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Second book
Your second book? What are they about? Pray tell czar ♔   19:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I write self-published fantasy fiction and have since I was 15. It's my hope someday I'll get picked up by a publisher and get to write a whole series; I self-published my first book in 2013 and this one is its sequel.  The series is about a boy who has been asked by immortals to defend both his realm and theirs by defeating a fallen deity from years before, but of course it gets quite a bit more complex than that.  If you'd like more information, I have a website for it all at http://www.conquestoftherealms.com .   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 00:59, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

List of Sega Genesis games
Hi Phoenix,

Great job at getting List of Sega Genesis games up to featured list status! I noticed that Battle Master wasn't linked, so I linked it, but then I noticed that the entry in the list says that the game was developed by Nick Pelling while the article about the game was developed by Personal Software Services. As far as I can tell, the sources in the list don't indicate the developer for this game. Also, Arena Entertainment is indicated in the list as the game's publisher, but the pipelink is to Mirrorsoft, an article that doesn't mention the name "Arena Entertainment". In the list, Arena Entertainment is sometimes pipelinked to the Mirrorsoft article and sometimes to Acclaim Entertainment. Do you know how to clear up these seeming inconsistencies? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 03:35, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

PS - Also, the list states that Frog Feast was released in 2007, but I don't see that information in the sources, and the source used on the article about the game states that the release date was 2005. Neelix (talk) 15:34, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * At over 900 titles, I'm not surprised there's a few line by line errors here and there. I spent literally days getting it straight, and given its size I'm not surprised there are some minor errors.  When I began work on this, I used what was pre-existent as a base.  The Allgame lists can be tabbed into each game for developer, publisher, and year information (needless to say, I opted not to link every individual game), and the Sega lists in Japanese all list their developers and years as well, but in Japanese.  I'd recommend delinking anything that isn't correct; I had to weed out a lot of piping issues when I worked through it and wouldn't be surprised that a few are still wrong.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 22:56, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
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 * 2) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
 * 3) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
 * 4) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
 * 5) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
 * , the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
 * , the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

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PlayStation
Thank you for your review for PlayStation. I'm sorry I couldn't have got more done in time and I agree with your closing of the GAN as it would probably take more time to address all of those issues! I will be happy to address them soon and re-structure the whole article. I think I should apologise for not doing more to it but I have been busy with other matters lately - I don't know anyone at WP:VG who would have more experience with consoles? I know enough about the original PlayStation but I wouldn't consider myself an expert on some matters such as technical specs! Anyway thanks for the review. I have a lot of personal motivation to get it up to GA, so I'll re-nominate as soon the article meets the criteria. Regards ☠ Jag  uar  ☠ 21:08, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm working on getting some sources together to help, compliments of some helpful users at the VG project's reference library. I've done a lot of console articles before, but if you're looking for someone who really knows a lot about the subject material, I would personally ask  for a hand.  He is immensely knowledgeable and very resourceful, and could be of great help with the project if he has the time to lend a hand.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 21:12, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

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Sega Pico
When you were writing Sega Pico, did you come across any sources for when it was discontinued in Japan (you have it as 2005)? I'm getting some flack at the Sega consoles FLC that the source I'm using that says the Beena was the successor to the Pico isn't enough to explicitly state that the Pico was discontinued on that date. -- Pres N  17:30, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Not really; in fact, the Sega Toys site had it listed running with Pico, which is quite unusual. I had presumed 2005 just because of the Beena; I don't have and to my knowledge there isn't a source that exists that explicitly lists the discontinuation date for Pico.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 23:24, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

