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August 2011
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Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Philadelphia Phillies. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  10:53, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ameristralia
Hello Newyorkadam,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ameristralia for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Barney the barney barney (talk) 16:35, 30 April 2013 (UTC)


 * More to the point, Ameristralia does not exist - the article is based on a joke Reddit page. That's why I have deleted it. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:39, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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List of HIV-positive people
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List of first black Major League Baseball players by team

 *  (Copied from User talk:64.85.217.209, moved here since I have a dynamic IP.) 

Hey, I don't really understand you reverting my edit on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_black_Major_League_Baseball_players_by_team.

Isn't it by players that joined, not by team they joined? Why can't you list two players from one team?

Newyorkadam (talk) 14:30, 18 September 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Hello, Newyorkadam! I have a dynamic IP so it changes every time I log off; I've move the discussion to your talk page so it won't be overlooked. The list isn't a chronological list of when black players joined each team; rather it is a list of when the first black player joined each team.  Since Aaron joined the Braves several years after Jethroe, and Jethroe is already on the list as the Braves' franchise first black player, Aaron's entry on the list is out of place.  Please respond here and I'll check back for a few days in case you have a follow up question. Rgrds. --64.85.214.46 (talk) 20:24, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Newyorkadam
 * Oh, thanks, I get it. Just wondering, why don't you just make an account and then what IP you're using doesn't matter? Newyorkadam (talk) 17:48, 3 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Google and Yosemite
In the Department of Irony, did you see that Google's commemorating Yosemite today?  Acroterion   (talk)   14:41, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, haha. That's why I originally posted it, I clicked on the Google doodle and it searched 'Yosemite National Park'. The News articles that popped up were talking about how it shut down. Newyorkadam (talk) 23:53, 1 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * That explains why the vandals (present company excepted, obviously) have been hitting the article and not other park articles. I ended up having to protect the article. I do think there might be something in a couple of days to add to the budget section of National Park Service, given the proposals that have been floated to fund the NPS separately (i.e, pay for the popular government programs) and the perennial coverage that the parks receive when the government shuts down as one of the most visible manifestations of these budget fights.  Acroterion   (talk)   03:09, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * How do I report someone who's vandalizing articles? Here's someone who only vandalized the Yosemite National Park article, but seems to be a good contributor otherwise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/15.203.233.75 Newyorkadam (talk) 17:47, 3 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * You'd go to WP:AIV, which deals with vandalism, though in general admins will only act after three or four strikes and appropriate warnings. In this case the IP is registered to Hewlett Packard and is probably shared by many users, so I'd assume that the Yosemite edit is a one-off by someone who was fooling around. In any case, one incident is usually just reverted and ignored. A pattern of all bad edits, or rapid vandalism, would be addressed with a block if warnings fail.   Acroterion   (talk)   22:28, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks! So I went to the page you sent me to, and I found out how to report someone. I understand everything except for this:


 * "Anonymous Users (IP addresses):
 * brief reason for listing (keep it short)


 * Registered Users:
 * optional brief reason for listing (keep it short)


 * 1: What do the "IPvandal" and "Vandal" parts mean? I understand the IP address and username part.
 * 2: Why do you need to state a reason for reporting someone who isn't registered, but for someone who is registered you don't have to?
 * Thanks for all your help! =)


 * (Writing it isn't working just look at the source and you'll understand)Newyorkadam (talk) 01:50, 4 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * It's a good example of Wikipedia's user-unfriendly interface and cumbersome reporting methods. If you've got an IP who's causing problems you'd copy the IPvandal example below the line, replacing IPaddress with the IP and tagging a short reason. The vandal report would use the username instead, and it also requires a reasoning. I think the distinction is just a technical limitation, as in principle there should be no difference. However, my (and other admins') treatment of IPs is different from registered users, as IPs with a modest history of vandalism and a first offense would get blocked for maybe 31 hours (to prevent them from coming back at the same time the next day and picking up where they left off), and assuming that the IP address will turn over to someone else eventually. Registered users with a pattern of nothing but vandalism tend to be indefinitely blocked as vandalism-only accounts, whereas an IP would very rarely be indef-blocked. Repeat offenders get blocked for longer terms, usually increasing by factors of 2 or 3 for successive blocks, especially when they appear to be the same person. School IPs are routinely blocked for long terms, up to a year, if they are consistent sources of vandalism (you can see IP registration through the WHOIS button, though it's often inconclusive).   Acroterion   (talk)   03:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I just reported someone, do Admins automatically check the page? Just wondering, how did you know so quickly I edited the Yosemite page? I'm currently using Lupin's anti-vandal tool.

AIV reports
Hello. Please note that it is not necessary to report editors to AIV for one recent bad edit, especially if they're IP addresses that have edited once in the last three years. Instead, try to warn them accordingly, and report the ones that continue vandalizing after receiving a full set of warnings. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, m.o.p  20:54, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * How do I warn a user? Thanks in advance! Newyorkadam (talk) 21:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * There are multiple ways; the 'old-fashioned' way would be copying the relevant warning from here onto the user's talk page. For example, if someone just vandalized a page and it's their first edit, you'd use uw-vandalism1.
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 * Hope that helps! Best, m.o.p  21:12, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for the information! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 21:15, 20 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Anytime. Thank you for helping maintain Wikipedia! Cheers. m.o.p  21:45, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Responding to your request on my talkpage, what m.o.p. said. Most of the time a warning will stop the problem and will remind the vandals that we're watching them. It sometimes comes as a shock to people that it's not really so easy to mess with the 'pedia, and most people really aren't being malicious, at least not seriously. There are relatively few occasions where I'll block someone without any warning at all, they'd have to show themselves to be irredeemable through gross libel or be an obvious repeat offender. I saw the Yosemite edit because it was on my watchlist, as I've done a lot of work on National Park Service articles.  Acroterion   (talk)   19:22, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for clearing that up! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 23:44, 21 October 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Hi there Could you please check my references for "Conyers Baronets" article - I had wished to put page 19 with the reference to "Bowes'" on it - but I have done it wrong and tha actual Page 23 - not 19- gets shown. This reference is the last one I did before your king fix up. I do hope this makes sense Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.149.168.121 (talk) 09:08, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. Please see above - it is Reference number 5. I do hope this helps - can you fix up how it should be done please? cheers Milke


 * Hi there Mike! I changed the reference to page 19 as asked: the problem was that it said


 * "http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7a8KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23&dq=sir+ralph+conyers++eventual+heiress+jane+blakiston+burkes&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cp-ZUr2FKMHIkAWorIGQBQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sir%20ralph%20conyers%20%20eventual%20heiress%20jane%20blakiston%20burkes&f=false"


