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TFA
Thank you for the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Sunday July 30: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel
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South Coast Rail
Hi there do you know how to put Proposed Rail service to East Taunton on Bridgewater station page I've tried I couldn't get it thank you Scott19982 (talk) 02:29, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Snow in Montauk during March 2017
I just saw your picture of File:Montauk station and yard.jpg from 2017, and I was almost in shock over how little snow there was. I was in NYC, Westchester County, Nassau and Western Suffolk County on the same day and there was a lot more snow there, and that was before the 2017 March Blizzard. -User:DanTD (talk) 02:55, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

August 30: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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A picture I think you would have taken
When Anguel, my dad and I recently went out West to see the eclipse, we went down an awful lot of I-15, from Butte to Salt Lake City. I took a fair amount of roadscapes from the passenger seat of our rented car, because it occurred to me that you would have been doing the same thing.

The one I had most in mind, for myself as much as you, was the Exit 0 sign right before you cross from Montana into Idaho (the first time I've ever crossed a state line in a road vehicle in the West, believe it or not). I knew if you were along with us, you would have gotten pictures (this one isn't perfect, but it will do). I had to shoot from the moving car as my father did not want to stop because he felt the interstate was too busy (!). Daniel Case (talk) 05:30, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, but I may well not get to it tonight. Daniel Case (talk) 05:41, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was not quite correct about the Nutley Velodrome being a motorcycle track. It was a midget car track. And it was recognized as being the most dangerous midget car track ever. That was where the accident happened that literally cost someone their head. Scroll down for details. Definite notability. Daniel Case (talk) 00:29, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2017 September newsletter
Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

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 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! 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 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Ny 206
Ny 206 is a main route as it is part of the former Catskill turnpike and has many signs on i 88 showing ny 206 and state parks. Trust me I'm an engineer for the ny dot, it is a main route if you look at the highway classification map. So don't remove the route. Bacardi379 (talk) 03:00, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * NY 206 is classified as a minor arterial, hardly a main route. (Chenango County FC map) –Fredddie™ 03:19, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

September 27: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
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 * P.S. On the weekend before the annual meeting, you can join: Action=History @ Ace Hotel (Sunday, September 24, 2017)

Invitation to Admin confidence survey
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Onteora Speedway
I finally got myself up there on Monday. While it is a very short distance from where you can park, it is not an easy walk, at least not this time of year (if you want to go straight to it ... there's a lot of tall grass, and no one from this region walks through tall grass with their legs exposed without a very good reason, like you have to save someone who's dying). But I figured out how, even though it was not pleasant in our extended summer and its highly unusual near-90 temps at this time of year, after the equinox (Fortunately it looks like this weekend fall will get underway). It would probably be more advisable to do it in cooler weather.

It's still very obviously a speedway oval, like the aerial picture suggests. I took some pictures, yes, but haven't been able to upload them yet (or, FTM, copy edit the Allendale station article, though I did print it out and go through it with a red pen). Eventually, obviously ... Daniel Case (talk) 16:42, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, I just finished copyediting the Allendale station article last night. I shaved about 3K off it largely through condensing redundant statements and getting rid of information not directly pertinent to the station's history. Daniel Case (talk) 14:58, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Sunday October 15: Wikipedia @ Open House New York / Weekend Photo Competition
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October 18: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Erie
What maps were you referencing for the s-line templates on Warren station? I can't find a North Warren station. Cards84664 (talk) 21:39, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon (Nov 19) and global online Wikipedia Asian Art Month (Nov 1-30)
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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
 * First Place -
 * Second Place -
 * Third Place -

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
 * Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
 * Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
 * Featured List – and  both produced 2 FLs in R2
 * Featured Pictures – improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
 * Featured Topic – has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
 * Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
 * Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
 * In The News – had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
 * Good Article Review – completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - please send  an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:40, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

November 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC @ NYU ITP
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WikiCup 2018
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

December 13: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Precious five years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Rockland County Solution
Why did you kill off the Rockland County, New York sub-sections of the List of county routes in Rockland County, New York back in the summer of 2017? -User:DanTD (talk) 02:47, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I-590/NY 590 merge proposal
Hi,

Thanks for your perspective against potentially merging Interstate 590 and New York State Route 590. I've included a topic on the talk page for NY-590 talking about (or against) the merger of these two pages.

Cheers, WuTang94 (user talk) 20:00, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

February 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Newspapers.com snip request - Hunterdon County routes
I found on an old commercial map some no-longer-extant county routes in Hunterdon County, NJ and in doing a Google search, found this article detailing a 1981 road transfer. I've seen on other highway articles you've been able to get full snippets of Newspaper.com articles for use in inline references, are you able to get a snippet of this article for me to reference in these additions to the Hunt. Co. route list or should I go through WP:TWL? Thanks in advance. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 21:24, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🇺🇸 Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
 * 🇮🇳 Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🇮🇳 Numerounovedant, Carbrera, 🇳🇱 Farang Rak Tham and 🇷🇴 Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

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 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. 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), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Courses Modules are being deprecated
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March 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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CANCELLED: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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