GAN for U.S. Route 30 in Indiana
Hey, just wanted to check ahead of time with regards to whether or not you'll accept GA reviews from fellow road editors? Cheers,  Floydian  τ ¢  11:20, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd be glad to. I'm actually not much of a road editor myself—my focus area tends to be video games, but I like to dabble in roads every now and then.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 12:26, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter
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Re:Sega (and Sony) sources revisited
Sounds great. I hope there's no rush on these, though, because my schedule is jammed for the next two days and documenting all of the relevant material (I have probably over 200 magazines from this period) is going to be quite a task. It'll probably be at least a week before I have everything ready. In the meantime, I do have some leftover stuff related to the PSOne, which I captured inadvertently while scanning Saturn news:,. If these contain anything new, I can dig up the page numbers and such for the citation templates. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 15:45, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No rush; I appreciate all the help you're willing to give and in whatever time fashion you're able to make it happen in.  Red Phoenix  let's talk... 16:08, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I just went and retrieved all the magazines related significantly to the Dreamcast. Unfortunately, there are 50+ here, and ~100 pages to scan. Haven't even gotten to the PlayStation stuff yet. If it's okay with you, I'll just feed you scans from these gradually (maybe ~5 a day, starting tomorrow) over the next few weeks, before even touching the PlayStation materials. I'm more than happy to help, but the sheer size of this project means that it'll be slow going. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 23:37, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, absolutely. Like I said, no rush.  It's getting into the busy season at work anyway, so no reason to be too speedy.  Thank you for your hard work.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 01:59, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I opened up EGM September 1999 (issue 122) thinking there'd be a 6-7 page article on the Dreamcast. Ended up being a 23-page behemoth titled "It's Here... But Should You Buy One?". It seemed pointless to scan a single article in segments, so here it is in full:
 * Page 168
 * Page 170
 * Page 171
 * Page 174
 * Page 178
 * Page 179
 * Page 180
 * Page 181
 * Page 182
 * Page 183
 * Page 186
 * Page 187
 * Page 188
 * Page 189
 * Page 190
 * Page 191
 * Page 193
 * Page 195
 * Page 196
 * Page 198
 * Page 200
 * Page 202
 * Page 204
 * There was also a brief editorial on page 6. Hope these are useful. There's a lot more where this came from. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 23:07, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Another article that ended up longer than expected. This one is "Dreamcast: The Full Story" in Next Generation September 1998 (issue 45):
 * Page 90
 * Page 91
 * Page 92
 * Page 93
 * Page 94
 * Page 95
 * Page 96
 * Page 97
 * Page 98
 * Page 99
 * Page 100
 * Page 101
 * Page 102
 * Page 103
 * This looks like a solid one. Hope it's useful. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 22:10, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Today, it's bits and pieces from the earliest news about the Dreamcast, back when it was codenamed "Dural" and "Katana".
 * Next Generation November 1997 (issue 35), page 16
 * Next Generation December 1997 (issue 36), page 22
 * Next Generation February 1998 (issue 38), page 24
 * Next Generation March 1998 (issue 39), page 18
 * Next Generation June 1998 (issue 42): page 18, page 19, page 20, page 21, page 25
 * Hope there's good material in these. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 02:54, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Goodness, you've been hard at work. Can't wait to review these; looks absolutely fantastic.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 02:57, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem. And sorry about the delay today. Here are some more scraps from the Dreamcast's early period.
 * EGM Nov 1997 (issue 100): page 22, page 24, page 32
 * EGM Dec 1997 (issue 101) page 27
 * EGM Jan 1998 (issue 102) page 34
 * Next Generation July 1998 (issue 43): page 17, page 22
 * Next Generation August 1998 (issue 44):
 * Dreamcast: Performance details emerge, page 28
 * E3: That was the show that was, page 21 (There was another page to this, but the Dreamcast was only mentioned here.)
 * Movers and Shakers; Among gaming's warriors, page 24 (Ditto. Article analyzing the big three press conferences at E3.)
 * The Console Wars of 1999: page 38, page 39, page 40, page 41, page 42, page 43, page 44, page 45 (Don't miss the article that runs along the bottom of each page.)
 * There's still a ton of stuff left to scan. My initial 100-ish page estimate was way off: I probably have between 150 and 200 pages of Dreamcast-related material here—enough to write a book on the subject. I have no issue continuing to scan it, though, as long as it's useful. Be back tomorrow. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 06:56, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Didn't have time to do more than six pages today:
 * Next Generation October 1998 (issue 46), page 8
 * EGM March 1998 (issue 104): page 26, page 27
 * EGM April 1998 (issue 105): page 26, page 30
 * EGM May 1998 (issue 106), page 23
 * I'll try to start burning through these faster tomorrow. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:50, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, like I said, no rush. You're doing fine; thank you for your hard work.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 12:35, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yet more scans.
 * EGM August 1998 (issue 109): page 22, page 23, page 36
 * EGM July 1998 (issue 108), page 27
 * EGM June 1998 (issue 107): page 20, page 21
 * Next Generation June 1999 (issue 54): page 10, page 11, page 71, page 72, page 73, page 74, page 75, page 76, page 77, page 81, page 82, page 83, page 84
 * Next Gen 54 also has a 14-page feature on Dreamcast games in development, but it contains very little information about the console itself. If that sounds useful, I'll scan it in the next batch. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 03:53, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