 * I changed it to


 * "http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7a8KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=sir+ralph+conyers++eventual+heiress+jane+blakiston+burkes&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cp-ZUr2FKMHIkAWorIGQBQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sir%20ralph%20conyers%20%20eventual%20heiress%20jane%20blakiston%20burkes&f=false"


 * Unrelated: In the future please press 'New section' at the top of my Talk page, as this makes a new section so I can organize what's on my talk page better. Also, in the future please sign your comments. This can be done through putting four tildes (~)'s at the end of your message. Thanks for the question!! :) Newyorkadam (talk) 09:22, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Thankyou so much
 * Could you please do one more check to see if it is all OK with the conyers Baronets page. I will try to contact you correctly next time. Thanks again
 * Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.149.168.121 (talk) 09:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I'll do a check! Just so you know, there's a live IRC help channel available if you ever have a quick question--you can access it here! Newyorkadam (talk) 09:33, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Minor Alteration to the article 'The Rats in the Walls'
Some months ago I was reading up on my H.P. Lovecraft. I checked out a few wiki articles on his works and became drawn to the short story 'The Rats in the Walls'. I enjoyed the tale immensely, partly because of how well it was written but also because of how quaint the language was, in comparison to present English. Granted some of it could no longer be considered politically correct, for example the name of the chief character's favourite cat: Nigger Man. Now obviously this is a fairly poor name for a cat, and in fact it was changed in later releases to 'Black Tom'. However I fail to understand the necessity of the removal of this name from the article in question. Granted near the end the fact that the cat was originally named 'Nigger Man' is mentioned, also the fact that it was later changed to 'Black Tom'. It reminds me of the Agatha Christie story, 'Ten Little Niggers'. The book underwent numerous revisions of its title, quite recently transitioning from 'Ten Little Soldiers' to the somewhat more curious 'And Then There Were None'.

My point is that when I originally visited this article the name of 'Nigger Man' was plain to see, if nothing else being a historical curiosity from a time when people were more ignorant than they are now. Noticing it absent (until near the end of the article) I corrected it, imagining that no-one would mind nor care. Within a short time however Newyorkadam removed my edit, stating that it was not constructive.

I put it to you now: Was it constructive? Possibly not. Was it closer to how the article had been when I last visited the page? Yes. Wikipedia is supposed to be a universally accessible encyclopedia, filled with facts and information about countless subjects. What is the point in retroactively removing the word 'nigger' from material in which it was not intended to cause offence, or, if it was intended to cause offence how much more important is it to retain the original language in order to better understand the ignorance of our forebears?

Ladies and gentlemen, I do not expect this poor argument of mine (if you can even call it that) to hold any sway with you, but in my madness I felt it necessary to make some remark after my edit was removed.

Peace be with you all,

Antonius Varus.


 * You're right, and I'm sorry for me reverting your edit. In the future, if you decide to change it back, please write "Black Tom (previously called 'Nigger Man')". I use anti-vandalism tools that automatically detect possible vandalism and at first glance, your edit appeared to be vandalism.


 * Thanks for telling me, and I hope you continue to contribute positively to Wikipedia! Newyorkadam (talk) 03:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Edit to Euphonium article

 * Newyorkadam, I did leave a description of my actions in the edit history. I apologize if you feel my edit was not a positive contribution to Wikipedia. However, there was some content on the euphonium page that was poorly placed, and I was simply moving it to a more appropriate position.

I apologize for the inconvenience.BassHero55 (talk) 00:30, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, very sorry about that! I use huggle to detect vandalism, and for some reason edit summaries aren't showing up. I'll delete the warning on your talk page. I generally move through possible vandalism very quickly; upon further investigation I wouldn't have made that revert. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, sorry! :) 00:33, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I'm also reverting my revert on the article.
 * Thank you for reverting the change, Newyorkadam. I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, and having one of my first significant changes reverted was kind of scary, honestly. Have a good night, I guess. BassHero55 (talk) 00:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm fairly new to Wikipedia too :) If you ever have a question don't be afraid to ask :D Newyorkadam (talk) 00:59, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

yooooo

 * Thanks, my first award! :D And it's about vaginas :o In the future please don't vandalize; consider contributing :D Leave me a message if you need any help! Newyorkadam (talk) 23:58, 18 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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 * Thanks, have a great year Cas :) Newyorkadam (talk) 22:19, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Where are you theses day? I have been looking around for you.I hope all is well. Further I have created a new article here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Kota. Please guide me for the article.

With best regards Saxenanishank (talk) 05:34, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Saxenanishank, I'll check out that page when I get the time. Thanks for the heads up! Newyorkadam (talk) 19:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Thank you for the barnstar. I am happy to say that your barnstar was the first one I received in the several years editing and article creation on Wikipedia. It is much appreciated. ruben jc ZEORYMER  (talk) 00:31, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It's good to let people know and congratulate them when they do good work :) Newyorkadam (talk) 05:06, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Oops. Sorry about that oversight. I have altered the captions to flow with the content. ruben jc ZEORYMER  (talk) 21:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) Newyorkadam (talk) 21:14, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * The error was mine. Appreciate the comments on my userpage, although I can not take the credit for the coding: the sectional design was based on an older Wikipedia user. ruben jc ZEORYMER  (talk) 21:34, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * My pleasure :) Newyorkadam (talk) 21:37, 30 December 2013 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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I never meant for it to be submitted into the, "articles for creation". When researching on wiki, I realized I could move my own articles directly into the main space, and that is what I was trying to do. Clearly, I am a total newb at this. Sorry. Rachel Polant 03:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Rachel Polant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Polant (talk • contribs)
 * It's ok :) You don't even have to use articles for creation, but it's good to help you learn about Wikipedia and its policies. If you really feel it's ready you can technically move it out of Articles for Creation without breaking any rules. Also, at the end of your posts on talk pages, please add four tildes (~) like so: " ~ ". This will automatically sign your comments :D Newyorkadam (talk) 03:48, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I actually really like Wikipedia, but it feels a bit like Oz. Maybe that's why I enjoy it. How do I move it? Thanks again ;)
 * Rachel Polant 03:56, 10 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Polant (talk • contribs)
 * It's a fairly confusing process, so I'll do it, but I have to do some work for school now. If it's ok with you, I'll do it tomorrow. If it's urgent I can do it now though. Newyorkadam (talk) 04:32, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Tomorrow is fine. I appreciate your help. Thanks again :) I think I know how, but I'll get in trouble again ;) I think you hit move, then choose article, change name to, "Sandy Kronenberg" enter reason, and then save. I could be wrong. Rachel Polant 04:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You're absolutely right, but I messed something up somewhere when I moved your article to the Articles for Creation page. I'll need to sort it out tomorrow :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:50, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * ) Cool --Rachel Polant 04:55, 10 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Polant (talk • contribs)
 * Sorry for butting in, but I spotted what has happened and I'll do the move once the admins have cleared the additional pages created by Newyorkadam out of the way. Rankersbo (talk) 10:00, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Rankersbo, I'll try to get an admin to clear the pages tonight. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Nevermind, User:RHaworth fixed it up I think :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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No, your reversion to the previous versions does not at all appear constructive, because it returns several statements that are simply false, as well as destroying much time consuming work. Since there was an intervening correction (a period), I cannot simply revert your errors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.103.123 (talk) 16:17, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I reverted this edit, which does not appear to be constructive. I'm not sure why you made that edit, but whatever. The tool I'm using to revert edits automatically reverted all of your other edits, and I'm sorry about that. Either way, I've fixed the problems and you're all good to go. Sorry for the confusion! -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * I actually reverted that edit myself (so I guess we both reverted). I was unsuccessfully trying to fix a layout problem where the "Culture" title was overlapping with a photo. I now assume that apparently partly depends on the browser.


