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DYK for Science Fiction Awards Database
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for An Informal History of the Hugos
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Freedman (writer)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you
Just wanted to express my gratitude for your fantastic work on The Farseer Trilogy article. One of my favourite book series and the article is very comprehensive and well-written. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 00:46, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * @Chocmilk03: Thanks for the kind words! I'm planning to work on the sequels as well. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 10:44, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for The Farseer Trilogy
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry
… for not telling you I'd brought the userspace draft live. Didn't mean to make you do it twice. Thanks a lot for your help with this—it's very much appreciated. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 06:27, 5 January 2022 (UTC)


 * No worries, thanks for working on the draft! Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 06:32, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else 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. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Children's Fantasy Literature
Hello! Your submission at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bruxton (talk) 03:11, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think you are doing good work, and you are making great contributions to the project. I made some comments at the DYK and decided to leave the nomination to someone else. Best to you! Bruxton (talk) 17:02, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
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Your GA nomination of Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
The article Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vaticidalprophet -- Vaticidalprophet (talk) 23:01, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

R. Daneel Olivaw
Just a passing note that that article needs a lot of help :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:09, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
The article Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vaticidalprophet -- Vaticidalprophet (talk) 03:41, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Farseer Trilogy
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Farseer Trilogy you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 19:20, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Rowling FLC
Huge thanks for mentioning my name on Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Rowling/archive1. I really don't deserve it though, far less than others. Can you remove? Thanks. Also, looking up your page, so cool to see you're working on the Farseer trilogy. It's on my stack of books to re-read. Actually all my Hobbs books are (the stack is actually a bookshelf). Best. Victoria (tk) 22:05, 24 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Victoriaearle, sure; trimmed. I wasn't sure what the usual convention is (re. mentioning people's names). And it's nice to meet a fellow Hobb fan! Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 22:30, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * O-D, a reviewer had you remove all serial commas, but someone tells me serial commas are British English ? I’m not sure, just saying, in case it pops up, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  02:14, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I thought that too, but serial comma says it's more American than British. Weird. Thanks for checking. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 02:31, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I wasn’t sure myself … British English is Greek to me! Sandy Georgia (Talk)  02:35, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Farseer Trilogy
The article The Farseer Trilogy you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:The Farseer Trilogy for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 16:20, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks
for Special:Diff/1065554137. I had been avoiding that. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 04:15, 14 January 2022 (UTC)


 * No problem; I had one of my refs to fix, and thought I might as well do the rest. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 04:51, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

I have started a draft on the section on race at User:AleatoryPonderings/sandbox. I'm not satisfied with it and I think I have given Gupta too much weight—he does make a very provocative argument though. When I sat down to read Barratt I was disappointed; she makes a lot of comparisons between Voldemort and Hitler that I find facile. was also kind of a bust. I'm sure there are other essays about the blood purity stuff in particular and I want to find them because this criticism leaves much to be desired. I hope Dark Fantastic is better. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 04:35, 16 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Added some to mainspace in Special:Diff/1066274475. Turned out not to be so much about race as about the blood purity idea. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:06, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @AleatoryPonderings: I finally got around to adding – not sure if that's what you had in mind, but I found it surprisingly well covered in sources. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 08:48, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I didn't have anything particular in mind and I did see some discussion of the house elf issue when I looked, but it seems I didn't look deep enough. As you may have noticed, I've not been editing much lately—a combination of increased real life obligations and wiki-fatigue. My sense is that not much more content remains to be written but if it does I will probably not be the one writing it. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 14:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * @Eddie891: Thank you for the nice words and the barnstar. Very much appreciated! Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 02:31, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Farseer Trilogy
The article The Farseer Trilogy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Farseer Trilogy for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 20:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Rowling

 * Congrats on a fine job! Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  00:51, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 01:11, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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 Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. 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 Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Make Way for Ducklings FAR
I have nominated Make Way for Ducklings for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. O-D, hoping you might have a look and enter opinions. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  15:57, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you ; appreciate the lovely note. I enjoyed the collaboration and am glad we were able to retain the star. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 07:38, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Million award for J. K. Rowling
What an amazing collaboration; kudos! Best regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  00:49, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you SG, especially for bringing it over the finish line over the last few weeks. I enjoyed the group effort and it's great that it ended well. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 07:51, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * 1) Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
 * 2) 🇨🇽 AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
 * 3) Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
 * 4) Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
 * 5) Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
 * 6) Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Kidnapping of Peter Weinberger/GA1
Hello

I note that you promoted this article to GA status, when you had not conducted the review. The review process was still open and awaiting matters raised in the review. I will assume good faith that you were exploring Novem Linguae's script and that you reverted your action. Please take care with this tool, in future. --Whiteguru (talk) 21:01, 14 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @Whiteguru: Hello, yes it was an ipad misclick! Apologies for the trouble. I did not realize that the script would load on GANs where I was not the reviewer, and a stray finger on a touchscreen put it into action. I reverted myself immediately, so I trust everything’s ok now. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 22:27, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Women in Green - July GA Editathon
 Hello Olivaw-Daneel:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Editathon event in July 2022!

Running from July 1 to 31, 2022, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event focused on the topic of women and the environment. Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works during the event period (with an emphasis on environmental links and topics). GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Alanna the Brave (talk) 13:31, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
 * Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 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. 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Religious debates over the Harry Potter series Featured article review
I have nominated Religious debates over the Harry Potter series for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:59, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 51
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The Rain Wild Chronicles: to do?
You know what is the reward for a job well done... :P Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:53, 19 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @Piotrus: Sure, I'm working on it. Seems sad for that alone to be a redirect. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 05:50, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of This Census-Taker
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article This Census-Taker you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 03:41, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of This Census-Taker
The article This Census-Taker you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:This Census-Taker for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lazman321 -- Lazman321 (talk) 01:21, 29 August 2022 (UTC)