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WikiCup 2015 May newsletter
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.
 * was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
 * took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
 * worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! , and  16:41, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:D (New York City Subway service)
Template:C (New York City Subway service) Template:D (New York City Subway service) Template:4 (New York City Subway service) have been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Epic Genius (talk) 21:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You really should comment about these so they don't get deleted, and have all that effort of yours wasted. Useddenim (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Template:No Roccerbot
hi. I would like to delete Template:No Roccerbot taht you created since this bot never edited and it's better to use the bots template directly to allow/deny bots. Is it OK with you? -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:11, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: Spring 2015

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Nomination for deletion of Template:No Roccerbot
Template:No Roccerbot has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Magioladitis (talk) 12:16, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Your recent edit that I reverted on the 4 (New York City Subway service) article is because...
That so-called "map" template, as you described, belongs to the New York City Subway line articles, not the New York City Subway service articles. There's a difference between the two. We already have a full list of stations for all New York City Subway service articles, whereas the New York City Subway line articles have the map templates. Got it now? JoesphBarbaro (talk) 21:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Look at this TfD, please. Phil roc My contribs 21:51, 6 July 2015 (UTC)


 * I've read the entire New York City Subway map template discussion, as well as the discussion that you've had with Epic Genius and a few other Wikipedians here on your own talk page, Pretty clearly, I support the deletion of these map templates for obvious reasons, as well as the reasons that I've already explain to you. JoesphBarbaro (talk) 22:11, 6 July 2015 (UTC)


 * A map would be much better than looking through a table. People like visual representations of things. Phil roc My contribs 13:31, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter
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.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:


 * , who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy.  A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
 * , second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
 * , first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany.  Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
 * , second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
 * , from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 * , from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
 * , from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
 * , also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

, and  11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: Summer 2015

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Addition of Template:4 (New York City Subway service) to the 4 Train article
Hey Philroc, I'd advise you not to add 4 (New York City Subway service) yet. Besides the size concerns (since your map isn't collapsed by default, it takes up 1/2 of the right side of the page), the 4 Train only describes the trains that run along the selected trackage, not the trackage themselves. It may be controversial if you add a line template to an article about a route. Epic Genius (talk) 16:50, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, the BS-map itself may need to be restructured. Maybe something like Template:Red Line (CTA) or something, but without the extra line spurs and stuff. Epic Genius (talk) 16:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * BS-map isn't limited to lines. Phil roc My contribs 17:33, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I realized that. That's why I suggested it be restructured. I'll try to only include trackage that is used in regular service. Epic Genius (talk) 18:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The line maps the template was built out of has line spurs, and even the template you put in had spurs. So why not this one? (Oh, by the way, have you thought about my WikiProject proposal?) Phil roc My contribs 18:48, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've thought about it. No one responded, and since I'm time-constrained, I'm going to make a category for these route templates instead. (And by the way, I cut non-revenue-service spurs. The Crown Heights dead-end is still there because the 4 uses it during the daytime.) Epic Genius (talk) 18:57, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

03:52:45, 18 September 2015 review of submission by Rlidster1896
Hi, I'm requesting that you reconsider the review of the submission Lockjaw, band, Ottawa, ON. The reason given for rejection is that the band is not notable as it has no songs listed in the Canadian record chart. The reason I'm asking you to reconsider is that the submission does meet other criteria for Notability, specifically that the band has coverage in independent and well-established media sources. The article cites reviews of and interviews with Lockjaw in The Charlatan (Carleton University's longstanding independent newspaper), the Ottawa Citizen (the major newspaper of Ottawa, Ontario), and Maximum Rock'n'Roll (which is the major publication documenting underground punk music in North America). Coverage of this band in these very reputable sources seemed to me that it would demonstrate the notability of the band. Also, local bloggers that are cited in the article note the significance of the band in terms of its influence on the underground music scene in Ottawa and on bands that came later and that achieved greater recognition (e.g. Shotmaker). As someone who is trying to contribute to documenting underground music in Canada, it seems to me that it would be a significant omission to discount a band whose influence was well noted in independent, verifiable, and well-regarded sources, despite the fact that the band broke up before achieving more through its recordings. Also, it should be noted that it did contribute a song to a compilation put out by Allied Recordings, an well-known underground music label based in San Francisco that issued records from many notable bands. While I certainly understand the need to ensure the notability of musical acts, tor these reasons, I would request that you reconsider the submission on Lockjaw despite the fact that it does not appear in the Canadian record chart. Thanks for considering my request. Rlidster1896 (talk) 03:52, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * One word: Zero-tolerance. Phil roc My contribs 12:15, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * can you please forward me a link to the Canadian music chart that you referenced as a rationale for rejecting this submission? I'm not familiar with it. Also, what is it that you have zero-tolerance for? Thanks