All from EGM Nov 1998 (issue 112): Second article deals with Sonic Adventure, but a lot of it relates to the Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure's strategic importance for the console. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 03:45, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Page 50
 * "The Great Blue Hope" by Crispin Boyer and John Davison: page 184, page 186, page 188, page 192, page 194, page 198, page 202, page 209, page 210
 * Sorry about the missed days; I'll be back in the saddle tomorrow. Only around 23 magazines left. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 07:24, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, no worries. This'll take me a while to go through; I'm just glad you're willing to put so much work into this.  I have a feeling Dreamcast will be a long project, but a very worthwhile and rewarding one.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 01:04, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear it. Here's today's batch:
 * Next Generation Dec 1998 (issue 48): page 10, page 11
 * Next Generation Jan 1999 (issue 49): page 8, page 9, page 89, page 90, page 91, page 92
 * EGM Feb 1999 (issue 115): page 26, page page 27
 * EGM Mar 1999 (issue 116), page 29
 * EGM Dec 1999 (issue 125), page 58
 * Looks like I'm finally on the home stretch. Should be done with these in the next 7-10 days. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 06:51, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * A bunch more:
 * EGM Jan 2000 (issue 126): page 150, page 151, page 152, page 153, page 154, page 163, page 194 (article: "The Slick 50")
 * Next Generation Feb 1999 (issue 50): page 12, page 13, page 14, page 15, page 29
 * Next Generation March 1999 (issue 51): page 21, page 24, page 25, page 26, page 27, page 78, page 79, page 80, page 81
 * I think I'll focus on clearing out the last EGM issues tomorrow, before getting to the rest. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:10, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I know this apologizing-for-the-delay stuff is getting old, but here it is again. I've been pretty bad at managing my time in the last few days. I'll dedicate tomorrow to scanning the rest of the EGM issues—regardless of how long it takes—, which should make up for lost time. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:03, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The last of the EGMs, with a Game Informer for good measure:
 * EGM March 2000 (issue 128): page 42
 * EGM June 2000 (issue 131): page 30, page 144, page 145, page 146, page 147, page 148, page 149, page 150, page 151, page 154, page 155, page 156, page 157
 * EGM March 2001 (issue 140): page 2, page 26, page 27
 * EGM April 2001 (issue 141): page 2, page 24, page 25
 * EGM May 2001 (issue 142): page 22, page 23
 * EGM August 2001 (issue 145): page 100
 * Game Informer March 2001 (issue 95): page 16
 * Although I called this the last of the EGMs, I just noticed a longish article on console network play in EGM 142, which features significant material about the Dreamcast. I'll include it in the next batch. Aside from that, though, it's Next Generation from here on out. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 06:13, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * More:
 * EGM May 2001 (issue 142): page 92, page 93, page 94, page 95, page 96, page 97, page 98, page 99
 * Next Gen April 1999 (issue 52): page 13, page 21, page 22
 * Next Gen September 1999 (Lifecycle 2, vol. 1 issue 1): page 51, page 52, page 54, page 55, page 56, page 57
 * Next Gen November 1999 (Lifecycle 2, vol. 1 issue 3): page 9, page 10, page 14
 * Only around 5 magazines left. Hard to believe it took this long, but I think it'll be worth it. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 05:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Three more magazines:
