User talk:ReaderofthePack/Archive 35

Boo! Happy Halloween!
 Happy Halloween   Hello! Wishing you a Happy Halloween on the behalf of WikiProject Holidays and WikiProject Horror.


 * Trick or treat

Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween  ! I hope you have a great day and remember to be safe if you go trick-or-treating  tonight with friends, family or loved ones. Happy Halloween!


 * What is this?

Halloween is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, as well as watching horror films.


 * What can you do!


 * Improve the quality of existing Halloween-related articles.
 * Identify Halloween topics that are encyclopedic and currently not covered in Wikipedia.
 * Return Halloween to Good article status.
 * Expand the articles listed at WikiProject Halloween articles.
 * Participate in Wikiproject Holidays, Wikiproject Halloween and Wikiproject Horror.
 * Place the WikiProject Halloween banner on all article talk pages that fall within the scope of these project




 * Similar events


 * Ghost Festival
 * Martinisingen
 * Neewollah
 * St. John's Eve
 * English festivals
 * Allantide
 * Beggars Night
 * Devil's Night
 * Dziady
 * Eid il-Burbara
 * Old Halloween
 * Saci day
 * Superstition
 * Walpurgis Night
 * Will-o'-the-wisp


 * See also


 * List of fiction works about Halloween
 * List of films set around Halloween
 * List of Halloween television specials

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December events with WIR
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Redirect help/direction
Hi, needs some help/direction with a redirect. Crunchyroll Expo finally has enough sources to justify it's own article, but another editor has created it as a redirect. What's the best way to deal with this redirect. I've tried to dig into the help pages, but it wasn't clear. Esw01407 (talk) 20:40, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, the best option would be to create a draft in your userspace and then when you're ready, put in a page move request by using one of the templates on this page. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  21:47, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the direction, I've got the article up. Esw01407 (talk) 14:15, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Or create your new article directly by overwriting the redirect. But as there seems to be a substantial section on the expo already, at the redirect target, with several sources, it might be better to split that off into a new article, using the copied template for acknowledgment, add under construction, and then expand it with your new extra sources. Pam  D  23:18, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year!




 ReaderofthePack , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:48, 30 December 2019 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
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)

February with Women in Red
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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.

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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup newsletter correction
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; 🇺🇸 L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, 🇺🇸 Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:39, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Jamal Farhan
Please see note on your DYK review. Yoninah (talk) 20:53, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/The Troop (book) at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with db-g7, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 18:51, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Creep (2014 film)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Creep (2014 film) 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 The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 09:41, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Creep (2014 film)
The article Creep (2014 film) 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:Creep (2014 film) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:20, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

"Arathorn, son of Arador" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Arathorn, son of Arador. Since you had some involvement with the Arathorn, son of Arador redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hog Farm (talk) 23:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Creep (2014 film)
The article Creep (2014 film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Creep (2014 film) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 10:21, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps you can help
Hi ReaderofthePack. I saw your post at User talk:Peaches1955 (via Materialscientist's user talk page) and am wondering if you'd also mind taking a look at User talk:ARynan and seeing if you can help this editor out as well, perhaps even advise them on WP:LOGOUT. FWIW, I don't think they're trying to deceive anyone, but I'm also not sure whether they really understand WP:PAID or WP:COI, especially after seeing Talk:Credence (novel) (which might be one of the reasons they skipped AfC for Eighteen Straight Whiskeys). -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:11, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Done! ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  17:31, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking the time to do that. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:09, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
 * Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 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.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Help in AfD - Kwong Weng Yap
Dear Tokyogal, I am facing some problems in an AfD on Kwong Weng Yap. An article I created some years back in 2016 because I believe the subject is notable and quite inspiring for Singaporeans. There are claims which are untrue by many. Because the subject is possibly a political candidate in Singapore, it has raised some eyebrows and gained attention with some that could lean towards certain political inclinations/have other agendas not concerning the article at all. I’m really not an expert on this and will greatly appreciate your help. Superwifi (talk) 08:59, 26 May 2020 (UTC) Superwifi (talk) 08:59, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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A Haunting in Cawdor
Hello,

I noticed that on August 22, 2015, you deleted the article mentioned above and then protected it from being created. That being said, I created a draft of the article and provided sources from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter in order for it to qualify per WP:NFSOURCES. Therefore, would you please remove the protection so that I could accept the draft as an article? Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 21:34, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I found another one
Never a talk page, never an edit summary, thousands of edits. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this is a sockpuppet of Joloimpat, but this guy has cross-wiki edits that Joloimpat's never done, and is, remarkably, more prolific. Elizium23 (talk) 06:26, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Quarter Million Award for Creep (2014 film)

 * Thank you ! What a lovely surprise! ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  16:11, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Horror Newsletter - June 2020
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Ajitabha Bose
You had salted the creation of Ajitabha Bose but I have a draft at Draft:Ajitabha Bose since the subject is far more notable now. Can you unsalt the article so that I can move it to mainspace? Thanks Capankajsmilyo (talk) 06:36, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

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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Well, that's just...
Sorry to hear about the shuffling over at WikiEd. I guess I'll have to stay tuned, to see how and where you shift your attentions, now. Hang in there, and feel free to contact me anytime, about anything. Mathglot (talk) 10:18, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! It honestly hit me pretty hard when I got the news. I'm glad that there will still be a Wiki Ed at the end of the day, but I wish that funding had been more plentiful. It was definitely a dream job in many ways. I've found another job already, but I won't be able to edit Wikipedia like I could in my pre-Wiki Ed job. Still, I'm grateful that I was able to find one so quickly. The job market right now isn't the greatest and it's pretty competitive. My plans so far are to try to help Wiki Ed as a volunteer, but in a greatly reduced capacity. In the meantime I'm going to try to get back into AfDs, AfC, and general article creation/improvement. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  01:41, 7 July 2020 (UTC)