 * If it was on a record chart, the creator would've mentioned it. And I think pretty much everyone at WP:WPAFC would agree that there is an unwritten zero tolerance policy. Phil roc My contribs 20:24, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Canberra Innovation Network
Hello, I have taken the liberty of finding some better sources for Draft:Canberra Innovation Network, which you had previously declined. The sources you mentioned as being written by the subject are still there, but I believe there are now enough other sources to establish notability. I would particularly direct your attention to the Canberra Times and Sydney Morning Herald articles in that regard. Also, thanks for all your good work at AfC! I aspire to someday have enough experience to help out evaluating AfC submissions; in the meantime I do my best to find sources, remove promotional language and resolve other issues brand-new editors often have trouble withh when submitting their first articles. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 05:32, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, but I have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to AFC, so find enough sources to replaces to self-published ones. Sorry :) Phil roc My contribs 12:57, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem, Philroc, thanks for explaining your policy. I will find sources for as much of the primary-sourced information in the article as possible, and remove the rest from the article. — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 15:49, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome :) Phil roc My contribs 20:11, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Just giving you a heads-up that I have now replaced all the primary sources (including all government sources to be on the safe side) with secondary sources, in case you were waiting on me to do the review. Thanks again! — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 21:43, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I will start the review from where I left off. <font color="#009933">Phil <font color="#FF6600">roc My contribs 23:11, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I accepted it! As it says on your talk page:"Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia"! <font color="#009933">Phil <font color="#FF6600">roc My contribs 16:27, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: September 2015
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Checked by CheckUser
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WikiCup 2015: The results
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.

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 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.

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WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016: Game On!
We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:03, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016: Game On!
We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter


That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by, and two each by , , , and. Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by. Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with completing nine.

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WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. ,, and .--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:05, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Draft:U.S. Route 33 Business (Stanardsville, Virginia)
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Rules for fools
See this. Kharkiv07 ( T ) 15:38, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter


Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by and one by ), four Featured Lists (with three by ), and 53 Good Articles (six by  and five each by, , and ). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by and five by ). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. scored 265 base points, while and  each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, and, broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. ,, and -- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:59, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hi! Not to bug you or anything, but I was just wondering how ReminderBot was going. If you put the code on GitHub or something, I would be delighted to help out with the Python coding or anything else you may need help with. Thanks for taking on this task! APerson (talk!) 16:26, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:
 * First Place -
 * Second Place -
 * Third Place -

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
 * Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
 * Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
 * Featured List – produced 2 FLs in R2
 * Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
 * Featured Portal – produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
 * Featured Topic – and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
 * Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
 * 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)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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GoogleDoodle
Hello! As an FYI, I've marked your GoogleDoodle template for speedy deletion as a repost of deleted, see Templates for discussion/Log/2016 May 14. I'm sure it was done in good faith, but it's something best kept to the talk pages IMO, not the article itself, barring extremely rare cases (e.g. Yuri Kochiyama 's featuring in a Doodle drew actual news stories about this fact).

It's possible that consensus has changed of course, but I think it'd be better to create a discussion somewhere - even on TFD itself to reopen the case and ask for the original to be restored. (If that discussion already happened and I missed it, my apologies, of course!) SnowFire (talk) 15:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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):
 * First place – $200
 * Second & Third place – $50 each
 * Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

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.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are, , and.

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Jean R. Yawkey
Hi. ClueBot reverted a good faith, fully-explained edit I made to that page. I questioned how my edit raised the bot's hackles while making a false-positive report that nobody will ever read. In response, you reverted my edit (that you cannot possibly have even given a cursory review) while neglecting to explain yourself. You also inserted a warning template at my talk that you probably know is not relevant to my edit's content, which after all is all that matters. Can you please take two minutes to show me what errors I inserted into the article, or what good text I removed? 2602:306:BC31:4AA0:E510:C69A:C116:19BC (talk) 01:38, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh. I thought that since you reverted a ClueBot edit, you must've been a vandal. Sorry. <font color="#009933">Phil <font color="#000000">roc My contribs 01:41, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * So "reverted ClueBot" is a rationale for reverting me and throwing around accusations of vandalism? What? That's especially strange since ClueBot itself, in every edit summary it leaves, gives instructions for reporting mistakes. And now, if a third editor comes along and reverts me, I can't correct them or I'm in violation of policy. 2602:306:BC31:4AA0:E510:C69A:C116:19BC (talk) 01:49, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I already said I'm sorry. I've just never seen ClueBot do a false positive. <font color="#009933">Phil <font color="#000000">roc My contribs 01:53, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Edit on Great Lakes
Hi Philroc, thank you for your edit to the image on the Great Lakes page. As a result, you helped with the Good Article review. ThomDevexx ॐ (talk) 08:37, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

CWC
Hey, just giving you a head's up that I reversed the addition of CWC to Ruckersville, Virginia. There were attempts to add him to Wikipedia in the past, including some done by the person themselves, but ultimately they were deemed non-notable per several AfDs, which I'll list below just for funsies:


 * 2009 AfD for Christian Weston Chandler
 * 2012 deletion review for this article
 * 2010 AfD for Christian W. Chandler
 * 2010 AfD for Cole Smithey
 * 2016 AfD for Sonichu

