User talk:MBlaze Lightning/Archive 19

Merry Christmas!

 * Thank you Abelmoschus Esculentus, and the same to you and your family. MBlaze Lightning  11:28, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!
Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are, , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Hello MBlaze Lightning: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 05:35, 1 January 2019 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year snowman}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.


 * Happy New Year to you too, mate. MBlaze Lightning  13:09, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

2018 Year in Review

 * How very delightful. Thank you, ! MBlaze Lightning  10:03, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019
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DYK for PSLV-C42
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This Month in GLAM: December 2018
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2019


Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy 2019

begin it with music and memories

Not too late, I hope ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Gerda! Happy new year to you too. MBlaze Lightning  14:35, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 31 January 2019
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * Op-ed: Random Rewards Rejected


 * In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages


 * News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives


 * In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized


 * Discussion report: The future of the reference desk


 * Featured content: Don't miss your great opportunity


 * Arbitration report: An admin under the microscope


 * Traffic report: Death, royals and superheroes


 * Technology report: When broken is easily fixed


 * Gallery: Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering


 * News from the WMF: News from WMF


 * Recent research: Ad revenue from reused Wikipedia articles; are Wikipedia researchers asking the right questions?


 * Essay: How


 * Humour: Village pump


 * From the archives: An editorial board that includes you

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GOCE 2018 Annual Report
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This Month in GLAM: January 2019
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WikiCup 2019 Reminder
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The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019
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Please comment on Talk:Michel Temer
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Books & Bytes, Issue 32
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 32, January – February 2019  French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
 * # 1Lib1Ref
 * New and expanded partners
 * Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
 * Global branches update
 * Bytes in brief

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The Signpost: 28 February 2019
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the editors: Help wanted (still)


 * News and notes: Front-page issues for the community


 * In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election


 * Discussion report: Talking about talk pages


 * Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!


 * Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee


 * Traffic report: Binge-watching


 * Technology report: Tool labs casters-up


 * Gallery: Signed with pride


 * Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers


 * Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia


 * From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love


 * Humour: Pesky Pronouns

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WikiCup 2019 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * 🇺🇸 L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
 * 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
 * Flag of the United States Library of Congress 2.svg Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
 * Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).

Your GA nomination of Ankita Bhakat
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Your GA nomination of Ankita Bhakat
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This Month in GLAM: February 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019
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March GOCE newsletter
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