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WPF1 Newsletter (March)
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A few questions
Hello,i am ayanosh as you would maybe remember me as the one you offered to help with his signature.
 * I wanted to know how do you work with the checklinks tool,i mean how do you fix the dead links and what are you supposed to do to improvre  the article after you check the page and also do dead links reflect badly on a GA or FA.
 * Also how do you use the watchlist ,do you watch the pages you are working on ,or that you like, or that you have nominated or do you watch only few talk pages only.
 * Also when you list a page as the one you worked towards GA or FA;does that mean you nominated that article or that you reviewed that article or that you were also one of its umpteen editors.
 * And lastly how does one write correct full references that are not bare links,i mean it is difficult to write all that url, publisher, date,title,etc. and to remember the format.
 * also it would be nice if you share some of your own experience rather than links to those lengthy help pages.

Thank You for your help. Ayanosh (talk) 05:32, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

April Metro
Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 21:52, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

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Re:2012 Rally Argentina
It's mainly just calculating the speed from the time and distance. EWRC-Results usually lists the speed in km/h to one dp, but for completeness and the way it has been done for several years on here is to two dp. Personally, I would place a note on here, and see if you get more responses that way. If that fails, list it for peer review. Regards, Craig  (talk)  17:21, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

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prod question
Can you take a look at the article Alice H. Reyes? It was proded a few days ago, but the creator removed the tag after putting the words "family" and "books" in ref tags. I've re-proded it, but I have almost no experience with these things and don't know what to tell the creator regarding ref policies etc. Thanks for your time. INeverCry  23:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 April newsletter
Round 2 of this year's WikiCup is over, and so we are down to our final 32, in what could be called our quarter-finals. The two highest scorers from each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers overall, have entered round 3, while 30 participants have been eliminated. Pool B's remains our top scorer with over 700 points; he continues to gain high numbers of points for his good articles on The X-Files, but also Millennium and other subjects. He has also gained points for a good topic, a featured list, multiple good article reviews and several did you knows. Pool E's was second, thanks primarily to his biology articles, with Pool H's  coming in third, with an impressive 46 did you knows, mostly on the subject of baseball. Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both scored over 600 points. Pools E and H proved our most successful, with each seeing 5 members qualify for round 3, while Pools C and D were the least, with each seeing only 3 reach round 3. However, it was Pool G which saw the lowest scoring, with a little under 400 points combined; Pool H, the highest scoring group, saw over triple that score.

65 points was the lowest qualifying score for round 3; significantly higher than the 11 required to enter round 2, and also higher than the 41 required to reach round 3 last year. However, in 2010, 100 points were needed to secure a place in round 3. 16 will progress to round 4. In round 3, 150 points was the 16th highest score, though, statistically, people tend to up their game a little in later rounds. Last year, 76 points secured a place, while in 2010, a massive 250 points were needed. Guessing how many points will be required is not easy. We still have not seen any featured portals or topics this year, but, on the subject of less common content types, a small correction needs to be made to the previous newsletter: File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg, our first featured picture, was the work of both and, the latter of whom has also gone on to score with File:Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944.svg. Bonus points also continue to roll in; this round, earned triple points for her good articles on William the Conqueror and the Middle Ages, Casliber and Cwmhiraeth both earned triple points for their work on Western Jackdaw, now a good article,  earned triple points for her work on lettuce and work by  to ready antimony for good article status earned him triple points. managed to expand Vitus Bering far enough for a did you know, which was also worth triple points. All of these highly important topics featured on 50 or more Wikipedias at the start of the year.

An article on the WikiCup in the Wikimedia Blog, "Improving Wikipedia with friendly competition", was posted at the end of April. This may be of interest to those who are signed up to this newsletter, as well as serving as another way to draw attention to our project. Also, we would again like to thank and, for continued help behind the scenes. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. 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 receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:16, 30 April 2012 (UTC)