 * Next Gen December 1999 (Lifecycle 2 vol. 1 issue 4): page 8, page 12, page 15, page 84, page 85, page 86, page 94, page 95
 * Next Gen March 2000 (Lifecycle 2 vol. 2 issue 3): page 8
 * Next Gen May 2000 (Lifecycle 2 vol. 2 issue 5): page 21, page 24, page 26, page 27, page 28, page 29, page 30, page 31, page 32
 * Two issues left. It's incredible how many words were written about this system—and how few of them were redundant. I'd guess that at least 60% of the material I've scanned is non-overlapping, which is huge when you consider the page count. Hopefully the size of this trove is more exciting than it is intimidating; I'm not sure how I'd handle a subject with this many sources. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 06:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Final mags:
 * Next Gen April 2001 (Lifecycle 2 vol. 3 issue 4): page 7, page 8, page 9
 * Next Gen September 2000 (Lifecycle 2 vol. 2 issue 9): page 6, page 7, page 8, page 9, page 91
 * It's been a long road, but we've finally reached the end. I hope that all of this material will be worth the wait. One note: that "Dreamcast: The One Year Index" box comes at the end of a 12 page summary of every Dreamcast game released or in development by September 2000. I didn't think it would be necessary to scan all of it, but let me know if there's something specific that you need. Good luck with the article. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 04:54, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Let me know when or if you still want the PlayStation sources. Given the amount of material you have to wade through already (I counted 200+ pages), I didn't assume that you'd want more right away. I'm ready to go whenever, though. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:02, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I have a feeling I'm going to be quite busy for some time... Thank you for all of your hard work; I'm sure I'll have a lot of sifting to do.  This will probably be a project that takes me several months; I'm normally quick with rewrites, but this one won't be easy.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 00:33, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd just like to say, wow. It took me two hours alone just to save all of these files to my computer and index them so I can go through them properly.  I also wanted to say thanks because the materials here are bound to help with a lot of other articles.  I know I've wanted to do Phantasy Star Online for the longest time in a proper format; I'm sure WP:SEGA will be pleased with all of the Sonic Adventure material here, and there's just so much here... this will probably take me a few months to go through and rewrite.  I can envision this article being about as long, maybe even longer, than Sega Genesis, but I think it'll meet a fitting length that fully covers the topic well.  I appreciate all the work you put into this; these sources will really make an amazing article possible.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 16:19, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome. Based on the incredible work you've done on other Sega console articles, I can't wait to read Dreamcast. Also, if you ever end up working on PSO, I should tell you that there was a lot more on the game than what I scanned—I tried to only grab material that looked relevant to the console. Good luck with your rewrite. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 17:46, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Dreamcast sales sources
Here's some leftover stuff I had in my sandbox: Three million Dreamcast units have been sold in North America, which is far below the company's original expectations. There will be no more units rolling off the production line, but the company, will continue to market and support it for another year.
 * Sega kills Dreamcast production
 * Sutton, Neil. Computer Dealer News17.5 (Mar 2, 2001): 31.

