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WikiCup 2015 September newsletter
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:


 * , who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy.  A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
 * , second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
 * , first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany.  Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
 * , second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
 * , from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 * , from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
 * , from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
 * , also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

, and  11:47, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)
G'day Jim, I hope you are well. Not sure if you are still around much, but if you are interested, I have nominated 12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia) for a Military history project A-class Review. As you've done some work in the past on some of the other light horse regiment articles, I wonder if you would like to take part in the review? Any comments/suggestions would be most welcome. The review page can be found here: WikiProject Military history/Assessment/12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia). Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:23, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for 4th Bombay Grenadiers
An article that you have been involved in editing&mdash;4th Bombay Grenadiers &mdash;has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Hamish59 (talk) 11:45, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Dutch school being searched for German snipers.jpg


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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Four men of the 1st Paratroop Battalion.jpg


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The Bugle: Issue CXV, October 2015
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WikiCup 2015: The results
WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is. All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. , a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to. Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:


 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
 * wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
 * wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 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.

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The Bugle: Issue CXVI, November 2015
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!
On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:04, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Re you edit on [|British Commandos]
Dear Jim, our article on Anders Lassen seems to me to suggest he was in the SBS. Do you know is there some reason for this confusion? Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 08:41, 20 December 2015 (UTC))

Nuzzle listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Nuzzle. Since you had some involvement with the Nuzzle redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. ansh 666 22:18, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015
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WikiCup 2016: Game On!
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WikiCup 2016: Game On!
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Nomination of 2nd Infantry Division (Germany) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue CXVIII, January 2016
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The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016
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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter


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

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

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WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
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The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016
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The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016
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Source of the photo
Hi, Jim Sweeney. You are doing a great job in Wikipedia. Thank you very much. Maybe I'm not the first who asks, but it is interesting to know the source photo to ur revision https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Schmidt_(SS_officer)&oldid=260961736 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.221.205.169 (talk) 07:06, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter


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

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

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The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016
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urgent help needed old friend
Hi Jim. Its me smith012 again a very long time, i hope you are fine. You last gave me some help when i had first joined Wikipedia with the sikh light infantry regiment page. It has gone up from start class to b class with my efforts by the way. I really need your help urgently regarding a new page matter Mazhabi Sikh i have over years made tremendous effort with this article, validating sources before editing. I have come across an editor who has pretty much erased all my work. The editor claims to have problems with sources however i have personally scrutinized them all before placing each one here. One or two are now dead links and can be sorted in no time. I have strong reasons to believe that the page subject happens to be a low caste social group, and indian higher caste editors are editing with bias intentions. I am not going to explain the caste system of these Indians, they are quite complicated as people. I believe the article is becoming victim to caste prejudice. Is their any way i can lock the page and have sole access? You were the first friend i made on wiki those years ago and you were the first person i thought about turning to again. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated and if you can have my corner on this one i will be very indebted.

Many Thanks (Smith012 (talk) 22:32, 17 June 2016 (UTC))
 * G'day, unfortunately I don't believe that Jim is active much anymore. Regarding your query, you can request protection of the article here: Requests for page protection. However, it is not possible to "lock" a page so only a single user can edit it. Before posting a request for page protection, though, you should take a look at Protection policy to make sure that you can articulate a policy-based reason for requesting such an action. Hope this helps somewhat. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:46, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Category:British Commando Equipment has been nominated for discussion
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Category:British Commando Transport Ships has been nominated for discussion
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Nomination of Walter Gerth for deletion
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KC holder articles
Hi, since it's appears that you are currently editing, I thought I'd reach out directly. There are several on-going discussions regarding Knight's Cross holder articles, such as Articles for deletion/Walter Gerth and Talk: Hydronium Hydroxide, suggested RfC.

I am curious what's your take on the situation and if you may have any suggestions. I'm trying to formulate an RfC so any feedback would be helpful. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:04, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Herman Lang.jpg
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016
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Notability in Knight's Cross Holder articles
Hi, I'm letting you know that I started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Notability (people) -- to see if the issue can be dealt on a systemic basis, rather than one off AfDs.

One of the suggestions I got was to see if an RfC may need to be formulated, so I'm seeking input into this potential RfC or other possible ways to address the notability concern in similar articles. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:42, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Paul Egger


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 * Fails GNG & SOLDIER; pls see Talk:Paul_Egger.

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Proposed deletion of Hans Havik


The article Hans Havik has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Notability WP:GNG & WP:SOLDIER: no RS coverage can be found and, according to the article, the award of the Knight's Cross is in question: "German Federal Archives stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hans Havik (Johann Havik according to Scherzer) received the Knight's Cross"

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Proposed deletion of Heinz Jürgens (SS officer)


The article Heinz Jürgens (SS officer) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Subject fails WP:GNG: significant RS coverage cannot be found; also fails WP:SOLDIER as the award is in dispute: "nomination never signed" and "presentation lacks legal justification".

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Proposed deletion of Walter Pitsch


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 * Fails GNG as significant RS coverage cannot be found; fails WP:SOLDIER is the KC award is in dispute.

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Proposed deletion of Friedrich Blond


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 * Subject fails GNG as significant RS coverage cannot be found; fails WP:Soldier as the award cannot be substantiated.

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Proposed deletion of Heinz Gropp


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 * Fails GNG as no significant RS coverage can be found; KC award cannot be confirmed: "No evidence of the award can be found in the Federal Archives"

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Proposed deletion of Helmut Kinz


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 * Notability: significant RS coverage cannot be found; Knight's Cross award not substantiated by records.

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Proposed deletion of Sepp Draxenberger


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 * Notability: subject fails GNG as significant RS coverage cannot be found; Knight's Cross was unlawfully presented.

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Proposed deletion of Rudolf Rettberg


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 * Notability: significant coverage in RS cannot be found; the award of the Knight's Cross was made unlawfully.

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Proposed deletion of Karl Heinz Lichte


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Proposed deletion of Karl Heinz Bühler


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Proposed deletion of Johann Sailer


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Proposed deletion of Franz-Josef Dreike


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Proposed deletion of Emil Seibold


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Proposed deletion of Karlheinz Schulz Streeck


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Proposed deletion of Kārlis Sensbergs


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Proposed deletion of Albert Stenwedel


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Proposed deletion of Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter


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Proposed deletion of Erwin Franz Roestel


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The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016
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Proposed deletion of Oskar Drexler


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Proposed deletion of Alfred Fischer (SS officer)


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Nomination of Sepp Draxenberger for deletion
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Nomination of Hans Havik for deletion
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Nomination of Heinz Jürgens (SS officer) for deletion
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Nomination of Walter Pitsch for deletion
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Nomination of Friedrich Blond for deletion
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Nomination of Wilhelm Beck for deletion
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Nomination of Karl Heinz Bühler for deletion
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Nomination of Heinrich Debus (SS officer) for deletion
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The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016
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