 * When you sent me your first message with the link to your edits, it showed ALL my corrections erased, and said I could not revert. I was a bit upset. Thanks for fixing that.


 * David from Dijon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.103.123 (talk) 16:44, 19 January 2014 (UTC)


 * So it's all good now? Do you need help with anything else? Consider creating an account :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:48, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Thanks for the offer of aid. I've actually joined a few times over the years, but I use so many computers & connections, it's nice to forget about passwords for once. I'm an old Internet hand, having been on the third connection of ARPANET at UC Santa Barbara long before WWW and wikis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.103.123 (talk) 17:04, 19 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Ah, that's very cool! Once again, if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else! I'm also online a lot on the IRC channel if you ever want live help :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 17:23, 19 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * I've reverted the page to what I consider the correct revision. Could you please contact me if you have doubts or problems with this version, or edit only the errors you find, rather than erasing all my edits? I will likely continue working on the page, trying to transform it into a real encyclopedia entry, rather than the rather random haphazard collection of additions it has become, perhaps using the French wiki page and other sources as a guide, even though I am pretty much an expert on the subject. Thanks, David 82.224.103.123 (talk) 15:24, 21 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I never meant to cause any harm to the article, I can assure you that. Misteaks happen. If you need any help on the article don't be afraid to ask :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 15:25, 21 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * No accusation intended! ;-)    I miss my steaks all the time.  Thanks   82.224.103.123 (talk) 15:33, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hi. I've been editing since 2005 but with long gaps of inactivity and only a couple of articles I personally created or wrote the bulk of, but I have wanted to do more...for years I've been planning to write an article on the History of pharmacy in the United States, which doesn't yet exist, and this week I have begun building it in earnest in my userspace: History of pharmacy in the United States. When I popped into the #wikipedia-en IRC to poke around for possible collaborators, User:Howicus mentioned you as someone who might be interested. So I thought I'd ask.... Keep wiki'ing on, NickDupree (talk) 02:51, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'm interested :) What should I do first? -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * It's an important topic, and the academic sources on pharmacy's development, and what it reveals about American history and the history of medicine, are extensive and rich. But I have barely incorporated two sources and I already might be getting too long-winded... see if there are obvious/glaring concise phrasings that I've overlooked, and maybe you have great sources you'd like to add? Every little bit helps.    —NickDupree (talk) 03:50, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll look around :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thanks so much! —NickDupree (talk) 06:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi, could you send me that NY college of pharmacy article again? its previous link doesn't work. That particular piece is especially useful for my article, as it is the earliest example I've seen so far of licensed pharmacists talking smack about the unlicensed (U.S.-wise).  NickDupree (talk) 21:53, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't remember which article it was, and I did a search on the website (BigChalk/ProQuest historical newspapers) for 'new york college of pharmacy' and there's hundreds of articles. On IRC your username is NickDupree right? I'll talk to you on there. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:30, 22 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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I have written season reviews for 2007 - 2010. Do you want to take 2011 - 13?  Go  Phightins  !  21:58, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure! I'll do them soon, but it might not be today. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Sounds good, and no rush. Btw, for 2011, we need to be sure to cover the Phour Aces stuff with Oswalt, Halladay, Lee, and Hamels. two sources.  Go  Phightins  !  22:04, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * FYI - I also wrote up 2013, leaving only 2011-12 before I am comfortable with a GAN.  Go  Phightins  !  20:19, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't forget about my parts-- I've been busy with the Tyop Contest. I'll probably get it done tonight. -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Hi Newyork. We might need more judges for the tyop contest because with users using AWB and the like we might have up to a 1,000 edits to judge a day so we might need more than 2 high schools students to judge this. so maybe we should do more scouting for experienced users willing to judge.--Jeffrd10 (talk) 14:02, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree. I've been trying to find s'more judges to no avail. Any ideas? -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Try Putting a request for more Judges on the Project page mabey or do more asking around on Irc.--Jeffrd10 (talk) 14:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'll probably just keep asking at IRC. -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

I would like to volunteer to be a judge. Please contact me at my talk page with more info on how to take part as a judge. Thanks! Carriearchdale (talk) 04:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Newyork! I was testing judging an entry under John of Reading's section. It was supposed to be number 121, and I tried to put the aye tag, but I am not sure I did it correctly since the numbered theme seemed broken. Can you take a peak at it? Let me know. If I can learn to judge them completely correctly, I will be glad to do a bunch more. Please let me know! I hope you have a great New York type of day or state of mind... Isn't that a SONG? ...but I digress......