In any case, there's very little chance that he would be considered notable enough for mention on Wikipedia, as he hasn't received enough coverage in WP:RS to pass notability guidelines. He has received some small smatterings of attention here and there, but never in a way that would show notability on Wikipedia. There are also WP:BLP concerns since any notoriety he has received has come as a result of interest from places like Encyclopedia Dramatica and similar. It'd be a nightmare to keep it from getting vandalized, which makes it even more difficult for justify inclusion anywhere. I'm actually kind of surprised that their name hasn't been blacklisted yet. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  11:38, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Bot requests
I have to take slight issue with your edits to this discussion. First, you should always place new comments below other replies to the comment to which you are replying. And second, you should not edit another editor's comments, even to add a ping. I did not place a ping when I wrote my reply, but your edit makes it appear as if I did. These are small complaints, but something to keep in mind. — swpb T 18:39, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Talkback
North America1000 11:33, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

WP:BLANKING
Please read it. --Rschen7754 23:23, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, please see my reply at WT:USRD and the spirit of WP:DEADLINE. Also, you should stay off my talk page in the future unless your actions change. There's even more going on in my real life with work, so back off with the impatient attitude.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:37, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Newsletter content
Please let people volunteer for the newsletter. Frankly, it's a bit rude to submit your own content in their place. It's also discouraging to volunteer to create something and be told indirectly that your efforts aren't wanted. (The leaderboard is also one of the last things we want written up before publication, or else someone will need to update it just before the final sendoff.)  Imzadi 1979  →   20:21, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Just like doesn't want his work on the leaderboard to go to waste, I don't want mine to go to waste either. I got my leaderboard metrics from an Excel table which took 2 days to work on. 2 days. If you worked on something for that long, would you like it if all went to waste in the end? <font color="#009933">Phil <font color="#000000">roc My contribs 20:30, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Then I'm sorry you wasted two days of your time, because the leaderboard takes maybe an hour to complete normally. It also should be done near the end of the publication cycle, or relatively close to the end of the cycle, so that it is still relevant when the issue comes out. In the future, please let those who sign up to volunteer to complete task have the chance to so do. Anything less is piss-poor leadership on your part.  Imzadi 1979  →   21:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * There's really no reason to use any metrics other than what is provided here: User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Custom/Roads-1. In fact, we started having the WP 1.0 bot start doing the table so we didn't have to do it manually.  The table will likely have to be redone anyhow right before publishing unless all assessments are static until then.  I'm glad you got some good practice in spreadsheet formulas, but I'm sorry to say I think your two days of work are all for naught. –Fredddie™ 21:25, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah. When I looked at the table's source and saw that there were no PAGESINCATEGORYs, I assumed that the numbers were updated manually. <font color="#009933">Phil <font color="#000000">roc My contribs 21:46, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Please reconsider your behavior
If you are playing the game of seeing how many editors you can offend in the process of reviving the newsletter, you are winning. You are getting very close to writing the entirety of the newsletter by yourself, because no one is willing to assist you in the process.

I would strongly urge you to be more patient and to consider the opinions of other (more experienced) editors rather than insisting on doing things "your way" all the time... because pretty soon, it will be all "your way" since it'll be only you doing the newsletter. I certainly care about reviving the newsletter, but I am not willing to have it become one long battle after another. I have way too many other things on my plate right now, and if this is what participating in the newsletter will be like, then I'm out. --Rschen7754 01:07, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Test NoWiki-ed
Hi Philroc

I have just NoWikied your page [] to stop it from trying to populate a non-existent category.

Red-linked categories are listed at Special:WantedCategories, where I and a few other editors are nearing the end of a three-month blitz to clear a huge backlog. They are a mix of easily-fixable typos, categories which should be created, categories which are premature or should never be created, and some test pages. There is no way of marking any of them as patrolled, so either they get fixed or they continue to clutter the list, impeding the cleanup ... so it is best that test pages do not linger in the list.

Sorry for the intrusion, but I hope that the explanation makes sense. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:54, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

The Center Line: Spring 2017
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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.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Community-based program design
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Community-based program design 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 Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 03:41, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Community-based program design
The article Community-based program design 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:Community-based program design for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 15:01, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Community-based program design
The article Community-based program design you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Community-based program design for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Freikorp -- Freikorp (talk) 03:41, 22 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Philroc. Just following up the GA closure. As per the comments on the talk page I really think you've made some good improvements to the article. With some sourced expansions and addressing the one remaining issue in the lead I'm certain it will pass its next nomination. If you make such changes and renominate it feel free to leave me a message and if I'm not overwhelmed with other commitments I'll be happy to review it again. Have a nice day. Freikorp (talk) 07:43, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Technical communication
Template:Technical communication has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 04:10, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
'''Wishing Philroc a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 02:05, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:37, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Emerging Crowd logo.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Daylen (talk) 20:07, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

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

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Family Guy lead, redux
Please see Talk:Family guy, about resolving questions not resolved in the earlier RfC. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  17:06, 1 October 2017 (UTC)