A total of 3.39 million hardware units and 23.87 million software units were sold worldwide during fiscal 2001, for respective totals of 8.20 million units and 51.63 million units since Dreamcast was first brought to market

After two-years of struggle, Sega decided to pull the plug on Dreamcast production in January and concentrate instead on its traditional strength of game software development. "We want to sell our games on popular machines," said another Sega official. Total shipments of PlayStation 2, since its launch of early 2000, reached 10 million units by March and is expected to top 30 million by March 2002. Sega sold some two million units of Dreamcast in Japan and four million abroad. The inventory of Dreamcast was also brought down to 100,000 units from two million at the start of 2001, they added.
 * Sega to Start Online Gaming across Formats
 * Jiji Press English News Service [Tokyo] 05 June 2001: 1.

Sega sold approximately 83,500 Dreamcast units in June, according to an analyst who studied NPD TRSTS Video Game Group data. But the former first-party console maker is still overstocked with unsold Dreamcast inventory and wants to get rid of the remaining consoles.
 * Sega to cut Dreamcast price
 * Gaudiosi, John. Video Store Magazine23.31 (Jul 29-Aug 4, 2001): 6,31.

By delivering a host of new product features, including instant messaging and broadband support, Planetweb and Sega continue to improve the interactive entertainment experience of over four million U.S. Sega Dreamcast users.
 * Business Editors & High-Tech/Entertainment Writers. Business Wire [New York] 05 Sep 2001: 1.

Sega Corp. will stop shipments of its Dreamcast video game console in early November, Chief Operating Officer Tetsu Kayama said Tuesday. The final round of shipments will be to the U.S. market. Kayama said the company expects Dreamcast's accumulated shipments to surpass the 10 million threshold. Sega had inventories of some two million units in February. Since the announcement of production suspension in March, Sega has been selling the console for 9,900 yen, 10,000 yen below the regular price. The company slashed its domestic inventories to 40,000 units by September.
 * Sega to Halt Dreamcast Shipments in November
 * Jiji Press English News Service [Tokyo] 23 Oct 2001: 1.

Getting rid of inventory at slashed prices, Dreamcast sales only recently reached 10 million.
 * Sega Changes Its Game Plan; Software profits banish the Dreamcast nightmare
 * San Bernardino Sun (California) October 28, 2001 BYLINE: YURI KAGEYAMA or

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 * You're very kind; thanks for pitching in.  Red Phoenix  let's talk... 20:13, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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Barnstar

 * Thank you! You're very kind.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 21:55, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Precious again
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Thank you, returned phoenix, for quality articles for the Sega task force such as Sega v. Accolade and List of Sega 32X games, for placing recognitions of others before your barnstars, and for quoting "Don't give up. Don't ever give up." - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 20 October 2013 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 639th recipient of my  Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:11, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I recall. It's still a nice thing I like to have, and the term "Sega saga" pretty much sums up my work here, lol.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 00:33, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Request
Hey, no pressure if you don't have the time or motivation, but Freedom Planet's peer review has laid barren for a week now. You seem to have some interest in the Classic Sonic era, which this game is modeled after, so would you be able to leave a few comments? I'm sure there are some issues keeping it from a successful FAC at the moment. Tezero (talk) 20:58, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll try when I have time; I'm back to work on my rotation again.  Red Phoenix  let's talk... 00:33, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Channel mention
Thought you'd like to know that your article was featured on Twitter by @coolfreakswiki: czar  ♔   07:44, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Neat. Not even sure who they really are, though.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 00:33, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results
The 2014 WikiCup champion is, who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. , 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. , WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:


 * wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
 * wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
 * wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
 * wins the prize for fourth place
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins a final 8 prize.
 * wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
 * wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
 * wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
 * wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
 * wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. 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 2014 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. and 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

List of Sega Saturn Games
Hello again, Red Phoenix. You've done a hell of a lot of work on the List of Sega Genesis Games page. If it was convenient, would you mind giving the List of Sega Saturn games page a look over? Here is the problem I am having...

The List of Sega Genesis Games has the Compact ToC template, which allows a user to click on any letter in the box, say, the letter 'S', and the list would immediately jump the user down into the list where the game titles begin with the letter 'S'. Using this page as a model, I'm trying to make the List of Sega Saturn Games page do likewise, but it's not working, and I can't seem to spot where the trouble is. Would you be able to tell me what I need to fix in order to make the Compact ToC work on the List of Sega Saturn Games page?