Let me know, please. Thanks, Carriearchdale (talk) 21:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Carrie- the problem was that you put empty lines before the entry, which caused the numbering to restart. And yes... it is a song :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:36, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Tyop contest
Might be that you're planning to do so later, but because of your edit summary of "judging done for all listed", I figured I'd point out that while you've checked the edits, you haven't yet updated the scores. ;) AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:18, 6 February 2014 (UTC) If you want, I can run through the list of entries every other day and update the scores. So long as I don't have to do the updating of the lists and checking the edits, just counting points assuming 1 if no other info given, otherwise as listed behind them, would not be all that much work. Current score would be Newyorkadam - 0; Jamesmcmahon0 - 189 (for the first 120 listed edits, the rest do not seem to have been checked yet); Chris857 - 18; TheOriginalSoni - 0; Casliber - (still) 28; Ramakoudsoud2000 - 0; The Triple M - 0; AddWittyNameHere - 50; Roberticus - you have it listed as 32, but assuming that both edits marked with a questionmark are invalid, the score would actually be 30; John of Reading - 207 (for the first 121 listed edits; rest not yet checked); GoingBatty - 83 (only first 65 edits are checked, so score is only for those). Note: GoingBatty's 16th edit does not have any bonus points listed afterwards, despite having multiple corrections in it. Have not taken this into account in the score, nor have I checked other edits to see if any points were missed. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:53, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I kinda stopped updating the scores for now. You can get a basic gist of how many points everyone has by looking at the number of diffs they have. I'll just update the current scores at the end of the contest, maybe halfway through. And by the way, I saw your request for AWB, presumably for the contest. I'm asking around on IRC (which I think you should join :) for someone to give you access. -Newyorkadam (talk) 21:22, 6 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * For general help in fixing typos, but yes, it would be useful for the contest as well, just not the sole reason for requesting it. I'll think about joining IRC.
 * If you want, feel free to update the current score. I counted 49 for you-- did you see the X'd off one? Just a note to clarify, if it says +2, that mean the one point from the check, then add one. So if I have '✅ +2', I have two points, not three. I'll check on Batty's 16th edit, thanks for telling me. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Yes, that's how I counted. Well, it's what it boils down to, anyway. Mathematically it's more along the lines of (number of edits checked one way or another) - (number of edits not accepted) + (bonus points as listed -1 each (because that first point already falls under the first category)) = points. And yes, I saw that. What happened is that I accidentally counted one of the bonus-points twice. Will update tomorrow, after I get a chance to re-check while not suffering from a severe headache. Less chance of stupid mistakes that way. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 23:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hope you feel better :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 00:38, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I'm actually going to try and get a bot to do this. It shouldn't be too hard. Feel free to update the scores in the meantime though :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:40, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Will do so. Feeling a bit better than yesterday, not perfect but good enough. Currently fighting a couple of vandals, will update the scores sometime in the next few hours, though. Before midnight UTC, anyway. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 20:47, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Going to be a bit later what with fighting off, cleaning up after, and documenting IPs and accounts used in, a 4chan raid. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 00:25, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was on huggle during that time, lots o' reverting :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:24, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Indeed. I was keeping an eye on the /v/ thread to keep an eye on their next target, tracking them down through their contributions to their next targets, keeping Mark Arsten informed of their next targets so he could protect the pages, searching the correct versions of pages in a few cases, helping with reverting here-and-there and when the raid was over, tracking down the throw-away accounts and IP-addresses used in the raid for documentation and so that he could hit them with a block. About 50 IP-addresses and a good dozen of articles. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't see the thread... link me? -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:36, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Was alerted to it by Mark Arsten. Can't link you, as 4chan is blacklisted. You'd have to check Mark Arsten's talkpage (here for the link). If you scroll down far enough, you'll even see a screenshot of my conversation with Mark Arsten. There was a short follow-up thread as well, though that one seems to have been deleted. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:44, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. Any thoughts on IRC? -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:49, 8 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Not today, it's nearly 3am here, but yeah, I'll hop in sometime soon, see if I like it, perhaps hang around, perhaps not. Updating the scores will be tomorrow, thinking straight is a good idea when doing that. Being too exhausted to keep my eyes open and focused on the text I'm editing is not.AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Crabtree Edit
So these edits are "not neutral": Michael Alex Crabtree (born September 14, 1987) is a American football phenomenal wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). The 49ers were unable to defeat the Seahawks and the self-proclaimed "best cornerback" in the game.

but this is: Michael Alex Crabtree (born September 14, 1987) is an American football sorry wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). On the NFC Championhip, he was owned by Richard Sherman, the best cornerback in the game.

I admit I would get if you deleted the "phenomenal", but the rest is a million times more neutral than the bullshit that is currently up.

You're a sorry human being. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.193.9.149 (talk) 23:46, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Both edits are not ok to be on Wikipedia. All of the Wikipedia editors edit it on their own time, so please don't be rude. If you need help with editing, feel free to ask :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:48, 7 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article looks like it is going to be a really great one. I reviewed the article and have tagged it with a few suggestions. ✅ Carriearchdale (talk) 00:07, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

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I just wanted to tell (as it seems to be you who are the developer of Vada) that the summary gots a little wierd when reverting an IP-adress. How it looks after a Vada-edit:

as in this edit.

How it should look like:

as in this edit.

If I have misinterpreted that you are the developer, then maybe you could notify him/her for me. (t) Josve05a  (c) 10:54, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi there A930913 is the developer, and I'm helping them test. Those reverts were the first tests since we moved the code from test.wiki to en.wiki and we're working to improve the functionality of Vada. Thanks for telling us though :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 18:59, 14 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Drawception's notability?
Someone requested in the video games request for an article of [drawception.com Drawception]. Would you consider this game notable? Thanks, Bananasoldier (talk) 00:57, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * I'd say so-- go ahead and see what happens :)
 * And thanks AWNH :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * No problem, Newyorkadam. =) You've probably noticed, but there was a question regarding the bonus prize of the Tyop contest on said contest's talkpage. Now I'll stop interrupting your conversation with Bananasoldier (nice username, by the way), and focus on more productive matters, like figuring out whether or not I'm sober and awake enough to edit Wikipedia articles without leaving huge run-on sentences and a mass of typo's behind. XD AddWittyNameHere (talk) 03:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * : ) And I just responded, thanks :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thanks! Bananasoldier (talk) 03:41, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Random header 'cause I'm lazy
Which I responded to to point out how out-of-date my page is. Wait, I promised I wouldn't interrupt your conversation anymore, eh? Oh well, another header solves that issue. XD Also, you're welcome. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 03:32, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

GA nomination of Flappy Bird
Hello, where is the nomination for this?-- Laun  chba  ller  23:07, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Uhm, what do you mean? It can be found here, I'm reviewing it now. -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * That's exactly what I meant.-- Laun  chba  ller  00:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * * Munch* Thanks :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Flappy Bird
I've corrected all your grammar and prose related queries to the article, and soon get round to some of the controversies on its violence (of which I was completely unaware!). It was a joy to be marked by you, such a pleasant and happy man. Have a nice day The Almightey Drill (talk) 10:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Quick fixes, nice :D You missed one: "In Nguyen's quote from Twitter, he didn't italicize 'Flappy Bird', he put apostrophes around it. We don't want to misquote ;)" -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:34, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Done! It all counts! I'm impressed by how well this article has taken shape in under a month The Almightey Drill (talk) 17:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Cool! Once you get the murdering part done (Face-sad.svg) I'll take another look. And it's probably the game is very popular, so tons of edits. -Newyorkadam (talk) 17:13, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * I'm skeptical that it even happened - "flappy bird murder" yields only articles on Nguyen "killing" the game, and this article pointing to a hoax by a parody site. http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/21738/20140202/teen-boy-kills-brother-over-flappy-bird-video-game-chicago-murder.htm The Almightey Drill (talk) 17:40, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Articles regarding deaths thanks to Flappy Bird - as well as the murder of Jabari Wright, you missed the apparent murder of Nguyen himself - all come back to Huzlers.com, which is this (which appears on the footer of every page):
 * "Huzlers.com is a combination of real shocking news and satire news to keep its visitors in a state of disbelief."


