmiform columns--which became almost universally used in subsequent Egyptian temples--and the overall architecture was so innovative that it became the standard template for all following Old Kingdom mortuary temples. A visitor wrote that his temple was still like "Heaven lit by full moon" over 1200 years after Sahure's death."! - music on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you I too like the description, it lets us imagine how incredible Sahure's temple must have been to have been described so poetically after 1200 years of time to fall into ruins. We moderns often fail to imagine what the ancients truly achieved. I wish we too were building monumental artworks for the future. Unfortunately we live in a time when the largest and most expensive building ever made is a  shopping mall...Iry-Hor (talk) 14:02, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. 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. Any questions on the rules or on 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. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Pepi I Meryre
Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Pepi I Meryre has been completed.

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

There were sentences in two sections where I was unclear of their meaning; they are marked with a tag saying "Clarification needed". They appear in the sections Pyramid of Ankhsenpepi II, and Old Kingdom. Otherwise, I think the article is in good. shape.

Best of luck with the FA process.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 19:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you this is amazing work ! I will look at the two sentences, then hope the article gets through at FAC now.Iry-Hor (talk) 10:17, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

FA Mentor
Hi, it's WikiMacaroons. I found your name on the FA Mentor page, and I was wondering if you could help me out. I've been thinking of bringing the article Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine to FA. I brought it to GA last year. I chose you because you list mathematics as one of your specialties, and this is, in my opinion, one of the areas where the article is most lacking. I've never nominated an FA before. Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks,  Wiki Macaroons Cinnamon? 10:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the honor ! I will read your article then write on your talk page about whatever I think could be improved. FAC will mostly revolve around three things : 1) comprehensiveness; 2) prose quality; 3) general MOS compliance.Iry-Hor (talk) 16:11, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
 * Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
 * 🇷🇼 Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
 * 🇺🇸 Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something 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 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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
 * Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
 * Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:22, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski,  BennyOnTheLoose, 🇷🇼 Amakuru and  Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; 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 other contestants, 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.

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 your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is, who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:


 * 1) with 5072 points
 * 2) with 3276 points
 * 3) with 3197 points
 * 4) with 1611 points
 * 5) with 1571 points
 * 6) with 1420 points
 * 7) with 1043 points
 * 8) with 528 points

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.


 * wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
 * wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
 * wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
 * wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
 * wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

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 WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2022 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, 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) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Pepi I Meryre
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 28, 2021. 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/December 28, 2021. Congratulations for your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 15:15, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you this is great !Iry-Hor (talk) 16:35, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Vocalization project
Hello, I see that you are interested in the vocalization of ancient Egyptian, are you still? I am very interested and I am studying about the vocalization, my goal is to rebuild enough so that the language is spoken as in ancient times, if you are still interested and want to join us, please contact me through; randyborroto@gmail.com or if you want I respond more quickly by my WhatsApp number +5359212011  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merinet.1962 (talk • contribs) 12:30, 5 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Apologies for not answering earlier, my time available on Wikipedia is dwindling owing to family and professional commitments. I am interested in Ancient Egyptian vocalization but mostly as a would be reader on the subject as I know nothing about it. I cam read a bit hieroglyphics but I have no idea what research has been done on the subject. Do you intend on writing/expanding an article on the subject ? Ideally one would like to have tentative vocalizations in phonetic alphabet of Ancient Egyptian pharaohs' names on their pages, if these have been published somewhere.Iry-Hor (talk) 10:09, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

How can I join WikiProject Ancient Egypt?
How Can I Join? Thank you! Jishiboka1 (talk) 13:27, 16 December 2021 (UTC)


 * (Replying on behalf of Iry-Hor, who seems to have been very busy lately) Just sign your username at the top of WikiProject_Ancient_Egypt/Members. We're pretty informal, and always happy to have new members. Happy editing! A. Parrot (talk) 14:40, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia's project on Ancient Egypt ! We are looking forward to your edits ! Thank you for answering ! See you around on Wikipedia, next target for me is Khyan.  And you what are you up to ?Iry-Hor (talk) 10:09, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm working on a rewrite of Tomb of Tutankhamun, and trying to produce a separate article about its discovery before the centennial next November. A. Parrot (talk) 13:47, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

TFA
Thank you - and all who helped - today for Pepi I Meryre, introduced: "This article is about Pepi I Meryre third pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt in the 24th century BC, who faced many challenges yet became one of the most important Old Kingdom pharaoh. This is this article's second FA nomination: it has received a thorough copy-edit by Twofingered Typist since its first FAC."! Missing Twofingered Typist. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 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. Any questions on the rules or on 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) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 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. Any questions on the rules or on 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) 15:02, 5 January 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.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.

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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 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.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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.

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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

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)

