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WikiCup 2019 May newsletter
The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, and  Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
 * Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. 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.

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) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day! Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 12:59, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Portal:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Punjab (Pakistan)
Portal:Punjab (Pakistan), a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Punjab (Pakistan)& and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Punjab (Pakistan) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:12, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Pakistan Super League
Portal:Pakistan Super League, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Pakistan Super League and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Pakistan Super League during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:53, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Sindh
Portal:Sindh, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Sindh and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Sindh during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:32, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Category:American people of Muhajir descent has been nominated for discussion
Category:American people of Muhajir descent, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Störm  (talk)  11:55, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Azad Kashmir
Portal:Azad Kashmir, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Azad Kashmir& and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Azad Kashmir during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 15:33, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Category:Pakistani school principals and headteachers has been nominated for discussion
Category:Pakistani school principals and headteachers, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 09:21, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pakistani former Hindus


A tag has been placed on Category:Pakistani former Hindus requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 03:37, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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Ngrewal1 (talk) 01:05, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Could you help update Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center?
I saw you're a member of WP:Hospitals and I was hoping you could help review some changes I proposed on the MSKCC talk page. The talk page has been pretty inactive lately, and I have a paid COI, so I'd like to refrain from editing the article directly. They're mostly minor changes and updates, but I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a look!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 23:51, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter
The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * 🇳🇫 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
 * Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
 * SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 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, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Sufism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa


A tag has been placed on Category:Sufism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 16:58, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Fijian people of Pakistani descent


A tag has been placed on Category:Fijian people of Pakistani descent requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 17:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for finding an appropriate person to add to this category. I have removed the deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 21:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks,  Mar4d  ( talk ) 04:22, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Emirati people of Pashtun descent


A tag has been placed on Category:Emirati people of Pashtun descent requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 01:48, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Helped Lahore Hindus migrate in 1947
Living with honor was very important to Gama Pahalwan. Gama's family settled in a residence on Mohni Road, Lahore, when the family itself migrated from Amritsar, India in 1947. Gama promised all his Hindu neighbors that he would defend them with his life, if mobs attacked them. And the mob did come one day to attack them. As promised, the entire Gama family of wrestlers stood in line to protect the Hindus in their process of migration to India. Gama himself slapped anyone from the attacking mob and sent them flying. As a result, not a single incident took place in Gama's neighborhood on Mohni Road, Lahore.

Gama, while crying himself, took all his Hindu neighbors to the border giving each family enough food for a week.

Hi, Mar4d, I thought I would share this piece with you from Dawn newspaper, in case you have not read it already. Ngrewal1 (talk) 00:09, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject United Arab Emirati politics
Despite your best efforts, I've marked this WikiProject as defunct as you have been the only participant. Most of its activities could be taken care of through WikiProject Politics and WikiProject United Arab Emirates. Would this be acceptable to you? &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 16:49, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm good with that, thanks. Haven't been able to contribute as much as I'd like to UAE articles as I used to a couple of years back. Please go ahead as you deem appropriate.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 05:04, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * [Thank you for the ping] Awesome! I appreciate this a lot. Thank you!! :D &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 19:14, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi there separatist movement stuff
hi Mar4d the article on separatist movements of Pakistan is using old redundant information on Gilgit which is a movement for great autonomy not secession from the state can you help and explain this on the talk page? Thanks 82.12.11.246 (talk) 23:06, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 5, 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. 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 (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Saudi Arabian emigrants to Pakistan


A tag has been placed on Category:Saudi Arabian emigrants to Pakistan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 22:41, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It was me who removed the category from the two articles it was on: Khan Hasham bin Saddique and Ghulam Akbar Khan Niazi. Judging by the content of the article, these two aren't Saudi emigrants to Pakistan but Pakistani emigrants to Saudi Arabia, at most (I wouldn't count a diplomat working abroad as an emigrant though). – Uanfala (talk) 00:04, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey Uanfala. I agree with the first article, however for the second one, Niazi is a Saudi citizen if you read his article. He moved back to Pakistan after gaining Saudi citizenship and serving there for 40+ years.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 04:45, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I had overlooked this fact. But I think this is pushing the meaning of the terms beyond their normal boundaries: while in Saudi Arabia, Niazi could be referred to as a "Pakistani emigrant to SA", but now that he's returned to Pakistan, it's quite odd to catergorise him as an SA emigrant to Pakistan, any acquired new citizenship notwithstanding. – Uanfala (talk) 12:04, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Category:Vice-Chancellors by university in Pakistan has been nominated for discussion
Category:Vice-Chancellors by university in Pakistan, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 14:02, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Saudi Arabian emigrants to Pakistan