 * which is a two-time reliability loser as far as I'm concerned.-- Laun  chba  ller  18:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, you may be right. Should the article mention the hoax? -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I'm not too sure actually, I was hoping you or would have an opinion on that. --  Laun  chba  ller  19:47, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * In my opinion, due to the infinity of hoaxes possible in the Twitter age, only those which duped mainstream media into believing it - such as the recent apparent criminalization of Islam in Angola - meet Wikipedia notability. The Almightey Drill (talk) 19:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * So it shan't be mentioned! Congrats on the pass :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:31, 25 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Thanks for restoring the wiki/Muthanna_Province page's content
It turns out someone from the same IP as mine replaced it's content with a racist statement: "محافظة شيعية نجسة" which means "A Shi'ite filthy province". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.238.72.209 (talk) 08:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm happy it got restored :) Consider creating an account :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

JSTOR
Hi, I wonder if you would be able to locate a JSTOR article for me please? Details: The "Innocent and Touching Custom" of Maidens' Garlands: A Field Report (Rosie Morris) Folklore Vol. 114, No. 3 (Dec., 2003), pp. 355-387. Published by: Folklore Enterprises, Ltd. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30035124 I would be mighty grateful if you were able to email me a copy. Thanks. Blackberry Sorbet (talk • contribs) 15:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Please disregard - I finally managed to recover my JSTOR log in! Hope I didn't put you out of your way. Blackberry Sorbet (talk • contribs) 16:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * You didn't, happy you found it! -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:57, 27 February 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Promised to give you an update on the typos for the bonus prize of the tyop contest. I've been busy gathering the info (and verifying the info in edit summary is correction for those edits) I need for my list of edits-per-typo for the Tyop Contest off-wiki so I can upload them in one go to my userpage. Unfortunately, it's going a little bit slower than expected and I will need a few more hours before I'll be done. Should at the very latest be done at March 1st, 11:59PM UTC (=approx. 24h from now), hopefully sooner. In the mean time, this is the info I have so far: Hubner -> Hübner is the most-corrected typo by me. Assuming AWB correctly counted the number of corrections each edit, the total amount of corrections for Hubner -> Hübner should be 7426. As it seems highly unlikely that AWB will be off by more than 5% in either direction, I'd say it's safe to say that the total must be somewhere in the range of 7050 to 7800. Will have the exact amount for you soon, however. (But manually checking edits with 100-320 corrections to see if the count isn't one or two off is... not much fun and not something I can do with focus for more than an hour-and-a-half straight) AddWittyNameHere (talk) 00:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * No rush! I just didn't want the contest to have to wait for you to finish your stats, but that clearly isn't happening :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Nah, and it helps me here that it'll be a while still before the judging will be done, eh? In any case, good luck working away that backlog. If just checking my own edits is a shitload of work, I don't even want to imagine how busy you two must be. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 14:27, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * There a reason you put a welcome-template on my talkpage? XD Not exactly new, y'know. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Someone mentioned that you've never been welcomed before, and everyone deserves to be welcomed =D -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:40, 2 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
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Joe Purdy
Hey. I am a huge JP an and I appreciate your efforts but that douche site has a lot of spammy citations on wikipedia.

Here is an article from ASCAP. ASCAP licenses songs for use in other media. Definitely a reliable source and might have some more information for you to site elsewhere:

http://www.ascap.com/playback/2005/fall/radar/purdy.aspx DouglasCalvert (talk) 02:27, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok I'll add that source, it seems good :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:41, 2 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Lost
Sure, I haven't seen Lost or edited its articles in a long time, contributing to a long hiatus in editing its articles, but I sure have an interest in building more GAs out of the episodes. Restoring this could be a priority, but I don't know if building Featured Lists (or even GAs, it's been common to recent TV season articles) would be too hard for you. igordebraga ≠ 02:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, if you wanna help, I'm currently going through and re-watching Lost while editing and fixing up the article that I'm currently watching. But if there's any specific article that you wanna work on, I'm up for it :) I might do that topic in the future, but not right now. -Newyorkadam (talk) 02:29, 4 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I'm going much ahead than your rewatch, editing The Cost of Living (Lost) as it even fits another user's project. Anyway, if you can take a look at that, specially as it's almost good enough for a GA nom, you'll be welcome. igordebraga ≠ 22:30, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd be glad to help! I don't think I'll edit the plot summary section, but I'll do some work on the other sections :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:50, 4 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Please, don't rush with FA nominations even if they give more points in the WikiCup. I had a much more comprehensive Lost article in my last attempt (that still failed). Trying to get Good status from more articles is worth a shot, though. igordebraga ≠ 22:11, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I wasn't trying to get WikiCup points, but maybe I did rush it. I'm having some trouble finding sources for Tabula Rasa (Lost), but I'd like to get it to GA before I move on. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

I found a great ref... but for the pilot and the main show article, if you can read and add tidbits to the articles. igordebraga ≠ 03:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks :D Will add it later. I'm trying to get the main Lost articles to GA too :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 11:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I've begun work on White Rabbit (Lost). -Newyorkadam (talk) 00:50, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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No relation to longstanding Arbitration Committee member Newyorkbrad? Surprised no one else brought this up on your userpage. TeleComNasSprVen (talk • contribs) 03:46, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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Please update Template:Userbox tyop contest. The Tyop Contest should for the general contest, whereas the specific contests held over the years should be assigned separate pages. For Example, Asia Cup is general, whereas 2014 Asia Cup is specific. Secondly Tyop Contest also needs updates. It still says that: The 1st annual Tyop Contest is planned to be run from February 1st to March 1st., is it still running? Please also give a time frame for the announcement of results. Regards. 182.187.43.52 (talk) 14:52, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * No, it's not, thanks for pointing this out. I've been swamped with work and am still in the process of judging the entries along with the other judge. The contest will hopefully be running again next February to March :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Mistake
Dear Newyorkadam, I deleted the stuff on gas gangrene on accident, sorry :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogyeey (talk • contribs) 16:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It's okay :) Just please be moar careful in the future. -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:26, 7 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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 * I have a suggestion. Would you like to hear? I have tried many forms of vandalism on this site. While many get detected by the automatic filter, the nowiking does not. So, why don't you add blocking large parts of page under nowiki tag in the edit filter? 117.197.85.166 (talk) 19:21, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! Please stop with the unconstructive edits, you're hindering progress on us helping the world :) And how about you just not be a dick and stop vandalising the encyclopedia, consider becoming a Good Faith editor? Few know that I started out with unconstructive edits, and look at how I've turned around! -Newyorkadam (talk) 19:24, 8 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Thank you for noticing the snow shovel article I made. I am very passionate about snow shovels and I am pleased to have found an appreciative audience.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  19:27, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hello, I appreciate your effort and dedication to fairness, however, I do find error with your opinion on my posts. The page was VASTLY outdated (2011) and was greatly slanted in the opposite direction. Nothing that I posted was factually inaccurate and I would implore you to research it if you do not believe me. If anything, I was making the page more neutral because anything that I removed, edited, or added was to fix an outdated and previously biased page. The previous iteration of said page was far more biased then how I left it. A prime example being the fact that everything I posted was constructive (the previous page had a lot of deconstructive opinion and outdated at that).