Come back!
When will the great Iry-Hor return? :( – Aza24 (talk) 03:30, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * But I was never great ! Thank for your kind message, I still read and keep an eye on wikipedia, but my children and my work have taken such a toll on my editing time that it has come to almost nothing. I will write more at some point, that is for sure, perhaps on Shepseskaf, or Khyan or the Fifth Dynasty. And you what are you up to ? Iry-Hor (talk) 08:57, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Any of those three sound like promising projects! I am stuck rewriting Josquin des Prez for its FAR and working with another user on User:Aza24/List of Chinese monarchs... both terribly long-term projects... I actually renewed a book for Josquin so many times that the library made me return it, so I scanned ~100 pages of it to keep at it without the physical book :) – Aza24 (talk) 19:06, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with Aza, you're missed. el.ziade (talkallam) 20:38, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you once more for your messages and encouragements ! This gave me the impetus to complete Shepseskaf's article, now nominated for FA. I hope to continue reading your great work too (I particularly have in mind the Roman temple of Bziza and Josquin des Prez.)Iry-Hor (talk) 13:03, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * How lovely! I will try to look at Shepseskaf when I get a chance, please ping me if I forget :) Best – Aza24 (talk) 00:13, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Dear would you mind reviewing Shepseskaf if you have some time to spare ? The article already has 2 supporting reviews but I fear this won't be enough to get a passing grade (I believe three or more are a minimum).Iry-Hor (talk) 06:13, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies for my very late response! I see that there are now three supports, but I shall take a quick look regardless in the coming days. Aza24 (talk) 03:50, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you this is so kind of you ! How are you ?Iry-Hor (talk) 09:05, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you, and stroll over my talk to see: too many great people dying, but good music going on, and there's this 1951 motto that peace will conquer war ... - and how about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Amenemhat III
I'm just wondering your opinion on how close or far the article is to a potential GA. Is it sufficiently comprehensive, are there any major gaps in the article, etc? I ask you because pharaoh biographies are your specialty, rather than mine. Mr rnddude (talk) 10:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Well at first sight the article is missing a section on historical sources on Amenemhat III, notably the ancient Egyptian king lists listing him (and under which name / which position) and the same section would also be ideal to host discussion of what is said about him in Aegyptiaca and Herodotus (although I saw some of this information in the article). The section would be important to confirm the relative chronology of his reign within the 12th dynasty. Also missing is information on the absolute chronology (list of proposed absolute dates for his reign). The section title "Reign" is too vague given that some of the events occurring during his reign are listed in a different section so it is not clear what is supposed to be reign and what not. It would be a good idea to breakup this large section into explicit subsections, especially comparing with the very small sections and subsections occurring later in the article. The section on the family could be too missing info (although I can't tell for sure): usually there is a lot to say about parents / wives / children for such well known, well documented pharaohs. Some of the article material is very technical and necessitates explanation if the article is to become FA some day (e.g. on how ancient Egyptians counted years). I hope this helps !Iry-Hor (talk) 14:14, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * To boil that down to a checklist, it needs: a section on sources  to discuss chronological position within Dyn. 12  a list of absolute dates (I think it has that actually – footnote a – but perhaps it belongs in the IB and could use more sources)  expand on family  and section-out the reign for clarity and to keep relevant material together (i.e. integrate the expeditions, etc).  Thanks. Mr rnddude (talk) 14:37, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Article neutrality
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_simple_rules_for_editing_Wikipedia

As described in wiki rules please maintain neutrality when writing and editing articles at all times. 2A00:23C8:AB80:8001:85CA:64C7:5D2:E5F1 (talk) 09:52, 31 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I do so at the best of my abilities. My understanding of neutrality is not that we should silence of erase the published opinions of experts but rather that we should state all of these opinions (should they be in conflict or not) in a clear manner, that is identifying clearly in the article that these are so and so's opinion, and that the experts are recognized as so with published material.Iry-Hor (talk) 09:55, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * By the way, this raises an interesting question on the wider meaning of "neutral", perhaps we should discuss this with other editors who could then vote on the issue. Is giving various opinions by experts neutral ? Aren't these opinions themselves facts, i.e. not in what they state but in the observation that it is a fact that this expert said this or that thing on the matter ?Iry-Hor (talk) 10:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm filing a EWN report
I recommend you stop editing. See wp:BRI Cheers Adakiko (talk) 10:06, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok I stop. What about the page though ? Will it be reverted to its original form ?Iry-Hor (talk) 10:10, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Leave as is until blocks in place. Hopefully, you won't be blocked too. The admin, Spencer, said to use EWN. See wp:EWN Adakiko (talk) 10:28, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The article was wp:PP for a week. Content reverted to pre-edit warring state. The anon and new editor are to be warned. Any idea what was meant on the EWN by the admin? "It's pretty bad..." I'm always afraid to ask. Cheers Adakiko (talk)
 * That was quick BTW! Adakiko (talk) 10:58, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

That was quite an upset editor. Another sock:. Recently, there seem to be a fair number of history revisionists and such. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 21:44, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

To the editor that is now harassing Iry-Hor and my other colleagues
Normally, I'd place this on your talk page, but as you are creating new accounts each time you are blocked, I suspect it more probable that you will see this here, than there. Your claims that Wikipedia disallows opinions is factually untrue. Per WP:WIKIVOICE editor's are to state facts as facts in our [that is Wiki] voice and to present opinions as opinions. The opinion of Ryholt on matters of the Second Intermediate Period is second-to-none. It is a high-quality reliable source and represents an expert view on the subject matter. You had ample opportunity to cease disruptively editing the article and to instead engage constructively on the article's talk page. You are the only person responsible for your action and the consequences of those there-in. There is a distinct irony in referring to others as cry-babies whilst throwing a days long tantrum because your changes to an article were rejected. Mr rnddude (talk) 07:20, 2 September 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)

Shepseskaf scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 29 November 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Today's featured article/November 29, 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:11, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Prospective FA nomination
Hi there. I intend to submit Ai-Khanoum at WP:FAC soon, which will be my first Featured Article nomination. Do you think it is likely that the nomination will be successful? I have also opened a peer review at Peer review/Ai-Khanoum/archive1 for general advice - anything would be helpful. Thank you. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:07, 22 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Dear sorry for answering so late, I am quite busy these days. Have you submitted yet ? Would you still like to have comments on the article ? I can look at it in the coming days if this suits you.Iry-Hor (talk) 08:22, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The article is now at FAC, so if you have the time, comments would be great. Thank you very much. AirshipJ29 (talk) 09:22, 17 October 2022 (UTC)