Your assistance is much appreciated - thank you for your time. Christopher, Salem, OR (talk) 00:56, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * What you're missing is some text in the table itself. Essentially the Compact ToC needs tags to identify where it needs to jump to; these tags are present in List of Sega Genesis games but not in List of Sega Saturn games.  For example, the first game beginning with the letter "B" has the text "   " after the row scope parameter but right before the title of the first game beginning with the letter B.  So, the simple solution is to create 26 new tags - one for each letter at the first game beginning with that letter.  Hope that helps.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 01:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for your assistance. :D I did not notice this because it appears the same can be said for the List of Sega Genesis Games page. The numbers and Letter 'A' games are both missing the tag you've described, and I didn't test those ToC tags on that page to make sure they were working.
 * Christopher, Salem, OR (talk) 01:25, 16 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Not as though one would go that far by clicking those tags... haha.  Red Phoenix  let's talk... 01:26, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Today's Featured Article: Notification
This is to inform you that  Sega 32X, which you nominated at WP:FAC,  will appear on the Wikipedia Main Page  as  Today's Featured Article on 21 November 2014. The proposed main page blurb is here; you may amend if necessary. Please check for dead links and other possible faults before the appearance date. Brianboulton (talk) 21:53, 6 November 2014 (UTC)


 *  Precious  again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:48, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

A request
Hey, it doesn't look to me like you're excessively busy, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at the FAC for Freedom Planet. I don't foresee this one getting a whole lot of comments anytime soon, and you seem to like older Sonic, which this is related to. Just something to consider if you're around. Tezero (talk) 16:55, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I can try, but I'm still not totally freed up. It turns out I won't be leaving anytime soon, which gets rid of a lot of the stress, but it is still the busy season at work, to the point I haven't started working on any new articles - I've only had time to leave a couple of comments and keep some things updated.  I will try to have a look sometime soon, though.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 15:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dreamcast
The article Dreamcast 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:Dreamcast for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Indrian -- Indrian (talk) 00:20, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

FA congratulations
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Master System to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon (either on a particular date or on any available date), please nominate it at the requests page. If you'd like to see an FA appear on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with about 1,287 articles waiting their turn at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. BencherliteTalk 10:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.


 * We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
 * In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
 * 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. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure 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. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dreamcast
The article Dreamcast you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Dreamcast 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 Indrian -- Indrian (talk) 18:42, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter
Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2014
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Sega topic
Like many people, I'm impressed by your work with the Sega consoles. Wonder if any time you think of nominating something like this... igordebraga ≠ 18:49, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I've considered it. Personally I don't think I deserve as much credit for it as I get, but it's a nice set that would be worthy.  One major issue that needs fixed before this stage, though, is the archiving of all of the Allgame links since the site went down, and I went through and did a bunch already but know there's some danglers.  Sega CD and Sega 32X could conceivably fit into this topic as well, as could Sega Nomad, but I would certainly also see reason to exclude those three.  I'd like to see it happen, but as of the current moment I haven't been on Wikipedia much lately; I do another writing project as well and it's been so fruitful that it takes up most of my time and energy when I'm not working, but I've thought about this and would love to see it happen.   Red Phoenix  let's talk... 23:30, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you still intend to review the Saturn article?TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 01:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

FAC nomination
Hi, about a year ago, you reviewed God of War III's FAC nomination (which unfortunately did not pass then). I've recently renominated the article if you wouldn't care to review again. -- JDC808  ♫  19:10, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge,  led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:
 * took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
 * worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
 * developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
 * And last but not least, worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

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. 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. , and

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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)

TFL notification
Hi, Red Phoenix. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Sega 32X games – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for July 24. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015
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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!

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2015
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Today's featured article/November 6, 2015
Red Phoenix, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. It mostly follows the lead section; how does it look? - Dank (push to talk) 22:28, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "As of 2015, the Master System is the longest actively supported game console, at 26 years" ... does that work? - Dank (push to talk) 00:25, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

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.

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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.

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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)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2015
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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.

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) 02:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

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)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2016
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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)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2016
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

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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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)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2016
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2016
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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.

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)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 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)

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 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2017
 The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

Volume 10, No. 1 — 2nd Quarter, 2017

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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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 * Changes to Featured and Good content
 * News items and announcements


 * Feature: Shiny Wikipedians - A Featured Content Leaderboard
 * Feature: Final Fantasy VII postmortem

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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.

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)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2017
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Precious four years!
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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
 * First Place -
 * Second Place -
 * Third Place -

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

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

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

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)