Thank you for your time and I hope you reconsider your opinion on the matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebasketballman (talk • contribs) 05:53, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi there! The reason I reverted your edit is because you included statements such as 'the state's best organized college athletic program'. According to who? What if I think they're the worst team in the world? If you were to say, "According to ESPN, they are the state's best organized college athletic program" (assuming ESPN said this), that would be ok. I suggest you take a look at this Wikipedia discussion on bias. Another thing I suggest you take a look at is referencing. Statements such as 'UofL is consistently the most profitable college sports franchise in the nation and the program has been deemed to have the most equitable fanbase of any school in the country, according to studies' need references. What studies said this? You'll need to reference them, so I highly advise viewing this discussion on why referencing is important and how to do it. If you have any more questions, feel free to write back here :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 06:04, 16 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Hello there,
 * Once again I appreciate your helpfulness in this matter. However, I feel that the biggest issue here, if anything, is adding sources (which I need to do some research on due to the fact that I don't have the technical side down). But as far as accuracy of information, I still feel that it is very much factual. The portion where I said it was the best organized college sports program in the state was backed up by the entirely factual pieces that I added about The university having the most profitable sports franchise in the nation (which is supported by numbers an figures researched by the NCAA themselves) and the fact that nobody can argue that the university is doing better performance wise at the moment than any other team in the state (being the only school in the state to be in a BCS bowl, college world series, and consistently be in the final four in the last half decade). Perhaps I could have worded it slightly different, but I feel like everything I posted is well supported. Thank you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebasketballman (talk • contribs) 13:43, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Also, it was a very recent article that stated that UofL has the most equitable fanbase in the country. It was pretty prominent and received without question since I think it was ESPN that researched it. Once again, biggest issue is sourcing that I need to figure out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebasketballman (talk • contribs) 14:01, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Two things: First of all, you need to reference the the figures by the NCAA, or else the reader doesn't even know they exist. Second of all, the reason you can't say 'best organized' is because everyone has a different idea of what is the 'BEST' organized. You'd need to say, "The Cardinals are considered the best organized team by the NCAA and ESPN.(put references here)" I hope this helps! -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:38, 16 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Well, since we have determined that the issue here is not bias or lack of accurate facts and simply a lack of referencing could you please assist me in getting to my edit so that I can add necessary sources and fix it up all neat and proper? I do not know how to get to it since you took it down. Thanks.
 * Here. Everything you've deleted is on the left; everything you've added is on the right. I know that referencing can be very confusing, so please don't hesitate to ask for help -Newyorkadam (talk) 20:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Okay! Thanks a ton man. I am about to post a revised edit. I hope with the sources it is more up to standards. I think that I have posting with sources mostly figured out. Thanks!

I've made some minor changes, mostly syntax-type things (such as references go directly after punctuation, without a space). But nice improvements :D -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:57, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Thanks! :) I feel I've grown as an editor. Lol. Adding sources isnt really as hard as it looks. Just wasnt used to computer code.
 * Cool :D Hope you continue to contribute :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:41, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Since you have edited the BBC One page recently, Can you add your views and opinions about, a single user recent complaints about the page, which includes spiting the page. I will be grateful for any feedback on the issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:BBC_On --Crazyseiko (talk) 13:00, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, the only edit I made on that page was fixing a typo. I don't have a lot of experience with BBC One, and I don't feel comfortable making a decision on this. Thanks for asking me anyway :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 14:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Hi thanks for your reply, Is it possible you could even come over to the page to help talk about the overall content, IE not what is postage but to see if the issues highlight are actually valid, if you know what I mean? I'm having real trouble with a user who clearly does not have a clue and is bring in his own personnel views onto a page " I think, I cant etc.  I'll had to explain upmteen things just to get some better details but any help and points of view would be extremely grateful. --Crazyseiko (talk) 10:52, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
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Greetings, I need a good mentor for advice concerning uploading of photos, linking to secondary sources in print that are not readily available on the Internet at present (and in doing so, avoiding copyright policy issues) and COI (I already got whacked for this because I changed my residence and removed a dead link on the stub page about me Frank Niro. See also talk:Frank Niro. I promise not to take up very much of your time. Appreciatively, Frank Niro (talk) 20:21, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Frank, I'd be happy to help you with any questions you might have Which would you like help with first: uploading a photo, linking to print secondary sources, or avoiding copyright issues? Thanks, Newyorkadam (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam


 * Wow, thanks for the quick response! Please add me to your list of current adoptees. We can start with photos (there's no urgency on any of this) I requested a current photo from Susan Polgar to replace the old one on her page and she sent it to me. It is in jpg format, but I'm not sure how to get it onto Wikipedia. If you could point me to the appropriate instructions, I would appreciate it. To see what I am up to in a global sense, please see User:Frank Niro under CJA project notes and status. Thanks again,Frank Niro (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * If you want to upload an image, go to the upload wizard on Wikimedia Commons, the website that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia-site's images. -Newyorkadam (talk) 21:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Thank you. I uploaded my first photo to Paul Truong. I have Susan Polgar and Lev Alburt (and others too) to do now, but I need to gain an understanding of rules for using photos that aren't my own for which I have the subject's permission. I appreciate your help very much. Heading to NY now. I'll try again in a few days. Frank Niro (talk) 05:34, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Nice, good luck! -Newyorkadam (talk) 11:24, 2 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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I know this might be a silly question, and it would be an f***ing load of work as well. But I would very much appreciate any sources of a more or less "overview" nature, particularly like articles in reference sources, relating to the subject of Soka Gakkai. The existing, rather minimal, content on the subject has been rather contentious for some time, and it would be extremely useful if we could get a clearer idea of what existing reference and overview academic sources say about the topic to get a better idea of what to put where. John Carter (talk) 19:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
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A cropped version of File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group H) 09.JPG, File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group H) 11.JPG might be better. This one File:2014 WikiConference USA (Group H) 14.JPG might be the best, although it could use some cropping. What do you think?-- S Philbrick (Talk)  16:50, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
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what the fvck do thou think that FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA is ADMIN SANCTIOPEDIA, FREEDOM is SLAVERY, WAR is PEACE, BLACK is WHITE??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.219.54.250 (talk) 12:41, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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Why is this showing up as Newyorkadam's submission? It looks from the history like it was drafted by someone else altogether. (I ask only because the Newyorkxxxx Cabal has to stick together.) Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:18, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. I edited it most recently by closing a reference tag that was causing an error, and it seems as though the page auto-resubmitted the article to AfC for some reason. I certainly didn't mean to submit it to AfC, nor do I recall pressing the button to submit it. It appears that it was resubmitted in the same edit that I fixed the ref tag. -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:02, 19 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Please read WP:UP. It's some interesting stuff. I found the sentence that says "Policy does not prohibit users, whether registered or unregistered users, from removing comments from their own talk pages." Almost poetic if you ask me. You could almost set it to song. -- Jayron <b style="color:#090">32</b> 01:36, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * I think this is my first time! Well I guess it was also my second time ;) Thanks :) -Newyorkadam (talk) 05:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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If you want to submit at AFC on behalf of another user, make sure to use. In you used  resulting in the decline message being delivered to you. But "Pooping in the ocean, drawing fart bubbles coming out of a turtles butt on a middle school mural, Dookie Dookie Milkshake and driving a shart." should have told you right away that it was an attack page. It should never have been submitted. -- Sam Sing! 03:57, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I actually never meant to post the AfC in the first place. I'm clearing the backlog at Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting. For whatever reason when I click 'edit' on a page sometimes to fix it and save the page, it auto-submits the draft under my name, although I don't add . I'm not sure why this is. I don't even pay attention to what the name of the article is; I just go through the category and fix the reference errors. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:14, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * pinged wrong Sam. -- &#x2611; Sam uelWantman 22:12, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry. . -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:37, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Hi Adam. Interesting. Forgive me if I made it sound like I implied you were doing it deliberately. OK, so what is going on? The Caitlin Loeffler draft has been deleted, but we have a similar case in Draft:Cody Lachey. Do you fix the incorrect ref tags by script? -- Sam Sing! 10:57, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries. I go to [[:Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting|the category page]] and open ~10 pages at a time, then click the 'Edit source' links at the top like I'd do for any other article. I first find the error then fix them manually, and press Save page. I don't do anything different from editing other articles. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * OK, try to do it on Draft:Testing - ignore this - will G7 later, please, I might have a clue (he said over-optimistically). -- Sam Sing! 12:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Done. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:24, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Alright, it happened. My only explanation is that when I edit the page it auto-places in there for some reason. Do you think the same? -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:25, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Hmm, dunno yet, I'm still trying to understand what happens. I'll try to decline it now, but if I understand the template correctly, you will get the declined message here. -- Sam Sing! 12:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe try making another page and I can see whether or not shows up when I edit it. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:30, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Would you do it again? This time there is only one submission in the test draft. -- Sam Sing! 12:32, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, showed up. I'm not sure if this is intended or not, or why it wouldn't happen to people who make the AfCs when they edit a page to add moar information to it. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:33, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Well, now we know, that having pressed submit twice, has nothing to do with it. Also happens when we have pressed only once (our second test here). Look at. He had submitted on 5 November. Yet no bot had been around. And then you fixed the ref tag yesterday. So why wasn't the draft visited by a bot? Do you know which bot it is? Could it have anything to do with the being below the incorrect tag? -- Sam Sing! 12:40, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, it might be one of those things. Do you want me to try creating my own test AfC with a broken ref and you fix it? That way we can tell if it's just me (like maybe a preference I have enabled). -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:44, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Yes, let's try that. But have a look at : I reverted back, fixed the tag, and submitted, and voila a nice yellow box. I'm going to have a look at the dates of drafts in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting. -- Sam Sing! 12:51, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Draft:Testing_-_ignore_this_-_will_G7_later_2. I think I did it correctly. -Newyorkadam (talk) 12:59, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Try submitting it, then I'll close the ref tag. -- Sam Sing! 13:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:23, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Haven't touched it yet, but I notice the same thing: still the grey box on top and a  further down and below the open tag. Will fix now. -- Sam Sing! 13:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

What do you propose we do from here? -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:34, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thanks for testing, let's keep both test pages up for now. I feel like doing some other tasks. If you know exactly where to turn to with this bug/situation, go ahead. Otherwise I'll return to it in a few hours. Thanks, -- Sam Sing! 13:35, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what's going on, but I'll ask some users on IRC what they think later. -Newyorkadam (talk) 13:50, 24 February 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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Hi there! Last month you left a nice note on my talkpage and I don't think I ever responded. So here's a belated thank you! I'm happy to hear about Operation Lost starting back up again. Your notice reminded me that there are still many Lost articles to go. I've started expanded "Raised by Another" and "...In Translation" and plan to eventually nominate them for GA status. If you come across any information on them, let me know! Also, let me know if you need help on any articles (it looks like you were able to find production info on "White Rabbit"). Thanks!  Ruby  2010/  2013  03:00, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey! I'm currently working on Confidence Man, and I plan on going in chronological order. Yeah, I managed to find some production info on White Rabbit I actually just came across a great resource– an interview with Damon Lindelof for many episodes in Season 1, but unfortunately it looks like there aren't interviews for Raised by Another and ...In Translation. Thanks! -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:09, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Aha, wait! The interview for Solitary has some juicy production info on Raised by Another: " September 22, premiere week of 2004, at that moment in time, we were writing or breaking the stories for both "Raised by Another" and "Solitary." So we had gotten slightly behind, and we had to divide into two rooms, and David Fury was working on "Solitary," and the rest of the room was working on "Raised by Another." Carlton [Cuse], who had just started the week before, and I were sort of bouncing between the two universes. What happened was that when the network got the outlines for "Raised by Another," they started freaking out because the show had just premiered. Instead of saying, "We've got a hit on our hands, you guys do whatever you want to do," it was, "We've got a hit on our hands, don't do anything to fuck it up." They got really nervous."" And, "the other thing that "Raised by Another" presented was that Ethan had infiltrated our encampment. It's like, "Oh, is this show now going to be that there is all these other people on the Island, and every week they are going to be coming and having stories without folk?" We're like, "Rest assured, the story is still focused on these guys, but we need to introduce this threat because it is going to catalyze a different form of storytelling that's more intense and more in the now versus 'Hey, it's time to build the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse.'" It was a struggle for us to just do "Let's go find water" as a story. There does need to be a fundamental sense of tension and stakes behind it. And that's going to be represented by the fact that there are forces on this island that really don't want our castaways to get off it." -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:29, 10 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Good find! I will see what I can add from it.  Ruby  2010/  2013  00:27, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * So it appears that ABC has redirected all of the old ABC Medianet viewership info to the Disney ABC Press homepage. Fortunately t looks like most of the abcmedianet links are archived on web.archive.org, and I've just added archive urls & dates to a few episodes. This change must have happened in the past week or two; the links were live when I was checking them two weeks ago. Just letting you know. -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:52, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam

