User talk:MBlaze Lightning/Archive 22

The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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The Signpost: 27 December 2019
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again


 * News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages


 * Special report: Are reputation management operatives scrubbing Wikipedia articles?


 * In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?


 * Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki


 * Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee


 * Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December


 * Technology report: User scripts and more


 * Gallery: Holiday wishes


 * Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary


 * From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)


 * On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?


 * Op-Ed: Why we need to keep talking about Wikipedia's gender gap


 * WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report

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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers 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. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup 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. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are, , and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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The Signpost: 27 January 2020
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium


 * News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia


 * Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta


 * In the media: Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?


 * Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom


 * Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019


 * Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners


 * News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations


 * Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015


 * In focus: Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!


 * Recent research: How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?


 * From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015


 * On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?


 * WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report


 * Humour: Predicting the 6,000,000th article


 * Obituary: Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton

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Books & Bytes – Issue 37
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 37, November – December 2019 
 * #1Lib1Ref
 * Wikimedia and Libraries User Group

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The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020
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March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
 * Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
 * 🇺🇸 Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
 * Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
 * Pirate Flag.svg CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
 * The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included 🇺🇸 L293D, 🇻🇪 Kingsif, 🇦🇶 Enwebb, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski and 🇳🇵 CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

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

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). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 March 2020
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the editor: The ball is in your court


 * News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide


 * Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews


 * In the media: Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation


 * Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?


 * Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed


 * By the numbers: How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?


 * Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman


 * In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019


 * Recent research: Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone


 * From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?


 * Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark


 * Gallery: Feel the love


 * On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?


 * Op-Ed: What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator


 * Opinion: Wikipedia is another country


 * Humour: The Wilhelm scream

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WikiCup newsletter correction
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; 🇺🇸 L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, 🇺🇸 Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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GOCE March newsletter
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The Signpost: 29 March 2020
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * From the editors: The bad and the good


 * News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked


 * WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report


 * Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters


 * In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story


 * Discussion report: Rethinking draft space


 * Arbitration report: Unfinished business


 * In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"


 * Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19


 * Recent research: Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia


 * From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own


 * Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world


 * Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia


 * News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time


 * On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

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Precious anniversary
Music on my talk, listen ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020
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Welcome back
Good to see your name pop up again! Sro23 (talk) 04:05, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . Glad to be back. Nothing much seems to have changed, and it's good to see a familiar face! I hope you're doing well. Cheers, MBlaze Lightning  07:32, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 April 2020
 News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?


 * In the media: Coronavirus, again and again


 * Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit


 * Featured content: Featured content returns


 * Arbitration report: Two difficult cases


 * Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night


 * Gallery: Roy is doing fine and sending more photos


 * Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias


 * Essay: Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing


 * By the numbers: Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic


 * Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together


 * On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?


 * Interview: Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon


 * In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia


 * WikiProject report: [[WP:GOCE|The Guild of Copy Editors]]

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