A tag has been placed on Category:Saudi Arabian emigrants to Pakistan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 01:19, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Abu Dhabi
Portal:Abu Dhabi, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Abu Dhabi& and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Abu Dhabi during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. UnitedStatesian (talk) 23:19, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Ecuadorian people of Australian descent


A tag has been placed on Category:Ecuadorian people of Australian descent requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 01:43, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Category:Internet companies of Pakistan has been nominated for discussion
Category:Internet companies of Pakistan, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 07:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Category:Internet companies of Pakistan has been nominated for discussion
Category:Internet companies of Pakistan, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 07:18, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Furniture companies of Pakistan


A tag has been placed on Category:Furniture companies of Pakistan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:37, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Urdu peoples
Hi, I've nominated for deletion a bunch of Urdu-related redirects that were created or edited by you. You're welcome to comment in the RfD discussion. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 12:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * And one more. – Uanfala (talk) 14:04, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * While I don't entirely discredit your assertion that "Urdu-speaking" could expand to include a much wider group, within Pakistan it nevertheless remains a very frequently used term for the Muhajir community. How do you propose to deal with someone searching the term in that context?  Mar4d  ( talk ) 14:10, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, if someone searches for Urdu speakers they should arrive at the article about Urdu, where they can read where and by whom Urdu is spoken. That would include the Muhajirs, yes, but other groups as well. Redirecting general terms to specific subsets would be misleading. I'm more ambivalent about redirects like Urdu-speaking Pakistanis. I would expect these to go somewhere like Languages of Pakistan or Urdu, because – again – in Pakistan Urdu is spoken by many who are not Muhajirs. Though of course, I'm not acquainted with the discourse in Pakistan at all: if there the phrase "Urdu speakers" indeed refers not to speakers of Urdu but to Muhajirs, then so be it. – Uanfala (talk) 14:21, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. As far as Pakistan is concerned, Urdu being the lingua franca is spoken across most of the country at least as a second language if not first. The term "Urdu-speaking" however is more specifically used in discourse for the Muhajirs (who are native Urdu-speakers), usually to distinguish them from non-Urdu speaking groups. It would be very uncommon, AFAIK, to use it to describe all individuals who can speak or understand the language, as that would encompass the majority of the population in any case.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 14:33, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

"Islamophobia in Pakistan" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Islamophobia in Pakistan. Since you had some involvement with the Islamophobia in Pakistan redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. --Trialpears (talk) 08:26, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Category:Cricket portals has been nominated for discussion
Category:Cricket portals, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:35, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:


 * 1) with 964 points
 * 2) with 899 points
 * 3) with 817 points
 * 4) with 691 points
 * 5) with 388 points
 * 6) with 146 points
 * 7) with 145 points
 * 8) with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. 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. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!


 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
 * wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
 * wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. 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 2020 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 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Doha
Hi there! I just stumbled upon WikiProject Doha while looking at lists of old WikiProjects. It looks like you started the page in 2010 but never got around to launching the project. Any objection to me moving it to your user space for now? It seems like it's currently more of a personal project than a WikiProject. I hope all is well! Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 03:51, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah, same with WikiProject Education in the United Arab Emirates, WikiProject United Arab Emirati cities, and WikiProject United Arab Emirati sport (working through the list alphabetically, so if I see any others I'll link them here as well). Cheers! Ajpolino (talk) 04:06, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks . These were created a long time back, when I was actively contributing to UAE and Middle East-related articles. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to commit as much time to the project and it also seems unlikely to pick steam. You are free to userfy them, merge them, or act as you deem appropriate. Regards,  Mar4d  ( talk ) 08:46, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Redirected WikiProject Doha → WikiProject Qatar and the UAE projects to WikiProject United Arab Emirates. If you ever get the time and interest to re-launch them, it should be as easy as reverting my redirects. If that ever happens and you need a hand getting the various WikiProject tools up and running for your project(s), just let me know and I'm happy to help. Thanks for the quick reply! Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 15:11, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Hii there
Hi there Jugni (talk) 19:38, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pakistani restaurants


A tag has been placed on Category:Pakistani restaurants requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:59, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Palestinian people of American descent


A tag has been placed on Category:Palestinian people of American descent requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:25, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

 * Thank you . A very merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too. Best regards,  Mar4d  ( talk ) 05:14, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's and new year's Greetings

 * Thanks . A happy new year to you.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 19:04, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
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Happy New Year!
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Can you
locate a few good sources in Urdu, as to Hum Dekhenge? Happy holidays! &#x222F; WBG converse 04:59, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * good sources in Urdu? for which article? JogiAsad Talk   16:29, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * , for Hum Dekhenge. &#x222F; WBG converse 14:54, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * OK I'll try if I could find any reference. JogiAsad  Talk   16:20, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll see what I can find.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 19:04, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I have tried but reference in Urdu is very difficult to find, but Again I'll try. JogiAsad Talk   12:18, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

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