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I am interested in being adopted, and I found your page on the adopt-a-user list. Would you be interested in helping me learn how to navigate/use Wikipedia? I would be very grateful if you could, but there would be no harsh feelings if you are too busy. Thanks! (BluJay (talk) 12:17, 24 March 2015 (UTC))
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 * I think I would prefer the traditional way, so I don't miss anything. My school schedule right now is pretty crazy, but I will be able to get on here for long enough to tell you if we can't do lessons that day. Will that be okay? By the way, I think you should consider cleaning out your talk page. It takes me five minutes to scroll down to the bottom, and that's a little bit of an inconvenience.BluJay (talk) 01:24, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Okay, Thanks!BluJay (talk) 12:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, call me stupid, but I cannot get that User:Newyorkadam:Adoption school thing to work on my page. Is there a way for you to get that for me by editing the page? It's User:BluJay/Adoption school. Sorry. (BluJay (talk) 02:19, 26 March 2015 (UTC))

Your problem is that first, you did. Then, you did. Finally, you did  The page is titled "User:Newyorkadam/Adoption school" (caps-sensitive). The first time the A in Adoption school wasn't capitlized, the second time it wasn't capitalized and you didn't have a space, and the third time you had the first closing bracket facing the wrong way ("{" instead of "}"). It should be, ! I know it can be confusing, but you'll get the hang of it :P -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:21, 26 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I'm so sorry I didn't see that sooner! I either wasn't notified, or that was one of the times that I had more than one notification and didn't get around to that and it got marked as already viewed. So sorry! I will try to get this done ASAP. BluJay (talk) 02:23, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I don't know how in the world I missed that! And to think that I was hung up by one reversed sign! BluJay (talk) 02:26, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Do I click/tap on the first related pages link? BluJay (talk) 12:14, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

No, go through the sections in order (first read "Five Pillars", then "Markup", and so on). Related pages are things you can do after you're done the course. -Newyorkadam (talk) 18:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Okay, thanks! (again)
 * I'm sorry, I keep asking you for help, but where do I find the aforementioned sections? BluJay (talk) 23:10, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * See this screenshot. And don't worry about asking for help, that's what I'm here for -Newyorkadam (talk) 00:20, 1 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Hate to break it to you, but my kindle can't get to those outside links, I will check it out if I can get on the computer tomorrow. Thank you so much, I know you're really trying to help me out, and I really appreciate it. BluJay (talk) 01:19, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I got an alert that I was on the Usernames for Administrative attention page! Am I in trouble? What did I do? Am I going to be blocked? I just started on Wikipedia, and other than my first edits which were reverted, I haven't really ventured into the wikiweb since! Only talk pageant to help like! You have a lot of edits, and are respected here right? Can you look through my history and show them somehow that I didn't do anything, I really don't want to be blocked, I like Wikipedia! BluJay (talk) 01:29, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * You don't need to worry— the username in question is User:Bleujay, and someone said their username is too similar to yours; not the other way around. -Newyorkadam (talk) 01:32, 1 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thank goodness, I saw the heading that labeled that section, and got really worried, thank you. Sorry I overreacted. Why did they're let that other user make the account in the first place if it was too similar to mine? What if I said I didn't mind, could they keep their name, I'd hate for them to have to change it. BluJay (talk) 01:58, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no one that "lets" someone pick a username— anyone can technically take any username that isn't already used, it's just they might be changed afterward if any problem arise. And sure, you can join the discussion and offer your 2¢. -Newyorkadam (talk) 03:15, 1 April 2015 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * Thanks! I just remember when I was first trying to pick a name it kept telling me it was too similar to this or that. BluJay (talk) 12:23, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, or haven't gotten around to getting on the computer yet, and in the meantime, I have no clue what to do. I've found a whole list of things I CAN'T do though! 😁 I can't...

If you ask me, that's WAY too many can'ts I would really love to find something I'm good at here. BluJay (talk) 22:43, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
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The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus. Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.
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The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

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WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is. All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. , a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to. Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:


 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
 * wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
 * wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

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The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:
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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 three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
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 * Featured List – produced 2 FLs in R2
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 * Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
 * In The News – and, each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
 * Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):
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Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address. After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

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Hi there! I saw you were offering adoption and i was wondering if you could help me out. I'm most interested in correcting spelling, grammar, typos, and general copy-editing, but I would be love to learn whatever you can offer. Thanks! Subsolute z3ro (talk) 01:18, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
 * 🇪🇺 Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
 * 🇯🇵 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
 * Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. 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 equally.

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May 2017 WikiCup newsletter
The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
 * 🇯🇵 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
 * Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
 * Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to 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 10 days of "earning" 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 equally.

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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. 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 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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Project At a Glance As of Q2 2017, the project has:


 * 211 Featured Articles
 * 70 Featured Lists
 * 11 Featured Topics
 * 1 Featured Portals


 * 28 Featured Pictures
 * 1,172 Good Articles
 * 23 Good Topics

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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.

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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:
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 * 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.

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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)

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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.
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The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
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The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:


 * Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
 * Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
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During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:



All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:


 * wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
 * wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
 * wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

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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.

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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.
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 * 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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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)

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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.

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
 * Royal Standard of England (1406-1603).svg Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
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 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Blason Gondor.svg Hog Farm with 801, 🇻🇪 Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, 🇺🇸 Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and 🇲🇽 MX with 515.

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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
 * Royal Standard of England (1406-1603).svg Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were


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Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020
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Volume 12, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2020

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Project At a Glance As of Q4 2020, the project has:


 * 239 Featured Articles
 * 88 Featured Lists
 * 10 Featured Topics


 * 33 Featured Pictures
 * 1,650 Good Articles
 * 28 Good Topics

Content


 * Changes to Featured and Good content
 * News items and announcements
 * WP:VG Talk Page Digest


 * Feature: Don't fake your work
 * Follow-up: VG editing in a time of COVID
 * Interview: TarkusAB

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